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UKBL ~ Newsticker IFrame in Navbar

Working Demo: http://www.ukbusinesslive.co.uk/forum With Border

Working Demo: http://www.waltdisneyboards.com/forums.php Without Border

As a request for a friend, i made this simple to add news ticker using a simple html script from Dynamic Drive and added it to the navbar, left of the login box, Now your members will be able to see up to date news everytime they login ;)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/03/21.png

So Easy to Install

First Download the zip file and open the ticker.txt file in a text editor like notepad

To legally use the code from Dynamic Drive please retain their credits within the code

Code:

<!--<UKBL Iframe Ticker Start>----------------------------------------------------------------------->



<td class="alt2">

<DIV ALIGN=RIGHT>

<if condition="$show['member']">

<!--For full source code and more DHTML scripts, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com-->

<!--This credit MUST stay intact for use-->

<iframe id="tickermain" src="http://yourforum.com/exfile.htm" width=200 height=80 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=1 scrolling=no></iframe>

</DIV>

</td>

</if>

<!--<UKBL Iframe Ticker End>----------------------------------------------------------------------->

Find

Code:

src="http://yourforum.com/exfile.htm"

and replace it with yoursite and keep the file exfile.htm at root level (We'll need to edit that file later ;) )

Find

Code:

width=200 height=80

and change this for the size you want, I've kept mine small 200 x 80 pixels but you can edit this for whatever size you want to make the Iframe :up:

Find this

Code:

scrolling=no

and change it to yes if you want the iframe to scroll as opossed to just changing. if no then the content will change ever XX seconds which is adjustable ;)

Now we save that file and we need to copy and paste the entire contents of that file to our Navbar, so...

AdminCP > Styles & Templates> Style Manager> Your Chosen Style> All style options> Edit templates> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates> navbar

Find the following

Code:

<div class="navbar" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="1"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/navbits_start.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> <strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></div>

and directly below it add your code

Code:

<!--<UKBL Iframe Ticker Start>----------------------------------------------------------------------->



<td class="alt2">

<!--For full source code and more DHTML scripts, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com-->

<!--This credit MUST stay intact for use-->

<DIV ALIGN=RIGHT>

<if condition="$show['member']">

<iframe id="tickermain" src="C:\Users\Gerry\Desktop\exfile.htm" width=200 height=80 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=1 scrolling=no></iframe>

</DIV>

</td>

</if>

<!--<UKBL Iframe Ticker End>----------------------------------------------------------------------->

Ok Guys thats the first bit done,
Grab yourselves a beer, Here comes part two :D

In Notpad again open the "exfile.htm" file, as we need to edit and add our content :up:

When you open the file in Notepad we see this, remember to keep the Dynamic drive url and copyright in place ;)

Code:

<script language="JavaScript1.2">



//IFRAME TICKER- By Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)



//configure delay between changing messages (3000=3 seconds)

var delay=3000



var ie4=document.all



var curindex=0

var totalcontent=0



function get_total(){

if (ie4){

while (eval("document.all.content"+totalcontent))

totalcontent++

}

else{

while (document.getElementById("content"+totalcontent))

totalcontent++

}

}



function contract_all(){

for (y=0;y<totalcontent;y++){

if (ie4)

eval("document.all.content"+y).style.display="none"

else

document.getElementById("content"+y).style.display="none"

}

}



function expand_one(which){

contract_all()

if (ie4)

eval("document.all.content"+which).style.display=""

else

document.getElementById("content"+which).style.display=""

}



function rotate_content(){

get_total()

contract_all()

expand_one(curindex)

curindex=(curindex<totalcontent-1)? curindex+1: 0

setTimeout("rotate_content()",delay)

}



window.onload=rotate_content



</script>



<BODY bgColor=#FFFFE1>



<!--ADD YOUR TICKER CONTENT BELOW, by wrapping each one inside a <DIV> as shown below.-->

<!--For each DIV, increment its ID attribute for each additional content (ie: "content1", "content2" etc)-->





<div id="content0" style="display:''">



<!-- ADD TICKER's CONTENT #1 HERE--------------------->



<p align="left"><strong><font face="Verdana"><small><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/encrypter.htm" target="_top">Source

code encrypter</a>&nbsp;</small></font></strong><br>

<font face="Verdana" size="2">Scramble the source of any chunk of code using

this unique script.</font></p>



<!-- END CONTENT #1----------------->



</div>



<div id="content1" style="display:none">



<!-- ADD TICKER's CONTENT #2 HERE--------------------->



<p align="left"><strong><font face="Verdana"><small><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex5/flashlink.htm" target="_top">Flashing

links</a>&nbsp;</small></font></strong><br>

<font face="Verdana"><small>Bring attention to special links, by making them

flash!</small></font></p>



<!-- END CONTENT #2----------------->



</div>



<div id="content2" style="display:none">



<!-- ADD TICKER's CONTENT #3 HERE--------------------->



<p align="left"><small><strong><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex13/roamcursor.htm" target="_top">Roaming

Cursor</a>&nbsp;</font></strong></small><br>

<small><font face="Verdana">Display a second, &quot;roaming&quot; cursor on your

page with this fun animation script.</font></small></p>



<!-- END CONTENT #3----------------->



</div>



<div id="content3" style="display:none">



<!-- ADD TICKER's CONTENT #4 HERE--------------------->



<p align="left"><font face="Verdana"><strong><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/animatedtitle.htm" target="_top"><small>Animated

Document title</small></a><br>

</strong><small>Animate into view your document's title!</small></font></p>



<!-- END CONTENT #4----------------->



</div>

Find this

Code:

var delay=3000

and change it for whatever delay you want, remember its in milliseconds so 3 seconds = 3000

next Find this

Code:

<BODY bgColor=#FFFFE1>

This changes the color of the iframe background, Use a hex color generator to chose a color which suits your site, I use this http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/hex-colors.html

Find this

Code:

<!-- ADD TICKER's CONTENT #1 HERE--------------------->



<p align="left"><strong><font face="Verdana"><small><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/encrypter.htm" target="_top">Source

code encrypter</a>&nbsp;</small></font></strong><br>

<font face="Verdana" size="2">Scramble the source of any chunk of code using

this unique script.</font></p>



<!-- END CONTENT #1----------------->

these are the text blocks, Just edit them to suit your content

You'll see how easy it is, The first part is the url of your link, Then the text after it, once you've done a couple you'll get the knack ;)

if you want to add more, make sure you......

Code:

<!--ADD YOUR TICKER CONTENT BELOW, by wrapping each one inside a <DIV> as shown below.-->

<!--For each DIV, increment its ID attribute for each additional content (ie: "content1", "content2" etc)-->

Thats it, so now we need to save the file, and upload the file (exfile.htm) to our forums root directory.

Thats it, Now click onto your homepage and suprise your members with your New feature

Please click Install if you use and i'll support you 100%

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