vB-marquee - scrolling "recent threads" for non-vb page

Ok, this is my first, and only "hack" (although it's really more of an add-on). It's VERY simple and may not even be worth releasing here, but I thought some people might be able to make use of it.

It is losley based on the Taskbar Ticker by wluke, so props to him.

It provides a scrolling marquee of your most recent threads on a non-vb page. You can easily include this file on your home page, or whereever you need the most recent threads listed.

As it uses the "marquee" tag, it only works in IE. Netscape users will see the list of threads, but it will not scroll.

To install: simply download the attached zip, and place the one file in your vB directory. Configure the variables to your liking, and include the file wherever you wish.

Online demo: http://forums.newbeetle.org/marquee.php

I'd love to hear comments, suggestions, and/or see your modifications to this script. Thanks!

Jeff
www.newbeetle.org

[Mathiau]

great work m8, will likely use this for our site.

[talon3dhq]

Great work!! Installed and looking good at www.3dhq.net

[jjj0923]

do I just use $marquee to get it to display???
I don;t think so because that does not work....

HOW DO i GET THIS TO WORK?????

- jeff

[TECK]

great hack but it works only in IE, right?

[jjj0923]

many thanks to the fonz for heling me get this thing running using iframes, however my problem now is that the content of my clicks shows up in the iframe itself. how do I get it to show up in the parent window. I've tried using target="_parent", but to no avail.

- jeff

[jarvis]

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!

Got it up and running at www.mhogaming.com!!

Thanks!!!!!!!!

[NSeXcellent]

I cannot get the background of my iframe to change from white.. any clue what i'm doing wrong? Thats not the background of the marquee.. i mean the actual iframe that the marquee is embedded in... here's what I mean... http://www.sportsnimports.com/forums...is/index2.html

Also, what would I add to marquee in order for the links to conform to the stylesheet for the rest of the page?

[Gutspiller]

Originally posted by fonzerelli_79
thanks for that xcal, i noticed that too

ive got more than one forum i need to hide though
i used this

PHP Code:

FROM thread WHERE forumid !='16' and forumid !='25' and forumid !='27' 


im just learning sql so if theres a shorter way of doing this then please let me know - this method works though

I used that modification to the hack and it works on blocking out some forums, but my test/spam forum still seems to be showing up. What gives? I have double checked my forum id's are correct and they all check out.

Any other ideas?

Thanks for any help.

[jjj0923]

I've got this thing running great. I open it up in a little javascript window and using javascript allow people to click on link that change the display of the parent (forum) window that started it.

It's cool. I wish I could demonstrate it, but I added code that only allows forum member to view it, not visitors.

- jeff

[Ninth Dimension]

Fantastic hack, I've taken it and messed about with it a little to suit my own needs, let me know what you think: http://savepoint.co.uk/webmaster.php