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UKBL ~ Ajax Google News Bar on ForumHome · **Released**: 02-17-2009

UKBL ~ Ajax Google News Bar on ForumHome

Heres another Great Google addition for your Site, A customised Google News bar, Sits quitely under your Navbar and updates with your chosen news type.

This is really easy to edit and upload to your site.

First of all Download the Code in the Zip File, Open in a text editor, Notepads fine, and ...

and Find

Code:

executeList : ["Business News"]

Change the word "Business News" with any other search term associated with your site, so if your site is a Parenting Site, then you would add words associated with that.

So change the words within the brackets and save.

Then Copy and paste the entire code to the very end of your Header Template, or anywhere else on your forum.

Click Install if you use

UKBusinessLive · #32 02-22-2009, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bmastro

You made a very nice job!
But I would like to open a new page to read the news (I don't want that my forum's visitors go away).
I know that I have to put this in the code:

/**
* open links in a new window
*/
options = {
linkTarget : GSearch.LINK_TARGET_BLANK
};

But I don't know where.
So what have I to do?

And also I tried to change the colour of the words, but nothing happened.
Maybe this is helpful to you:
http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/...ence.html#_css
BTW, the problem of the colour is not very important compared to the one of the "new" page.

if you want to make any changes to the basic code you need to register with Google for your Own API key

http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/signup.html

Then you can adapt and modify the code to your own needs

Internetcafe · #33 02-22-2009, 01:22 PM

How can you get the links from the newsfeed to open in a new window ?

UKBusinessLive · #34 02-22-2009, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Internetcafe

How can you get the links from the newsfeed to open in a new window ?

See the post above, to edit the news feed further you need your own API key direct from google :up:

Bmastro · #35 02-22-2009, 02:51 PM

Now I have the API key, but I don't know where to type it in your code

leenster · #36 02-22-2009, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by concepts

Question, my site revolves around a variety (HipHop News, Mustangs, Chargers, Camaro's for our car club) and Modeling News... this only allows for the entry of one search.. anyway to have it pull random news based on a variety entry?

ex..

PHP Code:


			
executeList : ["Ford Mustang, Dodge Charger, Chevrolet Camaro, HipHop, Urban Fashion"]

i think you need to do it like this...

PHP Code:


			
executeList : ["Ford Mustang", "Dodge Charger", "Chevrolet Camaro", "HipHop", "Urban Fashion"]

leenster · #37 02-22-2009, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Internetcafe

How can you get the links from the newsfeed to open in a new window ?

i didnt need to get my own api key: this is how to do it....

PHP Code:


			
FIND:
  <script type="text/javascript">
    function LoadNewsBar() {
      var newsBar;
      var options = {

Under that ADD :

PHP Code:


			
linkTarget : GSearch.LINK_TARGET_BLANK,

worked for me

Bmastro · #38 02-22-2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leenster

i didnt need to get my own api key: this is how to do it....

PHP Code:


			
FIND:

  <script type="text/javascript">

    function LoadNewsBar() {

      var newsBar;

      var options = {

Under that ADD :

PHP Code:


			
linkTarget : GSearch.LINK_TARGET_BLANK,

worked for me

Yes, it works!
Great!!!

SuperTaz · #39 02-23-2009, 05:53 AM

Just to let you know, you can do without this code:

Code:

// The Following div element will end up holding the actual newsbar.
  // You can place this anywhere on your page.
  -->

When I left it in there, it actually showed on the site along with the news. lol

zelnik · #40 02-23-2009, 09:42 PM

Great mod but is there anyway of adapting it for a live currency rate?

UKBusinessLive · #41 02-23-2009, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelnik

Great mod but is there anyway of adapting it for a live currency rate?

Not that i know off

You could use "Currancy" as a keyword, but that would just add currancy news as oppose to "Live" Rates

What you could used is a "Live" Currancy" News Ticker like this

Code:

<script src="http://www.forex-rates.biz/index.php?step=ticker_docwr&bgc=white&fntc=Blue&fsize=14px&ffam=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&width=100%&height=20px"></script>

add that to the end of your header

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