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

[jjj0923]

I did some tricky things with it in the javascript like changing the contents of the window that instantiated it when someone clicks on a link inside the scrolling window....

- jeff

[Ninth Dimension]

Originally posted by jjj0923
I did some tricky things with it in the javascript like changing the contents of the window that instantiated it when someone clicks on a link inside the scrolling window....

- jeff

that sounds cool, i'm happy with what I've got so far, I've even got someone using it already http://www.fuchsiashockz.co.uk/index2.shtml

[Anat]

I really want this hack I even found out about it elsewhere and emailed jcroft but haven't heard back yet.

Anyway, I have tried installing it but am having some problems little no-php me can't deal with...

I had to change the line that calls global.php because my forums files are stored under a forums sub-dir. So I had it changed to -

require ('http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/global.php');

Now I can see the marquee but what scrolls there is an error message that says -

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/www/thecatsite/marquee.php on line 72

Anyone has a solution???

I'm using 2.2.9 btw

[PurpleCow]

Anyone got this working on 2.3.0 ?? I'd also be ineterested to use this hack !

Thank you

[Oblivion Knight]

Today at 01:05 PM PurpleCow said this in Post #34
Anyone got this working on 2.3.0 ?? I'd also be ineterested to use this hack !

Thank you

It works fine as it is with 2.3.0
I tried it out, but unfortunately it made my homepage look far too cluttered, no matter how much I customised the layout.

[PurpleCow]

Okay, isn't it possible to use this hack to syndicate threads on third party sites.

If, yes, how to do it?

Also, what code should i use to include the marquee on my html page ??

Thank you

[Anat]

Are there any PHP/VB gurus around that can maybe help me with the bug? I can't get it to work properly...

[Oblivion Knight]

Today at 06:38 AM PurpleCow said this in Post #36
Okay, isn't it possible to use this hack to syndicate threads on third party sites.

If, yes, how to do it?

Also, what code should i use to include the marquee on my html page ??

Thank you

If you're calling this on a html page, your extension MUST be .shtm or .shtml.

Assuming you've uploaded marquee.php to the forums root, you'd use something similar to this code where you wanted to place it in your html page:
<!--#include file="forums/marquee.php"-->

Today at 08:45 AM Anat said this in Post #37
Are there any PHP/VB gurus around that can maybe help me with the bug? I can't get it to work properly...

A simple solution would be to upload marquee.php to the same directory as your forums root (where the required global.php is also located), and then to call the script from there..

[Anat]

Thanks Knight, but it's still not working. I uploaded the script to the forums directory and it's working fine there. Then I used the following code in my page (it's a PHP page anyway) -

PHP Code:

<?php include ("forums/marquee.php");?>

So this is what it comes out like - www.thecatsite.com/index.php

Still the same error message. It does make some sense I think - I know very little PHP but from what I see the include simply copies and pastes the text found in that other file...

[Anat]

Ok problem fixed using iframe - I guess it doesn't work another way.