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Switch3130 · #1 10-07-2009, 03:56 AM

I run a wrestling forum, which means promoting new wrestling news is key to generate discussion, which is what made me start thinking. I'm decent at coding, but I'm looking for some guidance here as I'm still no pro.

I want to keep the skin I have now, but I want to make a crucial upgrade to it. I want to make the header look like this forums (sorta) but have a logo on the right side and have a news feed on the left letting members know the newest threads in the wrestling forums. Whether I could program it for every thread in certain forums will automatically be added or I would have to update it myself.

Hopefully I'm being clear enough and if I am can anyone recommended possible coding tips for a job like this etc?

Lynne · #2 10-07-2009, 02:55 PM

I don't understand what you are asking for guidance on - how to create a new style? How to make the latest threads feed? Have you taken a look in the articles forum here?

Switch3130 · #3 10-07-2009, 04:45 PM

What I'm looking for is for my header to have a news feed built into it.

Lynne · #4 10-07-2009, 05:30 PM

Have you tried a search on "news*" in "all mods" "titles only"? There are some mods out there already to do this.

pein87 · #5 10-08-2009, 02:10 AM

You could use ajax to query the database and have it return the top five thread titles and have them scrolling using either javascript or the marque tag.

Switch3130 · #6 10-08-2009, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pein87

You could use ajax to query the database and have it return the top five thread titles and have them scrolling using either javascript or the marque tag.

This is what I'm looking for and to include it in my header area. How would I go about doing this?

If you volunteer to help me great, but if money is what's going to make you speak then PM Me.

pein87 · #7 10-08-2009, 02:34 AM

At this moment I cant be of any help because I am currently busy with my own site. Theres a mod in the mod section that gets the latest thread titles I cant remember its name right off hand. Make a new ajax request and use setInterval(); javascript to call it using 30 * 1000 as the internal so every 30 seconds it does the function of requesting the info.

Switch3130 · #8 10-08-2009, 02:41 AM

I wish I understand one word you said, but I don't know if I have enough coding experience to pull something like this off.

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