coded Horizontal News scroller help....

[rufussweetwater]

i have been searching for months trying to find a good horizontal news/text scroller coded with any kind of code i could find, javascript, actionscript, php, html, what have you. so now i come to this forum for help. i would really like it if someone could create, find, or link me a good horizontal news/text scroller Please.

[zapzack]

erm.. try <marquee> </marquee>

[sourfacedcyclop]

the marquee tags are depreciated, so I would avoid using them.

This site may be of some help.
http://www.latenight-coding.com/moot...qscroller.html

[rufussweetwater]

thanks, ill check it out right now...

[ecks919]

Here is an interesting one that works for text and images, and will change scrolling based on where you place your mouse: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...wler/index.htm

Dynamic drive usually has a few cool ones you can check out. That's just one of a long list. The instructions are pretty good too.

[rufussweetwater]

I just ended up using the <marquee>...</marquee> tags cause it was the easiest and I didn't have to worry about the BGcolor and I just had to apply a span class to get my text format right. so I'm good for now.

Although i would like to know this; say i have a link in my scrolling marquee, how do i change the color of that link to look like the rest of the text and only have an underline signifying that its a link?

[zapzack]

Just use CSS to do it..

[sourfacedcyclop]

I just ended up using the <marquee>...</marquee> tags cause it was the easiest and I didn't have to worry about the BGcolor and I just had to apply a span class to get my text format right. so I'm good for now.

Although i would like to know this; say i have a link in my scrolling marquee, how do i change the color of that link to look like the rest of the text and only have an underline signifying that its a link?

Try somthing like this for the html

<a class="scrolllink" href="whereever.html"> Link Text </a>

and this for the css

a.scrolllink {
font-size:whatever;
font-color:whatever;
text-decoration:underline;
}

BTW, you should know that the marquee tags are no longer considered valid, so you may find yourself with browser problems with it.

[rufussweetwater]

well i really dont mean to be rude or snoody, far from it really, but i am now currently testing all the recently used web browsers [Internet explorer, mozilla firefox, safari, opera, maxthon, and google chrome] and the marquee works [so far] on all of them.

but i will copy and paste your instructions just in case something goes wrong with the marquee tags...

[misson]

From the original "Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design", way back in 1996:

3. Scrolling Text, Marquees, and Constantly Running Animations

Never include page elements that move incessantly. Moving images have an overpowering effect on the human peripheral vision. A web page should not emulate Times Square in New York City in its constant attack on the human senses: give your user some peace and quiet to actually read the text!
Of course, <BLINK> is simply evil. Enough said.

Personally, I find that marquees usually don't move fast enough. We've got these wonderful rectus and oblique muscles that let us move our eyes, so text can stand still. A news box is a more usable design than a news ticker.