Scrolling RSS feed code

[SimpleSi]

I need to add a horizonatal scrolling "marque" type RSS Feed to a simple HTML/PHP/Javascript hard coded 1 page site but can't seem to find some easy use code.

 

Anyone got something I can use?

 

The code already contains jquery so that or plain javascript would be best

 

Ta

 

Simon

[Steve21]

The code already contains jquery so that or plain javascript would be best

 

 

If it's any use I can show a pretty nice easy to use example I play around with sometimes, and been using to test few programs. It runs off PHP5/JS

 

 

example: Untitled Document

 

Literally it's just changing one line for RSS feed, and you'd ofc need to put the div inside your main page (rather than test page etc)

 

Any use?

 

 

The world's only free and accessible RSS news ticker (PHP and JavaScript), widget, javascript, php, accessibility, css, xhtml, Steven York.com

 

Steve

[SimpleSi]

Thanks for the code

I've cut and pasted into what I think are the right places within my code but only go a bit of success

Calendar 2 Week Scrolling View

 

Can you guess which bit (js/php/css) I've mucked up

 

Simon

[Steve21]

Is it just supposed to be showing above the calender? Easier if I make a copy and play

 

Steve

[SimpleSi]

I've pm'd you the RSS feed - can you see if it works for you?

 

Its obvilously finding the feed (as it gets the title) and from Firebug in FF it seems to be picking up the CSS so I'd think it must be some mistake by me in the js/php

 

Si

[SimpleSi]

I just tried using index.php with my RSS feed and got this

 

Untitled Document

[Steve21]

Simple answer is you're trying to load 2 scripts into same place If that makes sense?

 

Steve

[SimpleSi]

Simple answer is you're trying to load 2 scripts into same place If that makes sense?

Not really

 

And that doesn't explain why the simple index.php version doesn't fully work properly then (it only displays the article title and not the article contents?)

 

Si

[Steve21]

Not really

 

And that doesn't explain why the simple index.php version doesn't fully work properly then (it only displays the article title and not the article contents?)

 

Si

 

Because that's what it's told to show You can choose what you want showing, by default it's just title. Can change it to show full content if you want.

 

Check PM.

 

Steve

[Steve21]

All you need to do is change:

 

$html.= '</pre><li>'.$item->title.'<

to:

 $html.= '</pre><li>'.$item->title.' '   .$item->description.   '<

 

And it'll show both Title and Description (aka content)

 

(Note currently your first RSS has

in it, so it might display weirdly, as it'll literally parse the content of the description )

 

I'll try to change the scripts so they work independantly of eachother if you prefer.

 

Steve

[SimpleSi]

This isn't going well

 

I've pasted in the new code into my index.php

$html.= '</pre><li>'.$item->title.' '   .$item->description.   '<

 

but all I get is a faster scrolling title

 

Untitled Document

 

 

Si

[Steve21]

Explained that part it's as you got

tags in your rss post it parses it when it's loaded into the script. If you remove those it works as normal

 

Check out the link in pm (example working with edugeek)

 

Steve

[SimpleSi]

Sorry - I didn't see that you'd PMd me back

 

As you can see - I've removed the

in the index.php code and it now looks OK (except for the speed )

 

I'll look at the main code and see if I can spot your changes and merge them into my code

 

What a way to spend a saturday night - really appreciate the help

 

Si

[Steve21]

Want me to quickly log on pc and drop you a link to pre-parses php file? Saves trying to decode it

 

Steve

[SimpleSi]

Want me to quickly log on pc and drop you a link to pre-parses php file?

You've lost me again - you need to go slowly with me

 

Si

PS I'm trying to understand the "nearest script" concept - I can program in JS but how it actually works/parsed is a mystery to me

[SimpleSi]

PS the only reason I'm going down this route to get an RSS feed displayed is due to the unreliability of Xibo 1.2 and I thought it would be easy to just stick some simple js in my own page and throw Xibo out completely.

 

I got that wrong

 

Si

[Steve21]

New PM has link to source.

 

What I mean is having multiple scripts in same file needs some way of distinguishing which script is referenced by a function call

 

If that makes sense

?

 

Will try to explain better tomorrow

 

Steve

[SimpleSi]

Finally got things going after a nights rest and working out how to resolve mootools/jquery conflicts

 

Calendar 2 Week Scrolling View

 

Thanks again for all the help

 

Si