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News Bar script

Note: Modified by DD to auto rotate messages/ compatibility in Opera 6+.

Description: An attractive "news bar" script. Messages are automatically rotated and displayed, with the ability to manually cycle back and forth through them. This script is created entirely using form buttons.

Demo:

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Simply add the below script to the <BODY> of your page:

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<style>  </style> <script language="javascript"> //News Bar script- By Premshree Pillai (premshree@hotmail.com) //http://www.qiksearch.com/javascripts.htm //Enhancements by Dynamic Drive //Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com for this script var msgs = new Array( "Click here to go back to Dynamic Drive", "JavaScript Kit- free scripts and tutorials", "Freewarejava.com", "Wired News- Technology and beyond", "Qiksearch.com" ); // No comma after last ticker msg var msg_url = new Array( "http://www.dynamicdrive.com", "http://www.javascriptkit.com", "http://freewarejava.com", "http://www.wired.com", "http://www.qiksearch.com" ); // No comma after last ticker url var barwidth='350px' //Enter main bar width in px or % var setdelay=3000 //Enter delay between msgs, in mili-seconds var mouseover_color='#E1FFE1' //Specify highlight color var mouseout_color='#FFFFFF' //Specify default color ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// var count=0; var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all var ie4=document.all&&navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1 if (ie4||ns6){ document.write('<form name="news_bar"><input type="button" value="3" onclick="moveit(0)" class="scrollerstyle" style="width:22px; height:22px; border-right-width:0px;" name="prev" title="Previous News"><input type="button" name="news_bar_but" onclick="goURL();" style="color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF; width:'+barwidth+'; height:22px; border-width:1; border-color:#000000; cursor:hand" onmouseover="this.style.background=mouseover_color" onmouseout="this.style.background=mouseout_color"><input type="button" value="4" onclick="moveit(1)" class="scrollerstyle" style="width:22px; height:22px; border-left-width:0px;" name="next" title="Next News"></form>'); } else{ document.write('<form name="news_bar"><input type="button" value="Previous" onclick="moveit(0)">') if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")!=-1) document.write('<input type="button" name="news_bar_but" onclick="goURL();" style="width:'+barwidth+'" border="0">') else document.write('<input type="button" name="news_bar_but" onclick="goURL();" width="'+barwidth+'" border="0">') document.write('<input type="button" value="Next" onclick="moveit(1)"></form>') } function init_news_bar(){ document.news_bar.news_bar_but.value=msgs[count]; } //moveit function by Dynamicdrive.com function moveit(how){ if (how==1){ //cycle foward if (count<msgs.length-1) count++ else count=0 } else{ //cycle backward if (count==0) count=msgs.length-1 else count-- } document.news_bar.news_bar_but.value=msgs[count]; } setInterval("moveit(1)",setdelay) function goURL(){ location.href=msg_url[count]; } init_news_bar(); </script>