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Girard Ibanez

11-19-2006, 07:57 AM

Is there a way to insert a timer so that the html tag <blink> TEXT HERE </blink> will blink for 3 days... etc.

I am looking for a way to alert viewers of new changes to the page but the blinking text gets old especially if nothing has been added for months.

tech_support

11-19-2006, 09:17 AM

That's a bad move.

Girard Ibanez

11-19-2006, 09:26 AM

Yep .... just read up on google searches and that is a bad tag to use along with maraque.

Ok ... there are some scripts on the dynamic's text and animation using JS but I don't want to go that route.

Maybe another alternative to catch the attention ...

tech_support

11-19-2006, 09:27 AM

Maybe putting a border around it or a heading like Latest News will do the trick.

BLiZZaRD

11-19-2006, 09:28 AM

Just put them in bold or make a page where you list your updates, and just change that.

Girard Ibanez

11-19-2006, 09:47 AM

Here the url www.myraptor.net

I'm using an inline frame for the updates page and on the index page I have the text "News Update" in bold red. I just wanted to make it flashes.

On another note:

Is there a way to change the color for the vertical scroll bars to a grey color. My searches reveal that FF does not work but I still have not found answers to changing the color.

chechu

11-19-2006, 11:06 AM

Regarding the scollbars: place the following between <head> and <body>

<style type="text/css">

</style>

About the updates: I think the best would be a ticker. Looks dynamic (although there hasn't been an update for a while) and no need for ugly scrollbar. You can place links in the tiker, that open in the content for more info (if you refere to articles or something like that).

chechu

11-19-2006, 11:08 AM

This is what I meant:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex2/crosstick.htm

Girard Ibanez

11-19-2006, 02:37 PM

I saw the tickers but would like the viewer to have control of the scroll bars.

It seems from what I have been reading is that most of the color changes for the scroll bars are only applicable to IE and not FF.

Anyone got any new info on making it work on both browsers?

chechu

11-20-2006, 02:14 PM

Correct: the color changes on the scrollbar only work in IE and not in FF.

About the ticker: if you do not want it, why not use the whole left side to place your news, and skip the last ones so it fits with the height of your content on the right ? As it is now, it looks ugly (sorry)...

Although most sites have a ticker (this is also for sales purposes: place a trigger, keep them on your site, anxious to see what is coming)

mwinter

11-20-2006, 07:34 PM

Correct: the color changes on the scrollbar only work in IE and not in FF.

Thankfully.

Although most sites have a ticker (this is also for sales purposes: place a trigger, keep them on your site, anxious to see what is coming)

I'm never anxious to see what's coming, I'm annoyed that I'm kept waiting, especially if the content disappears before I can read it.

News tickers and the like exist for certain practical reasons, namely that TV screens and the sides of buildings have limited space into which information can be rendered. This is not true of the Web where there is almost infinite vertical space (not that one should take to such extremes).

Mike

Girard Ibanez

11-21-2006, 12:33 AM

The whole left side was reserved for updates and changes. But looking further down the path, I know that it will continue to grow so I opt for the iframe. That way I can control the length of the page.

Since the site is still in it's infant stage, I may just remove the iframe and dedicate a page just for updates and web changes.

I don't really have a plan for the front page so any ideas will be encouraging.

and skip the last ones so it fits with the height of your content on the right ? As it is now, it looks ugly (sorry)...

I'm not sure what you mean.

Thanks for the opinion ... maybe you can suggest some ideas to improve the look. I need all the help and all ideas are welcome.

chechu

11-21-2006, 10:42 AM

Then I would place it like this:

this is what happened today
[read more]
this is what happened yesterday
[read more]
...
So you would only need ten lines to place five new items. Then you do not need a scrolling anymore, which would make it look nicer.
[read more] is a link to a page where you place all your news (with <a href="#name">)