Html Tag <blink> </blink>

**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>

Code:

<style type="text/css">
<!--

body
	{
	scrollbar-face-color:#eeeeee;
	scrollbar-arrow-color:white;
	scrollbar-track-color:white;
	scrollbar-shadow-color:white;
	scrollbar-highlight-color:white;
	scrollbar-3dlight-color:white;
	scrollbar-darkshadow-Color:white;	
	background-attachment: fixed;
}

-->
</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)

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