calling JS ticker content from external file?? Help!

[sol07]

Hello

I want to use the domticker that John wrote:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/s...78&postcount=7

on my music site: www.thesallyconnection.com

This script basically serves up news content with auto fade and manual controls. I have tested it in my page and it works great.

My question is:
How do I convert John's script to call the content from an external file?

I want to place the content in an external file, say a text doc or html file that can be easily updated in one place.

Thanks in advance.

[???]

If your content is text, you could use AJAX to get it and then pass it to the other script, but modifing his script probably isn't too wise.

[sol07]

Hi, Thanks for your reply. Actually, I have found another ticker which better suits my needs and is easier to work with - however, now I have another problem - how to modify the buttons on this ticker to show Prev and Next, instead of the 1 2 3 next buttons (as displayed in the test page below).



As a secondary question which is not so urgent: is it possible to add a pause on mouseover effect?

Could someone with better JS knowledge have a look and suggest the revised code? I had a go, but couldn't figure out the JS needed to make it work.

My test page:
www.thesallyconnection.com/index2.html
(see the latest news section, bottom right)

I am using the "Featured Content" ticker. The code etc can be viewed here
(I have modified the CSS for this on my site for better design fit):
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...tentslider.htm