rss ticker question?

[bobster]

1) Script Title: Advanced RSS Ticker (Ajax invocation)

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...ajax/index.htm

3) Describe problem: How can I edit the script to enable target="_blank" option?

[vwphillips]

rssticker_ajax.prototype.rotatemsg=function(){
var instanceOfTicker=this
if (this.mouseoverBol==1) //if mouse is currently over ticker, do nothing (pause it)
setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()}, 100)
else{ //else, construct item, show and rotate it!
var tickerDiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid)
var linktitle='<div class="rsstitle"><a href="'+this.link[this.pointer]+'" target="_blank" >'+this.title[this.pointer]+'</a></div>'
var description='<div class="rssdescription">'+this.description[this.pointer]+'</div>'
var feeddate='<div class="rssdate">'+this.pubdate[this.pointer]+'</div>'
if (this.logicswitch.indexOf("description")==-1) description=""
if (this.logicswitch.indexOf("date")==-1) feeddate=""
var tickercontent=linktitle+feeddate+description //STRING FOR FEED CONTENTS
this.fadetransition("reset") //FADE EFFECT- RESET OPACITY
tickerDiv.innerHTML=tickercontent
this.fadetimer1=setInterval(function(){instanceOfTicker.fadetransition('up', 'fadetimer1')}, 100) //FADE EFFECT- PLAY IT
this.pointer=(this.pointer<this.feeditems.length-1)? this.pointer+1 : 0
setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()}, this.delay) //update container every second
}
}

[bobster]

That takes care of the title link. But there's also a link in the description.

Thank you,
Bob

[jscheuer1]

Add the red code (two places) as shown:

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// initialize()- Initialize ticker method.
// -Gets contents of RSS content and parse it using JavaScript DOM methods 
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
rssticker_ajax.prototype.hrefre = / href=/ig;
rssticker_ajax.prototype.initialize=function(){ 
if (this.ajaxobj.readyState == 4){ //if request of file completed
if (this.ajaxobj.status==200){ //if request was successful
var xmldata=this.ajaxobj.responseXML
if(xmldata.getElementsByTagName("item").length==0){ //if no <item> elements found in returned content
document.getElementById(this.tickerid).innerHTML="<b>Error</b> fetching remote RSS feed!<br />"+this.ajaxobj.responseText
return
}
var instanceOfTicker=this
this.feeditems=xmldata.getElementsByTagName("item")
//Cycle through RSS XML object and store each peice of an item inside a corresponding array
for (var i=0; i<this.feeditems.length; i++){
this.title[i]=this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("title")[0].firstChild.nodeValue
this.link[i]=this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("link")[0].firstChild.nodeValue
this.description[i]=this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("description")[0].firstChild.nodeValue.replace(this.hrefre, ' target="_blank" href=');
this.pubdate[i]=this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("pubDate")[0].firstChild.nodeValue
}
document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseover=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=1}
document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseout=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=0}
this.rotatemsg()
}
}
}

You have to scroll the code block to see all of the second addition.

Or you can just replace the entire section indicated with the code in the code block above.

[bobster]

Thank you. That works great.