pausing RSS Scroller, not getting RSS feed

[ddadmin]

Gentryw, that error is normal, as calling scrollerbridge.php without any parameters will always return that error. You should instead call:

http://expertshouston.com/2006/lastr...idge.php?id=ca

when debugging the RSS feed called "ca". Based on the error message now, it seems the problem actually lies with LastRSS, namely, its inability to get the contents of certain RSS feeds like http://www.my-etrust.com/alertservice/pg.aspx?f=mix I'll have to look into switching to a different RSS parser soon, one that supports greater versatility. It seems LastRSS's homepage is down as well, which doesn't help.

I don't have a time line for this, as I'll be very busy the next few weeks. Magpie RSS is the most well known/versatile RSS parser, though the initial reason I didn't use that one is because it seems a little bloated for what I'm trying to do here.

[gentryw]

But it doesn't even work when calling your RSS feed
http://expertshouston.com/2006/lastr...d=dynamicdrive

Any suggestion on how to get a fix for this for the AM? I'm on a deadline. =/

[ddadmin]

Ah ok it seems then the problem is just that you haven't installed LastRSS correctly. First thing to check is that the "/cache" directory under "lastrss" is properly chmodded to 777 (write permission).

[gentryw]

Seems I am having some issues changing permissions since the site is hosted on GoDaddy shared servers.

Can I host the lastrss stuff on a remote server and call it that way?

[ddadmin]

Yep, with Pausing RSS scroller (not RSS Ajax ticker), you can host the script on any capable server. Just make sure the allowed domains list contains the domains you want the scroller to actually be shown.

I'm not surprised, I've heard that GoDaddy servers, especially their virtual accounts, are very limiting.

[gentryw]

How would I call the script from the remote server?

[ddadmin]

Simply add the frontend JavaScript portion of the script to the site that you wish to actually display the scroller on (versus the site the script is installed on). See the "Syndicating your RSS feed on other sites using Pausing RSS scroller" section on the RSS scroller page.

[gentryw]

ok, this works I'm guessing:
http://graphiqdezine.com/lastrss/scr...idge.php?id=ca

Now I just have to figure out the rest of the trick to make it work remotely.

[gentryw]

Thanks! Got it working.

Any way at all to make it scroll left to right rather than up/down?

[ddadmin]

Thanks! Got it working.

Any way at all to make it scroll left to right rather than up/down?

Hmmm that's a feature request that will probably have to wait. It's certainly possible, and among the ideas I have for the alternate version of the original script.