JScript Scrolling Text-Help
Hello,
For a site I am making for a client they are requesting that I include database driven content.
They wouldl like to have the following (all driven by DB)
Scolling crawler - horizontal
Scrolling text-vertical
I have searched for codes to do this and have found a ton but none seem to be database driven and do not have web based config files.
Ideally I would like to have config files that my client can change via the web to make changes to both scrollers.
If this cannot be database driven no big deal but it would be very helpful so they could just call up what they want to display on the site.
I searched all of the possibilities on Hotscripts.com and only found one script like this with a config file. To use this script I must pay, but at the site to pay they will not answer questions I have, nor will they provide me with a sample of the config file.
I really don't want to pay for a script like this but if I must I would be happy to. Even if someone wants to make this for me I would be happy to pay for their work.
Please let me know if you can help of have seen a similar script avaliable. Should I maybe look into using something other than JavaScript. I don't have a very much coding experience thats why I am calling upon you as 'pros' to aid me in my quest.
Thank you very much for any input.
Jah
Suzanne posted this at 16:03 — 20th November 2003.
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You can't do it without JavaScript if you want a pure HTML display. JavaScript controls how things display on the client-side. However, you can combine server-side languages to display JavaScript as their output, which would meet your needs.
Alternatively, you can use a Flash + Database solution, or Java + Database solution but those would both require plugins and support that may prove to be problematic for some users if the information in the "scroller" is vital.
In all cases, the information should degrade into files that are viewable by any user-agent, regardless, so make sure there is at the very least a text link to a regular display (no scrollers) of the information.
If you're seeking someone to do the work for you, please post in the MarketPlace, but you're welcome to continue to ask for advice and help here as well.
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Vincent Puglia posted this at 01:27 — 26th November 2003.
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Joined: Dec 1999
Hi,
I'm not sure what you mean by driven by a db and a 'scrolling crawler'. If by the former you mean the source of the text, then you simply need a server-side language that will place the text within an array that javascript can manipulate (text scrollers are relatively easy to code, but dependent upon the page's layout, and as I said above -- I do not know what you mean by a 'crawler' unless you mean a horizontal scroller [also easy].
You might want to post more information.
Vinny
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