How Do I Create a Scrolling Text Box For News Items On My Website?

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hey,

how do i create a scrolling text box within my current website table, which
i can type news headlines for people to read, and scroll through? but i don't
want a text box that people write in (like a comment box)... what i need is a
text box that i can create and edit using frontpage, and then publish it to
the web for people to read.

and also, it it possible to using HTML code, ie.

<STYLE type="text/css">
<!--
BODY {
scrollbar-face-color: #000000;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #000000;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #000000;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #000000;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #FF3300;
scrollbar-track-color: #000000;
}
-->
</STYLE>

on the text box, so that it has a certain look, that differs to the rest of
the website?

i don't know if this will make much sense, but hopefully you can get at what
i mean.
do you need to use javascript to achieve this?
in which case, what is a good website for me to learn how to create an
interactive javascript website?

thanks,

adam.
 
Look for scrolling marquee in FrontPage, Insert > Web Components > Dynamic Effects >
Marquee.


As the scrollbar, yes but don't assign it to the body.
Give the text box a class name and assign it to the class.


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That's not really what i'm after...

I want something like a scrolling text box, but not for guests to write in,
or not one that just scrolls across the page endlessly. I want a box, which
they can scroll up and down, to view news stories. sort of like a regular
webpage, but within my current website.

i can't explain it very well, but, i hope you can sort of understand what
i'm talking about
thanks.
 
Here's what you want for the "scrolling text box".

<div align="left" style="border-style:solid; border-width:2px;
border-color:blue; background-color:#F0F8FF; overflow-y:scroll; width:200px;
height:300px">This is a div.<br>It has a set width and height, and a vertical
scroll bar.<br>You can put news and info in this box for your users to read.
<br>Scroll down for more<br>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>more</div>
 
wait. i don't get it. am i supposed to copy all of that HTML code you just
wrote, and then paste it in my website's HTML?
where should i paste it? i tried pasting it where i wanted it in the HTML,
and it just came up as a bunch of writing.

sorry, i'm not that great on this HTML stuff, i'm trying to teach myself,
but i'm running into trouble...

thanks again.
 
Yes, in code view you can copy and paste it where you want it and it should
display correctly.
 
Sweet. I got it now...
One more question... How do I put an image in the background. (say i create
one in photoshop, then save it to my computer... how do i put that behind the
news?)
THANKS so much.
 
Change "background-color:#F0F8FF;" to "background-image: url(pic.gif);" where
pic.gif is the name of the image you want to use. You may need to add
"background-repeat: no-repeat;" after that if you don't want the image to
tile. HTH.
 
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