Scrolling News Box

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I've already asked this, but I didn't get very far last time...

How do I create a scrolling box, in which I can type news, on my site. Not
one for people to write in, but one for me to type news in, in Frontpage, and
then publish to the net.

If you are unsure of what i'm talking about, go to
http://www.wakingashland.com/body.html and see the news box on their
homepage. That's what i'm after.

Please help, however you can.

Thanks.
 
Adamus01 said:
I've already asked this, but I didn't get very far last time...

How do I create a scrolling box, in which I can type news, on my
site. Not one for people to write in, but one for me to type news in,
in Frontpage, and then publish to the net.

If you are unsure of what i'm talking about, go to
http://www.wakingashland.com/body.html and see the news box on their
homepage. That's what i'm after.

Please help, however you can.

Thanks.
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Hi Adamus,
I did read your post as if you wanted visitors to be able to update the news
and this is beyond me.

However, I have now had a look at the site you referred to (by View|Source)

The box you are referring to is an embedded Flash file .
The code is
td background="images/body_03.jpg" width="342" height="132">
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"
width="342" height="132" id="title" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="newsletter.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<param name="SCALE" value="noborder">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<embed src="newsletter.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="342"
height="132" name="title" align="right" scale="noborder"
allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object></td>

This requires use of the Flash editor, which is not cheap, so I read.

However, this effect can be acheived by other means. One way is to use an
in-line frame, and set it to scroll. It isn't all that difficult - certainly
less learning curve than Flash.

In fact I think the news item on my webpage (see below) is similar, except
that I set the size of the box that it doesn't scroll. If I had made it
smaller, it would. I added the "bell" (as in bells and whistles) that you
can hide or display it as you wish.

You can take my code if you want it. If don't know how to or don't know
enough about HTML, Javascript and CSS, then I can guide you through it.
 
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