Fading Ticker Tape Script
Note: Updated March 16th, 2003
Description: A cross browser ticker tape that can display an infinite number of messages. Each time the message changes, a fading effect is accompanied. The messages themselves are each clickable, and can be configured to go anywhere upon click. Fully functional in IE4+, NS4, NS6+, and Opera7+.
Demo:
Step 1: Insert the below into the <head> section of your page:
Step 2: Insert the below inside the <body> section of your page, where you want the ticker to appear:
Step 3: Finally, add the below into the <body> tag itself, like this:
<body onload="if (ie||ns6||ns4) {regenerate2();updatecontent()}">Configuring the ticker
Changing the messages: The messages and their corresponding link are contained inside the array news[0], news[1] etc of the code in Step 2. Change those to your own (you may shorten or expand the number of messages as desired).
Changing the ticker's dimensions: To change the dimensions of the ticker, edit the "width" and height" in the style sheet of Step 1.