Website embedded scroller for RSS news

Documentation

Applet Parameters

Main parameters:

  • width / height
  • fgColor: foreground color for the news headlines
  • bgColor: background color for the applet
  • font: font family, type and size for the headlines

On mouse-hover parameters:

  • hoverFgColor: foreground color when mouse moves over headlines
  • hoverBgColor: background color when mouse moves over headlines
  • hoverFont: font for headlines when mouse moves over headlines

Title bar related

  • title: text for title
  • titleBgColor: background color for the title
  • titleFgColor: foreground color for the title
  • titleFont: font for titlebar
  • titleWidth: the width of the title section
  • titleURL: the link that is opened when user clicks on titlebar

News Data related

  • feed: the URL to the news source (ex: http://www.yourdomain.com/news-rss.php)

Other

  • borderWidth: the width of the border in pixels
  • borderColor: the color of the border
  • charset: the charset of the font
  • target: window target of the pop-up windows for news (ex: _blank)
  • tickerDirection: "lr" ("lr" left-to-right "rl" right-to-left)
  • showChangeDirectionButton: "true" or "false"
  • refreshDelay: the period to update news (in miliseconds)
  • startDelay: the period to hold rotation when applet starts (in miliseconds)
  • delay: the period to wait before each movement of the ticker (in miliseconds)
  • step: the space in pixels the applet rotates in one step
  • separatorWidth: the width in pixels of the space between two successive headlines
  • separatorImage: the URL of the image to be used as separator
Parameters format:
  • font: "name,type,size". Sample:

    <param name="font" value="SansSerif,BOLD,11">
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