So ...
Basically, we are talking about a multi-functional data display plugin that will allow you to easily add custom news tickers to your Wordpress website site either through shortcodes, direct functions, or a custom Ditty News Ticker Widget.
The plugin comes with 3 ticker modes:
- scroll mode – scrolling the ticker data left, right, up or down
- rotate mode – rotating through the ticker data
- list mode – display your ticker data as a list
Upon activation,you'll notice a new "News Tickers" menu item in your admin menu area. In order to create a new ticker, you'll have to click the "Add New" link:
First you'll have to give this particular news ticker a name.
Next, you'll see two panels displaying the corresponding shortcode and direct function.
And below you'll see the actual configuration panel with three tabs: "Ticker Type", "Ticker Mode" and "Global Settings".
The free version of the plugin will allow you to use the default news (text) ticker, but if you want, you can purchase various other ticker types (extensions) too (Facebook Ticker, Timed Ticker, RSS Ticker, Mega Ticker, etc). For each ticker, you can add as many tick items as you want. If you want to add a new tick, simply press the green "+" icon ...
Obviously, you'll have to enter the text (content) for each tick item. If you want, you can use even HTML, and inline CSS styles are also supported! Also, if you want, you can wrap a link around your tick content with targeting and nofollow options included ...
Once you are done adding and defining your tick items, switch to the "Ticker Mode" tab. This is where you can choose between scroll, rotate and list modes. And once you have selected a given mode, you'll be able to customize the behavior of your news ticker by adjusting various mode-specific parameters (scroll direction, scroll speed, rotation type, rotator padding, etc):
Finally, the "Global Settings" tab will allow you to configure a bunch of very straightforward global options such as title, ticker width, etc.
OK. Now let's see the magic ...
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'm, currently using it as a widet at the top of my sidebar but it's narrow and I'd like to have it running along the entire width of the page, ideally at the very bottom of the header.
I think the only way to do that is to insert the code directly into the header .php. Have you got any suggestions about how best to do that?
Ian
You need/want to use the plugin to display the ticker on given pages/posts and all you have to do is to insert the shortcode in that pages/posts. And there is an option that allows you to set the width.
I've experimented a bit but it seems a chunky way of doing it.
I'll experiment some more :-)
Ian
Ian
More than that, those changes added to the theme php template files will be overwritten every time when you update your theme.
Good training, good plugin.
Ian
In order to put it in a given specific place, you'll have to read and understand the whole PHP source code to find the right spot where you want/can insert the new PHP function without breaking the code. But each template file and each theme is different and this is why you need to understand every single line of that specific source code ...
Necessity is the mother of invention :-)
Ian
