Topic: Scrolling 'recent posts' block

[mack]

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere (I couldn't find quite the right thing) ..

I'm looking for a block that is just like the default 'recent posts' block BUT scrolls one recent post after another .. to a limit of say 5 posts. I want to use this block at the top of my home page, sitting above the main articles. The default one is just too big for what I want.

Has anyone tackled this or can point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance of any help 

[mack]

Hmm .. a LOT of views but no responses .. I take it no-one knows of a similar mod available or once that's w.i.p.

Should this be moved to custom coding?

[mack]

Cheers for the reply.

I wondered whether that might be the answer .. although I think some javascript and block editing might sort it. I'll try and ask for this thread to be moved.

[Nathaniel]

This question has been raised previously, there are several solutions to it in the topic below (some of which may not work perfectly):
http://simpleportal.net/index.php?topic=3154

[mack]

oops .. sry nathaniel .. I did look before posting and must've missed it

apologies 

*edit* oh wait I did already see that .. and it was for smf 2 

[Old Fossil]

Have you tried it on your portal?

[AngelinaBelle]

That same trick will work in your code

Code: [Select]

echo '<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="up" height="170px" scrolldelay=" 10" scrollamount=" 1" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()">'; // before all the stuff you want to be scrolling


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echo '</marquee>'; // after all the stuff you want to be scrolling


[mack]

Oops sorry .. had kinda missed these responses here (been busy gaming hehe).

@Brack1 - I haven't tried the code in the link Nathaniel suggested simply because it says it was only for smf 2 iirc.

@AngelinaBelle - I kinda want one latest post item to scroll upwards one at a time, not sideways like a <marquee> would do.

[AngelinaBelle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquee_element

[mack]

Oops (again) .. apologies AngelinaBelle, that's a new one on me.

Where should I look to add the marquee code (file/line)? Seems like this would probably work just fine, assuming the 'latest post' box would shrink to one line with the 3 latest posts scrolling upwards through it.

[AngelinaBelle]

Code: [Select]

$marquee_height='170px';
 
$parms= array(
'type' => 'Posts',
'display' => 'full'
)
 

echo '<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="up" height="', $marquee_height, '" scrolldelay=" 10" scrollamount=" 1" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()">';
sp_recent($parms, 0, false)
echo '</marquee>';

[mack]

Thanks AngelinaBelle ..

Last question (I promise) .. where does that go? Which file/line?

[AngelinaBelle]

Anywhere you like.
Maybe a custom php block would be the easiest place to start.

[mack]

Ahhh I see .. thought this was for a specific file rather than an SP block .. I got ya!

I get a syntax problem when applying the code you mentioned above

..

Code: [Select]

$marquee_height='170px';
 
$parms= array(
'type' => 'Posts',
'display' => 'full'
);
 

echo '<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="up" height="', $marquee_height, '" scrolldelay=" 10" scrollamount=" 1" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()">';
sp_recent($parms, 0, false)
echo '</marquee>';
Error ..

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ECHO in /Sources/PortalBlocks.php(3444) : eval()'d code on line 9

----------
Edit: corrected code -- inserted missing ";"

[AngelinaBelle]

Ah.  finding the missing ";" was an exercise left for the reader

Code: [Select]

$marquee_height='170px';
 
$parms= array(
'type' => 'Posts',
'display' => 'full'
);
 
echo '<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="up" height="', $marquee_height, '" scrolldelay=" 10" scrollamount=" 1" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()">';
sp_recent($parms, 0, false);
echo '</marquee>';


[mack]

haha ok, np 

This is exactly what I was after .. THANK YOU AngelinaBelle !!! 

You can admire the scrolling glory here (if you really want to  )

Here's the code I ended up using (almost exactly the same as above but with some minor aesthetic changes) ..

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$marquee_height='30px';
 
$parms= array(
'type' => 'Posts',
'display' => '5'
);
 
echo '<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="up" height="', $marquee_height, '" scrolldelay=" 10" scrollamount=" 0.5" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()">';
sp_recent($parms, 0, false);
echo '</marquee>';

[mikebcnu]

Code: [Select]

$marquee_height='170px';
 
$parms= array(
'type' => 'Posts',
'display' => 'full'
)
 

echo '<marquee behavior="scroll" direction="up" height="', $marquee_height, '" scrolldelay=" 10" scrollamount=" 1" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()">';
sp_recent($parms, 0, false)
echo '</marquee>';

I get     ----- Syntax error in block code. Please check the code. ----

[AngelinaBelle]

That is not an exact copy.
The easiest way to get an exact copy is to hit the "quote" link, and copy the text between the [code] tags.
 

[mikebcnu]

I copied the code from the quote box and it works only in preview - when i hit "add block" it gives the same error

[AngelinaBelle]

Please copy the code from this post:
http://simpleportal.net/index.php?topic=6593.msg38275#msg38275