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ESPN style news ticker

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:10 am
by johnperkins21
I am trying to implement an ESPN style news ticker on my website. Basically what I have is a bunch of stats that I would like to show that come up similar to the way they do on like SportsCenter and stuff.

Here is an example: http://picturethisproductions.com/twelvetone/

I don't know if this is even possible using Javascript and PHP. It will probably have to be done using flash, but I was wondering if anyone here would know where I could get something like this, or maybe how to start? I can figure out how to do one, like the above link did with news, but I would want to add even more than that. There would be at least 6 different headings with info scrolling by afterwards.

I know I'm asking a lot, and probably won't have much luck, but I've always gotten fantastic information from this site before, so this is where I'll come again.

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:14 am
by feyd

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:13 pm
by johnperkins21
Yes, a very basic scroller can be done in Javascript, but I have the following that I want to show:

Table 1
Info 1
Info 2
Info 3

Table 2
Info 4
Info 5
Info 6

Table 3
Info 7
Info 8
Info 9


So what I want is Table 1 heading to scroll up into frame, then Info 1, 2 & 3 to marquee across. When that's done, Table 2 heading scrolls up, then Info 4, 5 & 6 marquees across. Same thing happens with Table 3. After that, the whole thing starts over.

If you've seen SportsCenter, you'll probably understand what I'm getting at. They've got headings like NBA, NFL, NCAAB and so on, then when each one of those headings come up, stats relating to those headings marquee across the screen. It's kind of hard to explain, but those simple javascript text scrollers only solve half of the problem.

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:43 pm
by feyd
you can combine them to do such a thing, with event driven animation.