Customizing the Newsflash?

Sadja · 26.08.2004, 16:54

I dont want my newsflash to scroll, I dont want my newsflash to blink, I dont want my newsflash to do anything great.

I just want to remove the heading (Newsflash), make the text italic and a specific color and have it stick to the right side of the darn box.

*sighs*

Can anyone advice me on how to do that?
I'm no good with php.. I was so much hoping I could just hand the newsflash module/component (its a module, right?) its css definitions and all would be fine. But nooo.. its taking the attributes from where-should-i-know-from.

Thanks anyone who could help me..
.. and sorry if this has been asked before. I seached for "newsflash" but found no good.

(oh and if anyone ends up having something else that could provide me an easy way to display a random quote out of many many many each time the page is reloaded... 'cause should the newsflash not be that editable ill have to search for a workaround)

GroovyCoop · 26.08.2004, 17:54

Sadja,
I'm not sure on how to conifgure Newsflash, but (relating to the last part of your post) I've been using this cool module called Message of the Day instead of Newsflash. It pops up a new message everytime you reload the page, and there are a ton of messages already built in so you don't have to go and write a bunch of Newsflashes to create the same effect. Hope that helps a little.

~GroovyCoop

zorkhh · 26.08.2004, 18:02

Hi.

like with every module, you can hide the title from the backend Modules/manage modules. Select the newsflash-module and set "Show Title" to "No".

All the other things should be possible through CSS. If it is missing, add the class "newsflash" to your CSS-File and do all your "styling" there.

hth.

ZorkHH

Sadja · 27.08.2004, 08:54

thanks a bunch to both of you and your answers.

I'm going to try this module (just in case) - and I'll also try the .newsflash class again. I already did try this when I saw it mentioned in the code, but for some reasons Mambo ignored it

Maybe I did something wrong..

Anyway, thanks again.

Navstar · 27.08.2004, 09:09

If Mambo ignored it then you might want to check the chmod. Just a thought for you. You might want to check out this site and see how they have used the newflas module. They built in RSS Feeds off others ites and more. You can ask the site manager about it. He will be more than happy to serve your need. check out FIJI VOICES COMMUNITY .

Hope you find what you're looking for and well good luck with mambo.

Sadja · 27.08.2004, 09:45

I did it!

First I downloaded that module. It's much easier to edit because of the way the quotes are listed in a text file and not provided manually.

(sidenote question: is there a way to insert data into the original newsflash through the database? I do that with smilies for invisionboards I provide all the time - just load up the table in the database instead of manually adding them through the admin interface)

Anyway, I also figured out what I did wrong...
This is how the class should look for the newsflash I think:

Code:

table.moduletable td.newsflash {

Now all I have to figure out is how to customize the description and header of the "Weblink" component. I cant seem to find that.. silly gal.

Oh and, thanks again.

zorkhh · 27.08.2004, 11:12

Hi,

if you mean with "description of WeblinK" this text:

Quote:

We are regularly out on the web. When we find a great site...

you will have to edit your language-file. It is "hardcoded" there. Not very nice, i know.

hth

ZorkHH

Sadja · 27.08.2004, 11:30

Thank you Navstar for the link.

And (once again) thanks to zorkhh for the pointers.
I found the entry in the language file and took yet another hurdle towards the completion of my website.

Even better yet.. I found alot of neat things there

bucabay · 28.08.2004, 05:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sadja

Thank you Navstar for the link.

And (once again) thanks to zorkhh for the pointers.
I found the entry in the language file and took yet another hurdle towards the completion of my website.

Even better yet.. I found alot of neat things there

Hey Sadja,
I guess you found most of what you wanted to find, I just found a quite a few referrals to my site from this post and thought id check it out.

Well just a pointer for those following this thread:
when editing the language file. If you get header output errors make sure you delete any spaces at the bottom of the file...
ie: no spaces or returns before <?php and after ?>

(that is to make sure the language file does not output to your webpage when being included... since it will be doing so before all headers are sent out.)

Some text editors will add a return at the bottom, (such as the filemanager used on Cpanel.) I had a bit of a problem with that.. and spent over an hour trying to figure it out.. just thought id save you some time...