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#44 | views_ticker_for_D6_alpha_4.tar_.gz | 11.9 KB | hutch |
#42 | views-ticker-endless.patch | 698 bytes | hutch |
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Comment #1
rmiddle CreditAttribution: rmiddle commentedSubcribe
Comment #2
unarsu CreditAttribution: unarsu commentedI'm working on this today. I was hoping to have it done today, but I'm taking the time to see if I can integrate some of the patches that have been posted.
Comment #3
puleddu CreditAttribution: puleddu commentedsub,
any news on this port?
Comment #4
wuf31 CreditAttribution: wuf31 commentedsubscribing..
Interesting module, looking forward for a 6.x version
Comment #5
jweberg CreditAttribution: jweberg commentedsubscribing!
Comment #6
chasz CreditAttribution: chasz commented+1
Comment #7
Mathews_1 CreditAttribution: Mathews_1 commentedsubscribing. Looking Forward to seeing Drupal 6.x
Comment #8
panji CreditAttribution: panji commentedSubscribe,.. waiting......................
Comment #9
darumaki CreditAttribution: darumaki commentedsubscribe
Comment #10
monsterweb CreditAttribution: monsterweb commentedI'm also interested in this. I'm not no drupal developer but i knows the php. Please let me know if you need help.
Comment #11
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedCracked it (up to a point). see attached tarball
I have only implemented jscroller, not the other two.
It works with Views 2, I have not tried it with the older Views
Horizontal mode works if you make it inline under Row style: fields
Vertical in a block is working fine in bluemarine
There are options under Basic settings > style: Views Ticker (click on the gear)
scroll type, direction, speed, mouseover and delay.
I have used the latest version of jscroller, included in the tarball
Hope this helps
Comment #12
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedFound a small thing I forgot to include in the tarball, here is a patch.
It feeds the name of the query through to the template.
Comment #13
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedI have managed to get the fade and bbc tickers in there as well, please try the attached tarball.
I have also added the bounce effect to the scroller options.
In case anyone is interested, I modelled this port on the views_rotator module, nice clean code that is easy to follow.
Comment #14
phicarre CreditAttribution: phicarre commentedD6 version
I installed it. I see the module in the list but nothing else ...
Comment #15
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedIt is all in Views, go there and click on 'add', name it something say 'test_ticker'. When you get to the Edit view test_ticker look under Basic settings and click on style and select 'Views Ticker'. Then select Block from the dropdown on the left and click on Add Display.
Go back to the style 'Views Ticker' and click on the gear and you will get a form below where you can set the type, speed etc
Then save that and go to Site Building > Blocks and enable it
There is documentation on how to use Views at http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/views
Comment #16
NancyDruAny chance of making a release, even a -dev?
@hutch: Dealing with abandoned projects
Comment #17
rmiddle CreditAttribution: rmiddle commentedAurthur hasn't made a change in 40 weeks and this is his only project.
Yea @hutch this looks like a fun project for you to take over.
Thanks
Robert
Comment #18
zoia CreditAttribution: zoia commentedwating for a stable release for d6x
Comment #19
ahkiam CreditAttribution: ahkiam commentedalpha 2 tar works for me; no issues.
+1 for stable release
Comment #20
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedSorry not to come back earlier folks, it's been a busy month.
I will look into the possibility of taking over Views Ticker, it does seem to be abandoned ;-(
Comment #21
NancyDruGreat, hutch. There is a link above for the process to follow. When I do this, I use the interim two weeks to convert and fix bugs so that when I get commit access I am ready to close lots of issues.
Comment #22
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedThanks for your support, I have been through the process once before with imagepicker so I'll refresh my memory on the details and go from there.
Comment #23
NancyDruGreat. I changed the title so it is more informative on my issues list.
Comment #24
unarsu CreditAttribution: unarsu commentedI am sorry that I never checked back on this project. Another drupal user had suggested just using a jquery plugin, and that's the route I started down.
Is this module still needed? For example, one can do something like: http://drupal.org/node/321404
Comment #25
ahkiam CreditAttribution: ahkiam commentedWell, what you're linking to is only a series of code snippets, so I don't think that's a replacement. Yes that way can work, but it's less accessible than Views Ticker, so it would seem like a waste to abandon this project.
Comment #26
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedI would like to suggest that jQuery.ScrollTo, jQuery.SerialScroll and jQuery.LocalScroll are ripe for inclusion into Views Ticker. The bbc and fade scrollers are already jquery enabled. Views is becoming increasingly central to Drupal and this would make implementation much easier especially for non-coders, the majority of Drupal users.
my 2 bits worth
Comment #27
unarsu CreditAttribution: unarsu commentedahkiam: point taken; accessibility for end users is very important. When I first started with views_ticker, I had just started with Drupal. I tried doing the conversion, but it was taking me too long and I needed to focus on paying work.
hutch: I have unassigned myself to this support request; could you assign yourself to this issue?
Do you need any help --code review, testing, etc? I can help with the integration of jQuery.ScrollTo, jQuery.SerialScroll and jQuery.LocalScroll, but completely understand if you want to tackle that yourself.
I have site work that will keep me busy till the 23rd, but I could help after that if you'd like.
-u
Comment #28
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedI have assigned myself to this issue.
It seems to me that the first thing to do is get a D6 development version out.
See the attached tarball, it is the same as the previous one but includes the bbc and fade js which I forgot to include in the previous version.
It has been put through Code review and I have it working on my devbox.
unarsu, I understand the pressures of work, I have a business to run myself, but if you can get the cvs done sometime that would be a good start. I will have a look meanwhile at integrating the jQuery.ScrollTo etc packages into Views
Comment #29
unarsu CreditAttribution: unarsu commentedhutch: I'll grab this and test this out in the next few days on a live site.
CVS-- I'm not sure I'm up to time travel to the past. Can git be used?
Comment #30
rmiddle CreditAttribution: rmiddle commentedunarsu,
Not and get the files into drupal.org. They only use CVS.
Thanks
Robert
Comment #31
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedDrupal uses CVS, see
http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/quickstart
for howto, don't rush in, it's done in a very particular way
Comment #32
asak CreditAttribution: asak commentedI can confirm this works very nice with D6.10
Comment #33
Prasad Shir CreditAttribution: Prasad Shir commentedYes, patch at #28 is working fine for D6.10!
Comment #34
zoia CreditAttribution: zoia commentedcongratulations to all of you . Should we wait for a public release or we can test the dev in D 6.10 ; when it is supposed to have a stable release; I ask this because i dont wont to take the risk to test in live site and also I am not so keen in coding
Thanks
Comment #35
KelvinWong CreditAttribution: KelvinWong commentedsubscribe
Comment #36
rachel_norfolkthis is an interesting module - can I be of any help? (not that I have much php experience, you understand!)
Comment #37
adam_b CreditAttribution: adam_b commentedsubscribe
Comment #38
bcobin CreditAttribution: bcobin commentedI have the alpha version from #28 working nicely - thank you!
My problem now is making it loop - others have had the same issue with the D5 version - see http://drupal.org/node/293360
Thanks for porting this to D6 and all the work you've all done - getting it to loop and I'll be rockin'!
(Having all that blank space after the crawl finishes is a major drag...)
Any ideas greatly appreciated... thanks! (Continuing this discussion here to differentiate this thread from discussion of D5 version.)
Comment #39
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedThe problem with a gap in the loop has so far been unresolvable. The reason is as follows:
It's not really a loop, it is a dataset (a list in fact) that repeats itself, as soon as the last one is finished another starts. This is in the way the javascript works and the jscroller script is packed so it cannot be altered. I had a good look around at other scrollers and most of them have that gap, one didn't but it had a number of other problems, the output was jumpy and the code was poorly written so that was out.
So to summarize this is a javascript problem, not a php problem and it's the same for D5 and D6
To get it fixed requires someone with better javascript skills than I have.
A workaround would be to make longer lists so that the page gets changed before the gap appears, it will still be there but less obviously so.
Comment #40
bcobin CreditAttribution: bcobin commentedThanks, Hutch. I took a look around as well and found that the way to do this has been documented - it's a matter of setting up a second
<div>
and adding _endless to the class name. You can see the documentation at:"http://" "jscroller2.markusbordihn.de" "/docs/" (It's all in quotes because the site prevents hotlinking - you'll need to enter the URL manually.)
This could possibly be handled in the .tpl file with some PHP acrobatics and a condition set to "endless." This actually looks like it wouldn't be too hard for someone with decent coding skills, which I, unfortunately, do not possess.
It looks like there are a few of us out here who could really use this functionality, and the D6 version is very new - any takers? I'll keep checking back.... thanks to all!
Comment #41
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedhmmm, I missed that entry in the docs, you might be right, it might just work, I will give it a try
I'm glad that D6 version is working for people, the credit should go to the folks developing views2, it is so flexible!
Comment #42
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedOK here is a patch for endless scrolling
What it does is just repeats the loop below the original one
I have no idea wether it will work for anyone else but it is working for me ;-)
If you can't patch just open the patch and views-view-ticker.tpl.php in a texteditor, it's pretty obvious, - means remove and + means add
Comment #43
bcobin CreditAttribution: bcobin commentedMy, my... you are THE dude!
Works like a charm - thanks SO much!
(This is why I love Drupal.... the community rocks!)
Comment #44
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedEndless scrolling really does work well now, so here is the whole thing ready to roll.
Comment #45
JordanMagnuson CreditAttribution: JordanMagnuson commentedSubscribing.
Comment #46
bcobin CreditAttribution: bcobin commentedEndless scroll works great vertically... horizontally is another story... eep! Seems like a tricker proposition; you can adjust the width in CSS manually it so it sort of works - the width needs to be equal to the full text length and all the items floated left - you'd need to rely on the block width to control what's visible.
Just a heads up and a thanks for getting it working at all - I'm going to convince the client to go with a vertical scroll for now!
Comment #47
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedYes that is more or less what I found when I was playing around with it. You can also up the limit in views so that it pulls more data, if you have enough to do that of course ;-)
You could also pad out the links in css so they are further apart, 10 or 20 pixels extra would not be too bad.
You could add something like
to .views-scroller-horizontal-item in css
hack, hack and hack some more ;-)
Comment #48
fred0 CreditAttribution: fred0 commentedhutch,
Thanks for all the work getting this working on D6! I just started messing around with it and, besides #46's horizontal spacing problem, I'm noticing another. I've created a views block that uses the Feed Aggregator as the data source and horizontal scrolling. Only the first item is shown in the scroll and it appears twice then repeats. Using any of the 3 other styles works as expected and shows the complete list.
Haven't had a chance to dig into it yet, but if it's a js problem, I won't likely be able to figure it out.
Comment #49
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedHave you tried the version from #44
I doubt it's a js problem and if it is there is nothing to do as the js code is packed.
You could trying altering things in views-view-ticker.tpl.php
Comment #50
cside CreditAttribution: cside commentedProbably being very thick here but cannot find the settings to change the variables.
I click on 'styles' see the View Ticker radio , click on it but no gear symbol or options appear and the style defaults back to 'unformatted'
Using D6.10 and Views 2 ......
Cheers
Comment #51
i.chris.jacob CreditAttribution: i.chris.jacob commentedSubscribe
Comment #52
ck9 CreditAttribution: ck9 commentedThanks #44 -- good module. =)
Only issue with it right now is that the width of the scroller is wider than the block it's placed in, so some of the text flows out. This only seems to occur with vertical scrolling.
Comment #53
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedtry tweaking the css:
Copy the above into your theme's stylesheet and edit it there, should do it.
Comment #54
ck9 CreditAttribution: ck9 commentedThank you hutch that did the trick =)
Comment #55
ianchan CreditAttribution: ianchan commentedsubscribe
Comment #56
helenj CreditAttribution: helenj commentedGreat module thanks.
Works fine for me in Horizontal and Vertical mode (with a few tweeks to the CSS), however with BBC style I get the following error:
Webpage error details
Message: 'newsItems[...].length' is null or not an object
Line: 1
Char: 1
Code: 0
with the resulting HTML:
and consequently no ticker showing on the page.
Any ideas how I can fix this?
Comment #57
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedHard to say why but it looks like it's not picking up the sql, just guessing.
Here is an export of a test of bbc ticker that works for me
Hope this helps
Comment #58
helenj CreditAttribution: helenj commentedThanks hutch.
Where do I put this code?
Comment #59
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedHome > Administer > Site building > Views > Import
But I've just noticed that you are on Drupal 5, I don't think it works there, sorry ;-(
I haven't looked at D5 for quite awhile now, and I'm not the maintainer.
Comment #60
helenj CreditAttribution: helenj commentedThanks. I am using D6. BBC style ticker works a treat now.
I think maybe my problem was that I was trying to use the body field instead of the title. I wanted to do this so that I could apply formatting to individual parts of the text within the ticker, eg to have numbers in red.
Is this possible?
Comment #61
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedTo be honest I don't know, but it sounds like something that could be done in your theme's css
A careful look at the source code using firebug or whatever tool you use the view the DOM should help.
Comment #62
Apollo610 CreditAttribution: Apollo610 commentedHey guys,
Just a heads up - if you remove "Link this field to its node" from the TITLE field, it breaks the BBC-style output.
Thanks for the D6 version!
Comment #63
israelshmueli CreditAttribution: israelshmueli commentedsubscribe
Comment #64
kiwi_steve CreditAttribution: kiwi_steve commentedLoving this, thanks Hutch... one question (and it might be something simple I have just missed) - can I have 2 fields displaying in the ticker for each item (for example, I want to show the taxonomy term, then a ':' and then the title) ?
Thanks again for taking over and getting this working.
Steve
I discovered I can, if I use fade or scroll - but I wanted to use the BBC ticker.... is this something particular to that?
Comment #65
chrispy CreditAttribution: chrispy commentedIs there a way to turn off it setting a link on the ticker? I searched through the view settings but did not see anything. I just want it to scroll with plain jane text. TIA!
Edit: Nevermind, I figured out what to delete in the javascript code. Would be nice though to have an interface for turning links on & off, especially since the BBCnewsTicker allows it now.
Comment #66
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedFirst of all I haven't taken over the project, I applied for it and never heard another thing, looks like it got lost ;-(
As far as I know you should be able to do all this in Views. I concentrated on the D6 version and got that going so I don't know about Views in D5.
Comment #67
eurekaloop CreditAttribution: eurekaloop commentedJust tried the V6 - great work, and can't wait for an official module with BBC ticker settings so that I'm not hacking the js file to change scroll speed, etc.
Thanks so much!
In the meantime, any idea why it breaks the External Links module / link target ? The target attribute is still there in the code (_blank) for each link, but it is being ignored when displayed within the BBC-style ticker...
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
:)
And yes, I know that the 'target' attribute has been deprecated for strict XHTML:
http://drupal.org/node/344970
Comment #68
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedI imagine that the reason that extlink and ticker won't play well together is because they both manipulate the DOM and one is overriding the other.
You could try to give extlink some 'weight' in the system table..... (advanced)
This would/might cause extlink js to load after the ticker js. Wether that will work or not I don't know, I can't test as I have no ticker viewing external links.
Comment #69
chrism2671 CreditAttribution: chrism2671 commentedSubscribing
Comment #70
eurekaloop CreditAttribution: eurekaloop commentedHey Hutch,
Thanks for the suggestion. I installed the Utility module, which allows for module weight assignments, and set the External Links module higher in weight (1000) than the Views-ticker (0), but that didn't fix it. However, when looking at the code, the extlink.js was still being called before the views ticker. I checked the MYSQL database, and the weights were assigned correctly.
I did a quick str_replace to remove the extlink.js from the $script variables, and then added the extlink.js back below the other ticker script, but that still didn't fix it. Also tried replacing the target attribute with some javascript, but no luck there either. I think that Ext Links is working - but links are being re-rendered in this case. For a flash second, I can see the items in the 'news' view before the BBC-style scroller actually starts, and I can see that they do have the external link icon next to them. But once the scroller starts, it is gone, and they won't open in another window.
In fact, I apologize in that I should have been clearer in my original post - this issue apparently only affects the BBC style ticker. I just tried the horizontal and it works with Exteneral Links just fine. So my guess is that some sort of link rendering option that is available in the other ticker styles is not present in the BBC style ticker.
Found this from the coder who wrote the BBC script:
http://www.makemineatriple.com/2009/02/link-target/
Doesn't really say anything about adding this feature to the BBC ticker, but I guess it explains his reasoning for not including. Whether using target or javascript, I can't say I agree with him - particularly with the prevalence of tabbed browsing and the fact that the Ext Links module adds an icon next to the link to let users know where they are going.
I'll do some tinkering and see if I can't come up with a solution...in case anyone else feels the same way and wants these modules to play well together.
Comment #71
eurekaloop CreditAttribution: eurekaloop commentedNo luck on a pretty fix, but I did manage to unpack the bbc.js file and add the target attribute where my client wanted it. I was going to add the "ext" class and let the External Links module do its thing, but I couldn't get it to correct the links as they were loaded by the ticker. Only the first link displayed was given the class.
Anyways, if anyone else wants the links to open in a new window in their BBC style ticker, unpack the views.ticker.bbc.js script included in the views ticker module and find this line:
and add your target:
Not perfect, but it works for me.
Comment #72
bomarmonk CreditAttribution: bomarmonk commentedIt might be worth joining all slideshow/ ticker modules together. See http://drupal.org/node/411038
Comment #73
bomarmonk CreditAttribution: bomarmonk commentedI should add: this module, from #44 is working for me (other than the BBC option). Thank you for the updated module.
Comment #74
lejon CreditAttribution: lejon commentedWow, only found this after digging for ages. Can I push for putting out an official release again? If you can't get hold of the original maintainer I suggest you just release it as a new module with loads of caveats saying "built from an original module by XXX."
Comment #75
bomarmonk CreditAttribution: bomarmonk commentedI'll second the sentiment in #74!
Comment #76
solipsist CreditAttribution: solipsist commented@#74: I'm afraid such an action would be considered duplication of code and isn't looked up with kind eyes here at d.o.
I recommend that someone submits an application to become the new maintainer, or a co-maintainer, and if the current maintainer does not respond in time, assumes the role of maintainer.
For full information on the abandoned project adoption policy, please see:
http://drupal.org/node/251466
Comment #77
Katrina B CreditAttribution: Katrina B commentedAdd me to the list of people who would like to see this module back on official status; it's the only ticker module that does what I need a ticker to do!
Comment #78
Katrina B CreditAttribution: Katrina B commentedWhat's the trick to getting the horizontal scroll to work correctly? My items keep wanting to line up under each other, rather than beside each other -- or they end up on top of each other (so that the text for a following item is written on top of another item already on the screen).
Comment #79
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedThis is a theming issue.
Set the height and width in css for the div container concerned. To find out what that is look at the source code or the DOM with firebug or somesuch.
Comment #80
Katrina B CreditAttribution: Katrina B commentedI tried overriding the CSS for the ticker by adding some styles in the CSS for my theme:
After doing that, just the first item in the list scrolls through; I never see any of the others.
Comment #81
Katrina B CreditAttribution: Katrina B commentedJust discovered that this is a browser issue. It shows up correctly in Internet Explorer (for once!); Firefox shows only the first item; Safari shows all items, but with no padding between them. I can probably solve the Safari problem -- but the Firefox problem has me baffled.
Comment #82
Katrina B CreditAttribution: Katrina B commentedOkay, this works in Safari:
And now all the items show up in Firefox ... but they overlap each other, two or three at a time. Aargh.
Comment #83
Dr Jay CreditAttribution: Dr Jay commentedsubscribed
Comment #84
robin1988 CreditAttribution: robin1988 commentedThis all is getting a bit heavy for a dumbo like me
Plz can any1 guide me
Which patch to dwnld???
How to install the patch???
and How to enable it???
patches r different from modules hmmmm i need to get a photo ticker ready for my client by 25th can anyone save my asss
thnx
Comment #85
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedTry the one in #44 of this thread
Comment #86
robin1988 CreditAttribution: robin1988 commentedok i have dwnlded it now what???
do i place it in modules directory???
or in views directory????
Comment #87
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedIt's a module so unpack it into your modules folder, sites/all/modules
see http://drupal.org/getting-started/install
and please, stop shouting!!!
Comment #88
crazzykiwi CreditAttribution: crazzykiwi commentedHi:
I just want to say great work and thank you for getting this up and running for D6.Much love.
The BBC ticker. It types them, but does not displays' them as a link.
This is not working to make it display as a link.
I tried playing around and moving this line of code
$(settings.newsList).empty().append('<li><a target="_blank" href="'+settings.newsLinks[currentItem]+'"></a></li>')
.I thought when it is finished typing than display it as a link then type the next. In other words during the pause between typing the next title. In my mind I thought this was a pretty good idea^^ so I moved the line of code under loopDelay:3000. It works, however, it does not type anymore, but displays them all as a link in a list format.
If someone could help to make them display as a link for the BBC that be much appreciated
Comment #89
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedI very much doubt that the problem lies with the javascript code in views.ticker.bbc.js, I have that working fine in several different browsers, FF, Opera and Safari, don't know about IE
More likely is that some other javascript is interfering. Try inspecting things with Firebug
Comment #90
crazzykiwi CreditAttribution: crazzykiwi commentedI am using IE8 and it is not displaying them as clickable links, but it types them as normal. However, I haven't tried a different browser, they are clickable links in those browsers?I will inspect things, but I am not to sure what will be interfering or not.
I will get back to you, later this week see what I find to make it display as a 'clickable link' in IE.
You were right, thank you for your scholarly knowledge. Firebug worked well I forgot I had a script[] call in the tma2.info which was interfering with bbc ticker, which did not allow it to display as a link. much love.
Comment #91
darwinjd CreditAttribution: darwinjd commentedWorks with google chrome, ie 8
Scrolling stops on mouseover
better than scroll text module
thanks
Comment #92
a_c_m CreditAttribution: a_c_m commentedis the code in 44 still considered the latest? or can someone re-roll a version?
Also, whats the status on someone taking over this module - seems LONG abandoned.
Comment #93
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedAs far as I'm concerned, there is nothing to add to the code in #44, if you think you can add features or whatever, go ahead, I've done my best to kick this module out of the long grass, no joy. I'm changing status to back to normal and unassigning myself, there is nothing more I can do here.
Comment #94
bomarmonk CreditAttribution: bomarmonk commentedHow does one take over module? Someone want to do it so an official release can be rolled?
Comment #95
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedGo ahead, it's not a big job, see #76 of this thread for how to deal with abandoned projects.
I rolled the D6 version because a client wanted it, I haven't used it since and already have enough on my plate ATM.
Comment #96
Observer123 CreditAttribution: Observer123 commentedHi, can you help me to put this working in header area to scroll some links there?
Comment #97
manuel.solis CreditAttribution: manuel.solis commentedHoy to change the text size in this view?
I know I need to change a CSS.... any help pls?
Comment #98
bomarmonk CreditAttribution: bomarmonk commentedI have made a request to maintain this and get an official release for Drupal 6. See: http://drupal.org/node/786512
If a more experienced PHP programmer would like to take on this responsibility, please post your interest in the issue for maintaining the project. I am willing to learn, but the process of addressing some issues in the queue will be slow. At least, initially, I can get an official release posted on the project page.
Thanks again, Hutch, for getting the patch posted here. Good work.
Comment #99
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedHave you followed the procedure described in http://drupal.org/node/251466 ?
As in #16
The original maintainer as far as I can see is/was VVN Does not look to be very active.
The PHP in Views Ticker is pretty simple, the javascript and css is where the action is.
I hope you succeed in getting this sorted ;-)
Comment #100
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedtagging
Comment #101
HS CreditAttribution: HS commentedIn comment #44 the .gz file has a .tar file inside. What does one do with a .tar file?
Comment #102
HS CreditAttribution: HS commentedFor those on Windows, use a program like 7Zip to uncompress outdated linux compression formats like .TAR files.
Comment #103
HS CreditAttribution: HS commentedThe ticker on the BBC site has a play/pause and next/prev buttons. How does one go about achieving that? Is there a Views option that can be exposed?
Thanks!
Comment #104
renoproc CreditAttribution: renoproc commentedI use views thicker with the endless left option and I encounter some troubles,
here there are step by step :
1 - while jscroller2_left is passing : the jscroller2_left_endless stay far on the right of the website (out of the screen). This div is not hidden, so it change the horizontal scrollbar of the browser.
2 - jscroller2_left stop on the left of the screen, it seems to be on the left limit of the views-ticker container div and suddenly jscroller2_left_endless appears, on the right limit of the views-ticker container div.
3 - while jscroller2_left_endless is passing : step by step it recovers jscroller2_left which is always at the same place, when jscroller2_left_endless is at the same x coordinate than jscroller2_left both divs suddenly disappear.
4 - loop to one.
Sounds that views-ticker container div is the problem : Even if this div have a width of 600px specified in the ccs (or the div style directly) its width on the website is 0px. Which is not the case on Markus Bordihn website : http://jscroller2.markusbordihn.de/example/endless/
Also I took a look on the code and I've some questions : why so many divs ?
In his examples Markus Bordihn used only three divs : the container and the two jscroller2.
Did I miss something ?
NB : There is a new version of jscroller2, jscroller2-1.61.js available here :
http://jscroller2.markusbordihn.de/download/ (ccs file is the same as v1.5)
Comment #105
renoproc CreditAttribution: renoproc commentedUpdate : In my case, views ticker is a block in the header region, one problem of jscroller2 container width in this case is the css attribute display:inline of #header-region.
If I change the place of the views ticker block, for example in the content, the scrolling works better but the ticker is on 3 or 4 lines not on one.
It's irritating, almost nothing is missing.
Comment #106
renoproc CreditAttribution: renoproc commentedViews ticker do not works in Chrome, symptoms are quite similar :
problem of disappearance , tickers are above each others
Comment #107
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedWorks fine in Chrome, this is a theming problem, not views ticker.
Comment #108
renoproc CreditAttribution: renoproc commentedThe theme I use is Garland, do you think there is a problem with it ?
BTW what are the problems I encounter in #104, not solved.
Comment #109
verta CreditAttribution: verta commentedsubscribing - looking forward to a 6.x dev?
Comment #110
doomed CreditAttribution: doomed commentedSubscribing and looking forward to a dev release for Drupal 6.
Comment #111
verta CreditAttribution: verta commentedset version for this issue
This issue seems to have the goal of a 1.0 release of a d6 version, what would be the consensus that we move the bug reports on this code to new issues? This issue can track the progress to that goal, and close it when a 6.x-1.0 is released?
Comment #112
bomarmonk CreditAttribution: bomarmonk commentedA co-maintainer has just been added and I believe that things will be progressing toward an official release more rapidly. I'll close this issue as soon as the Drupal 6 development version gets a release (either alpha, beta, or otherwise).
Comment #113
hutch CreditAttribution: hutch commentedA new dev has been released but contains code from D5, it needs the code from #44 of this thread to make it D6 compatible, then that is your starting point for debugging, improvements etc.
One of the main weak points of views_ticker is the javascript, the existing functions are not jquery based and some of it is packed so not tweakable.
Maintainers may want to have a look at http://www.htmldrive.net/items/show/38/Multi-purpose-slideshowtext-scrol..., the code is there in source, it looks clean to me and there are examples with css in the zip.
Also http://www.htmldrive.net/items/show/284/Simple-images-and-title-scroller... from the same stable
Comment #114
verta CreditAttribution: verta commentedConfirming that the version in #44 will activate in D6, and so I can test it now!
Appreciate the links in #113, that's some really good stuff, too.
Comment #115
GuanoApe CreditAttribution: GuanoApe commentedI want to add a new vieuw called vieuws_ticker...
Now, which vieuw type I need to create?
Options I have: node/file/user/local sources/node revisions/taxonomy terms/comments/access log
Comment #116
fossle CreditAttribution: fossle commentedI am having the same issue as #48 but am using the default view. It only happens with the horizontal setting (which of course is the one I need). Only the first item is shown in the scroll and it appears twice then repeats. All the other styles work as expected.
Has anyone figured out what is causing this?
Thank you,
Kim
Comment #117
leob CreditAttribution: leob commentedHi Hutch,
Is working fine in IE and Firefox but doesn't show up in Safari. Any suggestions?
Take a look to the link: http://leber.dev3.webenabled.net/
Thanks.
Comment #118
BenK CreditAttribution: BenK commentedSubscribing
Comment #119
bomarmonk CreditAttribution: bomarmonk commentedIt looks like Views Ticker is working in Safari. Check with the demo site: http://viewsticker.inettity.com/ I'm closing this issue, unless it needs to be reopened with new information.
Comment #120
bomarmonk CreditAttribution: bomarmonk commentedNevermind: I need to test for Drupal 6.
Comment #121
leob CreditAttribution: leob commentedComment #122
mahfuz0 CreditAttribution: mahfuz0 commentedI facing problem in IE-7 Here Horizontal Scroll news text won't display properly. Firefox and chorme works fine. I have override the css. but can't figure it out whats problem is there. Please find attachment to See the problem. Please any body can help me.
block-views-news-block_1 {
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
.views-scroller-horizontal-container {
height: 20px;
overflow: hidden;
margin-bottom: 15px;
width: 950px;
}
.views-scroller-horizontal-item {
height: 18px;
}
.liScroll-container {
height: 20px;
margin: 0;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0;
width: 950px;
}
.liScroll-container .mask {
left: 10px;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
top: 4px;
height:25px;
width: 949px;
}
ul.liScroll {
font: bold 10px Verdana;
left: 950px;
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}
ul.liScroll li {
float: left;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul.liScroll a {
margin: 0 50px 0 0;
padding: 0;
white-space: nowrap;
}
ul.liScroll span {
margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}
Comment #123
bcobin CreditAttribution: bcobin commentedYou probably need to use one or more conditional stylesheets - this is standard practice for Internet Explorer, which handles certain things differently. You don't mention what theme you're using, but it probably already has something like the below in the
<head>
tag:If not, you should be able to use the above code. In this case, the conditional stylesheet for IE7 would be [your theme folder]/css/fix-ie-7.css.
One other important thing: IE has a 37-sheet stylesheet limit; any more stylesheets and IE ignores CSS entirely. So you'll need to aggregate your CSS to ensure it's read by IE.
I might start by trying this in your IE7 CSS:
ul.liScroll li {display:block;}
and see what happens. I'd also temporarily change youroverflow: hidden;
declarations tooverflow: visible;
in your conditional stylesheet so you can see what's going on. When you find it (and you will), what works for IE7 will likely work for IE6, too.Hope this helps - good luck!
Comment #124
lias CreditAttribution: lias commentedThank you for this pointer. Was wondering if anyone came up with the css fix for IE 7 & 8? I just started working on it.
**EDIT**
Read further and visited the demo site which said to use inline if experiencing problems. Did that and it did help, plus trouble-shooting css styles.