LTMOD Tech-E Microsoft® FrontPage® Theme &
Templates
This page can be used to provide users with the latest information
about your company. Below, you'll find instructions on editing
the Flash News Scroller found on the home page.
06/30/2003
- Editing the Flash News Scroller
Open the scroller.xml file using NotePad. To do this in
FrontPage, right-click over scroller.xml in the Folder List, then
select Open With. Click on Text Editor.
The XML file will look like this:
<scroller>
<item LEFTMARGIN="2" RIGHTMARGIN="2" INDENT="0" LEADING="0" BACKGROUND="0xFFFF99"
INTERVAL="25"
PAUSEOVER="2000">
<p><font face="Arial" size="12"><b><u>Latest News</u></b></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="12">
This theme / template includes the Flash MX Scrolling News Textbox</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="12">
Use this box to display latest news and company events.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="12">
Box can be customixed using standard HTML by editing a simple XML
file.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="12" size="8">You can change <font color="#009966">colors</font>,
styles, and
text sizes.</p>
</item>
</scroller>
Editing attributes:
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LEFTMARGIN / RIGHTMARGIN - Control the inner margin of
the scroller on the left and right side of the scroll window.
The settings must be provided in PIXELS. Example: LEFTMARGIN="2"
RIGHTMARGIN="2"
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INDENT - Controls the first line of a paragraph.
If you would like to indent all of your paragraphs, set the
indentation size in pixels. Example: INDENT="4".
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LEADING - Controls line spacing, value must be provided
in PIXELS.
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BACKGROUND - Background attribute controls the background
color of the scroll window. This must be the same value
as the background used in the player code. Color values
are entered in standard HEX, but require "0x" in front.
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INTERVAL - Controls the speed of the scroll window in
milliseconds.
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PAUSEOVER - Controls the length of time a scroll window
is paused when the mouse is moved over it. Value is entered
in milleseconds.
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The information inside the <ITEM> tag is the content that's displayed
in the scroll window. You can use basic HTML tags to enhance
the display. Tags such as <p>, <font> and <li> are supported.
You can use FrontPage to build the necessary code, then simply copy
and paste in between the <item> </item> tags.
To test your XML file for consistency, display it in Internet
Explorer. If you do not get any error messages, its good to
post!
For questions or problems with this scroller, please contact
support@ltmod.com
