RP News Ticker

A versatile horizontal news ticker using liScroll.js

Author:Alexander Missa (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.6
WordPress version tested:3.2.1
Plugin version:0.7
Added to WordPress repository:30-07-2010
Last updated:10-10-2011
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://www.rationalplanet.com/php-related/rp-...
Total downloads:11 764
Active installs:10+
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The plugin creates a shortcode to be used in a widget to display a nice horizontal newsticker which can be placed in a sidebar. Since 0.7: one can use a php tag or shortcode to insert it in the theme template, widgets or posts, all tuning moved to Settings Based upon liScroll.js by Gian Carlo Mingati. Tested in WordPress 3.0+ only, expected to be compatible from 2.6+. Demo: http://chernivtsi.ws (in Ukrainian).

Features:

Show latest posts titles in a scrolling newsticker

1. A number of latest post can be tuned in settings
2. Categories can be defined with a standard syntax, see Installation for details
3. Choose date format for category posts
4. Tune css from settings
5. Insert php tag into theme template files
6. Ukrainian and Russian localization

Alternatively show show your own content in a scrolling newsticker

1. Unlimited number of explicitly given elements to scroll
2. Mix your explicitly given content with posts
3. Choose what to show: posts, explicit content, both in order or randomized

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