News Ticker

Table of Contents

• News Ticker
  • Life, the Universe, and Everything
    • Features
  • Mostly Harmless
  • Don't Panic
    • Installation
    • Usage
    • Screenshots

Life, the Universe, and Everything

A horizontal, text-based display dedicated to presenting headlines on a site.

Features

• jQuery-based, lightweight and easy to use
• Configurable via configlet
• Users have full control on what items to display by using collections

Mostly Harmless

Got an idea? Found a bug? Let us know by opening a support ticket.

Don't Panic

Installation

To enable this product in a buildout-based installation:

1. Edit your buildout.cfg and add collective.newsticker to the list of eggs to install:

[buildout]
...
eggs =
    collective.newsticker

After updating the configuration you need to run ''bin/buildout'', which will take care of updating your system.

Go to the 'Site Setup' page in a Plone site and click on the 'Add-ons' link.

Check the box next to ''News Ticker'' and click the 'Activate' button.

Usage

• Open 'News Ticker' configlet on Plone's 'Site Setup'.
• Select the collection containing the items you want to display.

That's it! You will see the items included in the collection on a site-wide news ticker.

You can click on any item to open it.

Screenshots

The configlet.

The News Ticker in action.