Property Name |
Description |
Example |
Required |
RSS Source |
The full URL of the RSS source file.
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http://www.whatever.com/news.rss |
* |
flashTicker Instance |
Instance name of target flashTicker component.
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newsTicker |
* |
Default Link |
The default links for topics where no links are supplied. This link will also be used to replace all the links when the "Links" property is set to "default".
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http://www.flashloaded.com
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Links |
Options: none = topics do not have links auto = topic links are obtained automatically from the RSS file. defaultlink = all topics use the link defined in the "Default Link" property. |
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Link Target |
Target window in which to open topic links. |
_blank |
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Show Title Topic |
Select "true" or "false" to display the title topic or not. Usually this topic contains some text about the blog.
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true
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Show Images |
Select "true" or "false" to display images that are contained in the context of the the description text. This option is overridden if "Strip HTML" is set to "true". Note: |
true
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Descriptions Only |
Select "true" if want to display the descriptions only without the titles. |
false |
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Refresh Frequency |
Frequency, in minutes, to refresh the RSS data. |
15 |
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Strip HTML |
Sometimes the HTML code that's in an RSS file may interfere with the way in which you intend the data to be displayed. Select "true" to strip all HTML tags from the topic contents. Note: This value must always be set to "true" when using the flashTickerFX typewriter effect. |
true
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Strip Line Breaks |
Select "true" to remove all line breaks from the RSS file. It is advisable to always set this value to "true" for optimum text formatting, unless you particularly require the linebreaks. Note: This value must always be set to "true" when using the flashTickerFX typewriter effect. |
true |
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HTML Output |
Select "true" to format the text styles, fonts and colors. This is the recommended option for most scenarios. Note: This value must always be set to "false" when using the flashTickerFX typewriter effect. |
true |
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Headings Only |
Select "true" to display topic headings only, without content.
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false
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Topic Limit |
The number of topics to display. Set this value to "0" to display all topics.
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0
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Character Limit |
The number of characters to display for topic content. Set this value to "0" to display the entire contents. The content length of each topic will be rounded off to the furthest complete word after the character limit has been reached.
Note: If "Strip HTML" is set to "false", Internal HTML tags, that are not visible, will still count towards the number of characters displayed. The title topic cannot have a characters limit. |
0
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More Text |
Text telling the reader that the topic continues. You may use HTML tags here for effect. Note: The "more text" will appear at the end of the contents of each topic. This text will appear directly after the last character, therefore you may want to add a space before the text. |
Click to read more... <font color="#FF0000"> more...</font> |
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Show Title More |
Select "true" to display the 'More Text' after the channel title topic. |
false |
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| Date Position | The position of the date in relation to the topic headings or descriptions. Note: The date value will only appear if the RSS feed contains either "dcc:date" or "pubDate" tags. |
before_description | |
| Date Format | The format that the date should appear. HTML tags may be used here as well for bold, fonts, color, spacing or line breaks. The following date tags are valid: YY - 2 digit year |
<b>DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm tt</b><br> | |
Heading Spacer |
Line spacing between topic headings and content.
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1
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Heading Font |
Font for headings. |
Verdana
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Heading Font Size |
Size of the heading font. Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
12
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Heading Style |
Style of the heading font: normal, bold, italic, bold-underline, bold-italic, italic-underline, italic-bold-underline. Note: If you are using embedded fonts in your flashTicker, you must embed this style of font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this. Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
bold
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Heading Color |
Color of the heading text. Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
#993333
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Title Font |
Font for channel title heading. Note: If you are using embedded fonts in your flashTicker, you must include this font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this. Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
Verdana |
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Title Font Size |
Size of the channel title heading font. Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
10
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Title Style |
Style of the channel title heading font: normal, bold, italic, bold-underline, bold-italic, italic-underline, italic-bold-underline. Note: If you are using embedded fonts in your flashTicker, you must embed this style of font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this. Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
bold-italic
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Title Color |
Color of the channel title heading text. Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
#FF0000
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Title Desc Font |
Font for channel title desciption. Note: If you are using embedded fonts in your flashTicker, you must include this font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this. Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
Verdana |
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Title Desc Font Size |
Size of the channel title description font. Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
10
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Title Desc Style |
Style of the channle title description font: normal, bold, italic, bold-underline, bold-italic, italic-underline, italic-bold-underline. Note: If you are using embedded fonts in your flashTicker, you must embed this style of font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this. Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
italic
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Title Desc Color |
Color of the channel title description text. Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting. |
#FF0000
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