News Ticker Display Messages on TV

matt001 · 6th July 2012, 9:32 PM

Hi Guys,

We have got a few TVs that are connected to computers and trying to find a PHP Script with small database backend that will allow us to scroll through news items we want to put up.

For example we open up a Browser and launch the Page and it scrolls through all the news items for the day and we can add, edit, delete items throughout the day using a small wysiwyg editor.

I have looked up google and all I can find is JavaScript ones that aren't really what I am after.

Any one know of scripts.

Thanks

Matthew

Dogo · 7th July 2012, 12:18 AM

i would not bother with a database - there's no need.

I'd use something like FeedCreator to manage a RSS feed, then a javascript to read the RSS via AJAX and scroll the posts.

You could skip the PHP/FeedCreator part all together and just a free blog service like Blogger to create the news headlines, then a Javascript as before to retrieve and scroll them.

Maybe try
http://www.rsspump.com/

Or if its really just plain news headlines, a plain text file with one headline per line is all you need.

Keep it simple !

6th July 2012, 9:32 PM	#1
matt001 Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Brisbane QLD Posts: 411	News Ticker Display Messages on TV Hi Guys, We have got a few TVs that are connected to computers and trying to find a PHP Script with small database backend that will allow us to scroll through news items we want to put up. For example we open up a Browser and launch the Page and it scrolls through all the news items for the day and we can add, edit, delete items throughout the day using a small wysiwyg editor. I have looked up google and all I can find is JavaScript ones that aren't really what I am after. Any one know of scripts. Thanks Matthew

7th July 2012, 12:18 AM	#2
Dogo Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melb Posts: 829	i would not bother with a database - there's no need. I'd use something like FeedCreator to manage a RSS feed, then a javascript to read the RSS via AJAX and scroll the posts. You could skip the PHP/FeedCreator part all together and just a free blog service like Blogger to create the news headlines, then a Javascript as before to retrieve and scroll them. Maybe try http://www.rsspump.com/ Or if its really just plain news headlines, a plain text file with one headline per line is all you need. Keep it simple ! __________________ Gaming Rig: Asrock Z68 Ex4 Gen3 \| 2500k @ 4.6ghz \| 8gb ram \| GTX580 @ 960mhz \| Titanium HD \| H80 Cooler \| Logi G15 K/b \| Logi G500 mouse \| ATH-AD700 'phones \| F/Design Define R3 \| 2x Noctua NF-P14 fans Everyday laptop: Macbook Pro 13" late 2011 2.4GHz i5 \| 4gb ram \| 120gb SSD Last edited by Dogo; 7th July 2012 at 12:20 AM.