Adding a scrolling message in a Text Widget
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Hi all..
I am at http://whatitees.com.
I basically wanted to create a scrolling message included in a Text Widget (basically use the Marquee tag for the HTML) to show the titles of my future posts. But unfortunately, the marquee tag does not seem to work, and I see only a static text. I am trying this on IE7. I read somewhere that marquee works only for IE and not for netscape. Hence, on that count, this seems a little strange. Havent tested on Firefox though.Anybody tried with this and found some solution please?
Or anybody with any ideas on this – would be grateful if you could share it…thanks a lot!
Rishi -
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Please see http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/06/08/allowed-html-tags/ for a list of the HTML allowed.
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So, if the marquee tag is not allowed, could I know if there is any other method I can do this on a wordpress.com hosting?
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Animated gif probably would work, but you need to get the image quality right otherwise they look pretty naff, in which case you’d be better off with static text instead.
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Hmm…all ideas, worth trying…if anything, something to learn atleast…but I wonder why WP would omit the marquee tag…
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Yes, you can put HTML in a widget, but there is a limit to what is allowed here. See the FAQ mtdewvirus refers to.
As far as adding scrollbars to a text widget (what this thread is about) See this blog post for how to do it: http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/adding-scroll-bars-to-text-widgets/
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