Help: how can I get a ticker?
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Hi there! Sorry to be such a numpty but can anyone tell me what I need to do to add a ticker to my sidebar on my wordpress blog? I have tried a few sites and it says that they cannot be used with wordpress blogs due to jarva script unless it is my own blog? I am a bit lost I have to admit, it is my own blog as only I write it so I don’t understand why I can’t use it?
All I want to do is have a pregnancy countdown like “81 days left before baby arrives” on my right hand sidebar, nothing fancy!
I’m sorry if this is really obvious but I’ve searched and if anyone can explain to me in none techno language I would be really, really grateful!
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Javascript-based tickers cannot be added, but flash-based ones can – examples here:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/widgets-for-wpcom-8-countdown-timers/If you’ve found a flash-based ticker you like, paste the address of the page and I’ll work out the code for you. Otherwise I might search for a suitable one later.
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@Panos and pigletinfrance
Flash pregnancy countdown tickers >
http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/pregnancy_countdown/
http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/baby-ticker
http://babystrology.com/tickers/ -
Also:
http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/bellyHoodCam
http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/baby-status
http://www.wishafriend.com/countdown/pregnancy/ (4 pages of tickers).So, pigletinfrance, check all these, select the one you prefer, customize it, copy the code and paste it here between backticks, and we’ll tell you how to turn it into a working WP-specific shotrcode.
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okay have found one but am still totally lost! I tried to put in in the side bar as an image and also as text but it just shows up as text, no ticker? http://pigletinfrance.wordpress.com/ – right at the bottom of side bar.
The code from the website is:
<center><embed src=”http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/pregnancy_countdown/pregmom.swf” FlashVars=”t1=Baby Piglet&gender=female&a=50&y=2011&m=4&d=28&dom=http://www.pageplugins.com” quality=”high” wmode=”transparent” width=”204″ height=”213″ name=”Due Date Countdown” align=”middle” allowScriptAccess=”samedomain” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” pluginspage=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer” /></embed>
Pregnancy Countdown Ticker</center>The website is: http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/pregnancy_countdown/
Can you please tell me what I need to do to get from this code to a fab ticker on my blog? If poss, please tell me what I need to do step by step so that i can keep it for future and do future tickers without having to bother anyone on forum.
again, thanks for your help and i’m sorry if this is really simple, I have been trying and trying but am totally lost!
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You’re not bothering us, and no it’s not simple (in fact, the standard WP staff reply is you can’t do it). Procedure explained here:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/gigya-shortcode-3-widgets/Unfortunately the ticker you selected isn’t resizable, and it’s a bit wider than your sidebar will normally accommodate, so you need some extra code to make it fit. In all, this is what you need to paste in the text widget:
<div style="margin-left:-9px;margin-bottom:-20px;"> [gigya src="http://www.pageplugins.com/generators/pregnancy_countdown/pregmom.swf" FlashVars="t1=Baby Piglet&gender=female&a=50&y=2011&m=4&d=28&dom=http://www.pageplugins.com" quality="high" wmode="transparent" width="204" height="213" ] </div> -
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much! I’ve just added it and it works!!!! am really grateful!
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