scrolling Old Articles block

Regular Joined: Mar 06, 2010 Posts: 79

Hi Mr.Raven i was wondering whether u can give me the code of scrolling old articles block on ur home page. thank you.

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:21 am

Have you looked in the downloads section here?

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:46 pm

I am using [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] for several blocks on [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] I got the Old Articles to scroll but the problem I am having is the "Old Articles" title also scrolls.

Code:

<?php





/************************************************************************/


/* PHP-NUKE: Web Portal System                                          */


/* ===========================                                          */


/*                                                                      */


/* Copyright (c) 2002 by Francisco Burzi                                */


/* http://phpnuke.org                                                   */


/*                                                                      */


/* This program is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify */


/* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by */


/* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.       */


/************************************************************************/


/*         Additional security & Abstraction layer conversion           */


/*                           2003 chatserv                              */


/*      http://www.nukefixes.com -- http://www.nukeresources.com        */


/************************************************************************/


/************************************************************************/


/* Additional code clean-up, performance enhancements, and W3C and      */


/* XHTML compliance fixes by Raven and Montego.                         */


/************************************************************************/





if ( !defined('BLOCK_FILE') ) {


    Header('Location: ../index.php');


    die();


}





global $locale, $oldnum, $storynum, $storyhome, $cookie, $categories, $cat, $prefix, $multilingual, $currentlang, $db, $new_topic, $user_news, $userinfo, $user;


if (!isset($see)) {$see = ''; } // added by Guardin as variable wasnt defined


if (!isset($dummy)) { $dummy = ''; } // add by Guardian as variable was not defined


if (!isset($articlecomm)) { $articlecomm = ''; } // add by fkelly as variable was not defined


if (!isset($time2)) { $time2 = ''; } // add by fkelly as variable was not defined





$content = '';


getusrinfo($user);


if ($multilingual == 1) {


    if ($categories == 1) {


        $querylang = 'where catid=\''.intval($cat).'\' AND (alanguage=\''.$currentlang.'\' OR alanguage=\'\')';


    } else {


        $querylang = 'where (alanguage=\''.$currentlang.'\' OR alanguage=\'\')';


        if ($new_topic != 0) {


            $querylang .= ' AND topic=\''.intval($new_topic).'\'';


        }


    }


} else {


    if ($categories == 1) {


        $querylang = 'where catid=\''.intval($cat).'\'';


    } else {


        $querylang = '';


        if ($new_topic != 0) {


            $querylang = 'WHERE topic=\''.intval($new_topic).'\'';


        }


    }


}


if (isset($userinfo['storynum']) AND $user_news == 1) {


    $storynum = $userinfo['storynum'];


} else {


    $storynum = $storyhome;


}





$boxstuff = '<table border="0" width="100%">';


$boxTitle = _PASTARTICLES;


[b]?>


<p><script type="text/javascript" src="jscroller2.js"></script></p>


<div id="scroller_container">


<div class="jscroller2_up jscroller2_speed-20 jscroller2_alternate jscroller2_mousemove">


<?[/b]


$sql = 'SELECT sid, title, time, comments FROM '.$prefix.'_stories '.$querylang.' ORDER BY time DESC LIMIT '.$storynum.', '.$oldnum;


$result = $db->sql_query($sql);


$vari = 0;





while (list($sid, $title, $time, $comments) = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) {


    $sid = intval($sid);


    $title = stripslashes($title);


    $see = 1;


    setlocale(LC_TIME, $locale);


    ereg ('([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2}) ([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2})', $time, $datetime2);


    $datetime2 = strftime(_DATESTRING2, mktime($datetime2[4],$datetime2[5],$datetime2[6],$datetime2[2],$datetime2[3],$datetime2[1]));


    $datetime2 = ucfirst($datetime2);


    if ($articlecomm == 1) {


        $comments = '('.$comments.')';


    } else {


        $comments = '';


    }


    if($time2==$datetime2) {


        $boxstuff .= '<tr><td valign="top"><strong><big>&middot;</big></strong></td><td> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</td></tr>';


    } else {


        if(empty($a)) {


            $boxstuff .= '<tr><td colspan="2"><b>'.$datetime2.'</b></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong><big>&middot;</big></strong></td><td> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</td></tr>';


            $time2 = $datetime2;


            $a = 1;


        } else {


            $boxstuff .= '<tr><td colspan="2"><b>'.$datetime2.'</b></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong><big>&middot;</big></strong></td><td> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</td></tr>';


            $time2 = $datetime2;


        }


    }


    $vari++;


    if ($vari==$oldnum) {


        $min = $oldnum + $storynum;


        $dummy = 1;


    }


}





if ($dummy == 1 AND is_active('Stories_Archive')) {


    $boxstuff .= '</table><br /><a href="archive.html"><b>'._OLDERARTICLES.'</b></a>';


} else {


    $boxstuff .= '</table>';


}





if ($see == 1) {


    $content = $boxstuff;


}


[b]$content .= ' </div></div>'."\n";[/b]?>

--- Edited to add "code" tags - Killing-Hours

Site Admin Joined: Aug 22, 2007 Posts: 1772

bobbyg wrote:

I am using [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] for several blocks on [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] I got the Old Articles to scroll but the problem I am having is the "Old Articles" title also scrolls.

yeah. thanks!
its a litte bit offtopic, but i searched the last night a litte jquery text-scroller for another output but this one is very cool. many scrollers are use the same id or class. here is it perfekt for me. i can use it on every place of my RN.

RavensScripts

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:55 am

I have made several attempts to get the block title outside of the scroller without success. I am hoping someone might have a suggestion that would make this work. You can see it on my site mentioned bove.

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:13 pm

bobbyg wrote:

I have made several attempts to get the block title outside of the scroller without success. I am hoping someone might have a suggestion that would make this work. You can see it on my site mentioned bove.

i have found a solution for you!

at 1st you must load the js script into your header. open the directory /includes/custom_files/ and make a file called custom_head.php. here can load your js- or css-files into your header before the body was started. now open this file and put this line into it:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="jscroller2.js"></script>

notice:
for all others who read this thread. i use in my example the js-file from the authors page:
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Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="jscroller2-1.61.js"></script>

now you can search the right place for your scrolling div-containers. i have modify the block without tables and change it to div and spans. now can give the containers css ids or/and classes to change width and height in your theme.

block-Old_Articles.php:

Code:

<?php





/************************************************************************/


/* PHP-NUKE: Web Portal System                                          */


/* ===========================                                          */


/*                                                                      */


/* Copyright (c) 2002 by Francisco Burzi                                */


/* http://phpnuke.org                                                   */


/*                                                                      */


/* This program is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify */


/* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by */


/* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.       */


/************************************************************************/


/*         Additional security & Abstraction layer conversion           */


/*                           2003 chatserv                              */


/*      http://www.nukefixes.com -- http://www.nukeresources.com        */


/************************************************************************/


/************************************************************************/


/* Additional code clean-up, performance enhancements, and W3C and      */


/* XHTML compliance fixes by Raven and Montego.                         */


/************************************************************************/





if ( !defined('BLOCK_FILE') ) {


    Header('Location: ../index.php');


    die();


}





global $locale, $oldnum, $storynum, $storyhome, $cookie, $categories, $cat, $prefix, $multilingual, $currentlang, $db, $new_topic, $user_news, $userinfo, $user;


if (!isset($see)) {$see = ''; } // added by Guardin as variable wasnt defined


if (!isset($dummy)) { $dummy = ''; } // add by Guardian as variable was not defined


if (!isset($articlecomm)) { $articlecomm = ''; } // add by fkelly as variable was not defined


if (!isset($time2)) { $time2 = ''; } // add by fkelly as variable was not defined





$content = '';


getusrinfo($user);


if ($multilingual == 1) {


    if ($categories == 1) {


        $querylang = 'where catid=\''.intval($cat).'\' AND (alanguage=\''.$currentlang.'\' OR alanguage=\'\')';


    } else {


        $querylang = 'where (alanguage=\''.$currentlang.'\' OR alanguage=\'\')';


        if ($new_topic != 0) {


            $querylang .= ' AND topic=\''.intval($new_topic).'\'';


        }


    }


} else {


    if ($categories == 1) {


        $querylang = 'where catid=\''.intval($cat).'\'';


    } else {


        $querylang = '';


        if ($new_topic != 0) {


            $querylang = 'WHERE topic=\''.intval($new_topic).'\'';


        }


    }


}


if (isset($userinfo['storynum']) AND $user_news == 1) {


    $storynum = $userinfo['storynum'];


} else {


    $storynum = $storyhome;


}





// old table replaced with div


$boxstuff = '<div style="margin:0; padding:0; width:100%">';





$boxTitle = _PASTARTICLES;


   


$sql = 'SELECT sid, title, time, comments FROM '.$prefix.'_stories '.$querylang.' ORDER BY time DESC LIMIT '.$storynum.', '.$oldnum;


$result = $db->sql_query($sql);


$vari = 0;





// open both slider divs


   $boxstuff .= '<div id="scroller_containerX">';


   $boxstuff .= '<div class="jscroller2_up jscroller2_speed-20 jscroller2_alternate jscroller2_mousemove" style="white-space:nowrap; margin: 0;">';


   


while (list($sid, $title, $time, $comments) = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) {


    $sid = intval($sid);


    $title = stripslashes($title);


    $see = 1;


    setlocale(LC_TIME, $locale);


    ereg ('([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2}) ([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2})', $time, $datetime2);


    $datetime2 = strftime(_DATESTRING2, mktime($datetime2[4],$datetime2[5],$datetime2[6],$datetime2[2],$datetime2[3],$datetime2[1]));


    $datetime2 = ucfirst($datetime2);








    if ($articlecomm == 1) {


        $comments = '('.$comments.')';


    } else {


        $comments = '';


    }


    if($time2==$datetime2) {


      


    $boxstuff .= '<span><strong><big>&middot;</big></strong> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span>';      


    $boxstuff .= '<br />';


    } else {


        if(empty($a)) {


         


    $boxstuff .= '<span><b>'.$datetime2.'</b><br />';


    $boxstuff .= '<strong><big>&middot;</big></strong> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span>';


            $boxstuff .= '<br />';   


            $time2 = $datetime2;


            $a = 1;


        } else {


         $boxstuff .= '<span><b>'.$datetime2.'</b><br />';


            $boxstuff .= '<strong><big>&middot;</big></strong> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span>';


            $boxstuff .= '<br />';


            $time2 = $datetime2;


        }


    }


    $vari++;


    if ($vari==$oldnum) {


        $min = $oldnum + $storynum;


        $dummy = 1;


    }


}


// close both slider divs


   $boxstuff .= '</div>';


   $boxstuff .= '</div>';


   


if ($dummy == 1 AND is_active('Stories_Archive')) {


    $boxstuff .= '</div><br /><a href="archive.html"><b>'._OLDERARTICLES.'</b></a>';


} else {


    $boxstuff .= '</div>';


}





if ($see == 1) {


    $content = $boxstuff;


}


   


?>

css-code:

Code:

#scroller_containerX {width:168px; height:100px; margin-left:3px; overflow:hidden;}


#scroller_containerX {overflow:auto; height:100px; width:168px; overflow-x:hidden; overflow-y:hidden;}

EDIT: i think... for myself... to much divs Smile

i tried a another modify of this block and changed to ul & li with one div.

at 1st, i added a new css-class into the css-file of my theme. (if you don't need clear:both; (no floating before), delete it.):

Code:

.oldarticleUL {clear:both; margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none;}

i have modified the complete block-file again and put my ul & li example in my first version.

block-Old_Articles.php:

Code:

<?php





/************************************************************************/


/* PHP-NUKE: Web Portal System                                          */


/* ===========================                                          */


/*                                                                      */


/* Copyright (c) 2002 by Francisco Burzi                                */


/* http://phpnuke.org                                                   */


/*                                                                      */


/* This program is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify */


/* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by */


/* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.       */


/************************************************************************/


/*         Additional security & Abstraction layer conversion           */


/*                           2003 chatserv                              */


/*      http://www.nukefixes.com -- http://www.nukeresources.com        */


/************************************************************************/


/************************************************************************/


/* Additional code clean-up, performance enhancements, and W3C and      */


/* XHTML compliance fixes by Raven and Montego.                         */


/************************************************************************/





if ( !defined('BLOCK_FILE') ) {


    Header('Location: ../index.php');


    die();


}








global $locale, $oldnum, $storynum, $storyhome, $cookie, $categories, $cat, $prefix, $multilingual, $currentlang, $db, $new_topic, $user_news, $userinfo, $user;


if (!isset($see)) {$see = ''; } // added by Guardin as variable wasnt defined


if (!isset($dummy)) { $dummy = ''; } // add by Guardian as variable was not defined


if (!isset($articlecomm)) { $articlecomm = ''; } // add by fkelly as variable was not defined


if (!isset($time2)) { $time2 = ''; } // add by fkelly as variable was not defined





$content = '';


getusrinfo($user);


if ($multilingual == 1) {


    if ($categories == 1) {


        $querylang = 'where catid=\''.intval($cat).'\' AND (alanguage=\''.$currentlang.'\' OR alanguage=\'\')';


    } else {


        $querylang = 'where (alanguage=\''.$currentlang.'\' OR alanguage=\'\')';


        if ($new_topic != 0) {


            $querylang .= ' AND topic=\''.intval($new_topic).'\'';


        }


    }


} else {


    if ($categories == 1) {


        $querylang = 'where catid=\''.intval($cat).'\'';


    } else {


        $querylang = '';


        if ($new_topic != 0) {


            $querylang = 'WHERE topic=\''.intval($new_topic).'\'';


        }


    }


}


if (isset($userinfo['storynum']) AND $user_news == 1) {


    $storynum = $userinfo['storynum'];


} else {


    $storynum = $storyhome;


}








//$boxstuff = '<div style="margin:0; padding:0; width:100%">';


// ul example


$boxstuff = '<ul class="oldarticleUL">';





$boxTitle = _PASTARTICLES;


   


$sql = 'SELECT sid, title, time, comments FROM '.$prefix.'_stories '.$querylang.' ORDER BY time DESC LIMIT '.$storynum.', '.$oldnum;


$result = $db->sql_query($sql);


$vari = 0;


// open slider divs


//   $boxstuff .= '<div id="scroller_containerX">';


// li example


   $boxstuff .= '<li id="scroller_containerX">';


   $boxstuff .= '<div class="jscroller2_up jscroller2_speed-20 jscroller2_alternate jscroller2_mousemove" style="white-space:nowrap; margin:0;">';


   


while (list($sid, $title, $time, $comments) = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) {


    $sid = intval($sid);


    $title = stripslashes($title);


    $see = 1;





    setlocale(LC_TIME, $locale);





// set new timestamp


//   $tempstamp = new DateTime($time);


//   $newtstamp = $tempstamp->format('l, d.m.Y');





   


    ereg ('([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2}) ([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2})', $time, $datetime2);


    $datetime2 = strftime(_DATESTRING2, mktime($datetime2[4],$datetime2[5],$datetime2[6],$datetime2[2],$datetime2[3],$datetime2[1]));


    $datetime2 = ucfirst($datetime2);








    if ($articlecomm == 1) {


        $comments = '('.$comments.')';


    } else {


        $comments = '';


    }


    if($time2==$datetime2) {


      


    $boxstuff .= '<span><strong><big>&middot;</big></strong> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span><br />';





    } else {


        if(empty($a)) {


         


          $boxstuff .= '<span><b>'.$datetime2.'</b><br />';


             $boxstuff .= '<strong><big>&middot;</big></strong> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span><br />';   


            $time2 = $datetime2;


            $a = 1;         


        } else {


         $boxstuff .= '<span><b>'.$datetime2.'</b><br />';


            $boxstuff .= '<strong><big>&middot;</big></strong> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span><br />';


            $time2 = $datetime2;


        }


    }


    $vari++;


    if ($vari==$oldnum) {


        $min = $oldnum + $storynum;


        $dummy = 1;


    }


}


// close slider divs


//   $boxstuff .= '</div>';


   $boxstuff .= '</div>';


// li example close   


   $boxstuff .= '</li>';


   


if ($dummy == 1 AND is_active('Stories_Archive')) {


 //   $boxstuff .= '</div><br /><a href="archive.html"><b>'._OLDERARTICLES.'</b></a>';


// ul example close


    $boxstuff .= '</ul><br /><a href="archive.html"><b>'._OLDERARTICLES.'</b></a>';   


} else {


//    $boxstuff .= '</div>';


// ul example close


    $boxstuff .= '</ul>';   


}





if ($see == 1) {


    $content = $boxstuff;


}


   


?>

EDIT: i think... i missed the topic name Smile

i tried a another way and added the topictext into this block and if it its active, you can set a char count. if you disable the topic title in the block-file, then you can see only the story title with a own char count seeting.

Code:

<?php





/************************************************************************/


/* PHP-NUKE: Web Portal System                                          */


/* ===========================                                          */


/*                                                                      */


/* Copyright (c) 2002 by Francisco Burzi                                */


/* http://phpnuke.org                                                   */


/*                                                                      */


/* This program is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify */


/* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by */


/* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.       */


/************************************************************************/


/*         Additional security & Abstraction layer conversion           */


/*                           2003 chatserv                              */


/*      http://www.nukefixes.com -- http://www.nukeresources.com        */


/************************************************************************/


/************************************************************************/


/* Additional code clean-up, performance enhancements, and W3C and      */


/* XHTML compliance fixes by Raven and Montego.                         */


/************************************************************************/





if ( !defined('BLOCK_FILE') ) {


    Header('Location: ../index.php');


    die();


}





global $locale, $oldnum, $storynum, $storyhome, $cookie, $categories, $cat, $prefix, $multilingual, $currentlang, $db, $new_topic, $user_news, $userinfo, $user;


if (!isset($see)) {$see = ''; } // added by Guardin as variable wasnt defined


if (!isset($dummy)) { $dummy = ''; } // add by Guardian as variable was not defined


if (!isset($articlecomm)) { $articlecomm = ''; } // add by fkelly as variable was not defined


if (!isset($time2)) { $time2 = ''; } // add by fkelly as variable was not defined





// block settings: name of the topic before the title


$topictitle_on = 'on'; // set to another one or leave it empty '' and the topicname was not dislayed


$topictitle_on_count = '12'; // set topic title char count, if $topictitle_on = 'on';


$topictitle_on_storytitle_count = '20'; // set story title char count, if $topictitle_on = 'on';


$topictitle_off_storytitle_count = '34'; // set story title char count, if $topictitle_on = '';





$content = '';


getusrinfo($user);


if ($multilingual == 1) {


    if ($categories == 1) {


        $querylang = 'where catid=\''.intval($cat).'\' AND (alanguage=\''.$currentlang.'\' OR alanguage=\'\')';


    } else {


        $querylang = 'where (alanguage=\''.$currentlang.'\' OR alanguage=\'\')';


        if ($new_topic != 0) {


            $querylang .= ' AND topic=\''.intval($new_topic).'\'';


        }


    }


} else {


    if ($categories == 1) {


        $querylang = 'where catid=\''.intval($cat).'\'';


    } else {


        $querylang = '';


        if ($new_topic != 0) {


            $querylang = 'WHERE topic=\''.intval($new_topic).'\'';


        }


    }


}


if (isset($userinfo['storynum']) AND $user_news == 1) {


    $storynum = $userinfo['storynum'];


} else {


    $storynum = $storyhome;


}








//$boxstuff = '<div style="margin:0; padding:0; width:100%">';


// ul example


$boxstuff = '<ul class="oldarticleUL">';





$boxTitle = _PASTARTICLES;


   


$sql = 'SELECT s.sid, s.title, s.time, s.topic, s.comments, t.topictext, t.topicid FROM '.$prefix.'_stories s LEFT JOIN ' . $prefix . '_topics t ON t.topicid = s.topic '.$querylang.' ORDER BY s.time DESC LIMIT '.$storynum.', '.$oldnum;


$result = $db->sql_query($sql);


$vari = 0;


// open silder divs


//   $boxstuff .= '<div id="scroller_containerX">';


// li example


   $boxstuff .= '<li id="scroller_containerX">';


   $boxstuff .= '<div class="jscroller2_up jscroller2_speed-20 jscroller2_alternate jscroller2_mousemove" style="white-space:nowrap; margin:0;">';


   


while (list($sid, $title, $time, $topic, $topictext, $topicid, $comments) = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) {


    $sid = intval($sid);


   


   if ($topictitle_on == 'on') {


    $topic2 = stripslashes($topicid);


    $topictitle = stripslashes($topicid);   


      if  ($topic2 != "") {


          if(strlen($topic2) > $topictitle_on_count) {   


          $topic2 = substr($topic2,0, $topictitle_on_count-2)."..";     


          }      


      }


    $title = stripslashes($title);


    $storytitle = stripslashes($title);      


      if  ($title != "") {


          if(strlen($title) > $topictitle_on_storytitle_count) {   


          $title = substr($title,0, $topictitle_on_storytitle_count-2)."..";     


          }      


      }            


   $topicname_on = '<a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;new_topic='.$topic.'" title="'.$topictitle.'">'.$topic2.'</a> ';


    } else {   


   $topicname_on = '';


    $title = stripslashes($title);


    $storytitle = stripslashes($title);      


      if  ($title != "") {


          if(strlen($title) > $topictitle_off_storytitle_count) {   


          $title = substr($title,0, $topictitle_off_storytitle_count-2)."..";     


          }      


      }


    }   


         


    $see = 1;





    setlocale(LC_TIME, $locale);


   


    ereg ('([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2}) ([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2})', $time, $datetime2);


    $datetime2 = strftime(_DATESTRING2, mktime($datetime2[4],$datetime2[5],$datetime2[6],$datetime2[2],$datetime2[3],$datetime2[1]));


    $datetime2 = ucfirst($datetime2);








    if ($articlecomm == 1) {


        $comments = '<br />('.$comments.')';


    } else {


        $comments = '';


    }


    if($time2==$datetime2) {


      


    $boxstuff .= '<span>'.$topicname_on.'<small>&bull;</small> <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'" title="'.$storytitle.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span><br />';





    } else {


        if(empty($a)) {


         


          $boxstuff .= '<span><b>'.$datetime2.'</b><br />';


             $boxstuff .= ''.$topicname_on.'<small>&bull;</small>  <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'" title="'.$storytitle.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span><br />';   


            $time2 = $datetime2;


            $a = 1;         


        } else {


         $boxstuff .= '<span><b>'.$datetime2.'</b><br />';


            $boxstuff .= ''.$topicname_on.'<small>&bull;</small>  <a href="modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid.'" title="'.$storytitle.'">'.$title.'</a> '.$comments.'</span><br />';


            $time2 = $datetime2;


        }


    }


    $vari++;


    if ($vari==$oldnum) {


        $min = $oldnum + $storynum;


        $dummy = 1;


    }


}


// close silder divs


//   $boxstuff .= '</div>';


   $boxstuff .= '</div>';


// li example close   


   $boxstuff .= '</li>';


   


if ($dummy == 1 AND is_active('Stories_Archive')) {


 //   $boxstuff .= '</div><br /><a href="archive.html"><b>'._OLDERARTICLES.'</b></a>';


// ul example close


    $boxstuff .= '</ul><br /><a href="archive.html"><b>'._OLDERARTICLES.'</b></a>';   


} else {


//    $boxstuff .= '</div>';


// ul example close


    $boxstuff .= '</ul>';   


}





if ($see == 1) {


    $content = $boxstuff;


}


   


?>

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:43 am

--- Edited to add "code" tags - Killing-Hours[/quote]

Thanks Killing-Hours --not unusual to forget things at my age --lol

neralex -- thanks for the help --I didn't use all of your changes, but modified mine using some of your changes.

I might point out I am using the same <script type="text/javascript" src="jscroller2-1.61.js"></script> I just shortened the name in my coding.

Your idea to (modify the block without tables and change it to div and spans. now can give the containers css ids or/and classes to change width and height in your theme.) is a good idea.