Scrollable Recent Posts Block + Selfscrolling ShoutBox???

[core]

this script looks nice, maybe useable?

link to script plus preview: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex2/crosstick.htm

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<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Pausing updown message scroller- ÂÃ,© Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

//configure the below five variables to change the style of the scroller
var scrollerdelay='3000' //delay between msg scrolls. 3000=3 seconds.
var scrollerwidth='150px'
var scrollerheight='105px'
var scrollerbgcolor='lightyellow'
//set below to '' if you don't wish to use a background image
var scrollerbackground='scrollerback.gif'

//configure the below variable to change the contents of the scroller
var messages=new Array()
messages[0]="<font face='Arial'><a href='http://www.dynamicdrive.com'>Click here to go back to Dynamicdrive.com frontpage</a></font>"
messages[1]="<font face='Arial'><a href='http://javascriptkit.com'>Visit JavaScriptKit for award winning JavaScript tutorials</a></font>"
messages[2]="<font face='Arial'><a href='http://www.codingforums.com'>Get help on scripting and web development. Visit CodingForums.com!</a></font>"
messages[3]="<font face='Arial'><a href='http://www.freewarejava.com'>Looking for Free Java applets? Visit Freewarejava.com!</a></font>"
messages[4]="<font face='Arial'><a href='http://dynamicdrive.com/link.htm'>If you find this script useful, please click here to link back to Dynamic Drive!</a></font>"

///////Do not edit pass this line///////////////////////

var ie=document.all
var dom=document.getElementById

if (messages.length>2)
i=2
else
i=0

function move(whichdiv){
tdiv=eval(whichdiv)
if (parseInt(tdiv.style.top)>0&&parseInt(tdiv.style.top)<=5){
tdiv.style.top=0+"px"
setTimeout("move(tdiv)",scrollerdelay)
setTimeout("move2(second2_obj)",scrollerdelay)
return
}
if (parseInt(tdiv.style.top)>=tdiv.offsetHeight*-1){
tdiv.style.top=parseInt(tdiv.style.top)-5+"px"
setTimeout("move(tdiv)",50)
}
else{
tdiv.style.top=parseInt(scrollerheight)+"px"
tdiv.innerHTML=messages[i]
if (i==messages.length-1)
i=0
else
i++
}
}

function move2(whichdiv){
tdiv2=eval(whichdiv)
if (parseInt(tdiv2.style.top)>0&&parseInt(tdiv2.style.top)<=5){
tdiv2.style.top=0+"px"
setTimeout("move2(tdiv2)",scrollerdelay)
setTimeout("move(first2_obj)",scrollerdelay)
return
}
if (parseInt(tdiv2.style.top)>=tdiv2.offsetHeight*-1){
tdiv2.style.top=parseInt(tdiv2.style.top)-5+"px"
setTimeout("move2(second2_obj)",50)
}
else{
tdiv2.style.top=parseInt(scrollerheight)+"px"
tdiv2.innerHTML=messages[i]
if (i==messages.length-1)
i=0
else
i++
}
}

function startscroll(){
first2_obj=ie? first2 : document.getElementById("first2")
second2_obj=ie? second2 : document.getElementById("second2")
move(first2_obj)
second2_obj.style.top=scrollerheight
second2_obj.style.visibility='visible'
}

if (ie||dom){
document.writeln('<div id="main2" style="position:relative;width:'+scrollerwidth+';height:'+scrollerheight+';overflow:hidden;background-color:'+scrollerbgcolor+' ;background-image:url('+scrollerbackground+')">')
document.writeln('<div style="position:absolute;width:'+scrollerwidth+';height:'+scrollerheight+';clip:rect(0 '+scrollerwidth+' '+scrollerheight+' 0);left:0px;top:0px">')
document.writeln('<div id="first2" style="position:absolute;width:'+scrollerwidth+';left:0px;top:1px;">')
document.write(messages[0])
document.writeln('</div>')
document.writeln('<div id="second2" style="position:absolute;width:'+scrollerwidth+';left:0px;top:0px;visibility:hidden">')
document.write(messages[dyndetermine=(messages.length==1)? 0 : 1])
document.writeln('</div>')
document.writeln('</div>')
document.writeln('</div>')
}

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", startscroll, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", startscroll)
else if (ie||dom)
window.onload=startscroll

</script>



[core]

and this one looks nice aswell:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex2/cmarquee2.htm

[misjka]

Yeah, especially the last one is of my likings . But how do I integrate the JS script with the PHP script for the ShoutBox block?

[gerrymo]

The shoutbox has an option to scroll or not in the next version that will be ouyt soon.

[misjka]

Ok, gr8  :buck2:!

[xtremecruiser]

Here is one from the SMF site.
I had it working on RC1.1 until I just did the update

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=13985.0

The formating does not look that great though, maybe it will help

[misjka]

I see that the TPortalBlocks.template.php is somewhat modified in 0.86... Some optimal advice about how to make Recent Forum Posts scrollable again (cannot see why this feature wasn't implemented in the .86 release, btw, since it's quite as important as the autoscrolling shoutbox [at least for me  ])?

[bloc]

"Autoscrolling" of Recent topics block was never intended out-of-the-box really. A scrollbar to limit the height would perhaps be more interesting?

[misjka]

No, I agree with you Bloc: It was selfscrolling (i.e. autoscrolling) ShoutBox I was looking for before - many thanks for implementing it in .86! About the Recent Posts Block I would like a manual scroll, just as you said to limit the block size  .

Would be much obliged - you are making such a terrific job with TP!