In this tutorial i'm going to explain how to add beautiful latest news ticker for your blogger websites or blog.Latest news ticker widget used for display recent content or any trending item in your blog you can display over here,this news ticker is user friendly,to grab this news ticker follow the steps mentioned below.
1. Log in to blogger account and Go to template>>Edit HTML
2. Find this tag by using ctrl+f ]]></b:skin>
3. Paste below code Before ]]></b:skin>
2. Find this tag by using ctrl+f ]]></b:skin>
3. Paste below code Before ]]></b:skin>
/* News Ticker by http://www.bloggersstand.blogspot.com*/
.BloggersStandNews {background:#eeeeee;width:100%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.4em;display:inline-block;margin-right:25px;margin-top:9px;}
.news {width:100%;margin:0 auto;padding:0 2px;line-height: 1.4em;text-align:left;font:normal 13px Arial;color:#000000;overflow:hidden;clear:both;}
.news a:link, .news a:visited{color:#000000;text-decoration:none;}
.news a:hover {color:#333333;text-decoration:underline;}
Customization:
- To change the background color of latest news holder box replace eeeeee with your color.
4. Find this by using ctrl+f </head>
5. Paste below code Before </head>
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>Note:If your blog already have <script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<!-- News Ticker -->
<script src='http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=AIzaSyDsllMIq0A98LUp2DP5SKBbXfBdTq_lAFE'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
var gfeedfetcher_loading_image="indicator.gif";google.load("feeds","1");function gfeedfetcher(c,a,b){this.linktarget=b||"";this.feedlabels=[];this.feedurls=[];this.feeds=[];this.feedsfetched=0;this.feedlimit=5;this.showoptions="";this.sortstring="date";document.write('<div id="'+c+'" class="'+a+'"></div>');this.feedcontainer=document.getElementById(c);this.itemcontainer="<li>"}gfeedfetcher.prototype.addFeed=function(b,a){this.feedlabels[this.feedlabels.length]=b;this.feedurls[this.feedurls.length]=a};gfeedfetcher.prototype.filterfeed=function(b,a){this.feedlimit=b;if(typeof a!="undefined"){this.sortstring=a}};gfeedfetcher.prototype.displayoptions=function(a){this.showoptions=a};gfeedfetcher.prototype.setentrycontainer=function(a){this.itemcontainer="<"+a.toLowerCase()+">"};gfeedfetcher.prototype.init=function(){this.feedsfetched=0;this.feeds=[];this.feedcontainer.innerHTML='<img src="'+gfeedfetcher_loading_image+'" /> Retrieving RSS feed(s)';var a=this;for(var b=0;b<this.feedurls.length;b++){var c=new google.feeds.Feed(this.feedurls[b]);var d=(this.feedlimit<=this.feedurls.length)?1:Math.floor(this.feedlimit/this.feedurls.length);if(this.feedlimit%this.feedurls.length>0&&this.feedlimit>this.feedurls.length&&b==this.feedurls.length-1){d+=(this.feedlimit%this.feedurls.length)}c.setNumEntries(d);c.load(function(e){return function(f){a._fetch_data_as_array(f,e)}}(this.feedlabels[b]))}};gfeedfetcher._formatdate=function(a,c){var d=new Date(a);var b=(c.indexOf("datetime")!=-1)?d.toLocaleString():(c.indexOf("date")!=-1)?d.toLocaleDateString():(c.indexOf("time")!=-1)?d.toLocaleTimeString():"";return"<span class='datefield'>"+b+"</span>"};gfeedfetcher._sortarray=function(a,b){var b=(b=="label")?"ddlabel":b;if(b=="title"||b=="ddlabel"){a.sort(function(e,d){var g=e[b].toLowerCase();var f=d[b].toLowerCase();return(g<f)?-1:(g>f)?1:0})}else{try{a.sort(function(e,d){return new Date(d.publishedDate)-new Date(e.publishedDate)})}catch(c){}}};gfeedfetcher.prototype._fetch_data_as_array=function(b,a){var d=(!b.error)?b.feed.entries:"";if(d==""){alert("Google Feed API Error: "+b.error.message)}for(var c=0;c<d.length;c++){b.feed.entries[c].ddlabel=a}this.feeds=this.feeds.concat(d);this._signaldownloadcomplete()};gfeedfetcher.prototype._signaldownloadcomplete=function(){this.feedsfetched+=1;if(this.feedsfetched==this.feedurls.length){this._displayresult(this.feeds)}};gfeedfetcher.prototype._displayresult=function(a){var e=(this.itemcontainer=="<li>")?"<ul>\n":"";gfeedfetcher._sortarray(a,this.sortstring);for(var c=0;c<a.length;c++){var d='<a href="'+a[c].link+'" target="'+this.linktarget+'" class="titlefield">'+a[c].title+"</a>";var b=/label/i.test(this.showoptions)?'<span class="labelfield">['+this.feeds[c].ddlabel+"]</span>":" ";var g=gfeedfetcher._formatdate(a[c].publishedDate,this.showoptions);var f=/description/i.test(this.showoptions)?"<br />"+a[c].content:/snippet/i.test(this.showoptions)?"<br />"+a[c].contentSnippet:"";e+=this.itemcontainer+d+" "+b+" "+g+"\n"+f+this.itemcontainer.replace("<","</")+"\n\n"}e+=(this.itemcontainer=="<li>")?"</ul>":"";this.feedcontainer.innerHTML=e};
var gfeedfetcher_loading_image="indicator.gif";function gfeedrssticker(d,b,a,c){this.tickerid=d;this.delay=parseInt(a);this.mouseoverBol=0;this.itemsperpage=1;this.messagepointer=0;gfeedfetcher.call(this,d,b,c);this.itemcontainer="<div>";this.tickerdiv=document.getElementById(d)}gfeedrssticker.prototype=new gfeedfetcher;gfeedrssticker.prototype.constructor=gfeedrssticker;gfeedrssticker.prototype._displayresult=null;gfeedrssticker.prototype.entries_per_page=function(a){this.itemsperpage=a};gfeedrssticker.prototype._signaldownloadcomplete=function(){this.feedsfetched+=1;if(this.feedsfetched==this.feedurls.length){this._initscroller(this.feeds)}};gfeedrssticker.prototype._initscroller=function(a){var c=this;gfeedfetcher._sortarray(a,this.sortstring);this.itemsperpage=(this.itemsperpage>=a.length)?1:this.itemsperpage;var b=a.slice(this.messagepointer,this.itemsperpage);this.tickerdiv.innerHTML=formatrssmessage(b,this.showoptions,this.itemcontainer,this.linktarget);this.tickerdiv.onmouseover=function(){c.mouseoverBol=1};this.tickerdiv.onmouseout=function(){c.mouseoverBol=0};this.messagepointer=this.itemsperpage;if(window.attachEvent){window.attachEvent("onunload",function(){c.tickerdiv.onmouseover=c.tickerdiv.onmouseout=null})}setTimeout(function(){c._rotatemessage()},this.delay)};function formatrssmessage(d,b,f,g){var c=(f=="<li>")?"<ul>\n":"";for(var e=0;e<d.length;e++){var h='<a href="'+d[e].link+'" target="'+g+'" class="titlefield">'+d[e].title+"</a>";var j=/label/i.test(b)?'<span class="labelfield">['+d[e].ddlabel+"]</span>":" ";var k=gfeedfetcher._formatdate(d[e].publishedDate,b);var a=/description/i.test(b)?"<br />"+d[e].content:/snippet/i.test(b)?"<br />"+d[e].contentSnippet:"";c+=f+h+" "+j+" "+k+"\n"+a+f.replace("<","</")+"\n\n"}c+=(f=="<li>")?"</ul>\n":"";return c}gfeedrssticker.prototype._rotatemessage=function(){var b=this;if(this.mouseoverBol==1){setTimeout(function(){b._rotatemessage()},100)}else{var a=this.feeds.slice(this.messagepointer,this.messagepointer+this.itemsperpage);this.tickerdiv.innerHTML=formatrssmessage(a,this.showoptions,this.itemcontainer,this.linktarget);this.messagepointer=(this.messagepointer+this.itemsperpage>this.feeds.length-1)?0:this.messagepointer+this.itemsperpage;setTimeout(function(){b._rotatemessage()},this.delay)}};
//]]>
</script>
this script then no need to add it again,just replace this line from above code.
6. Now find <div id='content-wrapper'> If you can't find it,search for this <div id='main-wrapper'> still you can't find it there is one more tag i.e <div class='main-outer'> by using ctrl+f .
7.Now paste the below code just above it.
<div class='BloggersStandNews'>
<div class='news'>
<div style='float:left;padding:6px 10px 8px 4px;font:normal 100% Oswald,Georgia,Verdana,Geneva,Sans-serif,Arial,Helvetica;color:#FEFEFE;background-color:#000000;text-transform:none;'>
News Update : </div>
<div style='float:left;width:80%;padding:6px 4px; position:relative; overflow:hidden;'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var cssfeed=new gfeedrssticker("example1", "example1class", 4000, "_new")
cssfeed.addFeed("Blogger Maps", "http://bloggerssstand.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default") //Specify "label" plus URL to RSS feed
cssfeed.displayoptions("date") //show the specified additional fields
cssfeed.setentrycontainer("div") //Wrap each entry with a DIV tag
cssfeed.filterfeed(10, "date") //Show 10 entries, sort by date
cssfeed.entries_per_page(1)
cssfeed.init()
</script>
</div>
</div><div style='clear:both;'></div>
</div>
Customization:
- To change the background color of LATEST NEWS replace 000000 with your hex color code.
- Replace bloggerssstand.blogspot.com with your url.