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Simple Mooticker 
Version
1.5.4 (last update on Mar 7, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
33
Favoured
30
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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50747
Date Added
12 September 2008
SIMPLE MOOTICKER module displays horizontal scrolling text using the Joomla! build in mootools framework. You can choose if you want to type your news manually or still take the latest news from sections or categories (by ID). The module has several styling options like width, height, background color, border styles or font styles. Additionally you can choose the scrolling direction. It generates a valid output and uses "div" tags only. For users with javascript disabled in their browsers you can define a text for the "no script" tag. Please read the help for the parameters in module description.
Simple Mooticker for Joomla! 1.5.x native by medien.stroeme (www.medienstroeme.de) is based on the original mooquee script from Dirar Abu Kteish (www.developer.ps/moo/mooquee) and the Joomla! core module "latest news".
The script has been successfully tested in IE5.5, IE6, IE7, FF2, FF3, Safari 3.2 and Opera 9.5 (all for windows).
Enjoy it!
*** VERSION 1.5.4 FEATURES ***
* displays horizontal scrolling news using the Joomla! build in mootools framework
* ticker speed and scrolling direction (right to left / left to right)
* choose between manually typed news (even in html) or content from sections and categories (by ID)
* for javascript disabled browsers you can define a "no script" tag
* sizing options for the ticker container like width (px, em or %), height (px or em), margins (for "good browsers" and separate for IE),
* border styling like border-width and border-style (none, solid, dotted, dashed, double, groove, ridge, inset, outset)
* background color of the ticker container
* font options like -size, -color, -weight, -variant, text-transform, letter-spacing
* link styling (underlined or not, color, hover color)
* valid output with "div" tags only (no tables)
*** CHANGELOG from 1.5.3 to 1.5.4 ***
* Fixed the special chars problem
* Added language support (English and German included)
* Stylesheet now in an external file
* Javascript now in an external file
* Added own small mootools library (only 18kb)
* Added more styling options
* Separate speed value for Internet Explorer
* More detailed descriptions in admin area
* Clearer admin area
* Several bug fixes
*** CREDITS ***
* mooquee script from Dirar Abu Kteish (www.developer.ps/moo/mooquee)
* Joomla! core module "latest news"
*** SUPPORT BY EMAIL ***
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us by email. Unfortunately sometimes an answer takes up to two days - sorry for this inconvenience - but we earn our money with designing websites and print products. So - please be a little patient with us - you will get an answer in any case.
bymalikarshad on November 15, 2009
The ticker is very good but its too fast in google chrome? Is there any workaround?
byrrc_21 on October 23, 2009
Our site uses this to show hot info (internal and external to site). I did not face any bugs / crashes so far in the last 3 months. It will be great if an option to suppress category title is provided as currently it displays both article and category title while displaying article content.
byMilanT on September 28, 2009
Working excellent with easy install and fantastic documentation. Highly customizable, from appearance to content. Tested in FF 3.5.3 IE8 and Chrome.
The speed is too fast in chrome, though it scroling nice in other 2 browsers.
The speed is too fast in chrome, though it scroling nice in other 2 browsers.
bydmleeman on July 10, 2009
This module is very close to perfect for its use.
Pros:
1) Its non commercial
2) the php code is very good and there are no xhtml warnings generated.
3) The module is lightweight and handles javascript very intelligently.
4) The text transition is very smooth and it allows for Latest News - at last someone has managed this properly!
Cons
1) CSS can be configured in the module, but I have found some inconsistencies in its implementation so I would advise styling it in the template_css.css
I would like to see the addition of leading text from the article after the link title, but that's a subjective.
With the CSS config ironed out and a little more control over the gaps between links I would give it the final star!
Pros:
1) Its non commercial
2) the php code is very good and there are no xhtml warnings generated.
3) The module is lightweight and handles javascript very intelligently.
4) The text transition is very smooth and it allows for Latest News - at last someone has managed this properly!
Cons
1) CSS can be configured in the module, but I have found some inconsistencies in its implementation so I would advise styling it in the template_css.css
I would like to see the addition of leading text from the article after the link title, but that's a subjective.
With the CSS config ironed out and a little more control over the gaps between links I would give it the final star!
bynooblarama on April 22, 2009
I like this ticker but Version 1.5.4 which is stated to have been tested in IE6 obviously hasnt been memory tested. The ticker uses about 1meg of RAM per 3 seconds. IE 6.0.29
Contacted developer about it. No reponse.
Contacted developer about it. No reponse.
bytyphoonit on April 7, 2009
Easy to install and use, however it is a bit light on features. For example, it would be nice to have the ability to display author and created/modified dates in the scroll bar.
I wanted to space the articles out, so I added a space hex code , but the next time I edited something else it replaced the hex codes with weird question boxes.
Additionally, I found the scroll a bit jerky, and maybe even a bit fast on the "slow" setting.
I wanted to space the articles out, so I added a space hex code , but the next time I edited something else it replaced the hex codes with weird question boxes.
Additionally, I found the scroll a bit jerky, and maybe even a bit fast on the "slow" setting.
bysarahjack on February 23, 2009
Easy to install, took seconds really. Displays a link to an external webpage with a title, all manually entered. Styling is possible too. I am grateful for this as I didn't want to take up too much room on the homepage with a horizontal list and this module allowed me to enter my own links, instead of listing articles from within my own site, which so many of the news flash modules do already.
Thansk!
Thansk!
Pretty nice module, easy and fast to use.
Maybe the ticker speed needs an improvement (settings are from '1' to '10'):
In FF3 lower speed ('1') is really low but with same value in IE6 and IE7 is a good setting. Increasing module ticker speed ('3') it works for FF3 (not as expected, I think) but in IE6-7 text goes too fast and simply you can't read...
In my wishlist: possibility to add just articles ID! Thanks for your work.
Maybe the ticker speed needs an improvement (settings are from '1' to '10'):
In FF3 lower speed ('1') is really low but with same value in IE6 and IE7 is a good setting. Increasing module ticker speed ('3') it works for FF3 (not as expected, I think) but in IE6-7 text goes too fast and simply you can't read...
In my wishlist: possibility to add just articles ID! Thanks for your work.
byITByTheSea on November 24, 2008
Easy to install. Lots of flexibility in the settings. Very good extension. Thanks a lot!
bySteve Hards on November 15, 2008
Does the job and, best of all, it is easy to modify the look from within the module. The tooltips are helpful. Integrates easily into my RocketTheme template and displays smoothly for me in in Firefox and Safari but is slightly jerky in Internet Explorer - but not bad enough to make me not to want to use it. I guess it's an IE problem. One day MS will get it right...
byM.Medhat on November 14, 2008
Great module. just exactly what I wanted
bythegman on November 5, 2008
An absolutely excellent module. Very customizable. Easy to install and configure. Had it customized for my site and running in a couple of minutes. Great job guys! Thanks a Million
byeeef on October 26, 2008
Simple to set up and get running. Only issues I had were that when specifying to get content from articles it only ever returned the titles, and when manually entering the text it didn't like single apostrophe characters.
byFrankk on September 18, 2008
This is a nice extension with lots of features, works exactly as described. Got it working under 10 minutes.