Add the following HTML on your web page to add WMTicker:

<applet

codebase = "%httpproto%://%httpaddr%:%httpport%/java/wmticker/"
archive= "WMTicker.zip"
code= "WMTicker.class"
name= "WMTicker"
width= 600
height= 20>

</applet>


To modify the Ticker format modify the WMTickerDefault.prm file in the WMTicker:

bgcolor=ffffff
fgcolor=000000
font=Arial
size=12
tickerspeed=20
feed=%httpproto%://%httpaddr%:%httpport%/feed


Here is the default.htm file in the feed directory, the ticker will pull this file every x minutes:

<a reconnect=3m></a>
<a href=%%httpproto%%://%%httpaddr%%:%%httpport%%>%%description%%</a>
%%dolusers%%
%%channel_#webchat%%
%%!chan_n%%
<a href=%%httpproto%%://%%httpaddr%%:%%httpport%%/?@channel=%%chan_ln%%>Join %%chan_u%% people in %%chan_n%%, the current topic is: %%chan_t%%</a>
%%!%%
</a>
<a href=%%httpproto%%://%%httpaddr%%:%%httpport%%>ConferenceRoom %%version%%</a>
<a href=%%httpproto%%://%%httpaddr%%:%%httpport%%>There are %%lu_usercount%% people currently on the chat server</a>


WMTicker

All applet params must be in a file named WMTickerDefault.prm in the directory where the applet class archive is (WMTicker.zip). They are not used from the HTML at all.

Params
Params listed in the WMTickerDefault.prm file must be formatted as: <param>=<value>
   
Param Name Description
feed News feed URL, must be on the exact same machine as classes
target Default frame target for clickable links def: "newsflash"
font Font name
size Size in points
style BOLD, ITALIC, or BOLD+ITALIC default is none
textshadow True/False default is false
fgcolor Text color (rrggbb format) default is Red
bgcolor Background color default is White
hicolor Highlighted color (for clickable links) default is Blue
tickerspeed Default ticker speed
tickerpause Default ticker pause
tickerlifetime Default ticker lifetime
tickerrepeat Default ticker repeat time
ticker.. ticker9 Formatted like the feed lines
background URL for a background image drawn behind the ticker text
foreground URL for a foreground image drawn on top of the ticker text
drawarea Specify a rectangle where the drawing of the ticker takes place
format Is "x;y;width;height"
leftedge Leftmost pixel to pause at, default: 0
rightedge Rightmost pixel to start drawing from, default: applet width
noscroll Tickers appear at leftedge, instead of scrolling in, default: false

 

Feed Format
Feed lines should be formatted as:
<a [option1]=[value1] [option2]=[value2] ..>[Text to be shown]</a>
   
Anchor Option Description
id id number for this ticker message
href URL to go to when the ticker is clicked
target Target frame name, default is "newsflash"
speed Delay in milliseconds between each 'tick' of the ticker
pause Time to wait when the message reaches the left edge
lifetime Time the ticker message is in the queue
repeat Number of times to repeat the message
reconnect Before reading the feed URL again, default is 5m
This option should only be on a line by itself, ex.
<a reconnect=3m></a>

times are specified as:
milliseconds ex. 30 is 30ms
seconds ex. 5s is 5 seconds
minutes ex. 5m is 5 minutes