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Im running Invision power board 2.3.5 on my board, ( a gaming site ( http://tekagis.com )) and have just recently been given access to a xml file that holds the data of what users are online ( within the past 5 minutes )
what I am trying to do is a ticker, (no ajax needed) to show what users are online, the problem is I don't know how to incorporate this into the site. I have a few questions:
A ) the <MARQUEE> tag: how terrible is it to use if its legitimate? if its not acceptable anymore can you reccomend a decent alternative. i tried one css one, but the calculations were done with a scale of pixels, and i need it to span the entire length of the forum which is fluid, and all the math was on pixels so it was beyond my skills to rewrite it
B ) how can i incorporate this into the header/footer section of invision power board? i have tried includes, they dont work in that area of the board. I researched a bit on google and found: <!--exec.file=xxxx.php--> but this just seems to execute the file and not actually display the results,
in a perfect world id be able to do:
and make the php file output the data like i want, but somehow i cannot seem to make ipb include the file like I want
any suggestions?
thanks
what I am trying to do is a ticker, (no ajax needed) to show what users are online, the problem is I don't know how to incorporate this into the site. I have a few questions:
A ) the <MARQUEE> tag: how terrible is it to use if its legitimate? if its not acceptable anymore can you reccomend a decent alternative. i tried one css one, but the calculations were done with a scale of pixels, and i need it to span the entire length of the forum which is fluid, and all the math was on pixels so it was beyond my skills to rewrite it
B ) how can i incorporate this into the header/footer section of invision power board? i have tried includes, they dont work in that area of the board. I researched a bit on google and found: <!--exec.file=xxxx.php--> but this just seems to execute the file and not actually display the results,
in a perfect world id be able to do:
<MARQUEE> <?php include("file.php"); ?> </MARQUEE>and make the php file output the data like i want, but somehow i cannot seem to make ipb include the file like I want
any suggestions?
thanks
This post has been edited by mckooter: 07 June 2009 - 10:21 PM
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