NEWS HELP FILE

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Requirements

How to..

  1. Edit news Items: Open xml/news/news.xml in a text editor eg. dreamweaver or notepad. To add a new news item follow this format:

    <item>
    <title>Your Title</title>
    <description>Description text goes here.</description>
    </item>

    If you want to include html make sure you include the CDATA Tags: <description><![CDATA[<p>Description text goes here.

    ]]></description>


  2. Edit the settings: This file has been designed to be very easy to update and modify. Many changes can be made by simply modifying the values in the configuration xml files (xml/news/config.xml and xml/news/scrollbarConfig.xml). There is also a css file (css/news) you can use to format the text. All of the code can be found on the layer AS. It is very well commented and so is a good place to look for help.

  3. Change the graphics: Simply edit the items in the library.

  4. Useful tip 1: The movieclips that end with (main) in the library are those that which you will likely want to modify.

  5. Useful tip 2: The size of the indivdual posts in the post list is determined by the size of the movie clip named background box in the post row folder (the purple box, this is hidden on load).