This application scrolls the current news, and if the user clicks on a headline, it takes them to the full text of the news story.
This is a great application to stick on the side of a web page. See the notes below about customizing this application.
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Application Notes from ABC News
Below are the notes about customizing this application from ABC News.
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I'm only going to describe the parameters that can be changed; if it's not listed here, please don't try to change the value or delete it. I can almost guarantee that will cause the applet to crash.
<applet codebase=...... width="128" height="140">The only part of this you can change are the width/height components. These naturally control the size of the applet itself.
<param name="bgcolor" value="#9bcfe0">Sets the background color of the applet using the standard #rrggbb format.
<param name="speed" value="60">Controls how fast the headlines scroll; the faster they scroll, the more processor-intensive the applet becomes.
<param name="heading font name" value="Helvetica"> <param name="heading font style" value="BOLD ITALIC"> <param name="heading font size" value="12"> <param name="heading font color" value="#330099">These parameters control the appearance of the heading text (e.g. "World", "U.S." etc.). You should typically not change these (other than the color) as the applet is optimized for these settings. Using a different font or size might result in text being clipped as it scrolls off the top.
<param name="headline font name" value="Helvetica"> <param name="headline font style" value="PLAIN"> <param name="headline font size" value="12"> <param name="headline font color" value="#000000">These parameters control the headline text. The same caution I stated for the heading applies here.
<param name="top vertical margin" value="3"> <param name="bottom vertical margin" value = "2">Sets the top and bottom margins for the scrolling area, in pixels.
<param name="horizontal margin" value = "5">The left margin in pixels.
<param name="center width" value = "118">The width of the scrolling area. This value, plus twice the "horizontal margin" value should equal the overall applet width.
<param name="center height" value = "123">The height of the scrolling area. This value, plus the "top vertical margin" plus the "bottom vertical margin" should equal the overall applet height.
<param name="spacing" value="14">The spacing between the individual headlines... should probably not be changed.
All other parameters should not be changed.