Creating an Automated Text Scroller

[RussOSU]

I am creating a website for my group and on our homepage I am including a text scroller to display the group news. Currently the only way to up date this is to go into the html and edit the html line by line. I would like to change this by directing the text to a database in which the news is displayed depending on a date range. (once the current date is outside the date in the database the text stops being displayed. By using a database like this I would then be able to create a News Submittal page in which anyone in our group could post news relevant to the categories. If anyone could help me with some direction and so help with how to code the scroller (or if they know of one that is out there) Thanks
~Russ

 

[shaddow]

U have to use an page generated by asp (asp page).
Whend the page is accessed get the date&time and search in database for date&time if it found anything they would display them in page if not the old information is displayed again..
This is a short example.. i'm trying to do myself one news site and so far is working fine...
U need one page who submits the news, and then put them in database at current date&time or ohter...
Hope this helps u... if not tell me some more & i help u... ________

George

 

[gsc1ugs]

Agree with the above... convert date time in seconds and store it, that way its easier to search for dates specific info because its just a number.