ANT is a news ticker/scroller widget that displays posts (or RSS) with accessible javascript (it will degrade to a normal unordered list).
This widget is able to display latest posts as well as remote RSS feed. It is written in Unobtrusive Javascript, so this means that it WILL degrade gracefully if users don’t have javascript or don’t allow it, so it will let them as well as search engines to read and index these links.
Based on DOMNews 1.0 by Chris Heilmann and SimplePie RSS-parsing php class.
Installation
IMPORTANT: This widget is tested on the default theme only, so it may require some hacks to suit your theme. Also, make sure that the plugin creates a folder `cache` in your wp-content folder to cache RSS feeds, and that this folder is writeable (chmod 755 or chmod 777), or do it yourself.
EVEN MORE: check your theme’s header.php and footer.php for presence of wp_head(); (in the <head> section) and wp_footer(); (near </body>), otherwise this plugin can’t work. if you can’t find them, INSERT THEM! Otherwise, this widget won’t work at all.
Download ANT : Accessible RSS NewsTicker (WP widget)
- Place and activate like *all* the others WP plugins in the world ;-).
- (Optional) Tweak .css file to suit your need.
- Enjoy!
Confused? Some thoughts or doubts to share? Feel free to post them in the support forum.
If you’re not seeking help, you can comment in this page instead.
