Announcement and vertical scroll news plug-in will create a vertical news scroller into your wordpress website, we can embed this in to site sidebar. The plug-in demo available on the sidebar. This plug-in uses JavaScript to do this scroll. In the admin we have option to add, update, delete the news. if you want to scroll continuously like reel, use my continuous scroll plug-in.
Features of this plugin
- Easy installation.
- Widgets, so you can add pretty much anything.
- Easy style-override system.
- Expiration date setup.(version 5.0)
- You can add N number of news; it will scroll one by one at front end (vertical scrolling).
- You can arrange the scrolling news order. Also you can customize the scroll direction.
- If you want, you can hide the news temporarily.
Live Demo
Plugin configuration
Method 1
Drag and Drop the Widget : Go to widget page under Appearance tab, Drag and drop “Announcement” widget into your side bar. its very easy.
Method 2
Add directly in the theme : Use this code, <?php if (function_exists (gAnnouncement)) gAnnouncement(); ?> to add the gallery to your Theme files.
Frequently asked questions
Q1) Can I display more news at same time?
No, you can add n number of news, it will display one by one at front end (vertical scrolling).
Q2) Can I change the scroll manner from vertical to horizontal?
No, This option is not available.
Q3) Can I arrange the news scroll order?
Yes, you can set order, use display order field in the setting page to arrange the news scroll order.
Q4) Can I hide the any news temporary?
Yes, change the display order status to OFF in the setting page.
Q5) Can I change the Slide Direction?
Yes, 0=down-up and 1=up-down.
Q6) Can I display announcement in random order?
Yes, Option available in 6.0+ version.
Q7) Can I customize the all other appearance style?
Yes, Go to setting page there we have option to customize the plugin style.
Dashboard → Settings → Announcement → Setting page
Q8) Why my news content out of range?
In front end widget area, if you see any news content out of area or invisible, it because of height and width of the widget, so you should arrange width and height of the widget in widget configuration area to good look. In default I have fixed width: 180px and height: 100px.
Installation instruction
Method 1
- Download the plugin announcement-and-vertical-scroll-news.zip from download location.
- Unpack the announcement-and-vertical-scroll-news.zip file
- Extract the /announcement-and-vertical-scroll-news/ folder.
- Drop the plugin folder into your wp-content/plugins folder.
- In word press administration panels, click on plug-in from the menu.
- You should see your new announcement and vertical scroll news plug-in listed.
- To turn the word presses plug-in on, click activate.
Method 2
- Go to add new menu under plugins tab in your word-press admin.
- Search announcement and vertical scroll news plugin using search option.
- Find the plugin and click Install Now link.
- Finally click activate plug-in link to activate the plug-in.
Method 3
- Download the plugin announcement-and-vertical-scroll-news.zip from download location.
- Go to add new menu under plugins tab in your word-press admin.
- Select upload link (top link menu).
- Upload the available announcement-and-vertical-scroll-news.zip file and click install now.
- Finally click activate plug-in link to activate the plug-in.
Plugin official page
http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/announcement-and-vertical-scroll-news/