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Following the pleasant feedback from the publication of the really (really) simple random wallpaper script the Wyrdmaster has put together another simple but effective desktop trick for roleplayers. This script gives you a real time roleplaying news ticker on your desktop; its designed primarily for people with cable modems and other links which ensure they’re connected to the internet the minute the computer is turned on but the code is remarkably robust for those of us with a normal dial-up connection. If you’re not connected to the internet when the desktop loads then the news ticker doesn’t load but if you’re connected an hour later when the news updates it’ll load then.
The background used for this script is the one produced for the Steve Jacksons GURPS Hellboy Game. You can find it here. You can read GameWyrd’s review of the Hellboy RPG here.
The news ticker used for this script is provided by GamingReport. GamingReport is, the Wyrdmaster believes, the premier RPG industry news site on the internet.
To use this script you must be running Windows 9*, ME or XP. Open up Notepad, copy in the text below and save it into the same folder as your other desktops (which is the same folder you should download the Hellboy background too). To save the script correctly pick the “Save As” option, change the “save as type” to ‘all files (*.*) type “ticker.htm” in the box above and then click save.
Here’s the code:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3600">
</head>
<body background="hb1024_768.jpg_1.jpg" bgcolor="#000000">
<p align="right">
<!-- easynews -->
<script language=javascript
src=http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=webmasters&file=index&ac=ticker&ac2=10&ac3=0>
</script>
<!-- end easynews -->
</p>
</body>
</html>
Note:
+ The hb1024_768.jpg_1.jpg needs to be changed to match the names of the wallpaper size you downloaded. I downloaded the 1024x768 size but if i'd download the 800x600 I'd be using the hb800_600.jpg_1.jpg file instead.
+ The news refreshes every hour. This is set by asking for 3600 seconds. Increase or decrease this count to change the frequency of updates or remove the entire line if you only want to download the ticker once a day.
+ Right click on your desktop, select properties, then the background tab and then rather than selecting one of the background images or patterns select "ticker.htm". Click apply and watch the screen change.
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