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Started by mudlouse1, March 09, 2008, 12:58:37 PM

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mudlouse1

March 09, 2008, 12:58:37 PM
is there a program which can display a bunch of websites and rotate them in some order? kind of like a bulletin board.

i've just moved into a new flat with some people and i thought it would be quite useful to have a monitor which would display various bits of information. this could be the weather, travel updates, stocks, etc.

i reckon that i can achieve this by putting together some javascript/php bits but it'll save me a load of time and effort if something is already available.

kkan

#1
March 09, 2008, 02:04:27 PM
Quote from: mudlouse1 on March 09, 2008, 12:58:37 PM
is there a program which can display a bunch of websites and rotate them in some order? kind of like a bulletin board.

i've just moved into a new flat with some people and i thought it would be quite useful to have a monitor which would display various bits of information. this could be the weather, travel updates, stocks, etc.

i reckon that i can achieve this by putting together some javascript/php bits but it'll save me a load of time and effort if something is already available.

I would suggest something like STARDOCK/WINDOWS BLINDS and associated plugin files im sure that they will have some kinda active desktop changer that will cycle urls :)

dai_uk

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March 09, 2008, 05:31:16 PM
Could try igoogle, not sure it's exactly what you're after.

www.google.com/ig

Damo

sinkhead

#3
March 09, 2008, 06:21:35 PM
Have the appropriate pages in an iFrame and use Meta refresh tags to have it move to the next page. Something like

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<html>
<head>
  <title>Google</title>
</head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="30;URL=stocks.html">
<body>
<iframe src ="http://google.com" width="100%" height="100%">
</iframe>
</body>
</html>

Open Notepad, save this in a folder as, for example, 'google.html'. Then use this template and change three values. The word/phrase in the <title> tags is what appears in the blue bar at the top of your screen, the one with the close and minimize buttons on. The 30 in the <META> tag is the number of seconds to wait before going onto the next page, the name of which comes after the 'URL='. On the last page in the sequence simply loop it back to the first page.
You can have this in a web browser on fullscreen, it's not the easiest way but it will work.

sonicwind

#4
March 09, 2008, 07:56:16 PM
there is google desktop which works like the vista bar on the side which displays stuff like weather etc.

mudlouse1

#5
March 10, 2008, 06:51:06 AM
thanks for the suggestions guys.

i like sinkhead's idea because it'll do what i want. i've already done a quick mock up of something using javascript but some websites are being a pain by loading out of frame. i'll try the meta approach and see if that works.

i've also looked into igoogle and that vista-esque app. they're good but they're too small (can't see from across the room) or customisation is limited.

if anyone's interested, i can post some code or you can wait for the finished product.
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