jQuery NewsTicker 1.2.1

NewsTicker is a little plugin which allows you to create a scrolling news ticker.

http://jonathanwilsson.com/projects/jquery-newsticker/

Features

• Custom easings
• Multiple tickers on one page.
• Scroll the content up- or downwards.
• Small, 591 bytes (< 1kB) minified and gzipped.

Options

• direction (Deafult "down") string The direction to scroll in.
• easing (Default "swing") string Name of a custom easing. For example via the jQuery Easing plugin.
• interval (Default 5000) int Time in milliseconds before next item is shown.
• pauseOnHover (Default true) boolean Whether to pause the scrolling on hover.
• speed (Default 800) int Animation time in milliseconds. Setting this option to 0 will disable animation.
• startSlide (Default 1) int Number of the starting slide. Starting from 1.

Minimum required jQuery version is 1.4.0.

License

Free to use and abuse under the MIT license.

Changelog

1.2.1

• Added support for custom easings.
• Added the ability to set the starting slide.
• Restructured the CSS to help with the setup of NewsTicker.

1.2

• Rewrote the whole script.
• Added the "direction" option to control the slide direction.
• Added support for multiple tickers on one page.
• Stripped down the Copyright notice in the JavaScript file.

1.1.1

• Fixed a bug where the ticker would run even if there's only one item.
• Removed the ID dependency. You're now free to use any selector (with or without an ID).

1.1

• Improved accessibility when JavaScript is disabled.
• Added option to control the speed of the animation.
• Added option to pause the ticker on hover.
• Code improvements.

1.0.3

• Changed setInterval to setTimeout.

1.0.2

• Rewrote bits of the code to perform better.

1.0.1

• Added a option for the interval.
• Removed the hardcoding of marginTop when sliding. It now pulls the value from the height of the ticker.

1.0

• Initial release.

Copyright

Copyright 2011 Jonathan Wilsson