I don't know how to ask this question, but I will try

I have a "news" page that I will be updating very frequently. How do I add multiple pages to it? Something like this, or this.

Thanks

I see no one else has supplied an answer at this sage, so I’ll have a crack at it.

Looking at the source code of the first example, it appears that they use special coding. Probably done with a program developed by themselves.

For example, they have opening and closing remarks such as

<!-- NEWS ENTRY START -->

and

<!-- NEWS ENTRY END -->

I don’t think you could manage this in SS, as you are not actually writing the HTML code.

A possible work around is to have your news items on separate pages, then use iFrames to display each item on your main page. As the news items alter, simply resize the iFrames to suit, and move them up or down as required.

Actually, thinking about it, you could even supply a menu so that the user could select what news item they want displayed. That way, you would only need one iFrame.

Thanks Postyr, but could you clarify more? How do I hide those seperate pages? I also like the menu idea, but I know I sound stupid, but could you also elaborate on that? Were you referring to this menu?

Thanks much

You can use any sort of menu you like. You could even just use plain text, with some descriptive text for each news item.

In your SS project, create a separate page for each news item you want included, such as news1, news2 etc.

On your main page, create an iFrame and set it’s source as the first news item page that you want displayed (for example, news1) from the Page List drop-down box. By default, the iFrame name will be “geo1” or similar. Overtype that with a more meaningful name, such as “newsItems”.

Now, on your menu links, or on the text links, direct each link to each specific news item page the same as you would if you were going to go to a complete new page.

This time, however, we need to change the links target. If you are using Site Spinner’s link manager, in the code section, place the following.

target=”newsItems”

Of course replacing “newsItems” with the name you gave the iFrame.

If you are using an external menu program, it will probably have a “Target” option. Simply type in the name of your iFrame instead of choosing a link type.

Thanks Postyr. Now it's starting to make a litte bit more sense to me LOL! Let me try it out, and post back for feedback/help etc. I love this forum.

Thanks much