Coranto Documentation

2005-02-16 23:46 GMT by faithless

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Step #1: javascript code
Step #2: Modify News Style
Step #3: More style modifications
- Replace NEW text with Image
- To use with Maginot Static Page
Step #4: Fulll rebuild

Step #1: javascript code

Insert this javascript code in the header section (<head></head>), of the page where you want your news to appear.

 <script language="javascript"> 
 function ReadCookie(name) {  
   var CheckCookie = name + '='; 
   var Cookies = document.cookie.split(';'); 
   for (var i = 0; i < Cookies.length; i++) { 
     var c = Cookies[i]; 
     while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') { 
       c = c.substring(1,c.length); 
     } 
     if (c.indexOf(CheckCookie) == 0) { 
       return c.substring(CheckCookie.length,c.length); 
     } 
   return null; 
 } 
 function SaveCookie(name) {  
   var date = new Date(); 
   date.setTime(date.getTime()+(360*24*60*60*1000)); 
   var expires = date.toGMTString(); 
   document.cookie = name + '=yes;expires=' + expires + ';path=/'; 
 } 
 </script>

Step #2: Modify News Style

Insert this at the top of your news style.

 <PerlCode> 
 $jsid = $newstime; 
 $jsid =~ s/,//g; 
 </PerlCode>

Step #3: More style modifications

Insert this where you want the "NEW" text to appear in your news style.

 <script language="javascript"> 
 var Cookie = ReadCookie('<Field: jsid>') 
 if (Cookie == null) { 
  document.write('<font color="red">NEW</font>'); 
  SaveCookie('<Field: jsid>'); 
 } 
 </script>

Replace NEW text with Image

To use an image instead of the red "NEW" text example shown here, change the document.write line to:

 document.write('<img src="20" height="10">');

To use with Maginot Static Page

For use with Maginot Static Pages and headline profiles, you would have to modify each step a bit. Ignore this portion if you do not use Maginot Static Pages. Complete steps 1 and 2 as indicated for each Maginot Static Pages profile and its "linked" headlines profile you want to have the "NEW" indicator.

In the headline profile, change the code for step 3 to:

 <script language="javascript"> 
 var Cookie = ReadCookie('<Field: jsid>') 
 if (Cookie == null) { 
  document.write('<font color="red">NEW</font>'); 
 } 
 </script>

Then, in the "linked" Maginot Static Pages profile, change the code in Step 3 to:

 <script language="javascript"> 
 var Cookie = ReadCookie('<Field: jsid>') 
 if (Cookie == null) { 
  SaveCookie('<Field: jsid>'); 
 } 
 </script>

This way, the news will only be marked as "read" only if your visitor clicks and view the full Maginot Static Page news.

Step #4: Fulll rebuild

Now, do a Full Rebuild and you're done!

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