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Addressing a specific part of a RSS feed in a ticker zone

Martijn van Leeuwen

March 15, 2010 22:16

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Hi there, At the moment I am trying to setup a connection between a database and a brightsign HD210 through a RSS feed (xml), but I’ve stumbled upon a problem. The following layout is used in Brightauthor, three horizontal ticker zones above one another: ------------------ Ticker zone 1 ------------------ Ticker zone 2 ------------------ Ticker zone 3 ------------------ Each ticker zone uses the same RSS feed and thus shows the same information on screen. What I am trying to achieve, is that each ticker zone addresses a specific part of the RSS feed and will show a different portion of the same feed. The RSS feed will look like this: <object1> ………… </object1> <object2> ………… </object2> <object 3> ………… </object 3> So, I would like to show <object1> in ticker zone 1, <object2> in ticker zone 2 and <object3> in ticker zone 3. Also, the zones would have to be synchronized. Is there a way to accomplish this using BrightAuthor (or a script)? If so, can anybody show me an example so I can work with that? I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

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  RokuLyndon March 17, 2010 02:40

  
  
  I sent the custom script that works somewhat like you describe.
  
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  Martijn van Leeuwen March 17, 2010 17:33

  
  
  Thanks for your help. I'm going to have a look at it.
  
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  Kgiguere February 05, 2012 05:12

  
  
  Hello,
  I have the exact same need!  Did the script mentioned work and is it possible to gain access to it?
  I'm trying to pull from our events calendar.  I need the title, pubdate, image and venue to show on our boards.
  
  Thanks!
  
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  Katherine Philipp February 08, 2012 21:54

  
  
  Could I also get the script please? This is exactly what I was looking for!
  
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  RokuLyndon February 09, 2012 03:04

  
  
  You can do this now using brightauthor beta 2.4 where each indexed item in the rss can be assigned to a live text field.  I'll post a video on live text shortly..
  
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  Kgiguere February 11, 2012 10:46

  
  
  Thanks Lyndon,
  That video will be helpful.
  
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  Kgiguere March 09, 2012 02:36

  
  
  Hi Lyndon,
  I just wanted to see if there was any update on this video or other help document for live text.
  
  Many thanks!
  
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  RokuLyndon March 09, 2012 04:40

  
  
  I have a video I made that will help explain live text. There are some changes coming to make setting font size easier, as well as doing transparent text over images....