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Grog - Green Moon Blog
Dec
2
Written by:
John Dukovich
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:00 PM
I've been looking for a simple RSS widget to replace the one on the Green Moon homepage. The one we use is a roll-your-own version, using JavaScript and classic ASP technology. It's fine for now, but as we look to redesign our website, we need something that is more portable since we won't be staying with classic ASP. Additionally, each time we find a new character being used by the RSS source, we've got to go in and manually escape it.
Feedburner provides a clean way to show rotating headlines. It's not quite what I am looking for, as I'd also like to include a short summary of the article. However, if you have limited space and the rotating headlines will work for you, the Feedburner may provide what you need. I don't care for the branding, but they have reduced the font size and starkness of it over the years. An example is here:
↑ Grab this Headline Animator I just came across SpringWidgets, which are pretty close to what I think we need. SpringWidgets provides a clean design that can be tailored a bit on their website. They also offer a full development platform and SDK so that you can really make it your own. Most of the development requires Flash, so you need to have that software already in your toolbox.
Here's a quick version that I just threw together in a matter of minutes, using the online Express Widgets tool :
Those are just a couple of the free RSS headline widgets that are available. I'll continue to add to this article as I find others that fit my needs.
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