Stock tickers for web page?

Anybody used one?  I'm looking for good recommendations....

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Murray R. Summers wrote on 12/29/06 11:11 AM:

> Anybody used one?  I'm looking for good recommendations....

I found some scripts at Dynamic Drive. However, when I asked (here, in
November) about something specific to my needs, Steve from FlyingTiger
helped me out with a script that used PHP and CURL to pull in the data.

You can see a basic test here: http://runemedia.com/clients/gfm/test2.php
It's not really styled, but you can get the idea. Steve had another link
that showed the same thing, but incorporated with a design. If he doesn't
raise his head on this thread, let me know and I can pass that link to you.

Patrick

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This looks perfect.  Where is that data coming from?

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"Patrick Hackshaw" <patrick@hackshaw.com> wrote in message 
news:C1BAAEE4.2D85F%patrick@hackshaw.com...
> Murray R. Summers wrote on 12/29/06 11:11 AM:
>
>> Anybody used one?  I'm looking for good recommendations....
>
> I found some scripts at Dynamic Drive. However, when I asked (here, in
> November) about something specific to my needs, Steve from FlyingTiger
> helped me out with a script that used PHP and CURL to pull in the data.
>
> You can see a basic test here: http://runemedia.com/clients/gfm/test2.php
> It's not really styled, but you can get the idea. Steve had another link
> that showed the same thing, but incorporated with a design. If he doesn't
> raise his head on this thread, let me know and I can pass that link to 
> you.
>
> Patrick
>
> -- 
> Patrick Hackshaw
> RuneMedia Web Design Studio
> http://runemedia.com
> 

Murray R. Summers wrote on 12/29/06 12:21 PM:

> This looks perfect.  Where is that data coming from?

The data is coming from Yahoo!'s finance section. Within the PHP script I'm
specifying which stocks/indexes I'd like to display.

If you use this, be aware that you must be able to run PHP and your server
must support the CURL library. I'm not positive how well that is supported
under IIS.

And the styling is done in a combination of the PHP and the JS. It's not
that difficult. The entire PHP/JS/CSS/HTML is about 50 lines (for my test
page).

If you're interested, we should really ask Steve before I share it. I have
no problem doing so, but as he provided it to me, it's only fair to check
with him first. The email address in his sig is steve at
flyingtigerwebdesign dot com

Or, check the newsgroup for "Re: How to display updated financial info on
a
website" on 11/16/06. He posted the code there, but is was mangled in my
newsreader and I had to fiddle with it to get it working correctly.

Patrick

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RuneMedia Web Design Studio
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I'll ask Steve!  Thanks a million...

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"Patrick Hackshaw" <patrick@hackshaw.com> wrote in message 
news:C1BAC080.2D87D%patrick@hackshaw.com...
> Murray R. Summers wrote on 12/29/06 12:21 PM:
>
>> This looks perfect.  Where is that data coming from?
>
> The data is coming from Yahoo!'s finance section. Within the PHP script 
> I'm
> specifying which stocks/indexes I'd like to display.
>
> If you use this, be aware that you must be able to run PHP and your server
> must support the CURL library. I'm not positive how well that is supported
> under IIS.
>
> And the styling is done in a combination of the PHP and the JS. It's not
> that difficult. The entire PHP/JS/CSS/HTML is about 50 lines (for my test
> page).
>
> If you're interested, we should really ask Steve before I share it. I have
> no problem doing so, but as he provided it to me, it's only fair to check
> with him first. The email address in his sig is steve at
> flyingtigerwebdesign dot com
>
> Or, check the newsgroup for "Re: How to display updated financial info
on 
> a
> website" on 11/16/06. He posted the code there, but is was mangled in
my
> newsreader and I had to fiddle with it to get it working correctly.
>
> Patrick
>
> -- 
> Patrick Hackshaw
> RuneMedia Web Design Studio
> http://runemedia.com
>