AjaxLine

DynamicDrive.com has a new tutorial concerning the creation of an Ajax-enabled RSS ticker box for the display of syndicated information on your site.

PHP is required to use the example script they provide, but it can be adapted to work with any backend system. The setup allows for a box with the latest entries from a given feed to be displayed on the page, either with a fade effect or by simply updating the contents of the box. The look and feel is easily altered with the help of CSS, and it even pauses onMouseover.

Besides the code download, they also spend some time explaining it, describing what each piece of the puzzle does. They've even included the lastRSS parser to grab the information directly from the feeds. The page includes demos of what the two options look like.