Updating the Ditty News ticker, which typically scrolls across the top of the page.
Log in to the site, and select the dashboard
- Once in this admin mode, note the left hand menu,
- Select News Tickers from this menu
The News Tickers page shows any/all configured News Tickers for your site. If you don’t have any News Tickers, look again to the left hand menu and select add new
- note the box “Enter Title Here”. It is good practice to give all News Tickers a title.
In the example below there is one news ticker shown, it has the title “Page Top“.
Hover the mouse over the news ticker title (“page top”) to bring up all permitted options,
- Click on edit to enable editing for the Page top news ticker
Look for the “Ticker Text box”. In the image it is showing 23rd June: next team practice.
- Ticker text content is referred to as a Tick; update your tick (text) as needed
- Look for the blue Update box on the right hand side of the page. No change will become active until you click this update box, noting that once you click Update you can’t revert back.
- Note: you can add a URL to the ticker if required: tip – visit the URL then copy/paste the URL link into the URL box.
- You may also wish to link to a post or page on your website. Visit the respective page or post and copy the website address. Post this into the box bellow the text content. Choose whether you wish to open the clicking of the link in a new window _blank or to follow through _self.
