RIPPLE OF HOPE •• Action Ticker

New Feature: Randomized Links

Thanks to Sam at RSS-to-JavaScript.com, the RIPPLE OF HOPE Action Ticker now displays content in a random order that changes each time you reload the page. Previously, the Action Ticker displayed content in a single order, giving causes appearing later in the line up less visibility. This great new feature should give each cause similar visibility. Thanks, Sam!

(You can get the updated Action Ticker code for your site here.)

Announcing the beta version of the RIPPLE OF HOPE Action Ticker

I'm excited to announce the beta version of the RIPPLE OF HOPE Action Ticker, a dynamic ticker containing direct links to connect you instantly with ways to improve the world. I started my blog, RIPPLE OF HOPE, as an online home for my writing and activism. While the initial focus was the genocide in Sudan, there are many other issues and causes that cry out for action. Inspired by the words of Robert F. Kennedy from which this site draws its name, I decided to use technology to empower others. Each person who uses this tool to take action sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and each person who puts the Action Ticker on his or her own site turns that site into a center of energy and daring, adding increasingly more ripples to the current of change.

Each link in the Action Ticker will connect you with the most direct place online to take action in support of that particular cause. You might be asked to sign a petition, send a letter, make a donation, or engage in myriad other activities, depending on the target organization. For now, the content consists of my own referals as well as suggestions from a small group of friends. However, I'm in the process of recruiting an Action Ticker Advisory Group of people who will be able to directly add and remove links in real time.

This is the beta version of the Action Ticker, so I encourage you to test it and post comments below, and I'm interested in any and all feedback.

Thank you in advance for your support, and please consider sending this to a friend!

Put the Action Ticker on your site for free!

Are you a progressive, socially conscious, public-minded person? Do you run a progressive, socially conscious, public-minded web site? The RIPPLE OF HOPE Action Ticker is free, dynamic content for your site that will connect you and your users with ways to improve the world. In these three simple steps, and with minimum html skills, you can put the RIPPLE OF HOPE Action Ticker on your site. As long as you follow these instructions, this service is entirely free.

(Note: The code below was updated on Sept. 24, 2004, to include this new feature.)

STEP 1: Paste this code between the <head></head> tags of your html document:

<style type="text/css">

/* Action Ticker
----------------------------------------------- */
#actionticker {
color:#347;
width: 740px;
background:#f90;
margin: 15px 0 0 0;
padding: 2px 0 0 0;
text-decoration:none;
font:x-small/1.5em "Trebuchet MS",Verdana,Arial,Sans-serif;
font-color:#347;
font-size:13px;
font-weight:bold;
}
#actionticker a {
color:#347;
text-decoration:none;
font-size:13px;
font-weight:bold;
}
#actionticker a:hover {
color:#000
}

</style>

STEP 2: Paste this code between the <body></body> tags of your html document where you want the ticker to appear:

<div id="actionticker">
<script language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://convert.rss-to-javascript.com/scroll/?desc=0&font=Trebuchet MS&bgcolor=FF9900&fgcolor=334477&src=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Factiontickerlinks
&target=_new&rss_title=Action Ticker&speed=2&height=20&width=740&pause=1&type=3">
</script>
</div>

STEP 3: If desired, edit the code marked in green to change the colors and ticker speed and width to match your site. Please do not alter any other code. For more information about formating and other ticker options, refer to the RSS-to-JavaScript web site.

Action Ticker Content
Here is the current list of links included in the RIPPLE OF HOPE Action Ticker: