STARTREK.COM : Instructions

STARTREK.COM Headlines For Your Web Site

To place STARTREK.COM headlines on your Web site, just follow these instructions.

Simple Method:
To simply place headlines on your page, add these two lines of HTML code to your page:

<script language="javascript" src="http://www.startrek.com/custom/headlines/links.js">
</script>

By including this line of code, your page will feature headlines that look like this:

Customized Method:
You can customize the appearance of the STARTREK.COM headlines on your Web site: you can choose how many headlines you want to see, pick the color of the link text, specify if you want a "bullet" and the publication date to appear with each headline, and more. You do this by declaring parameters that define your desired format.

To customize the headline feed, place this block of code in your page:

<script language="JavaScript">

</script>

Where you want the headlines to appear on your page, add these two lines of HTML code:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.startrek.com/custom/headlines/links.js">
</script>

By including the additional code, your page will feature headlines that look like this:

The parameters you can set, and the values you can choose, are described here:

parameter setting effect

startrekcom_header = "none"; no header

startrekcom_header = "text"; text header

startrekcom_header = "image"; graphic header

startrekcom_linkcolor = "green"; green text links

startrekcom_linkcolor = "#FF0000"; red text links
(color name or number)

startrekcom_bullet = true; displays bullet before headline

startrekcom_bullet = false; no bullet

startrekcom_date = true; displays article date and
site section link

startrekcom_date = false; no date

startrekcom_numheadlines = "4"; displays four headlines
(1-10 headlines can be displayed)

startrekcom_table = true; displays as it would appear
on the STARTREK.COM site

startrekcom_table = false; no background color

startrekcom_newwindow = true; opens linked pages
in a new window

startrekcom_newwindow = false; opens linked pages
in the same window