Celebrity Death Beeper: Data

CDB data

There are three ways that you can use data from the Celebrity Death Beeper.

1) RSS - Click here for the feed. You're on your own.

2) CSS - Most custOMizable & integrates best with your site, but requires JavaScript turned on. An example:

Just copy and paste this into your web page:

<STYLE>
  .cdbDate{color:red;font-size:15;font-family:Verdana;}
  .cdbHeadline{font-weight:bold;font-size:15;font-family:Verdana;}
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT src="http://rawdataserver.com/cgi-bin/cdb/cdb.cgi?css=1&num=3&pop=0"></SCRIPT>

Change the parameters in the 'src' URL for more control:

num=7 will display 7 headlines. (Maximum 9.)
pop=1 will open a new window when the links are clicked.

And use cascading style sheets to control the colors, font size, etc. etc. For example, change the background color of the date by adding background-color:blue; to the cdbDate style. (CSS gurus, email me if this implementation needs improvement.)

3) IFRAME - You can put a customizable IFRAME into your web pages. Like this:

Here's the code:

<IFRAME height=150 width=400 frameborder=0 marginheight=5 marginwidth=5 scrolling=yes
 src="http://rawdataserver.com/cgi-bin/cdb/cdb.cgi?iframe=1&num=9&bg=BBDDFF&link=0000FF&size=normal&pop=1">
</IFRAME>

You can change the way the IFRAME looks by experimenting with the parameters. For example,
change the size of the IFRAME by increasing the height & width numbers.

Change the parameters in the 'src' URL for more control:

num=7 will display 7 headlines. (Maximum 9.)
bgcolor=000000 will display a black background. Find a list of RGB hex codes or just experiment.
The first 2 digits are red, the second 2 are green, and the third 2 are blue. 0123456789ABCDEF.
link=FF0000 will display red links.
size=big will make the font larger. Choose between smaller, small, normal, big, and bigger.
pop=1 will open a new window when the links are clicked.

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