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Breaking News Box

Breaking News Box

I've coded a new feature which I will simply call "Breaking News Box".

It is a section in the header that opens up when there is a really important story. There will be a corresponding image and link to the current Thread we are Discussing the issue.

It is compatible with both the Full and Mobile Skins and will of course appear differently in each.

There is of course a close button which works by cookies. In other words it stores the info (that you do not want to see the breaking news) within your browser. If you clear your cookies you will see the Breaking News Box again. You can simply click on the [X Close] button again to remove it.

You will also see a new Breaking News Box if there is a new breaking story but you will not see the old one as before.

You can see how it looks in the Executive Skin:

Box News Breaking

Below is the Mobile version of the Breaking News Box with the same content but in a different layout.

Breaking News Box Feedback & FAQ News Community

Cut Off Date

I have added code so there will be an automatic cutoff date if you do not use the "Close" button. This is usually in 1-2 days depending on the importance of the News.

Box News Breaking

The world is upside-down at the moment - it is so bad that we hardly have need to use the Breaking News box anymore because there is constant "Breaking news".

Box News Breaking

Yeah this world is very messed up. I still try to look for the breaking news to see if anything is there that I did not see before.