The logo can now be used on any background as it is transparent. The increased width dictated a redo on the light yellow search and subscribe forms, as they appeared too wide when separated, so I joined them together into one ad-sized table. Each headline is a live URL linked directly to the story, wherever it happens to be. By integrating it into our colored nav bar, the scroller delivers the latest news to users without distracting them too much from the rest of the page. We think it will act as a hit attractor, as it appears that things are always happening on the home page.
All settable parameters are in the .html file.
The news and scrolling code are in modular external files. This version features styled text, a CGI back-end headlines grabber, smaller optimized code, and it now stops on the first headline. For more details on the scroller, see the Doc's article. The new logo retains the same spider head shape as the original, and uses a glowing red for the spider's eyes. No drop shadow is needed, as the back recedes while the red eye seem to float over the black head.