Title: Customizing Appearance
Last modified: August 20, 2016

---

# Customizing Appearance

 *  Resolved [Ozias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozias/)
 * (@ozias)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/)
 * Great plugin! Excellent! Thank you!
 * One question:
 * (a) As a novice, how do I go about creating the same look as you have for the
   ticker found at the top of the page [http://dittynewsticker.com/ditty-news-ticker-doc/](http://dittynewsticker.com/ditty-news-ticker-doc/)?
   I am particularly interested in how the text “Latest Extensions” is locked on
   the left hand side and the appearance of the text in a “box”.
 * Thank you.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/)

Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)

 *  Plugin Author [metaphorcreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metaphorcreations/)
 * (@metaphorcreations)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584374)
 * Glad you like it!
 * Check out this thread: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/support-question-moved-from-dnt-comments?replies=8](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/support-question-moved-from-dnt-comments?replies=8)
 * It describes how to create the same look. Make sure to select the “Inline title”
   checkbox for your ticker.
 *  Thread Starter [Ozias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozias/)
 * (@ozias)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584519)
 * Thank you for the information.
 * One additional question. Do I place the styles you outlined in the style.css 
   file?
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [metaphorcreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metaphorcreations/)
 * (@metaphorcreations)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584521)
 * I would suggest pasting them into the custom css field in your dashboard: **News
   Tickers > Settings**
 * So they don’t get overwritten on updates. Let me know if you need anymore help.
 *  Thread Starter [Ozias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozias/)
 * (@ozias)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584592)
 * Thank you for your help. It is working now. There is one small visual annoyance
   for me. There is double the “padding” at the bottom of the box meaning the title
   and scrolling data is not centered in the middle of the container. Any suggestions?
 * And lastly, do you estimate much of a speed impact on sites this plugin is used
   on?
 * Once again thank you.
 *  Plugin Author [metaphorcreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metaphorcreations/)
 * (@metaphorcreations)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584602)
 * Post a link to your site and I’ll check out the padding issue.
 * I haven’t seen much impact on page speed. The jQuery that is used should load
   after all page assets, so the initial page load shouldn’t be affected. I’m sure
   the scrolling tickers do effect page performance slightly as it is a continual
   timer loop running to create the scroll effect… so, if you are running 10 scrolling
   tickers on the same page you’ll probably notice a difference. But, not much with
   only one or just a couple.
 *  Thread Starter [Ozias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozias/)
 * (@ozias)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584630)
 * I am not overly concerned with the padding issue so if you don’t have a chance
   to look into it no problem. It can be seen at [http://www.sincityhoteldeals.com](http://www.sincityhoteldeals.com).
   Thanks again for all your assistance.
 *  Plugin Author [metaphorcreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metaphorcreations/)
 * (@metaphorcreations)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584640)
 * I’m not seeing a Ticker anywhere on that page. Can you direct me to a page where
   I can see this issue?
 * Thanks!
 *  [Rossir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r127/)
 * (@r127)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584769)
 * hello, sorry, I’m newbie here and did not know exactly where to start, but I 
   wonder how do I customize the plugin Ditty News Ticker … already tried “all forms”,
   but I could not, could you help me do this. Where do I start? I do not know CSS
   very well: (.
 * Sorry no mistake, I’m Brazilian. All I saw your plugin is the most complete, 
   congratulations to you. 😉
 *  Plugin Author [metaphorcreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metaphorcreations/)
 * (@metaphorcreations)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584770)
 * I have responded on the other post you commented on.
 *  [ajwad110](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajwad110/)
 * (@ajwad110)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584786)
 * Can i change news ticker text to red colore text and add a image what ever i 
   want. 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [metaphorcreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metaphorcreations/)
 * (@metaphorcreations)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584787)
 * Yes, but only via CSS. There is a custom css field on the **News Tickers > Settings**
   page. Here’s an example, but you may need to adjust depending on the styles that
   are inherited from your theme:
 *     ```
       .mtphr-dnt-tick,
       .mtphr-dnt-tick a {
           color: #FF0000;
       }
       ```
   
 * You can add images manually into a tick if your wish using image tags. Be sure
   to specify widths and heights or the images may show up out of place:
 * `<img src="path-to-your-image.png" width="150" height="150" style="width:150px;
   height:150px;" />`
 * If you need to display just images, check out my image ticker extension:
    [http://codecanyon.net/item/ditty-image-ticker/5688672?ref=joemc](http://codecanyon.net/item/ditty-image-ticker/5688672?ref=joemc)

Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)

The topic ‘Customizing Appearance’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/ditty-news-ticker/assets/icon.svg?rev=2650696)
 * [Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ditty-news-ticker/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ditty-news-ticker/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ditty-news-ticker/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ditty-news-ticker/reviews/)

 * 11 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [metaphorcreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metaphorcreations/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-appearance/#post-3584787)
 * Status: resolved