# External HTML source for Text scroller?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-source-for-text-scroller/92235>\
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**Created:** [October 14, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-source-for-text-scroller/92235 "2003-10-14T20:08:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![bmak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@bmak](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bmak)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-html-source-for-text-scroller/92235/1 "2003-10-14T20:08:01Z")

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Hiya,

I have been recreating the example of Kirupa’s “Text Scroller with external Source”.

It works very nucely.

I would like to know if I can extend this to take it’s data from an external HTML source so I can add http links and email tags?

Can this be done?

Tanx

bmak:hangover: