# Newstic

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newstic/160267>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 24, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newstic/160267 "2005-08-24T17:24:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brooksy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@Brooksy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brooksy)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newstic/160267/1 "2005-08-24T17:24:42Z")

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Hi all

I have gone through Kirupa’s tutorial on creating a newsticker with data from an XML file.

However, can anyone tell me how I can make the items display randomly from the XML file rather than cycle through them from top to bottom? Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks.