Scrolling <marquee> and web form

Question

I have installed a large building automation system with a kiosk at the front desk that displays energy savings and current energy consumption.

I was asked if I could add a ticker along the bottom that has announcements.

I don't know how to fully go about doing this and was looking for some direction.

And was thinking of using html and <marquee> to source text from a small database, then create a web based form on a separate page that would accept user input then overwrite the previous entry in the database to update the marquee.

I am looking for a direction to go in order to do this.

I am entry level when it comes to common industry languages because all of my programming experience revolves around proprietary languages developed for building automation systems.

Answer 1

I don't think a database would be required. You could store the data in a JSON file and JSON works well with Js. Also, you won't have to learn SQL and a server side language like PHP if you use JSON with Js. For reference, I would recommend using w3schools, as they have all the details that you will need.

Hope that helps and any questions just comment below.