Displaying file content?

[Anjelen]

So i've made a little PHP script that returns a random quote from the Tao Te Ching... Which i now want to display on my desktop, updating every 60 minutes.

( http://www.anjelen.me/tao/random.php )

Thing is... i've NO idea what i'm doing when it comes to making rainmeter skins.

... Help?

[jsmorley]

Using something like this will get you the quote every 60 minutes and put it on the screen. You may want to play with cosmetics or layout, and I recommend starting here: http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101 and keeping this handy as well as you learn: http://rainmeter.net/cms/Manual

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureWebParser]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser.dll
URL=http://www.anjelen.me/tao/random.php
RegExp="(?siU)<pre>(.*)</pre>"
StringIndex=1
UpdateRate=3600

[MeterOne]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureWebParser
FontSize=9
FontColor=255,255,255,255
StringStyle=Bold
AntiAlias=1

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