--- ticketyboo.module.orig	2009-01-09 11:42:57.000000000 +0100
+++ ticketyboo.module	2009-01-09 12:00:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -182,8 +182,20 @@
    }
    $item_style = "overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; {$float} width: {$item_width}px; height: {$item_height}px; {$item_style}";
 
+   // 8p8 patch
+   $types = array(); $r = db_query("SELECT DISTINCT type FROM {node_type}");
+   while ($t = db_fetch_array($r)) { $types[] = $t['type']; }
+   if (in_array($nodes, $types)) {
+	   // select nodes by content-type
+	   $nodes = array(); $r = db_query("SELECT nid FROM {node} WHERE type='news'");
+	   while ($n = db_fetch_array($r)) { $nodes[] = $n['nid']; }
+   }
+   else {
+	   // explicitly set nids
+	   $nodes = explode(',', $nodes);   
+   }
+
    // build the ticker contents
-   $nodes = explode(',', $nodes);
    $ret = '';
    $i=0;
    foreach ($nodes as $nid) {