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Lena Gott on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:34:51 +0000

PK @ DQYDJ said:

Combine the ideas? Here's a third option:

Use Google's Spreadsheet Application

Put the Graph on a new page

Publish it (should be an option on the graph itself. You also need to change the share to 'Anyone with a link')

Embed it using a widget?

That might be the best option. What do you think?

hmmm, seems complicated to me! I'll post back here once I figure out what to do and get everyone's opinion.

PK @ DQYDJ on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:07:45 +0000

Lena Gott said:

PK @ DQYDJ said:

Lena Gott said:

Thanks, Andrea! Me + Code = not a good idea, but I will use this if I can't find another option. Was hoping someone knows of a plugin that does this.

Andrea's option is good - you basically just have to paste it into a widget, then edit the last value every month. You'd probably spend more time if you drew the chart manually each month and uploaded it.

Yeah it would save time in the end. But I would be able to do the same in Excel by tying a chart to a set of values I update each month. Both are good options!

Combine the ideas? Here's a third option:

Use Google's Spreadsheet Application

Put the Graph on a new page

Publish it (should be an option on the graph itself. You also need to change the share to 'Anyone with a link')

Embed it using a widget?

That might be the best option. What do you think?

Lena Gott on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:15:09 +0000

PK @ DQYDJ said:

Lena Gott said:

Thanks, Andrea! Me + Code = not a good idea, but I will use this if I can't find another option. Was hoping someone knows of a plugin that does this.

Andrea's option is good - you basically just have to paste it into a widget, then edit the last value every month. You'd probably spend more time if you drew the chart manually each month and uploaded it.

Yeah it would save time in the end. But I would be able to do the same in Excel by tying a chart to a set of values I update each month. Both are good options!

Lena Gott on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:13:23 +0000

MoneyBeagle said:

A manual method would be to create a chart in Excel or whatever spreadsheet program you use, then upload a copy of the chart as an image file.

I can't believe I didn't think of that! Thanks!

PK @ DQYDJ on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:08:10 +0000

Lena Gott said:

Thanks, Andrea! Me + Code = not a good idea, but I will use this if I can't find another option. Was hoping someone knows of a plugin that does this.

Andrea's option is good - you basically just have to paste it into a widget, then edit the last value every month. You'd probably spend more time if you drew the chart manually each month and uploaded it.

MoneyBeagle on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:45:48 +0000

A manual method would be to create a chart in Excel or whatever spreadsheet program you use, then upload a copy of the chart as an image file.

Lena Gott on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:33:57 +0000

Thanks, Andrea! Me + Code = not a good idea, but I will use this if I can't find another option. Was hoping someone knows of a plugin that does this.

sooverthis on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:28:15 +0000

I have a post about how to add progress bars - don't know if that's what you're looking for, but if so it tells how to do it. (Link)

Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:22:22 +0000

I do a monthly update of my balance using NetWorthIQ, but it is baked in with everything else.

Lena Gott on Need a Mortgage Payoff Ticker

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:40:27 +0000

I announced on my blog recently that I am challenging myself to pay off my mortgage as soon as possible. We just made our first large lump sum payment toward that goal, and I want to put up a ticker so my readers can visualize my progress. I've seen these on other blogs before, but can't remember where.

Anyone know of a good ticker (a plugin, perhaps) I can use for this purpose?