Below is a gimmicky PHP script that gets real-time market data from Yahoo Finance and will change a websites color-scheme based on how the market is doing - in this case SPY. You can also use PHP to extract real-time currency quotes from Yahoo Finance. SPY up or down less than 0.60% = Blue Color Scheme SPY up more than 0.60% = Green Color Scheme SPY down more than 0.60% = Red Color Scheme Could be used on a financial blog or forum. Prerequisites: Interest in learning HTML, CSS and PHP. index.php Code: <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styleMain.css"> <?php $stock = "SPY"; $open = fopen("http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=$stock&f=c", "r"); $spy = fread($open, 2000); $results = substr($spy, -8, 5); fclose($open); if ($results >= 0.60) { $style = "styleGreen.css"; } if ($results <= -0.60) { $style = "styleRed.css"; } if ($results < 0.60 and $results > -0.60) { $style = "styleBlue.css"; } $headline = $stock . " ----- " . $results; ?> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $style ?>"> </head> <body> <h1><?php echo $headline ?></h1> <div class="cell1"> <p>In 1974, Russia ........ </div> <div class="cell2"> <p>Trump spokeswoman ....... </div> </body> </html> styleMain.css Code: body { color: #FFFFFF; } h1 { text-align: center; } .cell1 { color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; width: 750px; height: 200px; padding: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 20px; } .cell2 { color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; width: 750px; height: 200px; padding: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 20px; } styleBlue.css Code: body { background-color: #0000CC; } .cell1 { background-color: #0033CC; } .cell2 { background-color: #0066CC; } styleGreen.css Code: body { background-color: #006633; } .cell1 { background-color: #009933; } .cell2 { background-color: #00CC33; } styleRed.css Code: body { background-color: #990000; } .cell1 { background-color: #CC0000; } .cell2 { background-color: #CC3300; }