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HVX2006
11-22-2006, 12:25 PM
I am trying to find a way to make a slide show of photos on my website. So that when the website opens, it automatically starts but there are no buttons, no frame and most importantly the images are displayed randomly and cotinue in a loop. Kind of like the banners on DVX user, so Every time i open the website, there is a different picture. I know nothing about web-design and only know how to work with iweb, so im thinking something i could just stick in to my design like a gif animation but that could be more or less full frame and in acceptable photo resolution. Am i dreaming? Or does this exist? Maybe freeware???
Thank you for any info that may lead me in the right direction.
Capt Quirk
11-22-2006, 12:38 PM
Just off the top of my head, using frames format, you could use auto rfresh to load a new page with the image, then that would auto refresh to the next page. However, I'm sure there is a better way.
GenJerDan
11-22-2006, 01:37 PM
No, that's a good way. A one-second META refresh on a page or frame that is filled by a random image script.
Capt Quirk
11-22-2006, 01:45 PM
I believe in doing things the old simple way, which has no doubt been replaced by flash, java, and all sorts of other egghead coding.
Arrow
11-22-2006, 02:03 PM
What platform are you on if it is Mac an you have Keynote you can bring the pictures into keynote, export to QT and adjust the size also when you export from Keynote you can set it to play without doing anything or play it by hitting the space bar and arrow keys. It does work but it created on a Mac.
HVX2006
11-22-2006, 05:08 PM
im using a software called iweb, its a sort of make your own site for nobs application, so im kind of looking for a pre-made thing i can stick in to what i believe is a HTML page.
HVX2006
11-22-2006, 05:28 PM
Just off the top of my head, using frames format, you could use auto rfresh to load a new page with the image, then that would auto refresh to the next page. However, I'm sure there is a better way.
What is frames format?
Capt Quirk
11-22-2006, 07:09 PM
Check out my site, and watch what happens to the front page- www.video-alchemy.com.
Chris Messineo
11-22-2006, 08:14 PM
This is very simple. All you need is some javascript.
I did a quick search for "javascript image slideshow" and this is the first one I found:
http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/jsslide.shtml
There are probably a hundred of these floating around the net for free. Find the one you like and just plug it in.
Chris
Capt Quirk
11-22-2006, 08:19 PM
There are a couple problems wth Javascript. First, some folke have it disabled because of malicious codes. Second, Javascript can be a pain, unless you really know it.
Chris Messineo
11-22-2006, 08:57 PM
There are a couple problems wth Javascript. First, some folke have it disabled because of malicious codes. Second, Javascript can be a pain, unless you really know it.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I haven't run across the problems you mention.
I don't know anyone who has turned off javascript and I have been using it on all of my sites for years without issue. As for any difficulty, it's pretty simple, you just cut and paste the code into your HTML page.
Still, I suppose there might be a better way, I was just offering an option.
Chris
Tom Marshall
11-22-2006, 10:03 PM
I think, without a doubt, that javascript is the best and easiest solution...
Like Chris says, just find some code somewhere on the web and copy and paste...
HVX2006
11-23-2006, 03:31 AM
this is exactly what i need, but this is way out of my league. Isn't there something like this that is just drag and drop and mac compatible?
Chris Messineo
11-23-2006, 06:26 AM
What's confusing you, the copy or the paste. :)
Seriously, it's not that hard at all. I'm not familiar with iWeb but it must create html pages. Simply open up your home page (probably called default or index) with a text editor (notepad will work fine). Now there are 3 steps:
1. From the link I sent you, copy and paste in the lines to your Head Section, this is at the top of the HTML page and anywhere between these symbols <HEAD> and </HEAD>
2. Copy and paste in the lines to your body section. Place these where you want your images to appear. If you aren't sure, just keep moving them around until you get it how you want it.
3. Replace the names of the images with the names of your images.
If you haven't done any HTML stuff before I realize this can be a little daunting, but it's really not that hard and definitely worth learning.
Chris
p.s. If this really is "out of your league", you need to find someone (probably a teenager) to help you out. It will only take 10 minutes so you could probably pay them back with a free lunch.
smpproductions
11-28-2006, 03:23 PM
Here's the problem, iweb won't do anything with HTML. You'll need to use something else, like Dreamweaver. OR you can search on versiontracker or mac update to try and find an ap that will let you add HTML to your iweb projects. I've heard that they exsist, but I've never looked into it. Do a search for "iweb HTML" and maybe something will come up, like I said, try version tracker or mac update.
HVX2006
11-28-2006, 05:37 PM
Thank you for all the info! I have to try to make this work but for now i have not managed to edit the code in a good way, but im on it.