Comments on: Scriptaculous Slideshow for Blogs and Websites

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:13:36 +0000

This slide show is beautiful and very simple. Thank you for the script. I just have one question. I need to add a control to it, so that upon pressing a button, the user can jump ahead continuously to the next slide. I’ve tried adding a very simple control with:

$(‘#slideshow-next’).click(slideNext);
function slideNext() {
clearTimeout(fadeInOut(start_frame,start_frame,end_frame, delay, lis), delay);
fadeInOut();
setTimeout(fadeInOut(start_frame,start_frame,end_frame, delay, lis), delay);
}

but this seems to negate the automatic timing, and doesn’t make the button function either.

Any ideas?

By: Margo

Margo — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:03:06 +0000

I have read many explanations about script, but this one remains the most intuitive. It clarified me some things that always tortured me when I have to install it properly, especially with IE.

By: Dev Duff

Dev Duff — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:12:03 +0000

Hi Brian,
I wrote this tutorial in June 2009 and there have been many changes in the Scriptaculous slideshow core files since then. I wanted to write a new tutorial, however, I will write one as soon as the time allows. But if there is any specific help you need, I will be happy to write an article. Please let me know.
Dev.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:05:29 +0000

Just downloaded the files but there is no trace of
“simple-slide-show.js” in the bundle. All the others are there.Any suggestions?

By: Dev Duff

Dev Duff — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:28:11 +0000

Hi Bonita,

I have just finished writing a tutorial to the Scriptaculous slideshow flickering problem. Here is the new article .. Slideshow flicker solution
Hope you find this tutorial helpful.

Regards,
Dev.

By: Scriptaculous slideshow flickering problem and solution to stop the flicker

Scriptaculous slideshow flickering problem and solution to stop the flicker — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:56:41 +0000

[...]This article is in continuation to the previous tutorial I wrote on Scriptaculous slideshow for blogs and websites posted in June 2009. Scriptaculous slideshow is a powerful, amazing and web standards compliant [...]

By: Bonita

Bonita — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:20:47 +0000

Thanks, Dev.

By: Dev Duff

Dev Duff — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:27:09 +0000

Hi Bonita,

I checked your website soaringhawkranch.com with Internet Explorer 8 and did not notice any flickering at all. Although I didn’t notice it but many people are discussing this issue on forums and other places on the internet. It could be quite possible, with different IE versions, javascript may behave differently. Please search on Google with this keyword: scriptaculous slideshow flickering and you will see many people discussing this issue. I’m not sure why that happens and how to get rid of it, yet. I will research on this and find out what can be done. A new post coming shortly to overcome the flickers in scriptaculous slideshow.

Dev.

By: Bonita

Bonita — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:50:31 +0000

I have the web site up .. but it’s not finished. Again, I’m not at all familiar with javascript. Do you notice that when the page first loads (using Internet Explorer) it flickers? Is there code that can be added to prevent this?

By: Dev Duff

Dev Duff — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:32:03 +0000

Hi Bonita,

Great to know you liked this Scriptaculous slideshow tutorial. The delay = 3000 is the timing in miliseconds (ms). Practically, it represents delay of 3 seconds between slides. You can change it to 5000 for 5 seconds, 6000 for 6 seconds, 10000 for 10 seconds and so on. The idea of setting the time for slides is to make sure that your audience can view the slides (images) and read information on them. So, test your slides after setting a time frame, can you read all the information on the images? If it is too fast or too slow, it will affect your audience’s experience with your website. If the timing is perfect, your website will look a lot more professional and informative. If it is just images with designs, you can set 3000 (3 seconds) as delay time but if the images have deals or information on them, you may like to set 5000 (5 seconds) or more so that your audience/visitors can read the deals/information and take advantage of the offers. Hope this answers your question.

Regards,
Dev.