Picture Slideshow?

[meblumen]

I am in the process of building a website and am trying to incorporate some images. However, I'm not just trying to show the pictures, I want to go a step further and embed them as a slide show. My only stipulation is I don't want the page to refresh and I want the transition to be seamless. I just want to be able to cycle through a handful of images in the same location on the page. So the question is, how do I do that?

[Force Flow]

The easiest way is a javascript image slideshow. Google that, and you'll come up with dozens of examples. Granted, most don't offer "transitions".

The other option is AJAX, which is still based in javascript, but a lot more complex, and might possibly need something more than just storage space on a server (if you're just using html files, rather than php, aspx, or something else).

The last option is flash. A lot of options here, since there is a lot of flexibility.

[mairving]

Javascript is the way to go but can be a bit problematic sometimes between browsers. Flash would be the best but unless you want to spend some money and spend some time learning flash it wouldn't be practical for a single site.

[meblumen]

Thanks for the help. Looks like Javascript is the way I'm going to go. Typically I just use notepad++ or kompozer to create my websites. Do I need anything special installed on my computer or can I just start incorporating javascript code into my pages and have my browser display it?

[meblumen]

One more question. When coding a javascript, if you plan on using this script for multiple pages can you reference a master file which is seperate from the html file that the code should be executed, such as one does in CSS?

[mairving]

Originally Posted by meblumen Thanks for the help. Looks like Javascript is the way I'm going to go. Typically I just use notepad++ or kompozer to create my websites. Do I need anything special installed on my computer or can I just start incorporating javascript code into my pages and have my browser display it?

Javascript is just text so any text editor will work.

[mairving]

Originally Posted by meblumen One more question. When coding a javascript, if you plan on using this script for multiple pages can you reference a master file which is seperate from the html file that the code should be executed, such as one does in CSS?

You can put your javascript is a .js file and reference it.