The following wizard generates the code for creating a image slideshow that will allow visitors to flip through a series of photos on your website. Includes controls and descriptions for your picture slideshow.
Steps
Fill in the settings and name for your slideshow. Autoplay Delay controls how many seconds each image is displayed before going to the next image when "Play" is clicked.
Enter the location of the images in the "Slide Image Address" box for each slide (example http://www.yoursite.com/images/photo.jpg). Next to it you can enter a short description for each image.
Generate the HTML and JavaScript code for your slideshow (button at bottom)
You can preview your script (button at bottom)
Copy and Paste the Source Code into your HTML page
There is a version 2 of this slideshow which contains many more options. However, it also takes up much more code.
Version 1.6 I added "Side Show ID" which allows you to have more than one slideshow on the same page. For each new slideshow on the page, you will need to give it a unique ID (eg; slide1, slide2, slide3, etc). If you are only going to have one slideshow one the page, you can leave this setting unchanged.
I really love your slideshow. It's exactly what I need for a special application. It seems to only handle 0-9 slides-need to increase to 16. What would I need to do to change that? Thanks.
Down near the bottom there should be a list stores the slides:
<option value="http://ricocheting.com/slideshow_thumb_alpine.jpg" selected>Olympic National Park</option> <option value="http://ricocheting.com/slideshow_thumb_rainier.jpg">Mount Rainier National Park</option> <option value="http://ricocheting.com/slideshow_thumb_teton.jpg">Teton National Park</option> <option value="http://ricocheting.com/slideshow_thumb_jasper.jpg">Jasper National Park</option>
The first part contains the slide image URL then the second part contains the slide description. Just keep adding as many more as you need.
is there any way the slideshow could NOT loop back to the first image when the user clicks all the way to the end, like the "next" button would not do anything once theyve reached the end so it just stops.
I'm getting this error when I generate the code, but there are only letters in my ID. I've taken out spaces and everything. Lil' help.
[edit] I found out the issue was a letter can't be capitalized. Thanks.
The table the slideshow is in can be aligned to the center. Change: <table cellpadding="3" style="border:1px black solid;border-collapse:collapse;">to: <table cellpadding="3" style="border:1px black solid;border-collapse:collapse;" align="center">
What would I need to do in order to use the buttons in image mapping.
Like, say I made two images of buttons (<< & >>) and wanted them to act as back and forward instead of the buttons it creates, what would I need to do?
You can remove the play/stop/next/last/prev buttons if you want. However the Slide Selector is required as that is where the actual slide URLs are stored so it can't be removed-removed.
However, you had an interesting idea. You can hide the table row that contains selector. Change: <tr><td align="center" style="border:1px black solid;">to <tr><td align="center" style="display:none;">
I tried it and it works in IE8, FF3.6, Chrome6.
If I wanted to change the background color of the slideshow, could I? Currently, it appears transparent, allowing the background of the website to show through. How would I go about setting the slideshow's background color to something different?
Is there any way that the photos from the slide show be made to resize to fit screen? I have some portrait and some landscape. I can force a fixed size but that distorts my image. If I don't put in the size control then my images are too large and the controls are off screen.
You can stick a width="640" property on the <img> and NOT put the height tag. That generally allows the height to automatically adjust so the image won't distort.
However, for the best results you should edit/resize the images themselves before you upload them to your website.
Thank you very much. I've spend about 5 hours looking for something simple as this (and in a simple code which I can modify a little for my needs).
I was wondering if it was possible to enable an autostart (when the page is loaded), without clicking the start button.
Thanks again!
you can make it autostart by adding: window.onload=function(){document.ff.fa.value="Stop";auto();}
at the bottom of the javascript right before the closing </script>
I was having problems getting the above autoplay-on-load feature working when I used multiple slideshows on the same page. I found the issue was related to the "Slide Show ID." There were 2 places in the code I needed to specify the name of the form/slideshow.
First, thank you for the slideshow. It's just what we were looking for.
How can we change the height and width the cell where the description is displayed? Some of our descriptions are lengthy.
If you have many long descriptions, you might be better off using the more advanced slideshow which has the descriptions in plain text (which is much more customizable).
You can also change the font size/style on this slideshow to make the text not appear so big. You change the:
Comments
Adding more than 10 slides
I really love your slideshow. It's exactly what I need for a special application. It seems to only handle 0-9 slides-need to increase to 16. What would I need to do to change that? Thanks.
Answer
Down near the bottom there should be a list stores the slides:
<option value="http://ricocheting.com/slideshow_thumb_alpine.jpg" selected>Olympic National Park</option><option value="http://ricocheting.com/slideshow_thumb_rainier.jpg">Mount Rainier National Park</option>
<option value="http://ricocheting.com/slideshow_thumb_teton.jpg">Teton National Park</option>
<option value="http://ricocheting.com/slideshow_thumb_jasper.jpg">Jasper National Park</option>
The first part contains the slide image URL then the second part contains the slide description. Just keep adding as many more as you need.
doesnt loop back to first image after user clicks to end
is there any way the slideshow could NOT loop back to the first image when the user clicks all the way to the end, like the "next" button would not do anything once theyve reached the end so it just stops.
Answer
to prevent it from rolling over and starting again, change:
x=num%fs.length;if(x<0) x=fs.length-1;
x=num;if(x>=fs.length) x=fs.length-1;
if(x<0) x=0;
Slide show ID can only contain numbers and letters
I'm getting this error when I generate the code, but there are only letters in my ID. I've taken out spaces and everything. Lil' help.
[edit] I found out the issue was a letter can't be capitalized. Thanks.
Centering
Mine keeps aligning to the left of my screen? How do I center it?
Answer
The table the slideshow is in can be aligned to the center. Change:
<table cellpadding="3" style="border:1px black solid;border-collapse:collapse;">to:<table cellpadding="3" style="border:1px black solid;border-collapse:collapse;" align="center">Question: Using my own control button images
What would I need to do in order to use the buttons in image mapping.
Like, say I made two images of buttons (<< & >>) and wanted them to act as back and forward instead of the buttons it creates, what would I need to do?
Answer
replace the four buttons with:
<a href="#" onclick="rotate(0);return false;"><img src="start.jpg"></a>
<a href="#" onclick="rotate(x-1);return false;"><img src="prev.jpg"></a>
<a href="#" onclick="rotate(x+1);return false;"><img src="next.jpg"></a>
<a href="#" onclick="rotate(this.form.slide.length-1);return false;"><img src="end.jpg"></a>
Question: Remove the play buttons & Pull down menu
I would like to remove the play buttons and the slide selector. How would I do that without messing up the sideshow from running?
[edit]
Is there a way to simply hide the Slide Selector so its function is still there, but it won't be shown on the webpage?
I ask because i need to put multiple slides on one page and Slideshow v2.0 doesn't allow that
Answer
You can remove the play/stop/next/last/prev buttons if you want. However the Slide Selector is required as that is where the actual slide URLs are stored so it can't be removed-removed.
However, you had an interesting idea. You can hide the table row that contains selector. Change:
<tr><td align="center" style="border:1px black solid;">to<tr><td align="center" style="display:none;">I tried it and it works in IE8, FF3.6, Chrome6.
Can you give specific
Can you give specific instructions as to what to remove from the code to get rid of the play/stop/next/last/prev buttons?
Answer
To remove the play/stop/next/last/prev buttons, delete the following:
<tr><td align="center" style="border:1px black solid;"><input type="button" onclick="rotate(0);" value="ll<<" title="Jump to beginning" />
<input type="button" onclick="rotate(x-1);" value="<<" title="Last Picture" />
<input type="button" name="fa" onClick="this.value=((this.value=='Stop')?'Start':'Stop');auto();" value="Start" title="Autoplay" style="width:75px;" />
<input type="button" onclick="rotate(x+1);" value=">>" title="Next Picture" />
<input type="button" onclick="rotate(this.form.slide.length-1);" value=">>ll" title="Jump to end" />
</td></tr>
Stop at end of show
Hi great code, works very well and I appreciate the work and glad to give you the link.
I would like to have the show stop at the end of the images instead of a continuous loop.
Have a great Day!
Answer: Autoplay stops after one playthrough
Change the autoplay function from something like (the 5000 number might be different depending on Autoplay Delay entered):
function auto() {if(document.ff.fa.value == "Stop"){
rotate(++x);setTimeout("auto()", 5000);}}
function auto() {if(document.ff.fa.value == "Stop" && x!=document.ff.slide.length-1){
rotate(++x);setTimeout("auto()", 5000);}
else{document.ff.fa.value="Start"}}
Question: Resize the whole slide show
Is there a way to resize the whole slide show area. I want the whole thing to be about a width of 350 and height of 600?
Answer - Static width and height
Question: Changing Background Color
If I wanted to change the background color of the slideshow, could I? Currently, it appears transparent, allowing the background of the website to show through. How would I go about setting the slideshow's background color to something different?
Answer
Resize Photos
Is there any way that the photos from the slide show be made to resize to fit screen? I have some portrait and some landscape. I can force a fixed size but that distorts my image. If I don't put in the size control then my images are too large and the controls are off screen.
Can you help?
Answer: Forcing a specific width
However, for the best results you should edit/resize the images themselves before you upload them to your website.
Great
Thank you very much. I've spend about 5 hours looking for something simple as this (and in a simple code which I can modify a little for my needs).
I was wondering if it was possible to enable an autostart (when the page is loaded), without clicking the start button.
Thanks again!
Answer: Start Autoplay on Page Load
window.onload=function(){document.ff.fa.value="Stop";auto();}at the bottom of the javascript right before the closing </script>Fix for AutoPlay (with multiple slideshows)
Here is what I came up with:
In BOLD are the critical missing elements if you are using a custom slideshow ID (other than the default "slide1" one).
Just wanted to share my results. Thank you again!
Question: Changing the text size of the description
First, thank you for the slideshow. It's just what we were looking for.
How can we change the height and width the cell where the description is displayed? Some of our descriptions are lengthy.
Answer
You can also change the font size/style on this slideshow to make the text not appear so big. You change the: