Preloaded Slideshow Script questions

[Eli]

Found Jason Moon lovely pre-load script. Just the ticket.
I have two questions
1 - Can it be used with .jpg files or only .gif?
2- Can multiple shows be placed on a single page; or does each show need its own?
TIA
Eli


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[bernie1227]

Found Jason Moon lovely pre-load script. Just the ticket.
I have two questions
1 - Can it be used with .jpg files or only .gif?
2- Can multiple shows be placed on a single page; or does each show need its own?
TIA
Eli

1. Yes it works with jpg's
2. It can be placed n any page

[jscheuer1]

Each show requires it's own page. You can use iframe to show another show from another page on the same page. Multiple shows can be displayed on a page that way.

There are other scripts that can put multiple shows on the same page:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...army/index.htm

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...nslideshow.htm

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...bgcarousel.htm

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...wave/index.htm

[Eli]

Many much thanks Bernie and John. Will heed correct posting protocol henceforth.
Script in question is -http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/preloadslide.htm-
A lovely bit of code, simple, compact, clever. Kudos to JM

It'll probably be best to keep each show on a separate page, with an intermediate page containing links to each individual show.

I assume that the order in the Array is the order in which they play - important because the shows are "narrative" with screen shots and title cards.
Must go now - hip replacement surgery tomorrow in the early bright. Offline until at least Monday.
Many thanks again.
Eli

[jscheuer1]

Good luck with you're surgery!

I assume that the order in the Array is the order in which they play

That's right.

[Eli]

Thanks. I have a great surgical team. Only wish I had something to contribute to this team (besides grist)
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[Eli]

Preloaded Slideshow Script (Jason Moon)
-http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/preloadslide.htm-
Surgery went very well. Recovery requires patience.
Finally got around to trying Pld SS Script. Seems to be a ghost in my machine.
I'm rather a Luddite. I Pastiche OP's code in Notepad. Add image names. Save as html. Open in OpenOffice w/html template for tweaking. Change image size, centering, fonts, add back and back to top links. Can edit html for short strokes. Worked very well for {div.../div} simple gallery I found elsewhere.
OpenOffice seems to have taken exception to this script, however. It kept changing the code placed in the body section.
<tr>
<td colspan=2><img name="Screen" width=108 height=135></td>
</tr>
into something that was calling image files from far away (. . ./. . ./. . .filename{some such}). It would then keep the coding it had introduced my best efforts notwithstanding.
I can fix anything with a hammer. Copied/Pasted code into new notepad. Verified head/body etc. syntax correct. Array items enclosed in single quotes - removed extraneous spaces I introduced when adding single quotes. Resized -name="Screen" width=108 height=135></td- as suggested. Resized images to fit into 523x384. Saved as .html in notepad.
Opened file in Firefox. Html in ViewSource looks correct. Buttons are present as is header text in regular view.
Empty frame on left side of screen. Buttons look buttony but do not bring new images.
Any thoughts on what to check for? Should array items be in quotes rather than apostrophes? If you want to examine code; how do I send it?
TIA
Eli

[jscheuer1]

Don't use Open Office for HTML.

[Eli]

The four separate gallery pages I made using OO work just fine, and I intend to keep using them. It's a bumblebee.
Why does the script fail when OO not involved at all? Cobbled together, as per instructions, entirely in Notepad. I know I've done something dumb. Is this tag correct?

<BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR" ONLOAD="StartSlideShow()">

Is there a limit to the number of slides? I've got about 55 in the array.

any other suggestions?
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[jscheuer1]

No limit on slides. But the more you have, the greater the chance that you may have made a syntax error in the array of images. Also, it's possible that in at least some browsers, that if an image fails to load, that might break the script.

In any case, even if it works with that many images, it could take quite some time to preload them all.

It could be something else.

If you want more help, please include a link to the page on your site that contains the problematic code so we can check it out.

None of the other slideshows I mentioned earlier would have all of these potential problems. Some would have some of them.