Looking for a simple and easy image show with fade transition

[Winchester]

Greetings all and happy new year!

I hope someone can help me. I'm looking for a simple and easy image show script to display 10 images on my home page. I have already looked at WOW slider and Pikachoose because they got high ratings in an online blog I read, but it seems they are a bit beyond me (my skill and my needs). They are too packed with features that I will never use. I would like a simple fade transition only, an easy install and a small code base. I'm hoping that "small" means easier to understand because although I have used existing/inserted HTML and CSS a lot in Dreamweaver and Serif WebPlus, I have very little experience of straight scripting. I hate to sound lazy but a copy and paste script with easy-going tutorial is what I'm after. A gentle hand to lead the way would also be appreciated.

Can the good folks here come to my rescue? Suggestions welcome.

Thanks in advance.

[mlegg]

Wow Slider is fairly straightforward. You add the images that you want to use and then in the options set your choices. Once you hit publish it gives you all the code that you need to put on a website.

I like this one too http://unslider.com/ (it's free)

[Winchester]

Thanks but they are too complex (read "large") for my needs. Why do they need such a large code base?

[Winchester]

Additional: That is one of the reasons why I dismissed WOW and Pikachoose already and now unslider.

Sorry for the add. How can I edit my post?

[Beverleyh]

Thanks but they are too complex (read "large") for my needs. Why do they need such a large code base?

jQuery is a helper library that is meant to standardise behaviour across different browsers, adding extra functionality to older ones that do t have it. The resulting code written by the developer who uses the library the much smaller and leaner, but you're right, the need of the large code base in order to do that sometimes negates the object.

Can I ask, do you need to support older browsers? You could go very light with the code if you can use CSS3 for your transition effects, but only modern browsers supports it.

[Beverleyh]

Additional: That is one of the reasons why I dismissed WOW and Pikachoose already and now unslider.

Sorry for the add. How can I edit my post?

There should be an "Edit" button under your post (for a short time after you post). Click that, make your changes and hit "save".

[Winchester]

There should be an "Edit" button under your post (for a short time after you post). Click that, make your changes and hit "save".

I got it. The save button isn't saving for me however. Maybe it has something to do with my browser settings. Let me reset.

[Winchester]

jQuery is a helper library that is meant to standardise behaviour across different browsers, adding extra functionality to older ones that do t have it. The resulting code written by the developer who uses the library the much smaller and leaner, but you're right, the need of the large code base in order to do that sometimes negates the object.

Can I ask, do you need to support older browsers? You could go very light with the code if you can use CSS3 for your transition effects, but only modern browsers supports it.

Thanks for clearing up what jQuery is for and thanks for replying and I feel honored to have a moderator help me

I'm not sure if I need to support older browsers. What is considered old by today's standards? And how would I find out if I need to keep supporting?

[Beverleyh]

xaavo123,

It is unfair to hijack somebody elses (unrelated) thread for your own problem. Please start your own thread and refer back to this one if you need to.

[Beverleyh]

I'm not sure if I need to support older browsers. What is considered old by today's standards? And how would I find out if I need to keep supporting?

Today, "old" usually refers to Internet Explorer 7/8 because it cannot be updated beyond version 8 on Windows XP computers. The other major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and later versions of Internet Explorer) tend to auto-update to the latest version, and therefore adopt the latest browser features behind-the-scenes. Newer Windows operating systems (Windows 7,8) come with or support later versions of Internet Explorer and so will automatically upgrade (unless deactivated by the user) to IE10+. Windows 10 comes with Edge as the default MS browser. IE10/11 and Edge browser can make use of modern CSS3 animations/transitions just like Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc.

If you have a web stats software installed, such as Google Analytics or even something provided in your web host's control panel, you should be able to assess how many of your users are still using IE7/8. Then its your call - if you only have a handful of IE7/8 (even IE9) users, it probably isn't worth the extra scripts or development time to continue support, unless the content is critical? Is your slideshow critical or just an extra flourish? A static image fall-back might suffice as a gap-filler for the very few users who still use IE7/8.