Hi everyone,

 

I wonder if anyone would be able to help me.

 

I am starting to design a website for a friend of the family. Good start to build my portfolio!

 

They have asked for a image carousel on the home page which when clicked would just link to the gallery page.

 

I'm very new to all this and wondered if I need to jump into flash to try and make something (gulp) or if anyone had any other suggestions - they would be very welcome!

 

Cheers

 

James

Hi everyone,

 

I wonder if anyone would be able to help me.

 

I am starting to design a website for a friend of the family. Good start to build my portfolio!

 

They have asked for a image carousel on the home page which when clicked would just link to the gallery page.

 

I'm very new to all this and wondered if I need to jump into flash to try and make something (gulp) or if anyone had any other suggestions - they would be very welcome!

 

Cheers

 

James

 

Flash is an obvious way forward forward, but it is a very steep learning curve. The 'gulp'says to me that you would prefer a shortcut(?)

Do you mean something similar to this http://www.aleosoft.com/flash3dslideshow/index.html .

 

A great bit of kit - followed by a kick-in-the-teeth price.

There are some free bits of code / sw that will do the same thing. Time to get googleing!!

You don't need to do 3d, and this can be done with javascript very easily (and free). My personal favorite is easySlider (http://cssglobe.com/post/5780/easy-slider-17-numeric-navigation-jquery-slider)

 

also check out http://blarnee.com/wp/jquery-image-carousels-for-slidehow/

Thanks - digiLARB & cibgraphics.

 

I'll take a look at those links and let you know when I have something up and running

 

Cheers

 

James

I built my own with javascript, easy with the right book.

I built my own with javascript, easy with the right book.

 

Would you care to share your work (and the book)?

The book is JavavScript for the world wide web by Tom Negrino and Dori Smith.

 

It was a good while ago if i find the code i'll post it.

 

I think the book has a web site where you can download the code and give it a bit of tweeking.

Magic Slideshow is a JavaScript carousel that can be set to link to a URL on click. It also has slide, fade, pause, arrows, text, headings, effects, thumbnails and a bunch of other useful features.

 

http://www.magictoolbox.com/magicslideshow/

if you did want 3D, this is cool

http://www.meadmiracle.com/SlidingGallery.aspx