IGN's Rotating Image System - How To Recreate?

gord · 26 Jun 2009 at 16:10

Ello all,

Just wondering how I could go about recreating the IGN image rotator for their top stories. i.e. www.ign.com

From the source I can't even figure out how the scripts are interacting with the elements, which leads me to believe its hiding from me.

I am going to look at some image rotator scripts but if anyone has done anything like this/has any advice/tips it would be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Munkeh · 26 Jun 2009 at 16:17

An inspect element in chrome tells me it is javascript and points me

http://scripts.ign.com/scripts/ign/utilities.js

No real idea with js so can't be much more help.

GravyMonster · 26 Jun 2009 at 16:19

That would be fairly straightforward with jQuery. Have a check of the scrollable section here

gord · 26 Jun 2009 at 17:03

Spunkey said:
That would be fairly straightforward with jQuery. Have a check of the scrollable section here

Thats a great resource. Cheers.

Thanks for your help too Munkeh.

Xfirus · 29 Jun 2009 at 01:34

Spunkey said:
That would be fairly straightforward with jQuery. Have a check of the scrollable section here

indeed, great resource. You could create it in flash as well, but I am not an advanced user with flash so can't help or point you in any direction with that.

gord · 29 Jun 2009 at 16:33

Well, I've spent most of my day today trying to integrate this with the CMS we are using, which already uses a Jquery library (1.2.6) quite heavily and now I find that you need 1.3.2 to get these elements working which is a mega pain.

I can't seem to operate both libraries in any way.. rarg!

GravyMonster · 29 Jun 2009 at 16:49

You should be able to upgrade from 1.2.6 to 1.3.2 without any headaches.

gord · 29 Jun 2009 at 17:00

Really? Well my CMS isnt liking it. Maybe they modified their 1.2.6 library..

Hmm, yeh, their 1.2.6 library is considerable in length. I've tried some things but I'm not going to do more, I've contacted their dev team.

Suppose I should look for a different solution..

gord · 30 Jun 2009 at 12:50

Weird how one day something totally stumps you. Walked into work today.. tried adding on the Jquery tools to my CMS's jquery library file and it all still works..

Fingers crossed.

blade007 · 1 Jul 2009 at 00:06

Is Jquery more stable than Mootools? I've seen a few sites that have Moo and on IE8 they're all messed up

gord · 1 Jul 2009 at 09:09

Depends on the toolsets you choose to use. Most include their browser compatibility.

But I think the Jquery standard library is fine with all.