Most simple HTML slideshow

[FatRakoon]

Im trying to get the most basic and simple slideshow I can.

I dont want any thrills, and I am trying to keep code to an absolute minimum.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="2;url=case1b.htm">

At the moment, I have it like this :-

HTML file, displays an IMG ( All images are same size ) for 2 seconds then it loads up a second page.

What I have done, is simply made multiple copies of the one HTML file, but each one loads up a different picture then refreshes to the next html file

Now, I deally I would like to have only the one htm file, that loads up the pictures from a given directory or list of pictures.

I have been given links to various sites for this or that slideshow source, and its been great and I have robbed code left and right and I have done some nic eand clean gallery slideshows with my own and stolen code, and guess what? All thats needed is one picture that changes into a second and then a third and then a fourth and so on and then goes back to the start, and one link, to return to the homepage... Nothign more!

What I have done, is exactly what is wanted, but of course, having each HTML file for each picture is a bit pooey I know you will agree.

Anyone care to offer some help?

 

[FatRakoon]

Conrad11 :
Incapable of using PHP sorry.


Lightnix:
I will have a look at the code thanks... Looks acceptable, but Im not sure that I like the ONLOAD bit, but then it Im calling myself with the Metatags... It might work?
Im using a link in the page to go to the homepage, so, the BACK button ( If im loading myself a few times ) might not work? - Oh I dont know... I will have a play with the code later on ok?

Many thanks.


Blade007
Dynamic Drive? - yes, possibly... Didnt think of that.

Ok, thanks you lot... I will have a play and see if I can or cannot sort things out.

 

[FatRakoon]

No, I mean, that ( Without looking at, and testing, the code ) that it at first, looks as if it loads in a picture for each time the page loads...

Now, if thats what it does, then sure, I am not after that.

However, if thats all it does, but then using a REFRESH in the META TAGS, brings up the next picture in a kind of Hack-way to do it, then thats great.

I dont know? - I have not tried it yet...


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La la la...

Ah, right ok, thats simple enough...

Ok, this is EXACTLY what Im after... Absolutely spot on.

1 additions to the original question however...

1:-
Is there a limit on the array filename lengths?
The images are held in the images folder so they are being celled as "images/picy001.jpg" and so on...
Can I add an "images/" string and just have the images called as folderstring+"picy001.jpg"
If so, where can I use this?

2:-
Once it has displayed them all, it stops... How can I get it ro recycle through?

Im kind of going to just slap a HREF in the page to reload itself and this will work, but Id much prefer it to be not in there really.

Many many thanks.

 

[FatRakoon]

Just...

Ok, looks straight forward. Thanks mate.

Actually I have never managed to get to grips with C / Java type languages... Won awards for Pascal programing in the 80's and in HBasic in the 90s but never could get into C and this looks the same to me.

So, when I say it looks straight forward, I mean that I can see where it needs to go, but other than that, it looks like garbage LOL

some people seem to think it's 2^53, others 2^26 bytes

Damn it! - Talk about limiting your work eh?

it's been on my mind all day...

What? If a question like that has been on your mind, then I am really really sorry for you.

Like this:

var folderstring = 'images/';
document.getElementById('imgid').src = folderstring+imgs[a];

Works fine for me.

Yes, thats exactly how I was thinking of doing it Honestly guv!!

Ok, cheers for that... I will chuck these bits into the page later and see how it looks... Many thanks guys.

Oh, in the mean time, here is the bit Im talking about...

http://northwales-cases.co.uk/gal_a.htm

When I view with IE, the fade-ins etc are all lovely and smooth, but when browsing them they flicker, which is a bugger... Firefox is my preferred browser but it does not do the stupid eye candy stuff... Not that I care, but my brother seems to be going for the stupid eye candy over functionality.

Let me know what you think? - the site is as basic as I can get it.

 

[FatRakoon]

Just update the function, when all of the images have been cycled, it will start again at the first one.

Hmm...

Somehow, no matter what I do, if I change the code to what you gaveme, I get script errors and the code wont work?

I cannot see how?

 

[FatRakoon]

Java / Javascript. I have not looked at the code at all for any of them, so obviously I cannot comment on any. I am aware of programming techniques and how code works, or at least how code is supposed to work, I used to program myself, but some years ago, I lost a large portion of my brain when it spilled onto the road and I have lost the ability to learn bugger all these days, however, I have a few games released over the years, and some pro-audio apps are also or rather were also available, so I know the basics, but to be honest, more recent languages have simply gone over my head... Well, thats not strictly true.. The syntax has, but a lot of code, can be understood if you go through it slow enough... I just cannot write half the junk myself.

I got to grips with the very basics of C, but thats all. I much preferred pure assembly if I needed speed, but Pascal or even a good Basic was more than capable of anything I needed to do.

So, yes, I know what a recursive fuinction / subroutine is/does

Recusive Function causing a stack overflow?
Yes, I suppose it would, its clearly calling itself from inside itself - programming paradox!