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Rotating Picture Slide Show

Posted 11 Jun 2007 21:31:13
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11 Jun 2007 21:31:13 Arbor Hospice posted:
Hello,

I am trying to create a rotating picture slideshow within dreamweaver 8 on my company's site. Does anyone have any information to help me out?

Thank you!

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Replied 12 Jun 2007 18:35:58
12 Jun 2007 18:35:58 Nick (NR) replied:
www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/index.html

check out the demos for all of them and pick the one you want <img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
Replied 12 Jun 2007 23:44:09
12 Jun 2007 23:44:09 Arbor Hospice replied:
Hi, I looked at the page suggested above and selected the Translucent Slide Show and copy and pasted the code into Dreamweaver. I made the edits for img size and linked to images within Dreamweaver. However, when I preview the site, it is a blank page and when I run a validation in Dreamweaver I get the following messages within my code:

I am a very newbie (ie: inexperienced, but willing to try) coder and I appreciate any help that anyone can provide.

&lt;?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?&gt;
- &lt;mm_report&gt;
&lt;mm_reportname&gt;ResultsReport.xml&lt;/mm_reportname&gt;
&lt;mm_reportdate&gt;06/12/07 16:42:16&lt;/mm_reportdate&gt;
&lt;mm_reportlocation&gt;C:\\Documents and Settings\khenige\Desktop\&lt;/mm_reportlocation&gt;
- &lt;mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;mm_statusicon&gt;8&lt;/mm_statusicon&gt;
- &lt;mm_displaystr&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ test\rotating images test 2.html
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_displaystr&gt;
&lt;mm_file&gt;O:\Development\Websites\Arbor Hospice\test\rotating images test 2.html&lt;/mm_file&gt;
&lt;mm_linenumber&gt;126&lt;/mm_linenumber&gt;
- &lt;mm_description&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ In HTML 4.0, FONT is deprecated. It may become obsolete in future versions, consider using style sheets instead.[HTML 4.0]
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_description&gt;
&lt;mm_reportedby&gt;Dreamweaver Validator Report&lt;/mm_reportedby&gt;
&lt;/mm_reportitem&gt;
- &lt;mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;mm_statusicon&gt;8&lt;/mm_statusicon&gt;
- &lt;mm_displaystr&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ test\rotating images test 2.html
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_displaystr&gt;
&lt;mm_file&gt;O:\Development\Websites\Arbor Hospice\test\rotating images test 2.html&lt;/mm_file&gt;
&lt;mm_linenumber&gt;127&lt;/mm_linenumber&gt;
- &lt;mm_description&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ In HTML 4.0, FONT is deprecated. It may become obsolete in future versions, consider using style sheets instead.[HTML 4.0]
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_description&gt;
&lt;mm_reportedby&gt;Dreamweaver Validator Report&lt;/mm_reportedby&gt;
&lt;/mm_reportitem&gt;
- &lt;mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;mm_statusicon&gt;9&lt;/mm_statusicon&gt;
- &lt;mm_displaystr&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ test\rotating images test 2.html
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_displaystr&gt;
&lt;mm_file&gt;O:\Development\Websites\Arbor Hospice\test\rotating images test 2.html&lt;/mm_file&gt;
&lt;mm_linenumber&gt;34&lt;/mm_linenumber&gt;
- &lt;mm_description&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ &lt; found between tags. Consider using the equivalent entity (&amp = '&', &lt = '&lt;', &gt = '&gt;', &quot = quotation mark). [HTML 4.0]
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_description&gt;
&lt;mm_reportedby&gt;Dreamweaver Validator Report&lt;/mm_reportedby&gt;
&lt;/mm_reportitem&gt;
- &lt;mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;mm_statusicon&gt;9&lt;/mm_statusicon&gt;
- &lt;mm_displaystr&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ test\rotating images test 2.html
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_displaystr&gt;
&lt;mm_file&gt;O:\Development\Websites\Arbor Hospice\test\rotating images test 2.html&lt;/mm_file&gt;
&lt;mm_linenumber&gt;34&lt;/mm_linenumber&gt;
- &lt;mm_description&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ &lt; found between tags. Consider using the equivalent entity (&amp = '&', &lt = '&lt;', &gt = '&gt;', &quot = quotation mark). [HTML 4.0]
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_description&gt;
&lt;mm_reportedby&gt;Dreamweaver Validator Report&lt;/mm_reportedby&gt;
&lt;/mm_reportitem&gt;
- &lt;mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;mm_statusicon&gt;9&lt;/mm_statusicon&gt;
- &lt;mm_displaystr&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ test\rotating images test 2.html
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_displaystr&gt;
&lt;mm_file&gt;O:\Development\Websites\Arbor Hospice\test\rotating images test 2.html&lt;/mm_file&gt;
&lt;mm_linenumber&gt;34&lt;/mm_linenumber&gt;
- &lt;mm_description&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ &lt; found between tags. Consider using the equivalent entity (&amp = '&', &lt = '&lt;', &gt = '&gt;', &quot = quotation mark). [HTML 4.0]
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_description&gt;
&lt;mm_reportedby&gt;Dreamweaver Validator Report&lt;/mm_reportedby&gt;
&lt;/mm_reportitem&gt;
- &lt;mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;mm_statusicon&gt;9&lt;/mm_statusicon&gt;
- &lt;mm_displaystr&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ test\rotating images test 2.html
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_displaystr&gt;
&lt;mm_file&gt;O:\Development\Websites\Arbor Hospice\test\rotating images test 2.html&lt;/mm_file&gt;
&lt;mm_linenumber&gt;36&lt;/mm_linenumber&gt;
- &lt;mm_description&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ &lt; found between tags. Consider using the equivalent entity (&amp = '&', &lt = '&lt;', &gt = '&gt;', &quot = quotation mark). [HTML 4.0]
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_description&gt;
&lt;mm_reportedby&gt;Dreamweaver Validator Report&lt;/mm_reportedby&gt;
&lt;/mm_reportitem&gt;
- &lt;mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;mm_statusicon&gt;9&lt;/mm_statusicon&gt;
- &lt;mm_displaystr&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ test\rotating images test 2.html
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_displaystr&gt;
&lt;mm_file&gt;O:\Development\Websites\Arbor Hospice\test\rotating images test 2.html&lt;/mm_file&gt;
&lt;mm_linenumber&gt;36&lt;/mm_linenumber&gt;
- &lt;mm_description&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ &lt; found between tags. Consider using the equivalent entity (&amp = '&', &lt = '&lt;', &gt = '&gt;', &quot = quotation mark). [HTML 4.0]
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_description&gt;
&lt;mm_reportedby&gt;Dreamweaver Validator Report&lt;/mm_reportedby&gt;
&lt;/mm_reportitem&gt;
- &lt;mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;mm_statusicon&gt;9&lt;/mm_statusicon&gt;
- &lt;mm_displaystr&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ test\rotating images test 2.html
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_displaystr&gt;
&lt;mm_file&gt;O:\Development\Websites\Arbor Hospice\test\rotating images test 2.html&lt;/mm_file&gt;
&lt;mm_linenumber&gt;50&lt;/mm_linenumber&gt;
- &lt;mm_description&gt;
- &lt;![CDATA[ &lt; found between tags. Consider using the equivalent entity (&amp = '&', &lt = '&lt;', &gt = '&gt;', &quot = quotation mark). [HTML 4.0]
]]&gt;
&lt;/mm_description&gt;
&lt;mm_reportedby&gt;Dreamweaver Validator Report&lt;/mm_reportedby&gt;
&lt;/mm_reportitem&gt;
&lt;/mm_report&gt;






Here is the code without the validation remarks:





&lt;html&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;

/***********************************************
* Translucent Slideshow script- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var trans_width='202px'
var trans_height='17px'
var pause=3000
var degree=10

var slideshowcontent=new Array()

slideshowcontent[0]=["&lt;img src="../images/BraveHeart/Children.gif"&gt;]
slideshowcontent[1]=["&lt;img src="../images/BraveHeart/Childrenover.gif"&gt;]


var bgcolor='white'

var imageholder=new Array()
for (i=0;i&lt;slideshowcontent.length;i++){
imageholder[i]=new Image()
imageholder[i].src=slideshowcontent[i][0]
}

var ie4=document.all
var dom=document.getElementById&&navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera"==-1

if (ie4||dom)
document.write('&lt;div style="position:relative;width:'+trans_width+';height:'+trans_height+';overflow:hidden"&gt;&lt;div id="canvas0" style="position:absolute;background-color:'+bgcolor+';width:'+trans_width+';height:'+trans_height+';left:-'+trans_width+';filter:alpha(opacity=20);-moz-opacity:0.2;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="canvas1" style="position:absolute;background-color:'+bgcolor+';width:'+trans_width+';height:'+trans_height+';left:-'+trans_width+';filter:alpha(opacity=20);-moz-opacity:0.2;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;')
else if (document.layers){
document.write('&lt;ilayer id=tickernsmain visibility=hide width='+trans_width+' height='+trans_height+' bgColor='+bgcolor+'&gt;&lt;layer id=tickernssub width='+trans_width+' height='+trans_height+' left=0 top=0&gt;'+'&lt;img src="'+slideshowcontent[0][0]+'"&gt;&lt;/layer&gt;&lt;/ilayer&gt;')
}

var curpos=trans_width*(-1)
var curcanvas="canvas0"
var curindex=0
var nextindex=1

function getslidehtml(theslide){
var slidehtml=""
if (theslide[1]!=""
slidehtml='&lt;a href="'+theslide[1]+'" target="'+theslide[2]+'"&gt;'
slidehtml+='&lt;img src="'+theslide[0]+'" border="0"&gt;'
if (theslide[1]!=""
slidehtml+='&lt;/a&gt;'
return slidehtml
}

function moveslide(){
if (curpos&lt;0){
curpos=Math.min(curpos+degree,0)
tempobj.style.left=curpos+"px"
}
else{
clearInterval(dropslide)
if (crossobj.filters)
crossobj.filters.alpha.opacity=100
else if (crossobj.style.MozOpacity)
crossobj.style.MozOpacity=1
nextcanvas=(curcanvas=="canvas0"? "canvas0" : "canvas1"
tempobj=ie4? eval("document.all."+nextcanvas) : document.getElementById(nextcanvas)
tempobj.innerHTML=getslidehtml(slideshowcontent[curindex])
nextindex=(nextindex&lt;slideshowcontent.length-1)? nextindex+1 : 0
setTimeout("rotateslide()",pause)
}
}

function rotateslide(){
if (ie4||dom){
resetit(curcanvas)
crossobj=tempobj=ie4? eval("document.all."+curcanvas) : document.getElementById(curcanvas)
crossobj.style.zIndex++
if (crossobj.filters)
document.all.canvas0.filters.alpha.opacity=document.all.canvas1.filters.alpha.opacity=20
else if (crossobj.style.MozOpacity)
document.getElementById("canvas0".style.MozOpacity=document.getElementById("canvas1".style.MozOpacity=0.2
var temp='setInterval("moveslide()",50)'
dropslide=eval(temp)
curcanvas=(curcanvas=="canvas0"? "canvas1" : "canvas0"
}
else if (document.layers){
crossobj.document.write(getslidehtml(slideshowcontent[curindex]))
crossobj.document.close()
}
curindex=(curindex&lt;slideshowcontent.length-1)? curindex+1 : 0
}

function jumptoslide(which){
curindex=which
rotateslide()
}

function resetit(what){
curpos=parseInt(trans_width)*(-1)
var crossobj=ie4? eval("document.all."+what) : document.getElementById(what)
crossobj.style.left=curpos+"px"
}

function startit(){
crossobj=ie4? eval("document.all."+curcanvas) : dom? document.getElementById(curcanvas) : document.tickernsmain.document.tickernssub
if (ie4||dom){
crossobj.innerHTML=getslidehtml(slideshowcontent[curindex])
rotateslide()
}
else{
document.tickernsmain.visibility='show'
curindex++
setInterval("rotateslide()",pause)
}
}

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", startit, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", startit)
else if (ie4||dom||document.layers)
window.onload=startit

&lt;/script&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="arial" size="-2"&gt;This free script provided by&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2"&gt;&lt;a href="www.dynamicdrive.com"&gt;Dynamic Drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;

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