Hello and thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to give. I am rebuilding a site in iweb for a customer, his existing site: http://www.merseyjoinery.com has a dissolving flash banner on the home page which revolves three images using the dissolve effect.
I want to recreate this in iweb but i'm stuck on how best to do it.
Thanks,
Gem :)
I am interested in learning how to do this also. Preferably for free.
Thanks,
Sam
http://www.wyodor.net/iWebBlogTest/Wyodor_1/WebBanner.html
Download the zip file on 'google page'. Its simply just a matter of loading your own image NAMES into the html file. Save the downloaded 'slideshow' folder onto idisk 'web / sites' folder. In the 'images' folder within the 'slideshow' folder you upload your own images, being careful to name them the same as in the html file. There is a description part on the image files which you must name the files the same as the data on the images. You can add as many images as you want following the same naming process that is there for you to see. Below here there are attributes that you can adjust for height and width and controller etc. You must also access the 'css' file and adjust ALL sizes to the same as in the html file, also beware of the margin value in the css file. To get it all going use a html snippet in iweb and use the standard iframe code to point to the html file. It all works, just practice. It works on iphone as well. Check it out on http://www.boutiqueblinds.com.au
Thank you blinman07 this look exactly right for my project (and future sites) which is great,
Having downloaded the file to idisc/web/sites folder I'm scratching my head for the next step, suppose what I'm looking for is step by step guide to getting this installed & working on an iweb site using mobile me as a testing ground (I will then be moving the site to another host & not sure how to do that either :( ... being self taught up to this point I'm feeling a bit stoopid :/
I do know how to change the images and make necessary tweaks/adjustments to size etc once the program is running.
I assumed I would simply save the download folder, then get access to some code that I would copy & paste into a html widget in iWeb, then load & bingo job done haha .... seems I'm being a little nieve.
I know this is a big ask but would very much appreciate any further help you may be able to give.
Cheers Gem :)
hi,
Have you heard of 'bannerSnack'? I think it may be what you are looking for. The above way looks really good too!
hope that helps,
Hi Gem. Have just logged on at work(bored!) and seen your comments. From what I remember, all the info is on the link on my post. The html code is there, just use a html snippet in iweb and paste the code in with refernce to where your slideshow is. The slideshow is not published as part of your website. It is uploaded to the sites folder, firstly by editing with 'coda' and then drag and drop to the sites folder on idisk. Use the 'view source' function in your browser and you see how stuff gets referenced. If you need any more info directly, contact me through my website as this will be quicker as I don't always come onto this site.
Also forgot to mention, this method is more browser freindly then bannersnack as bannersnack uses flash which will not run on iphone ipad, wheras this script does.
Thank you so much, I've done it for now using the html from the tips section, the reason I got stuck was because I have never EVER created a swf file. So after a LOT of trial and error I managed to make one, then after naming the html correctly (url & sizes etc) I got this and am very happy:))
http://web.me.com/gemwatson/MERSEY_JOINERY/HOME_2.html
I cannot describe the relief :)) ... will now see if I can do the same using slideshow2, at the moment I'm wondering what the difference is between the two??
Thank again!
Hi Gem, I tried to get onto your site but was asking me for a mobile me login. Anyway, swf is for flash, so not sure you have used the same thing that I did. Mine works with javascript which is why it will work on iphone/ipad. If you use the link on my post above and down load from the link on the bottom of the page you will have all the code etc. Just adjust to suit. Drop the who folder onto idisk/web/sitesThen use an iframe to reference the code e.g <iframe src="http://web.me.com/boutiqueblinds/Slideshow/index.html" width="677" height="348" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe> where side show is where I renamed the downloaded folder. Anyway, I'm glad you worked something out but if you want your site to work on all devices then this script is better then flash.
Blindman007 & Rory, Thanks guys, you've both been so helpful. The link to the test site where I have finally achieved this is http://web.me.com/gemwatson/MERSEY_JOINERY/Home.html I changed the page name so the url above was old (oops) Blindman007, thanks for the info above, I'll do this as you are right it will be better if it's compatible with all platforms.
Have a great weekend
Gem:)
Hi Gem
Website looks great. Is the enquiry form something that you did directly in iweb or did you use something else. I need some thing like this on my site.
hi,
Your site looks really good. 'blindman007' You could use formshack of jotform for somthing like that?
rory :-)
Hi Guys,
I use Google docs for content management such as docs, spreadsheets, forms, presentations etc. I like it because it's free and I can build bespoke sites for customers who can then manage elements of the site themselves.
Is there another way of implementing content management in iWeb?
Also is there a way that iWeb Unlimited can notify me when I get a reply to a thread or message post on this forum?
OH questions questions ;))
hi,
to the question above. What does google docs do????? Iv seen it around but not to sure what it does. Umm.. Is it a CMS (content management system) that your looking for? If so, there are loads of free ones out there. Like 'simple cms' which needs almost no coding but as far as i am aware, no CMS will work with me.com hosting...
hope that helps!
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