[ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

Sly — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:40:51 -500

Hi Walter,

I’m going to have to abandon the Carousel action. Too many of my clients don’t like the way the auto wizzes back through all the auto-glide system.

I know this is because of the complicated scripting out of your control.

It’s a shame because it’s so quick and easy to use. I just wanted to mention it as a bit of feedback.

Kind regards,

Simon.

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Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

waltd — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:18:20 -500

Try applying the Remove from RPL Action to the various parts of your Carousel. It should work then.

Walter

On Nov 30, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Mike Martina wrote:

Walt,

I’ve tried your test by creating 2 HTML boxes of different colors and setting the Autoglide setting to a positive integer and it works perfectly in a new project. In the project where I need it it won’t work. I’ve replicated the problem in the new project. It appears the Relative Page Layout folder action is causing the problem. Is there any way around this. I have a customer that really wants this effect but on her site I sue the RPL. HELP Walt??

Thanks,

Mike

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Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

Mike Martina — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:13:11 -500

Walt,

I’ve tried your test by creating 2 HTML boxes of different colors and setting the Autoglide setting to a positive integer and it works perfectly in a new project. In the project where I need it it won’t work. I’ve replicated the problem in the new project. It appears the Relative Page Layout folder action is causing the problem. Is there any way around this. I have a customer that really wants this effect but on her site I sue the RPL. HELP Walt??

Thanks,

Mike

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Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

waltd — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:05:17 -500

Hmm. Fair to assume there’s a JavaScript error in the poll code, since Carousel passes the Jslint test on its own. If the poll uses the shortcut

for (i in someArray) ...

In its code anywhere, then that will blow up in any page that includes Prototype. Because this page also includes Scriptaculous, any errors that get hit within the effects will be silenced, which is probably why I didn’t see any errors in the console when I tried your page earlier.

Walter

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Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

Joe Shep — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:58:51 -500

Had another crack and the thing that seems to stop the carousel working is the poll widget which is an html item. When I delete the poll from the page the carousel works fine. Thanks alot for you help again

On 21 Nov 2010, 3:03 pm, waltd wrote:

That’s really all there is to it. Now, proceed from there by adding more stuff to the page. Keep testing as you go. You will reach a point where you break it. Roll back one step and report back what did the bad thing.

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Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

Joe Shep — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:56:33 -500

Thanks alot for the tips. I’ll give it another crack.

On 21 Nov 2010, 3:03 pm, waltd wrote:

Try this first. Make a new document, and draw a single HTML box on the page. Apply Carousel to it. Give it some color or similar so that it can be seen on the page. Duplicate that box, and drag it somewhere else on the same page. Remove the Carousel Action from it, and apply the Carousel Pane Action to it. Apply a different color to that box. At this point, if you click on the Carousel element, add a positive integer value to the Auto-glide field in the Actions palette, and preview, you should see the two colors shifting back and forth.

Now remove the Auto-glide setting, and draw a Graphic box on the page. Apply the Carousel Button Action to it, and give it some color so you can click it. Duplicate the button you just made, and switch the setting so you have a previous and next button, and position these on opposite sides of the Carousel HTML box. Preview, and you should be able to move the carousel in opposing directions.

That’s really all there is to it. Now, proceed from there by adding more stuff to the page. Keep testing as you go. You will reach a point where you break it. Roll back one step and report back what did the bad thing.

If you want to have rollovers in a Carousel pane, then I recommend that you first draw an HTML box /as/ the pane, and add your rollover image elements as /children/ of that pane. (Click once on the pane so it’s selected, then use the Graphic Box tool to draw your initial graphic directly over the pane — entirely within its bounds. You’ll know you’re doing it right when the outer edges of the pane take on an electric blue glow, indicating that it is the parent element.)

Walter

On Nov 21, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Joe Shep wrote:

Have now added a second carousel using the same instructions but they’re behaving differently.

The top carousel has html objects selected as panes, and the bottom carousel has graphic items selected as panes. Neither is behaving as they do in the Dan Jasker video. I’ve tried deleting the action and downloading the latest version but that hasn’t had any luck either.

Could it be something to do with the fact that the carousel items have rollovers and hyperlinks attached to them?

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Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

waltd — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:03:11 -500

Try this first. Make a new document, and draw a single HTML box on the page. Apply Carousel to it. Give it some color or similar so that it can be seen on the page. Duplicate that box, and drag it somewhere else on the same page. Remove the Carousel Action from it, and apply the Carousel Pane Action to it. Apply a different color to that box. At this point, if you click on the Carousel element, add a positive integer value to the Auto-glide field in the Actions palette, and preview, you should see the two colors shifting back and forth.

Now remove the Auto-glide setting, and draw a Graphic box on the page. Apply the Carousel Button Action to it, and give it some color so you can click it. Duplicate the button you just made, and switch the setting so you have a previous and next button, and position these on opposite sides of the Carousel HTML box. Preview, and you should be able to move the carousel in opposing directions.

That’s really all there is to it. Now, proceed from there by adding more stuff to the page. Keep testing as you go. You will reach a point where you break it. Roll back one step and report back what did the bad thing.

If you want to have rollovers in a Carousel pane, then I recommend that you first draw an HTML box /as/ the pane, and add your rollover image elements as /children/ of that pane. (Click once on the pane so it’s selected, then use the Graphic Box tool to draw your initial graphic directly over the pane — entirely within its bounds. You’ll know you’re doing it right when the outer edges of the pane take on an electric blue glow, indicating that it is the parent element.)

Walter

On Nov 21, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Joe Shep wrote:

Have now added a second carousel using the same instructions but they’re behaving differently.

The top carousel has html objects selected as panes, and the bottom carousel has graphic items selected as panes. Neither is behaving as they do in the Dan Jasker video. I’ve tried deleting the action and downloading the latest version but that hasn’t had any luck either.

Could it be something to do with the fact that the carousel items have rollovers and hyperlinks attached to them?

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Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

Joe Shep — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:39:09 -500

Have now added a second carousel using the same instructions but they’re behaving differently.

The top carousel has html objects selected as panes, and the bottom carousel has graphic items selected as panes. Neither is behaving as they do in the Dan Jasker video. I’ve tried deleting the action and downloading the latest version but that hasn’t had any luck either.

Could it be something to do with the fact that the carousel items have rollovers and hyperlinks attached to them?

Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

Joe Shep — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:49:55 -500

The picker appears to be preset to the carousel, and I can’t physically choose to select or de-select it - it’s the only option. Apologies if I’m missing something basic, but this is all a bit new to me. Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks

On 20 Nov 2010, 5:40 pm, waltd wrote:

When you say that the buttons are linked, do you mean that you physically clicked on the picker for each one, and deliberately set it to the carousel you wanted to control, or that when you looked at the interface, it appeared to already be selected?

If the latter, then please do the former. The Action has not actually picked up on the value, and so the code is being written in an incomplete manner.

Walter

On Nov 20, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Joe Shep wrote:

Thanks alot for the speedy reply. According to the Actions interface the buttons are linked with the carousel. The carousel is an html item rather than just a graphic item if that makes any difference? All the items are layered and I should have 3 separate panes but can’t get the other 2 to appear.

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Re: Tab question: was [ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

waltd — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:40:37 -500

When you say that the buttons are linked, do you mean that you physically clicked on the picker for each one, and deliberately set it to the carousel you wanted to control, or that when you looked at the interface, it appeared to already be selected?

If the latter, then please do the former. The Action has not actually picked up on the value, and so the code is being written in an incomplete manner.

Walter

On Nov 20, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Joe Shep wrote:

Thanks alot for the speedy reply. According to the Actions interface the buttons are linked with the carousel. The carousel is an html item rather than just a graphic item if that makes any difference? All the items are layered and I should have 3 separate panes but can’t get the other 2 to appear.

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[ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

waltd — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:01:56 -500

Get it while it’s hot. Much simpler application this time around. The entire mechanism has been re-worked, so you no longer have to group ANYTHING.

Draw a CSS-positioned layer on your page where you want the carousel effect to appear. Style it up to become the first pane of your carousel.
Duplicate this layer to make the next pane, and so forth until all of the panes are finished. (You may place these panes anywhere on or off the page, they will be removed from view when you publish.)
Apply the Carousel Action to the first pane.
Apply the Carousel Pane Action to all of the remaining panes.
(Optional) add tabs or buttons to control the effect with the Carousel Tab and Carousel Button Actions.
Publish.

You can have multiple Carousels on a page, as before, but instead of grouping the controls and the panes together to tell the controls which panes to affect, you simply choose your carousel using the Target picker in the Actions palette. This should make editing your page a lot easier.

Walter

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