I am helping a friend make a site using FrontPage 2002. He wants to have on his home page at the top 3 slideshows next to each other and changing at same time automatically. I am not familiar with javascript but (with the help of some of the wonderful tutorials on line) figured out how to do 1 slideshow.

When I try to understand doing multiple (3 in my case) slideshows, I (quite frankly) get lost. I am reading a javascript book now but I really want to help my friend out this week.

Any help would be greatly appreciated with how I can actually code it with javascript OR perhaps telling me of a ready-made application I can buy. Note it has to do multiple slideshows, not just one.

Thank you. Again I appreciate your time and help.

Fred

Thank you for your suggestion. I appreciate your response.

But I need 3 side-by-side images at the same time showing and then changing at same time. There would be 3 changes (or 9 total).

I can't seem to be able to do this. I can do a single slideshow (with 3 auto-images in the single slideshow) but not multiple slideshows side-by-side.

Does anyone else have any suggestions please?

Thank you all.

Fred

Hi,

If you post the script for one slid show, I will create the required script for you.

Thank you for your offer. I appreciate it. Here is the code that I found does work for the single slideshow. I need to have 3 slideshows (side-by-side) that automatically change at same time. Each slideshow will have 3 images. Again thank you.

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
</head>

<body>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

//set image paths
src = ["images/car1.jpg", "images/car2.jpg", "images/car3.jpg"]

duration = 4;

//Please do not edit below
ads=[]; ct=0;
function switchAd() {
var n=(ct+1)%src.length;
if (ads[n] && (ads[n].complete || ads[n].complete==null)) {
document["Ad_Image"].src = ads[ct=n].src;
}
ads[n=(ct+1)%src.length] = new Image;
ads[n].src = src[n];
setTimeout("switchAd()",duration*1000);
}
function doLink(){
location.href = url[ct];
} onload = function(){
if (document.images)
switchAd();
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

<IMG NAME="Ad_Image" SRC="images/car1.jpg" BORDER=0 width="300" height="200">
</A>

</p>

<p align="center"><font face="arial" size="-2">

</body>

</html>
<html>

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
//SET IMAGE PATH CORRECTLY OK
var fadeimages=new Array()
//SET IMAGE PATHS. Extend or contract array as needed
fadeimages[0]=["images/3-65-51a1.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax
fadeimages[1]=["images/cart.gif", "", ""] //image with link syntax
fadeimages[2]=["images/h1.gif", "", ""] //image with link and target syntax

var fadeimages2=new Array() //2nd array set example. Remove or add more sets as needed.
//SET IMAGE PATHS. Extend or contract array as needed
fadeimages2[0]=["images/3-65-51a1.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax
fadeimages2[1]=["images/cart.gif", "", ""] //image with link syntax
fadeimages2[2]=["images/h1.gif", "", ""] //image with link and target syntax

var fadeimages3=new Array() //2nd array set example. Remove or add more sets as needed.
//SET IMAGE PATHS. Extend or contract array as needed
fadeimages3[0]=["images/3-65-51a1.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax
fadeimages3[1]=["images/cart.gif", "", ""] //image with link syntax
fadeimages3[2]=["images/h1.gif", "", ""] //image with link and target syntax

var fadebgcolor="white"

////NO need to edit beyond here/////////////

var fadearray=new Array() //array to cache fadeshow instances
var fadeclear=new Array() //array to cache corresponding clearinterval pointers

var dom=(document.getElementById) //modern dom browsers
var iebrowser=document.all

function fadeshow(theimages, fadewidth, fadeheight, borderwidth, delay, pause, displayorder){
this.pausecheck=pause
this.mouseovercheck=0
this.delay=delay
this.degree=10 //initial opacity degree (10%)
this.curimageindex=0
this.nextimageindex=1
fadearray[fadearray.length]=this
this.slideshowid=fadearray.length-1
this.canvasbase="canvas"+this.slideshowid
this.curcanvas=this.canvasbase+"_0"
if (typeof displayorder!="undefined")
theimages.sort(function() {return 0.5 - Math.random();}) //thanks to Mike (aka Mwinter) :)
this.theimages=theimages
this.imageborder=parseInt(borderwidth)
this.postimages=new Array() //preload images
for (p=0;p<theimages.length;p++){
this.postimages[p]=new Image()
this.postimages[p].src=theimages[p][0]
}

var fadewidth=fadewidth+this.imageborder*2
var fadeheight=fadeheight+this.imageborder*2

if (iebrowser&&dom||dom) //if IE5+ or modern browsers (ie: Firefox)
document.write('<div id="master'+this.slideshowid+'" style="position:relative;width:'+fadewidth+'px;height:'+fadeheight+'px;overflow:hidden;"><div id="'+this.canvasbase+'_0" style="position:absolute;width:'+fadewidth+'px;height:'+fadeheight+'px;top:0;left:0;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity=10);opacity:0.1;-moz-opacity:0.1;-khtml-opacity:0.1;background-color:'+fadebgcolor+'"></div><div id="'+this.canvasbase+'_1" style="position:absolute;width:'+fadewidth+'px;height:'+fadeheight+'px;top:0;left:0;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity=10);opacity:0.1;-moz-opacity:0.1;-khtml-opacity:0.1;background-color:'+fadebgcolor+'"></div></div>')
else
document.write('<div><img name="defaultslide'+this.slideshowid+'" src="'+this.postimages[0].src+'"></div>')

if (iebrowser&&dom||dom) //if IE5+ or modern browsers such as Firefox
this.startit()
else{
this.curimageindex++
setInterval("fadearray["+this.slideshowid+"].rotateimage()", this.delay)
}
}

function fadepic(obj){
if (obj.degree<100){
obj.degree+=10
if (obj.tempobj.filters&&obj.tempobj.filters[0]){
if (typeof obj.tempobj.filters[0].opacity=="number") //if IE6+
obj.tempobj.filters[0].opacity=obj.degree
else //else if IE5.5-
obj.tempobj.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+obj.degree+")"
}
else if (obj.tempobj.style.MozOpacity)
obj.tempobj.style.MozOpacity=obj.degree/101
else if (obj.tempobj.style.KhtmlOpacity)
obj.tempobj.style.KhtmlOpacity=obj.degree/100
else if (obj.tempobj.style.opacity&&!obj.tempobj.filters)
obj.tempobj.style.opacity=obj.degree/101
}
else{
clearInterval(fadeclear[obj.slideshowid])
obj.nextcanvas=(obj.curcanvas==obj.canvasbase+"_0")? obj.canvasbase+"_0" : obj.canvasbase+"_1"
obj.tempobj=iebrowser? iebrowser[obj.nextcanvas] : document.getElementById(obj.nextcanvas)
obj.populateslide(obj.tempobj, obj.nextimageindex)
obj.nextimageindex=(obj.nextimageindex<obj.postimages.length-1)? obj.nextimageindex+1 : 0
setTimeout("fadearray["+obj.slideshowid+"].rotateimage()", obj.delay)
}
}

fadeshow.prototype.populateslide=function(picobj, picindex){
var slideHTML=""
if (this.theimages[picindex][1]!="") //if associated link exists for image
slideHTML='<a href="'+this.theimages[picindex][1]+'" target="'+this.theimages[picindex][2]+'">'
slideHTML+='<img src="'+this.postimages[picindex].src+'" border="'+this.imageborder+'px">'
if (this.theimages[picindex][1]!="") //if associated link exists for image
slideHTML+='</a>'
picobj.innerHTML=slideHTML
}


fadeshow.prototype.rotateimage=function(){
if (this.pausecheck==1) //if pause onMouseover enabled, cache object
var cacheobj=this
if (this.mouseovercheck==1)
setTimeout(function(){cacheobj.rotateimage()}, 100)
else if (iebrowser&&dom||dom){
this.resetit()
var crossobj=this.tempobj=iebrowser? iebrowser[this.curcanvas] : document.getElementById(this.curcanvas)
crossobj.style.zIndex++
fadeclear[this.slideshowid]=setInterval("fadepic(fadearray["+this.slideshowid+"])",50)
this.curcanvas=(this.curcanvas==this.canvasbase+"_0")? this.canvasbase+"_1" : this.canvasbase+"_0"
}
else{
var ns4imgobj=document.images['defaultslide'+this.slideshowid]
ns4imgobj.src=this.postimages[this.curimageindex].src
}
this.curimageindex=(this.curimageindex<this.postimages.length-1)? this.curimageindex+1 : 0
}

fadeshow.prototype.resetit=function(){
this.degree=10
var crossobj=iebrowser? iebrowser[this.curcanvas] : document.getElementById(this.curcanvas)
if (crossobj.filters&&crossobj.filters[0]){
if (typeof crossobj.filters[0].opacity=="number") //if IE6+
crossobj.filters(0).opacity=this.degree
else //else if IE5.5-
crossobj.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+this.degree+")"
}
else if (crossobj.style.MozOpacity)
crossobj.style.MozOpacity=this.degree/101
else if (crossobj.style.KhtmlOpacity)
crossobj.style.KhtmlOpacity=this.degree/100
else if (crossobj.style.opacity&&!crossobj.filters)
crossobj.style.opacity=this.degree/101
}


fadeshow.prototype.startit=function(){
var crossobj=iebrowser? iebrowser[this.curcanvas] : document.getElementById(this.curcanvas)
this.populateslide(crossobj, this.curimageindex)
if (this.pausecheck==1){ //IF SLIDESHOW SHOULD PAUSE ONMOUSEOVER
var cacheobj=this
var crossobjcontainer=iebrowser? iebrowser["master"+this.slideshowid] : document.getElementById("master"+this.slideshowid)
crossobjcontainer.onmouseover=function(){cacheobj.mouseovercheck=1}
crossobjcontainer.onmouseout=function(){cacheobj.mouseovercheck=0}
}
this.rotateimage()
}

</script>
</head>

<body>

<?php /*?><script type="text/javascript">
//new fadeshow(IMAGES_ARRAY_NAME, slideshow_width, slideshow_height, borderwidth, delay, pause, optionalRandomOrder)
new fadeshow(fadeimages, 140, 225, 1, 3000, 1, "R")
new fadeshow(fadeimages2, 140, 225, 0, 5000, 0)

</script><?php */?>
<table width="12%" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="14%"><script type="text/javascript">new fadeshow(fadeimages, 140, 225, 0, 1000, 0)</script></td>
    <td width="7%"><script type="text/javascript">new fadeshow(fadeimages2, 140, 225, 0, 1000, 0)</script></td>
    <td width="79%"><script type="text/javascript">new fadeshow(fadeimages3, 140, 225, 0, 1000, 0)</script></td>
  </tr>
</table>


</body>
</html>

Dear Suneetha Reddy - First, thank you for all your time and efforts and help.

Ok, I tried the code you kindly suggested and worked out. I get 3 error messages:

style.MozOpacity is null or not an object.

itempobj.filters is null or not an object.

'degree' is null or not an object.

I am not sure what to do at this point. Take care, Fred

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