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A complete slide show can be presented in a popup box.
The Popup Slide Show introduced in this article has all
the programming you need in one package to put together
your own slide show.
Slide shows have a lot of possibilities. They can:
Diagram your unique selling proposition.
Present a step-by-step procedure.
Tell a text and/or picture story.
Show vacation pictures :)
Give a synopsis of your website.
Present a series of testimonials.
Show detailed information about your product or
service.
Present a short course of instruction for visitors
or business associates.
Popup Slide Shows can be used to present almost any
illustrative, supplemental, or marketing information.
The slide show is presented in a framed popup box. The
navigation is in one frame and the slide show pages are
presented in the other.
The slide show pages are actual web pages. Thus, you have
full control. Just make sure all the pages look good in the
slide show window.
Navigation can be with graphic buttons or text links. Popup
Slide Show navigation is with "next", "previous", "last",
"rewind", and "random" links. Only the "next" navigation
link is required. The rest can be used if your slide show
needs them.
This is how it works:
Someone clicks on your slide show link and they get a popup
window. And they view your slide show by clicking on the
navigation link(s).
Somewhere on a web page you will have a link that people
click for the slide show. The link is a JavaScript link;
other than that, there is nothing special about it. The
web page also has a JavaScript function which launches
the popup. There is nothing special about the function,
either; just a regular window popup function where you
specify the height and width of the popup, and where
you specify the file name of a page to load into the
popup window. The example page contains line by line
instructions.
The page you load into the popup window is actually a
frameset page. If you are familiar with frameset code,
you'll notice there is nothing unusual about it. It can
be customized but can also be used as is. If you decide
to customize it, the example page contains line by line
instructions. If you decide to use it as is, your
navigation page file name must be "slide_nav.html"
The navigation page is where you list the file names of
all the pages in your slide show. It also contains the
navigation graphic buttons (or text links, if you prefer).
The example page contains line by line instructions.
The slide show itself is composed of regular web pages --
except they need to be designed to fit within the size of
your popup window and they should have no clickable links.
To see for yourself how it works, go to the demonstration
page at http://willmaster.com/a/url.pl?ssdemo
A package using the demonstration page as the example is
available for free download. The package is a complete set
with all files needed to make your own Popup Slide Show.
It includes a README file with supplemental instructions.
The download package is compressed in ZIP format. If you
do not have a ZIP uncompression program on your computer,
links to free downloads for both Macintosh and Windows are
on the demonstration page.
This URL is a direct link to the download package:
http://willmaster.com/a/url.pl?ssazip
Happy happy!
Copyright 2000 by William and Mari Bontrager
William Bontrager, Programmer and Publisher
"Screaming Hot CGI" programs
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