Trying to find a slideshow widget

[Mac Hine]

As a struggling ongoing user of WD11 Premium, I'm trying to find where to find (even if there is) a way to display say 5/6 images on a continously rotating slideshow on a website page header.
"Rotating" as in one image after another, after another, no text, no option for the user to scroll forwards or backwards. Purely some images that move through a slideshow continuosly.
It would be great if there were options do choose the selection speed, how the image appears - slides in, dissolves in, etc.

I found one called Nivo Slider, but I can't seem to replace the sample photos with the ones I want.
Also in the page that opens up to explain the use, I can't alter the transistion effect (#3)or the delay(#4). I tried so many times to change the option on that page, but I just can't get any digits into those two boxes.
Even if suceed with that part, I don't want any text at all, but can't find how to remove the black caption below the images.



(Sorry, I've posted this in the wrong forum. It should have gone into Web Design Chat, obviously.)

[Egg Bramhill]

Here you go Mac Hine. I apologise about the sound quality, it's a new version of my screen grab program and I've yet to sort out a decent sound recording:



Here is the code for both HEAD placeholders:

<style>
.slideshow_paging { display: none; }
</style>

And

<style>
.slideshow_prev { display: none; }
.slideshow_next { display: none; }
</style>

Again much thanks to Acorn. Perhaps he can point us to his source .web files

[Acorn]

Again much thanks to Acorn. Perhaps he can point us to his source .web files

Here: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...-Slider-Widget.

Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

Thanks for that Acorn, I've saved it to my H/D now.

[Mac Hine]

Thanks so much for your help on this Egg.

Don't even apologise about the sound quality, the fact that someone has taken the time to make a video and explain how to use this widget, for the hard-of-learning, like myself.

Having said that, when I open the cycle6 widget, when I click to edit it, I have a standard-ish set-up menu appear. I noticed on your video you have a tab with a couple of CSS3 thingies there. I can't seem to find that at all.

Something else, when I paste the html you supplied for slideshow paging and slideshow prev & next, the image on my page disappears, although it's still there somewhere. There's just a very faint outline of where the image should be.
Any ideas on that one?

Thanks again for your valuable assistance.

[Egg Bramhill]

Hi Mac,

The CSS3 thingies where just placeholders supplied by member Acorn. See Acorns link in the post above yours, you'll see a number of these CSS3 "thingies", there just Acorns way of showing placeholders.

On your second point I dont know what's happening with you .web file. Could you attach it here?

[Mac Hine]

I'll try and attach it.
Living in Thailand, t'internet is apallingly slow, but see what happens. It's a 2.3Mb file with the images attached.

[Topcop]

I an finding this interesting, the video and the other explanations. However i do not understand the bit about opening the web file or how you get these CSS placeholders.

Please excuse my ignorance. How do I get the widget CSS placeholders

[gwpriester]

Mac - I think the tweaks in Acorn's Nivo Slider CSS Web were made to work with the Nivo slider. (see attached).

I stretched the Nivo slider and added your photos and the two tweaks to remove the caption bar. I removed the caption text manually from the edit window. The photos have lost their resolution and are not very sharp.

Acorn or Egg - Is there a way to change the aspect ratio of the Nivo Slider? In Mac Hine's web file his images are wider and not as tall.

[Topcop]

I did a bit more reading and after viewing Mac's video again I think I have cracked it.

However the widget does take a long time to load in the web page review.

Any suggestions?