Rotating Banner Manager

[Tantirx]

I love the ease of using banner manager!! But is it possible to have the banners scroll (eg: change to the next banner automatically every 10 seconds?).

[Tantirx]

Ok you can see the banner rotator in action on my mockup page The banner rotates every 10 seconds.

There are 4 files for this script:

First is a CSS file:

.stepcarousel{
position: relative; /*leave this value alone*/
border: 0px solid black;
overflow: scroll; /*leave this value alone*/
width: 690px; /*Width of Carousel Viewer itself*/
height: 200px; /*Height should enough to fit largest content's height*/
}

.stepcarousel .belt{
position: absolute; /*leave this value alone*/
left: 0;
top: 5px;
}

.stepcarousel .panel{
float: left; /*leave this value alone*/
overflow: hidden; /*clip content that go outside dimensions of holding panel DIV*/
margin: 0px; /*margin around each panel*/
width: 690px; /*Width of each panel holding each content. If removed, widths should be individually defined on each content DIV then. */
}

Second is a remote JavaScript reference:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js

Third is the carousel viewer script:
http://www.oceanabyssaquatics.ca/redo/stepcarousel.js

And last but not least... the config javascript called carousel.js :

stepcarousel.setup({
	galleryid: 'mygallery', //id of carousel DIV
	beltclass: 'belt', //class of inner "belt" DIV containing all the panel DIVs
	panelclass: 'panel', //class of panel DIVs each holding content
	autostep: {enable:true, moveby:1, pause:7000},
	panelbehavior: {speed:1500, wraparound:true, wrapbehavior:'slide', persist:true},
	defaultbuttons: {enable: false, moveby: 1, leftnav: ['http://i34.tinypic.com/317e0s5.gif', -5, 80], rightnav: ['http://i38.tinypic.com/33o7di8.gif', -20, 80]},
	statusvars: ['statusA', 'statusB', 'statusC'], //register 3 variables that contain current panel (start), current panel (last), and total panels
	contenttype: ['inline'] //content setting ['inline'] or ['ajax', 'path_to_external_file']
})

[Tantirx]

One more thing the above is initiated using this code (as an example). I want to put the carousel where "Header Position 3" would normally be.

<div id="mygallery" class="stepcarousel">
<div class="belt">

<div class="panel">
<a href="http://www.oceanabyssaquatics.ca"><img src="./1.jpg" /></a>
</div>

<div class="panel">
<img src="./2.jpg" />
</div>

<div class="panel">
<img src="./3.jpg" />
</div>

<div class="panel">
<img src="./4.jpg" />
</div>

<div class="panel">
<img src="./5.jpg" />
</div>
</div>

</div>

[Tantirx]

Nudge...

[Tantirx]

Re-nudge

[gjh42]

Can you select the file with the <div id="mygallery" code as the banner file for header position 3?

You would save the stylesheet as something like stylesheet_carousel.css in /includes/templates/your_template/css/.

The js references and code should go in files named like jscript_xxx.js in /includes/templates/your_template/jscript/. I don't know the best way to organize them all, as I don't work with javascript. There are tutorials and forum threads with lots of information on the subject.