Slide Show

[Terry Bennett]

Sorry if this is a basic question or outside the scope of this Group ... I'm
very much a novice.

I want to create a simple slide show on a web page (created with Publisher
and now uploaded) such that c 10/12 photos are shown as a slide show
embedded within the page when it is opened.

I'm guessing I need some form of special software for this. Can anyone
point me in the right direction? I need it to be inexpensive!

Thanks for any help.

 

[Spike]

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-Flash-Converter.htm

The above FREE program will convert videos to flash and provide the
necessary code that is compatible with publisher.

Using Windows Movie Maker (another FREE program) create a movie made of
single photos and
saved it as a WMV file

Convert the WMV file to a SWF (Flash) file
Placed the code provided by the converter in the HTML fragment box
Edit the size in the code if you want a smaller picture

Publish to the web and post the SWF file in the same folder

The SWF files start over on their own and repeat

Try using the FLV output, it only plays once
Publish to the web and post the FLV file in the same folder


That's all there is to it

Spike

 

[Terry Bennett]

Spike - that sounds just the job. Many thanks - I will give it a try.

 

[DavidF]

If you are looking for just a slide show instead of a video then look at the
Porta and JAlbum slide shows or other javascript slide shows (google).

DavidF

 

[Terry Bennett]

Thanks David. I can't find anything under 'Porta' but 'JAlbum' seems to be
a separate site where you can create an album and then link to it. I need
the slideshow to appear on my site without having to go elsewhere.

 

[DavidF]

You can import the slide show into the page using a code fragment and an
iframe. Upload the slideshow html files to a subfolder on your host and link
to them.

<IFRAME src="http://www.yourdomainname.com/Album/index.html"
width="700" height="600" hspace="0" vspace="0"
frameborder="0" scrolling="auto"></IFRAME>

This assumes you name the subfolder "Album" and that your slide show needs a
space of 700 X 600 pixels on your page.

http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/

DavidF

 

[John G]

Thanks David. I can't find anything under 'Porta' but 'JAlbum' seems to be
a separate site where you can create an album and then link to it. I need
the slideshow to appear on my site without having to go elsewhere.

Top entry from your friend GOOGLE is www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/
It makes a variety of styles of slide shows

John G.

 

[Terry Bennett]

Thanks David. I think I get the drift but my images are currently in .jpg
format. Do they have to be 'converted' to html? When I type that code into
my off-line HTML editor it creates a frame at the bottom of the page with a
404 Server Error but I guess that's just because it's not on line. How do
place the slideshow in an existing frame (same size) further up the page
rather than at the bottom and how do I centre it (rather than left-aligned
as at present)?

I do appreciate your help!

 

[DavidF]

You need to read the instructions for using JAlbum and/or the Porta slide
shows. In the case of Porta you will create the slide show files on your
local computer from a group of, or a folder of .jpg files. Porta will make
copies and organize those copies in various folders of thumbnail images,
midsize images, and perhaps full size images along with some javascript,
etc. All of those "web files or html files as I called them" are accessed by
a "home page" of sorts which is called "index.html". Once again read the
instructions for how to use Porta or which ever slideshow generator you use.
Once you produce your slideshow files you upload them (individual files and
folders) all to that subfolder you created on your host which I called
"Album". Your web page preview will not import the slide show until you have
uploaded those files. You can also preview the album on your local computer
by just double clicking the index.htm file just as you would preview any
..htm file.

As to the code fragment box placement and or size you will just have to
experiment. In my case I found that 700X600 code fragment box, centered on a
760 pixel wide box gave me the results I wanted based on the size of
thumbnails and other size images I chose. I have used both Porta and JAlbum
and in both cases the photo album adjusted to the iframe window I created,
gave me optional thumbnail sizes, midsize and full size images, plus
different skins.

Welcome to web design by trial and terror. I have given you the basic
framework and code snippet to use an iframe to import one of the slideshows
that you can produce with JAlbum, Porta and other slideshows. SPike gave you
a framework and an approach to use if you want to import a video. Now it is
up to you...have fun.

DavidF

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

JAlbum can be used either way.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web

 

[Terry Bennett]

Now working, at last!

Thanks again for your help.

 

[DavidF]

Great! Thanks for the feedback...tis appreciated.

DavidF