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I presently use Front Page 2003 to create photo galleries.

Is there an add-in or other method for creating a slide show which

sequentially displays each of the photos in a given web directory/folder?

I would like a visitor to such a web page to be able to click on an icon to

initiate a slide show rather than having to manually view each and every

photo in a photo gallery.

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Gil


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Check out JAlbum its free, highly customizable and it's albums are easily

incorporated into FP.





"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

|I presently use Front Page 2003 to create photo galleries.

| Is there an add-in or other method for creating a slide show which

| sequentially displays each of the photos in a given web directory/folder?

| I would like a visitor to such a web page to be able to click on an icon

to

| initiate a slide show rather than having to manually view each and every

| photo in a photo gallery.

| --

| Gil





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Thanks for the reply. Do you know if a JAlbum slideshow added to my Front

Page generated website uses the photo files already stored on my site (as

opposed to creating a whole new "slideshow file" which would double the disk

space requirements)?

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Gil





"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

No, because you generate the JAlbum outside of FP first.



But, what would be the reason to duplicate anyway? Just take the images you

have online offline and move to a folder outside of FP, then generate your

new album(s). Then import the newly generated JAlbum folder into FP and

Publish.





"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

| Thanks for the reply. Do you know if a JAlbum slideshow added to my Front

| Page generated website uses the photo files already stored on my site (as

| opposed to creating a whole new "slideshow file" which would double the

disk

| space requirements)?

| --

| Gil

|

|

| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

|

|>Check out JAlbum its free, highly customizable and it's albums are

easily

|>incorporated into FP.

|>

|>

|>"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

|>news:D2B53F40-5E84-471A-8549-A08E85DDDE54@microsoft.com...

|>|I presently use Front Page 2003 to create photo galleries.

|>| Is there an add-in or other method for creating a slide show which

|>| sequentially displays each of the photos in a given web

directory/folder?

|>| I would like a visitor to such a web page to be able to click on an

icon

|>to

|>| initiate a slide show rather than having to manually view each and

every

|>| photo in a photo gallery.

|>| --

|>| Gil

|>

|>

|>





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I understand. I'll give it a try. I was hoping to allow users to access

either individual photos or a slide show.

Thanks for your inputs.

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Gil





"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

Gil wrote:

You certainly can allow users to see either a single image or a slide show.



Go to Picture Album on my site (address below)



I haven't used JAlbum -I did it with JS.

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Cheers,

Trevor L.

Website: tandcl.homemail.com.au">tandcl.homemail.com.au





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You could make up a powerpoint presentation; make a link to the PPT file;

have the viewer as a download from microsoft.com.



Otherwise there are utilities around that convert PPT to Flash (which a user

may be more likely to have rather than Powerpoint or the PPT viewer).



Alternatively there's javascripts around that make images "transition"

between one another.



You could also display your images as thumbnails, which link to the big

image, that way the user can randomly choose the image rather than

sequentially view all of them.





"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Some suggestions:

www.eleanorstravels.com/PhotoGalleryPrograms/index.htm">www.eleanorstravels.com/PhotoGalleryPrograms/index.htm

Eleanor

"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Not sure I understand. But, JAlbum has many skins - one of them is likely to

do what you want.





"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

|I understand. I'll give it a try. I was hoping to allow users to access

| either individual photos or a slide show.

| Thanks for your inputs.

| --

| Gil

|

|

| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

|

|>No, because you generate the JAlbum outside of FP first.

|>

|>But, what would be the reason to duplicate anyway? Just take the images

you

|>have online offline and move to a folder outside of FP, then generate

your

|>new album(s). Then import the newly generated JAlbum folder into FP and

|>Publish.

|>

|>

|>"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

|>news:5031FDF2-3AFB-4C64-8EA8-3AD00406D8AD@microsoft.com...

|>| Thanks for the reply. Do you know if a JAlbum slideshow added to my

Front

|>| Page generated website uses the photo files already stored on my site

(as

|>| opposed to creating a whole new "slideshow file" which would double

the

|>disk

|>| space requirements)?

|>| --

|>| Gil

|>|

|>|

|>| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

|>|

|>|>Check out JAlbum its free, highly customizable and it's albums are

|>easily

|>|>incorporated into FP.

|>|>

|>|>

|>|>"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

|>|>news:D2B53F40-5E84-471A-8549-A08E85DDDE54@microsoft.com...

|>|>|I presently use Front Page 2003 to create photo galleries.

|>|>| Is there an add-in or other method for creating a slide show which

|>|>| sequentially displays each of the photos in a given web

|>directory/folder?

|>|>| I would like a visitor to such a web page to be able to click on

an

|>icon

|>|>to

|>|>| initiate a slide show rather than having to manually view each and

|>every

|>|>| photo in a photo gallery.

|>|>| --

|>|>| Gil

|>|>

|>|>

|>|>

|>

|>

|>





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Should have sent you this first:

www.eleanorstravels.com/galleryconsiderations.htm">www.eleanorstravels.com/galleryconsiderations.htm

Eleanor

"E. T. Culling" <etcetc@notatcrcwnet.com>wrote in message



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Trevor,

Yes, your site is doing exacly what I was trying to accomplish. I take it

JS refers to Java Script? Being a novice, I am not familiar with how one

applies a Java Script to a web page (much less being able to originate a

script).

--

Gil





"Trevor L." wrote:

Eleanor,

The references you provided are most helpful. Being a novice, I'm

unfamiliar with how to apply Java Scripts. I see a number of scripts posted

that do exactly what I'm trying to do. But I'm not sure how to apply them to

my page. Is it possible to reference a directory of photos with a wildcard

such that the script slideshow sequences through all of them or do I need to

explicity reference each photo file name in the script?

Thanks,

--

Gil





"E. T. Culling" wrote:

Which program are you referring to? Most will do the work for you once you

have made a folder of images, optimized them etc.... all in one folder is

best). For instance, work with JAlbum outside of FP, then when finished

IMPORT the whole folder into FP and link appropriately.

Eleanor

"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Eleanor,



One script that I was looking at was the Carousel Slideshow II shown on:

www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/carousel2.htm">www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/carousel2.htm



I have an existing website that has many pages of photo collections. Each

web page presently has a photo gallery for its assigned photos. The photos

for each web page are all in their own subdirectory (each page maps to a

unique subdirectory of photos).



I was envisioning envisioning applying individual instantiations of the

above script to each web page. Being new to Java scripts I wasn't sure what

I would modify in the script to point to my subdirectory of photos?

--

Gil





"E. T. Culling" wrote:

Andrew,

I thought of doing something like that, but I'm trying to avoid adding to

the file storage requirements. A flash file with a slideshow of all my

photos in addition to retaining my existing photo gallery would take a lot of

storage space. I think I will need to implement a script that accesses my

existing photo files and presents them in an automated slideshow.

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Gil





"Andrew Murray" wrote:

Gil wrote:

Gil,

There have been a few posts in reply.



Have any gievn you what you want or do you want to pursue my method ?



It takes a little bit of setting up, which can be daunting for newcomers.

I can try to simplify it as much as possible and post the code here (or

refer you to the code on my site).



Let me know. I am happy to do what is needed to get you going.

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Cheers,

Trevor L.

Website: tandcl.homemail.com.au">tandcl.homemail.com.au





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I personally would want to work that way. I'd choose a program that will

work with a selected folder of images, such as all of these:

www.eleanorstravels.com/australia05.htm">www.eleanorstravels.com/australia05.htm done the same way when I got

home from a trip to Australia last March, made with the capabilities of

Ulead's Photo Explorer. Not fancy but easy, and in this case consistent.

I've used many other types of slide shows on my site. Poke around there

until you find a style you like ... and ask if you need to.

www.eleanorstravels.com/index.html">www.eleanorstravels.com/index.html

Eleanor



"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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I meant I would NOT want to work that way. Sorry.

Eleanor

"E. T. Culling" <etcetc@notatcrcwnet.com>wrote in message



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Gil wrote:

Gil,



This is the code I use to start a slideshow

<input type="button" value="Start/Stop Slideshow"

onclick="auto()"/>



This starts at the first image/slide, and each 8 seconds moves to the next

until all have been displayed



Of course, there is a bit of code behind this simple call, but I think it

answers your direct question

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Cheers,

Trevor L.

Website: tandcl.homemail.com.au">tandcl.homemail.com.au





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Trevor,



The respondents have been great and they have given me a clear understanding

that I need to use something like a Java script to do what I want. I have

just tried implementing one using a script that was posted in one of the

references. In Front Page, I did



Insert / Web Component / Advanced Controls / Java Applet



and in the dialog box I set up a pointer to the Java Script I created in

Notepad.

When I run the page, I get a box where I inserted the Web Component and it

has an X in it. This is obviously not able to execute my script as I

expected. At the bottom of the web browser it gives the message



"exception: java.lang.NullPointerException."



Can you provide me any hints as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

--

Gil





"Trevor L." wrote:

You can not run JavaScript from the FP Java Applets.



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"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Eleanor,



I have just tried implementing one using a script that was posted in one of

the references you gave me. In Front Page, I did



Insert / Web Component / Advanced Controls / Java Applet



and in the dialog box I set up a pointer to the Java Script I created in

Notepad.

When I run the page, I get a box where I inserted the Web Component and it

has an X in it. This is obviously not able to execute my script as I

expected. At the bottom of the web browser it gives the message



"exception: java.lang.NullPointerException."



Can you provide me any hints as to what I'm doing wrong?



I looked over your site, and I found many photo galleries. However, I

couldn't find any with automatic slide shows. Is there a place on your site

where I can find a script that implements an auto slideshow as you refered to?



By the way, you have a lot of terrific photos. I'm jealous with all your

travels.



Thanks,

--

Gil



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Gil





"E. T. Culling" wrote:

Java Applet is different than Java Script





"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

| Eleanor,

|

| I have just tried implementing one using a script that was posted in one

of

| the references you gave me. In Front Page, I did

|

| Insert / Web Component / Advanced Controls / Java Applet

|

| and in the dialog box I set up a pointer to the Java Script I created in

| Notepad.

| When I run the page, I get a box where I inserted the Web Component and it

| has an X in it. This is obviously not able to execute my script as I

| expected. At the bottom of the web browser it gives the message

|

| "exception: java.lang.NullPointerException."

|

| Can you provide me any hints as to what I'm doing wrong?

|

| I looked over your site, and I found many photo galleries. However, I

| couldn't find any with automatic slide shows. Is there a place on your

site

| where I can find a script that implements an auto slideshow as you refered

to?

|

| By the way, you have a lot of terrific photos. I'm jealous with all your

| travels.

|

| Thanks,

| --

| Gil

|

| --

| Gil

|

|

| "E. T. Culling" wrote:

|

|>Which program are you referring to? Most will do the work for you once

you

|>have made a folder of images, optimized them etc.... all in one folder

is

|>best). For instance, work with JAlbum outside of FP, then when finished

|>IMPORT the whole folder into FP and link appropriately.

|>Eleanor

|>"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

|>news:6E105DDE-8420-436D-A170-3F830DE513E9@microsoft.com...

|>>Eleanor,

|>>The references you provided are most helpful. Being a novice, I'm

|>>unfamiliar with how to apply Java Scripts. I see a number of scripts

|>>posted

|>>that do exactly what I'm trying to do. But I'm not sure how to apply

them

|>>to

|>>my page. Is it possible to reference a directory of photos with a

|>>wildcard

|>>such that the script slideshow sequences through all of them or do I

need

|>>to

|>>explicity reference each photo file name in the script?

|>>Thanks,

|>>--

|>>Gil

|>>

|>>

|>>"E. T. Culling" wrote:

|>>

|>>>Some suggestions:

|>>>www.eleanorstravels.com/PhotoGalleryPrograms/index.htm">www.eleanorstravels.com/PhotoGalleryPrograms/index.htm

|>>>Eleanor

|>>>"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

|>>>news:D2B53F40-5E84-471A-8549-A08E85DDDE54@microsoft.com...

|>>>>I presently use Front Page 2003 to create photo galleries.

|>>>>Is there an add-in or other method for creating a slide show which

|>>>>sequentially displays each of the photos in a given web

|>>>>directory/folder?

|>>>>I would like a visitor to such a web page to be able to click on an

|>>>>icon

|>>>>to

|>>>>initiate a slide show rather than having to manually view each and

|>>>>every

|>>>>photo in a photo gallery.

|>>>>--

|>>>>Gil

|>>>

|>>>

|>>>

|>

|>

|>





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Hi Gil ... Thanks for the nice comments. I think I need to have you define

what you mean by automatic, please. I've used it to imply that you can make

a folder of photos and then one of the programs will take them and build the

slide show 'automatically" using choices that you make along the way ...

such as using JAlum and all it's possibilities.

Java script is not a Java applet ... don't confuse them.

Do you possibily want the show to run 'automatically' after you have built

it.

Take a serious look at JAlbum!

It's probably best not to have to work directly with javascripts.

Some of the shows on my site were amde with programs that only work with

Dreamweaver, not FrontPage. As you know I haven't nothing good to say about

the FP slideshow component.

You might want to do a Google search for 'automatic' slideshows.

You can contact me personally if you wish.

Eleanor

"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Thomas,

How do I link/invoke a JavaScript from Front Page?

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Gil





"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:

Trevor,

Thanks for the code segment. How do I add this to my web page created from

Front Page? Another reply I received indicated that I couldn't do it by

using the FP Java Applets mechanism.

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Gil





"Trevor L." wrote:

Eleanor,



What I was trying to accomplish is that when a visitor opened up one of my

photo webpages, they would have a button/link they could click on that would

then start sequencing through a display of all photos contained in one of my

photo directories. By automatic I mean that the visitor would not have to

click to advance to the next photo.



I must have misunderstood the prior guidance in that I thought I would need

to resort to a JavaScript (such as those posted on the various references) to

be able to accomplish the above.



What I was hoping to accomplish is that the only impact to the storage of my

website would be some small scripts or equivalent as opposed to the storage

required to host a flash or video file "copy" of my concatenated slideshow.

In other words I was of the impression that a JavaScript could "on the fly"

read and sequence through the existing photos in a directory.

--

Gil





"E. T. Culling" wrote:

The site where your got the script should give you instructions for inserting the script into your

pages. If not then you need to contact the site/author of the script, as FP doesn't have any

components that would do this.



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==============================================

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==============================================

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a Service Pack or security update, please contact

Microsoft Product Support Services:

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If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a

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"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Ahh, I thought Front Page would have provisions for utilizing JavaScripts.

I guess if I had HTML, I could manually edit the HTML generated by FP to

insert new capabilities. But it sounds like JavaScripts are useless to me

when using FP.

Thanks,

--

Gil





"Thomas A. Rowe" wrote:

You can easily add JavaScript based functions to FP, but you have to insert the script in HTML /

Code View per the instructions provided with the script.



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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)

==============================================

If you feel your current issue is a results of installing

a Service Pack or security update, please contact

Microsoft Product Support Services:

support.microsoft.com">support.microsoft.com

If the problem can be shown to have been caused by a

security update, then there is usually no charge for the call.

==============================================



"Gil" <Gil@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message