Controlling my slide show . . .

**pts123** · 04-27-2009, 05:29 AM

This one will probably be a tough one, but I need help and I'm hoping it can be done at all? I'm just about ready to go live with my latest and I have added a rotating type slide show hosted at Photobucket. This site will be for Ham Radio operators and they will be submitting their QSL cards that I scan and copy up to the slide show. Here's what I want to do.

The text added to the header template is this:

<div style="width:100%; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w607.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w607.photobucket.com/albums/.pbw" height="90" width="100%"></div>

I just put it at the top in the template and there it is. But, I realize that having that running all the time is a bit annoying, so I need a way to turn it off. Normally I just remove it from the template and it's gone. How can I add a button to the top of my home page that says "QSL Slideshow on/off". If I had that, users could control it themselves. How can I control that little bit of text in the template? Would I add a template and have that text in a seperate template or rem it out, or what? It would need to be controlled by each user effecting only what they see.

If anyone has an idea or can tell me where I could get some help with this one, please let me know and Thanks

Check it out: Simple Redirect Script

JD in KC

**Cerberus** · 04-27-2009, 06:24 AM

You should be able to do that fine with jquery.

Basic Show and Hide Learning jQuery - Tips, Techniques, Tutorials

That should help you out

**ArnyVee** · 04-27-2009, 05:14 PM

This is kinda what I wanted to do. But, have it loop instead of just ending.

Is there an option for that JD?

**pts123** · 04-28-2009, 12:34 PM

How can I rem out text in a template. I am trying to create a button that can change the contents of my header template. If I can rem a section out, like in a .bat file, rem or * or # or :: to have that portion be ignored, (commented out). I have tried, but it seems like whatever I've tried does not work? Help

JD in KC

**Cerberus** · 04-28-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by pts123

How can I rem out text in a template. I am trying to create a button that can change the contents of my header template. If I can rem a section out, like in a .bat file, rem or * or # or :: to have that portion be ignored, (commented out). I have tried, but it seems like whatever I've tried does not work? Help

JD in KC

If you want to be able to click something and make something change on the page you will need to use some type of javascript, but like I said above jquery can do all those things and right nicely. Thats what I would suggest as for the correct code, what exactly are you doing? Maybe I can help?

**pts123** · 04-29-2009, 05:10 AM

Thanks for helping me look into this. If you go to the site now, you will see the slideshow is gone. That's what happens when I remove the code from the header template and refresh the page. If I add the code it starts again. If I could just figure out a way to automate that process in a button on the home page. I guess I would want to default it on when a person goes to my site and they can stop it during that session if they want.

A seperate template or comment that code out or what, that is the problem. I went to the jQuery website and posted the question, but it was very confusing to see how to post there. I even joined the Yahoo group and posted it. I did get a reply from Charlie Tomlinson:

There is a simple solution if all you want to do is hide the slideshow, that only requires a couple of lines of javascript code

Charlie Tomlinson wrote:
jQuery is javscript but it is not an off the shelf solution to your problem. Flash plugin uses javascript but your best place to look is in the API for photobucket

Liken your search to buying a Kenwood radio then going to Best Buy to figure out the electronics inside it. Makes more sense to go to the manual at the source.

I did check out the Photobucket API, but I don't really want my users interacting with them. I just want the slide show off or on. Let me know if you think of any way to do it, Thanks again

JD in KC