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How can I make an image slide across the screen when another object loads?

Alright, this is REALLY convoluted but I think it would be cool

I have a music player on my blog:

Code:

<!--SCM Music Player by Adrian C Shum - http://scmplayer.net-->

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://scmplayer.net/script.js" ></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

SCMMusicPlayer.init("{'skin':'skins/black/skin.css','playback':{'autostart':'true','shuffle':'true','volume':'40'},'playlist':[{'title':'2Spooky Battle','url':'http://a.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdoptQ5LT1rte8jio1.mp3'}],'placement':'bottom','showplaylist':'false'}");

</script>

<!--End of SCM Music Player script-->

And I also have two pictures:

Code:

<html>

<head>

<style type="text/css">



#img1{

  position: fixed;

  right: 10px;

  bottom: 100px;

  z-index: 10;

}



#img2{

  position: fixed;

  left: 10px;

  top: 10px;

  z-index: 10;

}



</style>

</head>



<body>

  <img src="IMAGE1.png" id="img1">

  <img src="IMAGE2.png" id="img2">

</body>

</html>

I want img1 to slide from the left side of the screen to its fixed position on the right over the span of 2.6 (or 3, if decimals aren't possible) seconds. But this should only happen after the music starts playing (so it should domino after its loaded and autoplays). (From there, if possible, I'd like img1 to just hover up and down but I can live without that.)

Then I'd like img2 to just appear AFTER img1 has finished its initial animation (the slide across the screen). That needs to do nothing but just stay there.

The final and most important piece of the puzzle is that this can only happen ONCE. This is a blog so I don't want the pictures to re-load if someone goes to the next page. The music player has this property already but I'd like it for the pictures.

This is horribly complicated, I know, and I'm sorry to even be asking. But I think it would be really cool to get done.

If the player has a means to communicate to javascript outside of itself you can set the action off once playback starts (assuming they have the state change trigger an event for javascript to use).

I am probably not explaining that well, but for an example...

The JW FLV player from longtail has the ability to add "callback" functions for certain state changes within the flash player. So you can trigger events on track change, volume change, track scan, track buffer, play, pause, playlist change, etc.

The way to do that with the JW FLV player is something like this:

Code:

        jwplayer('my_player').setup({

                flashplayer: '/path/to/player.swf',

                file: '/path/to/playlist.xml,

                height: 300,

                width: 400,

                skin: '/path/to/player/skin.xml',

                volume: 50,

                events: {

                        onReady: function(){

                                //this javascript will be executed when the player itself is finished loading...

                                do_something();

                        },

                        onPlay: function(){

                                //this javascript will be executed when a track starts to play...

                                do_another_thing();

                        },

                        onComplete: function(){

                                //this javascript will be executed when a the player reaches the end of any single track...

                                do_one_more_thing();

                        }

                }

        });

The "onReady" or "on<whatever>" items are based on a list of available triggers built into the player (you can check the documentation if you need it) and the code afterward is the script that will be executed when the player's event trigger is fired.

If the player you are using has similar functionality then it is as simple as adding a callback function in the player's initialization so that you can trigger the image effect once buffering ends and playback begins. If not, then you might consider switching to the JW FLV player.

But in any case, this is a javascript question and not an HTML/CSS question. Please contact a moderator to have your thread moved to the appropriate section. (Do not cross-post!)

Your music is way too long. You should shorten it. You need javascript or jquery to make changes in the html. Easier to do the animation with jquery, so that's what i did. We may have to add a delay to the start of the animation but this is what I have. Change your body to this:

Code:

<body>

  <img src="IMAGE1.png" id="img1">

  <img src="IMAGE2.png" id="img2">



<script type='text/javascript' src='javascript/jquery.js'></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function(){

        $('#img1').animate({left:'900px'}, 26000,function(){

                $('#img1').attr('left','900px');

                $('#img2').css("display","block");

        });

});

</script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://scmplayer.net/script.js" ></script>

<script type="text/javascript">

SCMMusicPlayer.init("{'skin':'skins/black/skin.css','playback':{'autostart':'true','shuffle':'true','volume':'40'},'playlist':[{'title':'2Spooky Battle','url':'http://a.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdoptQ5LT1rte8jio1.mp3'}],'placement':'bottom','showplaylist':'false'}");

</script>

</body>

You might want to play with the animation speed That's the number 26000 OR the final placement of img 1