Hello everybody,
I am a complete Javascript novice but I'm hoping that you kind, intelligent, and beautiful people will find it in your hearts to help me.
I'm pretty sure what I'm trying to do is very simple but I just can't get it working!
Found a nice bit of code for a content 'glider' I want to use...
Code:
var featuredcontentglider={
csszindex: 100,
ajaxloadingmsg: '<b>Fetching Content. Please wait...</b>',
glide:function(config, showpage, isprev){
var selected=parseInt(showpage)
if (selected>=config.$contentdivs.length){ //if no content exists at this index position
alert("No content exists at page "+(selected+1)+"! Loading 1st page instead.")
selected=0
}
var $target=config.$contentdivs.eq(selected)
//Test for toggler not being initialized yet, or user clicks on the currently selected page):
if (config.$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected')==null || parseInt(config.$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected'))!=selected){
var $selectedlink=config.$toc.eq(selected)
config.$next.attr('loadpage', (selected<config.$contentdivs.length-1)? selected+1+'pg' : 0+'pg')
config.$prev.attr('loadpage', (selected==0)? config.$contentdivs.length-1+'pg' : selected-1+'pg')
var startpoint=(isprev=="previous")? -config.startpoint : config.startpoint
$target.css(config.leftortop, startpoint).css("zIndex", this.csszindex++) //hide content so it's just out of view before animating it
var endpoint=(config.leftortop=="left")? {left:0} : {top:0} //animate it into view
$target.animate(endpoint, config.speed)
config.$toc.removeClass('selected')
$selectedlink.addClass('selected')
config.$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected', selected+'pg')
}
},
getremotecontent:function(config){
config.$glider.html(this.ajaxloadingmsg)
$.ajax({
url: config.remotecontent,
error:function(ajaxrequest){
config.$glider.html('Error fetching content.<br />Server Response: '+ajaxrequest.responseText)
},
success:function(content){
config.$glider.html(content)
featuredcontentglider.setuptoggler(config)
}
})
},
aligncontents:function(config){
config.$contentdivs=$("#"+config.gliderid+" ."+config.contentclass)
config.$contentdivs.css(config.leftortop, config.startpoint).css({height: config.$glider.height(), visibility: 'visible'}) //position content divs so they're out of view:
},
setuptoggler:function(config){
this.aligncontents(config)
config.$togglerdiv.hide()
config.$toc.each(function(index){
$(this).attr('pagenumber', index+'pg')
if (index > (config.$contentdivs.length-1))
$(this).css({display: 'none'}) //hide redundant "toc" links
})
var $nextandprev=$("#"+config.togglerid+" .next, #"+config.togglerid+" .prev")
$nextandprev.click(function(event){ //Assign click behavior to 'next' and 'prev' links
featuredcontentglider.glide(config, this.getAttribute('loadpage'), this.getAttribute('buttontype'))
event.preventDefault() //cancel default link action
})
config.$toc.click(function(event){ //Assign click behavior to 'toc' links
featuredcontentglider.glide(config, this.getAttribute('pagenumber'))
event.preventDefault()
})
config.$togglerdiv.fadeIn(1000, function(){
featuredcontentglider.glide(config, config.selected)
if (config.autorotate==true){ //auto rotate contents?
config.stepcount=0 //set steps taken
config.totalsteps=config.$contentdivs.length*config.autorotateconfig[1] //Total steps limit: num of contents x num of user specified cycles)
featuredcontentglider.autorotate(config)
}
})
config.$togglerdiv.click(function(){
featuredcontentglider.cancelautorotate(config.togglerid)
})
},
autorotate:function(config){
var rotatespeed=config.speed+config.autorotateconfig[0]
window[config.togglerid+"timer"]=setInterval(function(){
if (config.totalsteps>0 && config.stepcount>=config.totalsteps){
clearInterval(window[config.togglerid+"timer"])
}
else{
config.$next.click()
config.stepcount++
}
}, rotatespeed)
},
cancelautorotate:function(togglerid){
if (window[togglerid+"timer"])
clearInterval(window[togglerid+"timer"])
},
getCookie:function(Name){
var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i") //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
return null
},
setCookie:function(name, value){
document.cookie = name+"="+value
},
init:function(config){
$(document).ready(function(){
config.$glider=$("#"+config.gliderid)
config.$togglerdiv=$("#"+config.togglerid)
config.$toc=config.$togglerdiv.find('.toc')
config.$next=config.$togglerdiv.find('.next')
config.$prev=config.$togglerdiv.find('.prev')
config.$prev.attr('buttontype', 'previous')
var selected=(config.persiststate)? featuredcontentglider.getCookie(config.gliderid) : config.selected
config.selected=(isNaN(parseInt(selected))) ? config.selected : selected //test for cookie value containing null (1st page load) or "undefined" string
config.leftortop=(/up/i.test(config.direction))? "top" : "left" //set which CSS property to manipulate based on "direction"
config.heightorwidth=(/up/i.test(config.direction))? config.$glider.height() : config.$glider.width() //Get glider height or width based on "direction"
config.startpoint=(/^(left|up)/i.test(config.direction))? -config.heightorwidth : config.heightorwidth //set initial position of contents based on "direction"
if (typeof config.remotecontent!="undefined" && config.remotecontent.length>0)
featuredcontentglider.getremotecontent(config)
else
featuredcontentglider.setuptoggler(config)
$(window).bind('unload', function(){ //clean up and persist
config.$togglerdiv.unbind('click')
config.$toc.unbind('click')
config.$next.unbind('click')
config.$prev.unbind('click')
if (config.persiststate)
featuredcontentglider.setCookie(config.gliderid, config.$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected'))
config=null
})
})
}
}
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...tentglider.htm
It does exactly what I want EXCEPT I would like a nice fading effect (instead of gliding), just as per this code:
Code:
var fadecontentviewer={
csszindex: 100,
fade:function($allcontents, togglerid, selected, speed){
var selected=parseInt(selected)
var $togglerdiv=$("#"+togglerid)
var $target=$allcontents.eq(selected)
if ($target.length==0){ //if no content exists at this index position (ie: stemming from redundant pagination link)
alert("No content exists at page number "+selected+"!")
return
}
if ($togglerdiv.attr('lastselected')==null || parseInt($togglerdiv.attr('lastselected'))!=selected){
var $toc=$("#"+togglerid+" .toc")
var $selectedlink=$toc.eq(selected)
$("#"+togglerid+" .next").attr('nextpage', (selected<$allcontents.length-1)? selected+1+'pg' : 0+'pg')
$("#"+togglerid+" .prev").attr('previouspage', (selected==0)? $allcontents.length-1+'pg' : selected-1+'pg')
$target.css({zIndex: this.csszindex++, visibility: 'visible'})
$target.hide()
$target.fadeIn(speed)
$toc.removeClass('selected')
$selectedlink.addClass('selected')
$togglerdiv.attr('lastselected', selected+'pg')
}
},
setuptoggler:function($allcontents, togglerid, speed){
var $toc=$("#"+togglerid+" .toc")
$toc.each(function(index){
$(this).attr('pagenumber', index+'pg')
})
var $next=$("#"+togglerid+" .next")
var $prev=$("#"+togglerid+" .prev")
$next.click(function(){
fadecontentviewer.fade($allcontents, togglerid, $(this).attr('nextpage'), speed)
return false
})
$prev.click(function(){
fadecontentviewer.fade($allcontents, togglerid, $(this).attr('previouspage'), speed)
return false
})
$toc.click(function(){
fadecontentviewer.fade($allcontents, togglerid, $(this).attr('pagenumber'), speed)
return false
})
},
init:function(fadeid, contentclass, togglerid, selected, speed){
$(document).ready(function(){
var faderheight=$("#"+fadeid).height()
var $fadecontents=$("#"+fadeid+" ."+contentclass)
$fadecontents.css({top: 0, left: 0, height: faderheight, visibility: 'hidden'})
fadecontentviewer.setuptoggler($fadecontents, togglerid, speed)
setTimeout(function(){fadecontentviewer.fade($fadecontents, togglerid, selected, speed)}, 100)
$(window).bind('unload', function(){ //clean up
$("#"+togglerid+" .toc").unbind('click')
$("#"+togglerid+" .next", "#"+togglerid+" .prev").unbind('click')
})
})
}
}
http://javascriptkit.com/script/scri...ntviewer.shtml
To my untrained eyes the codes seem very similar, both use jquery, and I have tried chopping and changing code, but I'm buggered if I can get it to work.
Any help would be massively appreciated, I wouldn't normally ask but it just seems like it should be really simple
Anyhoo, thanks in advance x
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