a nice homepage....
Hi,
Is it possible to have something like http://www.wikidot.com/ has on the frontpage of your wikidot page? I mean the flash/picture
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Yes it is, it is done using something called CSS sprites. It's not flash, just a part of a larger image that is displayed as the mouse hovers over something. For more information have a look at http://css-tricks.com/css-sprites/
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You can create this effect by having a series of hover classes in your CSS, each with a different background image. Then add a button graphic on your page and set the class to one of the ones in your CSS.
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And something like this?
or
The pictures as sort of slideshow?
Maybe something like this, but I have no idea how to implement such a thing… hints?
Any chance of a how-to, skipping pretty much all of the explanation about what CSS Sprites are and just giving straight-forward instructions? :)
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Yes I'll do a how-to, although I won't be able to do it until later in the week or the weekend as I have a nightmare week ahead.
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here is a howto for a slider http://css-tricks.com/creating-a-slick-auto-playing-featured-content-slider/
But how do I get this on wikidot website? I mean only the code is not enough right?
Well… the HTML would go into a HTML code block, then be iframed, I suppose.
The CSS would be tacked-on to the end of the theme.
And the javascript… I have absolutely no idea at all! ;-)
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The javascript would go into the <head> section of the html. I will look at this over lunch in an hour or so.
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That would be great. It costs me a lot of time to find this all out myself… it's not that I don't want to invest time and effort, but I have more stuff to put time and effort in and then it's great if some expert can you help you out!
thanks in advance
I've had one attempt at this but it's not working and I suspect the jquery plugin is not being called. Someone else might have more time to look at this. I'll have another look at it when I can but to be honest it would probably be easier for me to write a similar application in flex3 which produces an swf flash file which can be put into a page easily.
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It's not just a case of finishing it, I wish it was. It's quite complex stuff and needs some analysis to work out what isn't working, for example in the Jquery plugins - and whether they can work with Wikidot at all (Javascript does of course but Jquery plugins?) - and then what to do about it. It might take 10 minutes if I've made a typo or it could be several hours work with no guarantee of a successful outcome. That's why I thought I'd see if I can do a similar thing in Flex. I am just about to set out on a 4 hour drive but will be able to look at my own solution over dinner/wine/more wine at my hotel tonight.
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The wine is good. I'll have a flash alternative to the link you gave soon, but it might take a few days depending on how much time I can spend on it.
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Well it's being worked on but I whether the first version will get finished this evening is not definite.
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Maybe I can add a photo gallery until the slides stuff is ready…
But i have problems with it… What do they mean by a gallery exactly and why is the LightBox not working?
http://openstudios.wikidot.com/home
Sorry, can not load files attached to the page in this mode. You should specify sources for each image.
[[/gallery]]
for the gallery and lightbox to work the pictures have to be stored on that page as a "file" upload.
Not elsewhere, as you have done.
Sorry for the delay, the flash slides embed should be ready later in the week. I have some other projects that have to take priority at the moment.
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Rooz here
@phil, thanks. Only have this [[/gallery]] visible on the site.. it shouldn't be there
@Rob, thanks, take your time
Try removing the blank line before [[/gallery]]
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