Billboard Madness
While I’m on a “Madness” kick, why not Billboard Madness. Sliders are what this type of image/info display is commonly referred to. In the old days, seeing one image slide in from the left or right to replace another was too cool. Today, we have so many more options. This little gem can fit anywhere you choose to put it. Sidebars, content, templates, headers, footers… This plugin is UDS Billboard. It cost $20.00. I’ll install and configure it for you for an additional $20.00. IMHO well worth it. Check it out at http://codecanyon.net uBillboard...
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I recently embarked on a mission to find a way to mimic a image carousel (see below). It is a widget that advertises Amazon books. This all started when a client of mine decided he needed some similar eye candy on his real estate website. The problem with the Amazon wiget was clicking the images took visitors to the Amazon website. My guy wanted his clicked images to open enlargements in a new window. Amazon.com Widgets What I found was a pretty cludgey array of jQuery and or Flash components or scripts that interpreted ‘carousel’ in varying ways. Very few did what my client...
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