I guess this goes out to Walt D carousel impresario…
First of all : thank you for all the updates on your very useful carousel action, it has enabled me to provide some of the functionality that clients have been accustomed to seeinf on the web.
I’ve designed a very simple portfolio site. 14 pages that feature your carousel action as the main element of each page.
The object of which is to have a visitor click through the carousel of images and at the last one – instead of rewinding back to the first image – > the last “click” moves the user to the next page of the site, loading the next carousel.
I’m hoping this functionality is possible, ( perhaps with a snippet of code? ) I’m fearing it may not.
Sadly, it’s not possible as the Action is written. It’s not impossible, but it would take some considerable fussing to accomplish. I don’t see any way to side-car it onto the existing Action-written code. What needs to happen is that the effect needs to send up a flare each time it does anything. This functionality was added to Prototype some time after Glider.js was written, so it’s not surprising that it isn’t there. If I do add it, I would have to make a line in the sand, and only provide the new version for 5 or 5.5, since earlier versions of Prototype don’t have that ability.
Walter
On Oct 25, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Mo Brip wrote:
The object of which is to have a visitor click through the carousel of images and at the last one – instead of rewinding back to the first image – > the last “click” moves the user to the next page of the site, loading the next carousel.
Thank you for the rapid response Walter. I was afraid that was the case.
That functionality alone allows for an extremely compact website with the most straight forward UX. Essentially two nav buttons and a header with no visual ( button ) redundancies.
If you by some chance add this functionality please post an update, i’m on FW 5 pro and would happily use it in the future.
Thank you again for taking the time to respond so timely, and for creating the action in the first instance.