# Scripty Fader not working

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**Category:** Freeway\
**Created:** [April 4, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635 "2011-04-04T21:06:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/1 "2011-04-04T21:06:29Z")

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I have tried to implement the Scripty Fader action (version 0.3.1) into a webpage, but it fails to display anything. No JavaScript error message, nothing. It just won’t work.

The “Scripty Fader” object is put into a table which resides in a DIV box (it’s a CSS layout).

But when I move the object to the page itself (so it is no longer part of the DIV box), it works just fine as intended.

I checked any settings I could think of, but had no luck to solve this problem. Is this a known issue or (more likely) a mistake of mine ?

I’m looking forward your tips and insights 🙂

Tobias.

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**Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/2 "2011-04-04T21:10:04Z")

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The Fader requires that it be applied to a stand-alone positioned DIV  
in order to work. It’s a limitation of the Action at present. If I  
find some time next weekend I will take another look at it and see if  
I can make it go. If you’d like to try a hand at it, you know how to  
crack open a bundle Action, right?

Walter

On Apr 4, 2011, at 5:06 PM, tobiaseichner wrote:

> I have tried to implement the Scripty Fader action (version 0.3.1)  
> into a webpage, but it fails to display anything. No JavaScript  
> error message, nothing. It just won’t work.

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**Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/3 "2011-04-05T12:03:15Z")

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@waltd: It would be great to get it working even within DIV boxes. I hope you can manage it, because the action is really great 🙂

Yes, I know how to crack a bundle and also worked with JavaScript before, but I consider myself more an intermediate JavaScript worker than an expert. So I fear that this kind of JavaScript programming is above my limited skills.

Anyway, I promise at least to have a look at it (better than nothing 😉

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**Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/4 "2011-04-09T14:12:32Z")

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Could you please send me a one-page Freeway document that shows the  
problem? I’m looking back over this right now, and I can’t spot where  
it’s going off the rails. Are you trying to mark a table cell as the  
point where the effect should run?

Walter

On Apr 5, 2011, at 8:03 AM, tobiaseichner wrote:

> @waltd: It would be great to get it working even within DIV boxes. I  
> hope you can manage it, because the action is really great 🙂
> 
> Yes, I know how to crack a bundle and also worked with JavaScript  
> before, but I consider myself more an intermediate JavaScript worker  
> than an expert. So I fear that this kind of JavaScript programming  
> is above my limited skills.
> 
> Anyway, I promise at least to have a look at it (better than  
> nothing 😉
> 
> Tobias.
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**Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/5 "2011-04-09T20:44:27Z")

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It’s on the way.

Tobias.

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**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/6 "2011-04-24T10:49:09Z")

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Hi waltd, I wonder if you had the time to take a closer look at the project file I recently sent ?

If I can be of any assistance, please drop me a line 🙂

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**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/7 "2011-04-24T17:21:54Z")

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I can’t make the effect work with inline elements, because it relies  
on slipping one element behind another (using z-index) and then fading  
out the top element. This restricts it to a positioned-div layout,  
where each element used in the effect is a stand-alone layer.

Walter

On Apr 24, 2011, at 6:49 AM, tobiaseichner wrote:

> Hi waltd, I wonder if you had the time to take a closer look at the  
> project file I recently sent ?
> 
> If I can be of any assistance, please drop me a line 🙂
> 
> Tobias.
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/8 "2011-04-24T18:20:05Z")

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No problem… thanks for trying to figure it out. I really appreciate your help (and your actions - every day 🙂

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**Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/9 "2011-04-26T09:32:07Z")

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Just if someone struggles into the same problems as I did, a nice (but not so powerful) alternative to use is Weaver’s Fading Slideshow Action.

Unfortunately it is not available on ActionsForge, but here:  
[http://www.coastalrugs.com/Actions/fadingslideshow.html](http://www.coastalrugs.com/Actions/fadingslideshow.html)

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/10 "2012-07-19T22:18:54Z")

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Hey Walter

I have worked with scripty fader before and all works fine but  
I just made a new one  
images in graphic boxes on a page 1st image- action-scripty Fader and the next 3 images - action - scripty fader option.

but if I make a slight change an the graphic boxes the change will not read. I did try to take action off and reapply but that does not work.  
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/11 "2012-07-19T22:24:33Z")

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Can you publish an example somewhere? I’ve never heard of this one. When you say the change does not read, do you mean that you see the old version? You may be hitting a cache error. There was a bug in Freeway where it was caching the HTML and graphics for internal previews, I remember seeing that it was fixed in an update not too long ago. But to tease this out, try previewing in a separate browser, maybe Firefox, and see if the change is there.

Walter

On Jul 19, 2012, at 6:18 PM, Carla wrote:

> Hey Walter
> 
> I have worked with scripty fader before and all works fine but  
> I just made a new one  
> images in graphic boxes on a page 1st image- action-scripty Fader and the next 3 images - action - scripty fader option.
> 
> but if I make a slight change an the graphic boxes the change will not read. I did try to take action off and reapply but that does not work.  
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks
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**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/12 "2012-07-19T23:21:55Z")

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Hi Walter  
thx for taking a look  
here is page link

the first 2 illos work fine but the 3rd with the orang flowers will not recognize my positioning which is higher up

[http://davidpfendler.com/testscrpty.html](http://davidpfendler.com/testscrpty.html)

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/13 "2012-07-20T03:24:37Z")

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All three images are 600px square, positioned at 360px left 133px top. I watched it in Web Inspector while it animated, and there’s no change in the positioning code for any of the frames. I’m not sure what you mean by “higher up” here.

Walter

On Jul 19, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Carla wrote:

> Hi Walter  
> thx for taking a look  
> here is page link
> 
> the first 2 illos work fine but the 3rd with the orang flowers will not recognize my positioning which is higher up
> 
> [http://davidpfendler.com/testscrpty.html](http://davidpfendler.com/testscrpty.html)
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Hi Walt  
on both my browsers the first 2 images are fine but the orange on covers the bottom menu. I positioned it higher on top right of page

now matter what I do it does not read  
r u saying it works fine on your browser?

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/scripty-fader-not-working/10635/15 "2012-07-20T03:57:29Z")

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to clarify  
on both firefox and safari , the orange illustration is covering the contact button but in freeway I have positioned image above the button so as not to interfere with it  
thx

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I’m saying that I don’t know what you’re expecting. All of the images will be swapped into the same container box on the page, when one fades out, the other appears, but they can’t be positioned differently from one another. If you want to have that image appear in a different spot, you have to do that by altering the image, not the layout. They all appear to be the same size, and they are popping into the same box, I don’t know how one could be shifted on the page, I don’t see that here.

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On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:24 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

> All three images are 600px square, positioned at 360px left 133px top. I watched it in Web Inspector while it animated, and there’s no change in the positioning code for any of the frames. I’m not sure what you mean by “higher up” here.
> 
> Walter
> 
> On Jul 19, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Carla wrote:
> 
> > Hi Walter  
> > thx for taking a look  
> > here is page link
> > 
> > the first 2 illos work fine but the 3rd with the orang flowers will not recognize my positioning which is higher up
> > 
> > [http://davidpfendler.com/testscrpty.html](http://davidpfendler.com/testscrpty.html)
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Yes  
each graphic box is position in a slightly different place on page  
hmm

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