Slideshow using XML and JavaScript

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Introduction

This slideshow is to create a professional look like a Flash slideshow. You need not install the Flash player or add-ons to run this slideshow, because it uses simple JavaScript code.

Background

This slideshow has the following prerequisites:

1. \Images folder [contains images defined in details.xml].
2. settings.xml [all global setting for the slideshow].
3. details.xml [contains the data for each slide like title, heading, description, navigate URL, image URL etc..].

The XML file has the following details:

• The XML will contain the following data:
• image URL
• link URL
• text title
• text description
• Application will have a separate, external config file with the following values:
• Number of seconds to pause on each slide
• Number of seconds for transition between each slide
• Slideshow width and height
• Starting x and y position of text area
• Width and max. height of text area
• Text background box transparency (0-100%)
• Text box padding (between box edge and text)
• The application must rotate through a variable number of slides:
• The number of slides is determined by the number of entries in the XML file
• X second alpha transition between slides (controlled from an external config file, separate from the XML file)
• Pause x seconds per slide (controlled from an external config file, separate from the XML file)
• The entire background of each slide will be an image.
• Each slide will be a hyperlink:
• Each slide will link to only one location
• Each unique slide will link to a unique location
• The application contains buttons in the bottom right corner:
• Boxes are clickable and allow the user to manually move between slides
• The application should have an alpha transition between slides when making a manual selection
• Boxes will become white with dark text to indicate the current slide
• The number of boxes will change dynamically based on the number of slides in the XML file

Using the code

Here is an excerpt of the JavaScript code:

//for XML
var xmlDoc,
    xmlDescription;
//for Slide
var slideHeight = "250",
    slideWidth = "450",
    appliedFielter = "blendTrans(duration=1)";
//for Images
var dimages=new Array(),
    arrDesc=new Array();
//for Other
var starterKey,
    currentPage=0;
//for Pagging
var strPaging,
    containerPaging,
    _previousPage=null,
    _currentPage = null,
    totalPages=0,
    Loop=true,
    slideSpeed = 5000,
    pageStyle = "number",
    pagecellpadding = "2px",
    pagecellspacing = "2px",
    pageBackground = "darkgray",
    selectedpageBackground = "red",
    pageFontcolor = "white",
    pageCursor = "pointer",
    pageAlign= "center";
//for description
var descTransparent = 40,
    descLeft = 250,
    descTop = 50,
    descWidth = 290,
    descHeight = 120,
    deschFont = "verdana",
    deschFontColor = "black",
    deschFontSize = "12pt",
    deschFontWeight = "bold",
    descdFont = "verdana",
    descdFontColor = "darkgray",
    descdFontSize = "10pt",
    backgroundIMG = "",
    descdFontWeight = "normal";
var txtPaddingLeft = "4px",
    txtPaddingRight = "4px",
    txtPaddingTop = "4px",
    txtPaddingBottom = "4px";

function getFielter()
{
    appliedFielter = document.getElementById('drpFilter').value;
}
function preload()
{
   //for Slide
   var slide = document.getElementById("imgFilter");
   slide.height = slideHeight;
   slide.width = slideWidth;
   var Description = document.getElementById("divDescription");
   with(Description.style)
   {
       background="url("+ backgroundIMG +")";
       left = descLeft;
       top = descTop;
       width = descWidth;
       height = descHeight;
       filter = "alpha(opacity="+ descTransparent +")";
   }
   var _head = document.getElementById('divsihead');
   with(_head.style)
   {
       fontFamily = deschFont;
       color = deschFontColor; 
       fontSize =  deschFontSize; 
       fontWeight = deschFontWeight; 
   }
   var _desc = document.getElementById('divsidesc');
   with(_desc.style)
   {
       fontFamily = descdFont; 
       color = descdFontColor; 
       fontSize =  descdFontSize; 
       fontWeight = descdFontWeight; 
   }
   var _tblDescription = document.getElementById('tblDescription');
   with(_tblDescription.style)
   {
       paddingTop = txtPaddingTop;
       paddingRight = txtPaddingRight;
       paddingBottom = txtPaddingBottom;
       paddingLeft = txtPaddingLeft;
   }

For the complete source code, please download the file from the top of this article.

Conclusion

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