Chapter 6. Creating Slideshows and Sliders
Traditionally created in Flash, slideshows and sliders are a great way to show off photos, products, illustrations, portfolios, and more. Hands-down, creating slideshows is one of the most common tasks for jQuery developers. In this chapter, we'll take a look at how to create a simple slideshow from scratch and then we'll take a look at the Basic Slider plugin to add some more features to a slideshow. Finally, we'll take a look at the powerful and flexible Cycle2 plugin, which can be used to create many different types of slideshows and sliders.
In this chapter, we'll cover:
- How to plan a slideshow
- How to write a simple crossfading slideshow from scratch
- How to create a simple slideshow with controls using the Basic Slider plugin
- How to use the Cycle2 plugin to create animated slideshows
- How to create carousels with the Cycle2 plugin
- How to use the Cycle2 plugin to create a combination carousel/slideshow
