help with a website slideshow

[thekodiak]

Hi folks,

I was hoping someone could shed some light on this for me because I cant solve it.

I downloaded a premade slideshow for my website that comes with the flash slideshow.swf file and the images.xml file that tells the slideshow where to find the images.

While I was creating my website in FrontPage 2002 on my computer, I altered the text in the images.xml to point to the "images" folder in my site that was in my "My webs" folder. When I previewed the page with the slideshow, it worked like a charm and I was oh so proud for a beginner.

Then, when I published the site to the host the slideshow appeared as a black square where the images should have been. My guess was that the images.xml file needs to be changed to point to the "images" folder on the server. However, this didn't help and I am looking at a black square.

Can anyone figure out why? I can provide you with the .xml file if need be.

Thank you all in advance.

Kodiak

[Vladdy]

A script that separates content from functionality is much more easier to install:
www.klproductions.com/klslideshow.html
Does not require flash either...

[thekodiak]

Vladdy,

Thanks for the reply, I already have all of this installed and wanted to try and make it work. It looks very nice on my local machine's browser.

Also, we are on a budget and I really didn't feature buying the program for $50. There has to be a reason why the images are not appearing when the site is running on the host's server.

[Aronya1]

Can you post the relevant portion of the images.xml file? It could be as simple as capitalisation of file names when they should be lower case. Or a slight error in the way the path to the images is written.

[David Harrison]

Here's a few slide shows that are no where near as flash or as configurable or accessible as Vladdy's but I made them all while ago (except for the super besty one which I made recently for someone, it uses their design as well).

Pick one out and I'll give you a hand at setting it up.

[thekodiak]

This is what the .xml file says. I think that there is a problem with my images because I changed the images and the slideshow worx.

<!--
'timer' :: number of seconds between each image transition
'order' :: how you want your images displayed. choose either 'sequential' or 'random'
'loop' :: if the slide show is in sequential mode, this stops the show at the last image (use 'yes' for looping, 'no' for not)
"fadeTime" :: velocity of image crossfade. Increment for faster fades, decrement for slower
-->
<gallery timer="5" order="sequential" looping="yes" fadetime="6">
<image path="images/photo1.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo2.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo3.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo4.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo5.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo6.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo7.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo8.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo9.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo10.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo11.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo12.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo13.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo13a.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo14.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo14a.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo15.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo16.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo17.jpg" />
<image path="images/photo18.jpg" />
</gallery>

[Aronya1]

Assuming that the images are named "photo1.jpg", etc., try altering the path a little:

<image path="/images/photo1.jpg" />
<image path=".images/photo1.jpg" />
<image path="..images/photo1.jpg" />

One of those might work. Also, be sure your names & paths match for capitalization. "/Images/photo1.jpg" is not the same as "/images/photo1.jpg" on some servers, and file names can sometimes get capitalized during transfer from your local computer to the server.

[thekodiak]

Aronya1

Thanks again for the scripts...I am going to clean out the web of all the extraneous stuff and copies of copies that wound up being made and I will start from scratch.

Hopefully it will all work out...

Appreciate the assistance.

The Kodiak
Our Website (http://www.2005international.com)

[Aronya1]

Good luck. Let us know what the answer turns out to be in the end.