marquee image scroller

**xover15** · 08-17-2006, 07:03 PM

I've taken a 360 degree image that I want to continuously scroll. I've found a marquee scroller that works but it leaves gaps between the images. Idealy it would the picture would continue to scroll and never see a start or finish. Also is there a way to make it loop one picture instead of having a play list? I've seen other ways of doing this but I think I have to keep it as a marquee.

Here's the code I'm currently using:

thanks for any help.

**WebJoel** · 08-18-2006, 08:07 AM

<MARQUEE style="border: 0px none; width:400px; height:120px; " direction="left" behavior="scroll" scrollamount="3" ><img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/360.png" style="border:0 none;"><img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/360.png" style="border:0 none;">

You have "0px none;" for the marquee, but you want "0px none;" for the image too. This might solve the problem, but unless I tested it myself, I cannot be sure that this will correct the problem.
You'll also want to re-name those images to begin with a alphabeic letter (e.g., "a360.jpg", not "360.jpg"). Don't use a number for the first character of an image file. This can cause problems for some.

**coothead** · 08-18-2006, 08:55 AM

Hi there xover15,

You will not be able to have a gap-free scroll using the marquee element.
Instead you will need to use javascript to achieve this effect.

Here you may see a simple example...

http://mysite.orange.co.uk/azygous/passing_clouds.html

...and here is the code...

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>passing clouds</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
    margin:20px 0;
    background-color:#333;
    color:#fff;
 }
h1 {
    font-size:24px;
    text-align:center;
 }
#container {
    height:125px;
    background-image:url(images/floating_clouds.jpg);
    border-top:2px solid #000;
    border-bottom:2px solid #000;
    margin-top:50px;
 }
-->
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

  var p=0;
  var speed=50;   // vary this to suit, larger value - slower speed

window.onload=function() {
   clouds();
 }
function clouds() {

   document.getElementById('container').style.backgroundPosition=p+'px 0';

   p++;    //change this to p-- for right to left direction

setTimeout('clouds()',speed);
 }
//-->
</script>

</head>
<body>

<h1>passing clouds</h1>

<div id="container"></div>

</body>
</html>

coothead

**WebJoel** · 08-18-2006, 10:32 AM

Upon review of what makes the 'gap' in a slideshow, I would now agree... you'll need a 'gapless' javascript to acheive this.
There might be such a thing at:
www.dynamicdrive.com
in their slideshow or gallery section...

**coothead** · 08-18-2006, 12:05 PM

Hi there WebJoel,

why would you suggest that xover15 goes to...

dynamicdrive.com

...for a script, when I have just supplied him with one.

Do you consider mine inadequate for his requirements.

coothead

**xover15** · 08-18-2006, 01:41 PM

Thanks to you both for your help. I'll see if I can get the javascript to work although I think I have to use a marquee for the current situation. I'll try it out tonight and get back.

**xover15** · 08-22-2006, 08:49 AM

I ended up having to use flash because myspace doesn't handle javascript to my knowlege. Thanks for your help on the subject.

myspace.com/xover15

**g_mo** · 08-23-2006, 11:07 AM

What would I need to do to also make each of these pictures in my marquee a link that either opened a new window or a popup like 3x the size of the marquee?

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