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Renegade:
Can anyone recommend a script or utility to make header slideshows?

I want a slide show about 800x200 pixels or so that slides DIVs across the top header. I also want to put both HTML and images in the DIV.

I don't care if it works with IE4 or Opera 3 or whatever. I only care about hitting the top 95% or so of the browser market, so it needs to be relatively robust, but I'm willing to sacrifice a few visitors for some slick style.

This is entirely about style, so the slicker, the better.

If you know anything that's drop-dead sexy, let me know.

Thanks in advance.

Bamse:
I think most of this is based on Jquery Cycle Plugin http://www.malsup.com/jquery/cycle/ At least in Wordpress world. There are plugins for the plugins or something. Search "jquery cycle plugin banner" or similar. May be add "+tutorial"

Not that I would attempt to do it my self, but keywords will give hits. If you go "yes, of course" trick is to find a site which does not just copy and paste. There is always jquery forum http://forum.jquery.com/topic/best-jquery-banner-rotator If you use Wordpress it is silly not to make use of existing plugins. Can be free like Meteor Slide http://www.jleuze.com/plugins/meteor-slides/ or paid like uBillboards http://codecanyon.net/item/ubillboard-premium-slider-for-wordpress/124783 or Easing slider http://www.easingslider.matthewruddy.com/ which is free but has a Premium version http://www.premiumslider.matthewruddy.com/ First impression counts = $ to be made ;) The free Meteor has the advantage of being able to use all features of jquery plugin http://www.jleuze.com/plugins/meteor-slides/using-metadata/ not just a handful chosen to be visible in settings.

DynamicDrive might have something http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ like Ultimate fade-in slideshow http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/fadeinslideshow.htm if you have brilliant pics nothing beats precisely adjusted and slick fade-in :) Different taste but if fade-in is just right I don't think many get tired of it, does not scream for attention like perhaps more impressive effects.

Bamse:
Seems like 9 out of 10 themes at Themeforest http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress use big ass front page sliders, find one you like and copy them - or figure out what they use. Most will be jquery based, variations of the same. Difference is tweaks from pretty graphics. If you don't use Wordpress then travel forums for that script, I will guess same jqeury is used but how-to implement should probably be looked up.

Or look at their javascript dep. for slider http://codecanyon.net/collections/763241-killer-sliders-on-codecanyon?sort_by=sales_count&type=files&type_id=763241&page=1

Renegade:
DynamicDrive... Wow. I checked them out and they're still around. I used to read a lot there many years ago.

I'm still searching, but it looks like everything is using jQuery, so I suppose I'll get on top of that then have a look again.

Bamse:
Site is mostly a museum of web dev history but they still update and make new scripts from time to time. There must be a few still not on cms/blog tool or able to make use of scripts without plugins.

Flash? http://www.flashxml.net/components/

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