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Code: Simple JQuery Div Slideshow

Here’s a super-simple DIV slideshow with JQuery based on one for prototype/scriptaculous, it can be found here. The beauty is that it can contain anything a div can. I’ve been using it for just a single image link, but you can put anything in there. Here’s the HTML:

    <div id="slideshow1" class="slide">
        <div>frame 1</div>
    </div>
    <div id="slideshow2" class="slide" style="display: none">
        <div>frame 2</div>
    </div>
    <div id="slideshow3" class="slide" style="display: none">
        <div>frame 3</div>
    </div>
    <div id="slideshow4" class="slide" style="display: none">
        <div>frame 4</div>
    </div>

And the Javascript

    function startSlides(start, end, delay) {
        setTimeout(slideshow(start,start,end, delay), delay);
    }
    function slideshow(frame, start, end, delay) {
        return (function() {
        $('#slideshow' + frame).fadeOut();
        if (frame == end) { frame = start; } else { frame += 1; }
        setTimeout(function(){$('#slideshow' + frame ).fadeIn();}, 850);
        setTimeout(slideshow(frame, start, end, delay), delay + 850);
    })
    }
    // usage: startSlides(first frame, end frame, delay time);
    startSlides(1, 4, 5000);

I chose 850 as a delay offset on the fade-in because it meshes well with jquery’s default timing. You can fiddle with the numbers as you see fit. Here’s what it looks like

If you need more power, check out Malsup’s Cycle plugin.