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Adding Links to a Dynamic Flash AS3 Slideshow

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Those of you who may have followed my previous Flash AS3 Slideshow post may have noted that it was rather limiting in function. While there are sometimes valid uses for a slideshow to statically transition between images (whether or not those images are dynamically loaded), there are typically much more useful things we can do in the presentation. In this post, we will review how to add an optional link to each slide in the XML data that will then turn the individual slides into hyperlinks whenever they are displayed.
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jQuery Slideshow Plugin Update

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I have finally found a few spare minutes to refactor the Google Code Project I started for my jQuery plugin last year. While I still am far from where I want to be with it, I have managed to set the plugin into a fully OOP codebase and add in events and the capability for custom handlers on those events. My hope is that people will now be able to find a bit more usability to the slideshow, since it is fully customizable. Feel free to swing by my Google Code page and let me know thoughts or ideas on ways to improve the slideshow as it evolves.

Dynamic XML Slideshow in AS3

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Over the past year or so, I have been responsible for developing and maintaining a JavaScript Slideshow component for our internal CMS. With the similarities between JavaScript and Actionscript, I have wanted to implement this slideshow in a manner consistent with the flexibility and usage of the JavaScript version. The biggest difference is that the JS one is focused on content, and the AS3 version will be focused on pictures – since AS3 does not fully support markup and CSS yet. This being said, I have had opportunity to attack my project and have the first phase completed. As with so many of my other personal projects, I’m tackling it in phases rather than having a defined spec list ready to go. In this case, I have the slideshow reading an image list from an XML document, loading the individual pictures and setting them on a timed rotation.
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jQuery Plugin: gwSlideshow launched

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A while ago, I wrote a jQuery based slideshow that I shared with some friends, and I ended up getting a pretty good response to it – enough to merit making a full plugin with it. Here is the initial launch of the plugin and project, and I’d love to get any feedback pertaining to usability and additional features.

The intent is to remain very lightweight but flexible, and so far, that seems to be met. Following, you will find links to my Google Code project page as well as a sample script that demos the working slideshow. For any additional questions, please feel free to contact me.

Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/gw-slideshow/
Demo: http://code.guahanweb.com/jquery/demos/gwSlideshow.html

Enjoy!