A snazzy little showcase widget, built using jQuery.
Download the plugin, and copy the src/showcase folder into your web root.
Add the following code to the <head> of your document:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="showcase/showcase.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="showcase/jquery.showcase.js"></script>You can then place the showcase markup anywhere in your page.
<section id="showcase" style="display: none">
<ul>
<li>
<article>
<hgroup>
<h1>News</h1>
<h2>Slide 1 title goes here</h2>
</hgroup>
<img src="demo/slide1.jpg" width=640 height=400 alt="Slide 1">
</article>
</li>
<li>
<article>
<hgroup>
<h1>News</h1>
<h2>Slide 2 title goes here</h2>
</hgroup>
<img src="demo/slide2.jpg" width=640 height=400 alt="Slide 2">
</article>
</li>
<li>
<article>
<hgroup>
<h1>News</h1>
<h2>Slide 3 title goes here</h2>
</hgroup>
<img src="demo/slide3.jpg" width=640 height=400 alt="Slide 3">
</article>
</li>
<li>
<article>
<hgroup>
<h1>News</h1>
<h2>Slide 4 title goes here</h2>
</hgroup>
<img src="demo/slide4.jpg" width=640 height=480 alt="Slide 4">
</article>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<script>
$("#showcase").showcase();
</script>Then you're behind the times! Don't worry, there's still an alternative embed code you can use.
<div id="showcase" style="display: none">
<ul>
<li>
<div>
<div class="title">News</div>
<div class="subtitle">Slide 1 title goes here</div>
</div>
<img src="demo/slide1.jpg" width="640" height="400" alt="Slide 1"/>
</li>
<li>
<div>
<div class="title">News</div>
<div class="subtitle">Slide 1 title goes here</div>
</div>
<img src="demo/slide2.jpg" width="640" height="400" alt="Slide 2"/>
</li>
<li>
<div>
<div class="title">News</div>
<div class="subtitle">Slide 1 title goes here</div>
</div>
<img src="demo/slide3.jpg" width="640" height="400" alt="Slide 3"/>
</li>
<li>
<div>
<div class="title">News</div>
<div class="subtitle">Slide 1 title goes here</div>
</div>
<img src="demo/slide4.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Slide 4"/>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$("#showcase").showcase({
headerSelector: "> div",
titleSelector: "> div > div.title",
subtitleSelector: "> div > div.subtitle",
imageSelector: "> img"
});
</script>You can control the behaviour of the plugin with the following options.
- autoPlay: If true, then the slides will start playing when the page has loaded (default
true). - duration: The time to spend on each slide before changing to the next (default
5000).
You can control how the plugin interprets the markup of the embed code using the following options.
- slideSelector:
"ul > li" - headerSelector:
"> article > hgroup" - titleSelector:
"> article > hgroup > h1" - subTitleSelector:
"> article > hgroup > h2" - imageSelector:
"> article > img"
The two example embed codes above already contain the correct markup selectors, so these options are really only for advanced useage.
This project was developed by Dave Hall. You can get the code from the jquery-showcase project site.
Dave Hall is a freelance web developer, based in Cambridge, UK. You can usually find him on the Internet in a number of different places: