I'm building a site for a client and I really need help with something. I'm building a jewelery site and I want the design to be something like the one below: http://www.tiffany.com/shopping/category.aspx?cid=130340&mcat=148218&menu=1&hppromo=FGUS7& However, I want the bottom navigation to be a slide show on the same page instead of having to load for the next set of jewelery like on the Tiffany's website. Can this be done with javascript and will it be visitor friendly? We're not doing the site in flash or frames (even though they insisted). I knew it was bad for visitor experience and all that. Looking forward to your responses.
I believe you can probably do the slideshow in javascript but probably be some custom coding involved. Easiest way would be done in flash.
Thanks guys. It's good to know that this can be done. Anything that involves flash or frames is just bad in my opinion because alot of browsers cannot see or load them well. If anyone would be able to lead me to sample scripts of slideshows that would be awesome. Any extra input is appreciated.
http://google.com/search?q=javascript+scrolling+iframe Are you looking for something like this? JavaScript iFrame Scroller
You can easyly do it in javascript. Big problem with Javascript is compatabilty with old browsers. And like flash, Javascipt is not search engine friendly. To make it searchengine friendly, you can use MVC pattern for javascript.
You might want to check out this lightweight script: http://prototype-carousel.xilinus.com/ Its an extension to the ProtoType JS framework
I tried to convince the client that it wasn't SE friendly but he just decided against it and wanted it regardless. I guess we'll have to make the description aspect of the content static html and use a good sitemap to get pages indexed. My main thing was javascript and flash. May I ask you which one (especially used in this context) has more compatability with more browsers? Is it flash or javascript? I was thinking javascript but I am not entirely sure as flash is very accepted these days. I'm not going to incorporate javascript using ajax or use frames/iframes (even though this method would be so simple for me) because I've done my research and these things are less compatible than simple flash or javascript alone.
I can do it using CSS. Javascript is not highly recommended. But if you like javascript then it's ok. PM me if interested
I believe you can probably do the slideshow in javascript but probably be some custom coding involved. Easiest way would be done in flash.