Slideshows is an excellent way of organizing content, Images and keep your website clean and user-friendly.

One main reason for using slideshows over other ways is that people are used it regularly when they browse over the Internet, and it’s easy to showcase the content of a website.

Slideshows can be used in

• Entertainment sites
• Gaming sites
• Portfolios
• Magazine sites

Designscripting.com released FaderAPI to create slideshows on the fly; here is some working samples of Slideshows using the FaderAPI’s

Features of the slideshow:

1. Slideshow can load Image and SWF files.
2. SWF may also be an animated file.
3. No Need of Preloaded- Since the animation will not happens until the next file is loaded.
4. Customized events to handle the Slideshow
5. Move to next or previous slides.
6. Ability to jump to particular slide
7. Repeat and randomize the slide

Added new features:

1. Full customization via XML file
2. Make the slideshow interactive or not.
3. User can add description text.
4. Position controls and description text on screen
5. Description text supports HTML text
6. Customizable animations for description text
7. Can adjust the time interval

Free SlideShow Sample

Related Articles about Fader API

http://www.designscripting.com/2009/04/14/slideshow-using-faderfilematerial-updated/

http://www.designscripting.com/2009/01/20/using-faderfilematerial-to-create-slideshow/

http://www.designscripting.com/2009/02/12/fader-apislideshow-with-movieclips-on-stage/

Customizable variables in XML – To change the slideshow behavior

Interval: interval (Time duration between two slides)
	Should be positive numeric value Multiples of 1000
	1000 = 1 second
	5000 = 5 second

Repeat: repeat (Animation repeats depends on the value)
	Should be either
	true = Repeats the animation
	false = stops the animation once the slides reaches the end

Randomize: randomize (The slides may play in random order depends upon this value)
	Should be either
	true = Randomize the animation
	false = Plays the slides in the sequential order

Reader Text Animation Type: readerTextAnimationType (The type of animation for the description text)
	Blinds
 	Fade
 	Fly
 	Iris
 	Photo
 	PixelDissolve
 	Rotate
 	Squeeze
 	Wipe
 	Zoom

Reader Text Animation Type: readerTextPosition (Position the Description text on the slideshow)
	Default is 0
	Value = 0 position at the Top and
	Value more than 0 increases on Y

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