Carousels for dummies?

[VisHorizons]

Are there any easy-yet-customizable product carousels that I can plug into Miva or otherwise easily integrate? I don't know anything about javascript (trying to learn now) and I'm pretty intimidated by some of the code I see for carousels and sliders.

Thanks for any help.

[nottheusual1]

Re: Carousels for dummies?

Best one we've used:

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/07/29/content-rotator/

It has a bunch of flexibility but don't let that scare you - there's really not much to it. Nice thing is that you can populate the important parts with loops through arrays, like a category that has all your featured products in it or by category/sub-category.

Not really any scripting involved other than Miva (to fill in the blanks on the HTML) and tweaking the default config.

[VisHorizons]

Re: Carousels for dummies?

Thanks for the reply. Honestly, when I look at that my eyes glaze over. I'm starting at zero knowledge of javascript. I don't know where to start with these things. Am I just editing the css on this? I'm looking for a simpler carousel, with something like four pictures displayed at a time. Each pic takes you to a product or category page.

[GregM]

Re: Carousels for dummies?

Check this out: http://www.mvmonster.com/modules/miv...vCarousel.html . Easy to use module that allows you to choose categories or products to display in your carousel. If you have any questions, give me an email at: [email protected]

[nottheusual1]

Re: Carousels for dummies?

Did you do a "view source" on the demo so you could see what it takes to build the rotator? It's like all copy and paste of text you've already got into a HTML framework and paths to images. You just repeat the block for each image. jQuery pretty much does all the rest on its own.

Any of the rotators will require some minimal code scratching. Poke around here:

http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2012...ge-slider.html

If all else fails, send me a PM and I'll see if one of my crew can help.

[blarson]

Re: Carousels for dummies?

Hello,

I think nottheusual1 provided a nice free solution and like mentioned any slider will require some coding or massaging. GregM's module looks pretty interesting as well at first glance and if you are looking for something that integrates into Miva it looks like a good option at a reasonable price IMO. If you are set on utilizing something free I will throw out another option I have utilized in the past that is fairly basic but easy to use and implement:
http://www.thomaslanciaux.pro/jquery/jquery_carousel.htm

[VisHorizons]

Re: Carousels for dummies?

I think MvCarousel is really what I'm looking for. Ideally, I could use of the the free ones and edit it to my needs, but I think that's beyond my current capabilities. I'm really just looking for a simple carousel that shows a certain number of thumbnails which link to products or categories. Left / right arrows.
Example: http://www.mrtakeoutbags.com/

All of the jQuery ones are a bit too fancy for li'l ol' me.

Thanks for all the responses! I am getting started with learning javascript, but it's time consuming.