the jclicker's jclicker

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	what it is The jClicker is an easy-to-use template for creating web slides shows. What else could you want? The "jClicker's jClicker" is a way to combine multiple jClicker slide shows into one interface. Once you have mastered the functionality of creating slide shows with the jClicker, it is easy to extend its features. There is no limit to how many slide shows you can congregate in one "tray."
	using the jClicker's jClicker It is pretty much as easy as the original jClicker: Use the bottom menu to select the slide show from the list of "trays" Press forward and back buttons to move around in a slide show. To jump to any other slide, select the title from the pop-up menu. Click the "auto" checkbox to turn on or off the automatic slide advance.
	some examples We've created several slide show examples for our own projects: Grand Canyon and Shiprock are the slide shows used in the template files alan'z awesome slide show includes a whole series of photos from Arizona and the US Southwest. from az 2 nz & au controls access to almost 2000 photos organized into 51 slide shows from my 2000 sabbatical to New Zealand and Australia Below are some other jClicker slideshows created by other folks. If you make use of the jClicker, please send us your URL, and we'll add 'em here. For even more, see what we can quickly find with a little bit of "Googling" Scout Location with photos of the French Riviera
	how to guide We are going to go out on a limb and assume that you have already assembled one or more jClicker slide shows. If this is not the case, please return to jClicker 101 and cover the basics (which is about as difficult as tying your shoes). This auxilary guide will tell you how to add the functionality to control multiple slide shows using the jClicker's jClicker. A new blueprint Reorganizing your slide shows Setting up the slide tray Download a new template
	what's new Version 4.2 (April 2004) By request, a new option allows you to create jClicker slide shows that start automatically as self-running (the auto play box checked). Also, the jClicker function libraries now can set defaults for some of the newer capabilities so that a collection can work with older jClicker slide show formats. Version 4.1 (January 2004) Added a small option in the myshow.js file (show_file = true \| false) that displays the image file name under the caption, for use while editing the slide show. If you already use version 4.0, merely download the new jclicker_functions.js file and a sample myshow.js to see where to insert the new option. Version 4.0 (January 2004) incorporates the same changes in the new jClicker template, an easier to edit form for the image, menu, and caption data; a close window button, image resizing, and a pop-up help screen. HTML screens are no longer supported. Version 3.5 (January 2003) cleaned up a small problem that caused the opening screen to be printed twice. Also, to optimize the code again for future updates, all of the JavaScript code to write the bottom controller and the code functions for the jClicker operations were moved to external .js files, again, making the editable files much simpler for the casual coder. Version 3.0 (July 2002), the data settings for each slide show have been moved to an external text (.js) file so that the slide show parameters are separate from the template. This will make it easier to upgrade the template. In addition, the bottom controller has an extra "return" button that will either send the viewier to the page that linked to a slideshow (if it opens in the same browser window) or close the current window (if the slide show is opened in a new window. Version (v2.7 July 2001) cleans up formating by using external Style Sheets and adds a new paramater so you can specify that the slide show starts at a specified slide image. Oh, and we added some cleaner looking images for the buttons. Version (v2.6 February 2001) adds the capability of including any HTML file as the content for a slide. This allows you to include text slides or any other type of media or HTML formatting you can insert into a web page for your slides. Version 2.0 (June 2000) added a graphic that indicates whether images have loaded before jumping to the next slide- this also ensures that in automatic advance mode the jClicker will wait until the current image is loaded. You can also designate the placement of the caption to be above, below, left, or right of the slide image.
	legalese We provide the jClicker under a GNU General Public License, so the jClicker costs you a grand total of $0.00! All that we ask is that you provide credit to our organization, the Maricopa Community Colleges, and link back to this page: This slide show was created with the jClicker, developed by Alan Levine at the Maricopa Community Colleges http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/jclicker/ We also require that the jClicker not be used to present objectionable content (defined loosely as something you would not want sitting next with your mother ;-) Copyright (C) 2004 Alan Levine This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html We want people to use and experiment with the clicker. It is new and open to improvement. If you have developed a show you are most proud of, contact us and we'll list you among the examples above.