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Homepage Image Marquee

userone
09/05/05 1:01 AM GMT
I posted a suggestion on dev.Caedes pertaining to the possibility of a Homepage Image Marquee (hence the title) and I'd appreciate a few opinions on the idea. Click here if you're interested, and feel free to post responses both here or there. Thanks...
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UnknownClone
09/05/05 1:44 AM GMT
Good idea.
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::philcUK
09/05/05 8:06 AM GMT
Im not sure I understand what you want over what is there already...
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userone
09/05/05 5:43 PM GMT
Sorry, I should clarify exactly where it would go...

I pictured this marquee (a marquee is a continually scrolling message that can display either text or images) where the homepage currently features six images. Although the current "featured" section randomizes its images, there are really only two primary visits the homepage receives from users - when they log in and when they log out. The purpose of a marquee as opposed to a small "featured" section (I know that's not really what it's called anymore) is that a marquee improves each image's chances of being seen by increasing the total amount of images seen by each user. I hope that helps to distinguish a difference between the two...
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::CaptainHero
09/05/05 6:25 PM GMT
That would eat up bandwidth for sure. I'm not sure it would increase the likelihood of an image being seen.
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userone
09/05/05 6:53 PM GMT
True, I hadn't considered bandwidth.

In regards to likelihood of an image being seen - maybe my thinking is a little faulty. This is how I see it... currently, the images on the homepage don't refresh themselves - so no matter how long a member is on the homepage, only six different images are seen. With a marquee, a member can be on the page for 30 seconds and see 15 or 20 thumbnails scroll by. The faster the cycle is able to repeat - the more each image is seen.

Does that make sense?
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::CaptainHero
09/05/05 8:29 PM GMT
I believe the images reset themselves at set intervals. I think they rotate in order, but then I didn't code the site, so I'm not sure.

Apart from bandwidth, I think a marquee would be a little 'naff', for want of a better word. I don't know that it would fit in with the site.
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userone
09/05/05 10:26 PM GMT
Really? Hmm.... I thought it'd be pretty cool - but I guess we're all entitled to our own opinions. I appreciate the input nonetheless... thanks...

If anyone wants to see an example - copy and paste this text (within and including the marquee tags)...

<marquee loop="infinite"><img src="http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/4029/image3eq.th.jpg"> <img src="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/7643/imageii0vr.th.jpg"> <img src="http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/4029/image3eq.th.jpg"> <img src="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/7643/imageii0vr.th.jpg"> <img src="http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/4029/image3eq.th.jpg"> <img src="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/7643/imageii0vr.th.jpg"> <img src="http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/4029/image3eq.th.jpg"> <img src="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/7643/imageii0vr.th.jpg"> </marquee>

...into the left box of this page.

(The "IMAGE" thumbnails do not currently link anywhere, but they can easily be set to do so. Also, you may have to click the "Edit the text and click me" button twice for the marquee images to load correctly.)
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+Samatar
09/09/05 1:50 AM GMT
Didn't really work for me... I just got a row of boxes with "Image" written in them. I probably did something wrong... but anyway, I get the idea. Agree about the bandwidth being a potential prob, other than that I like it.
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co2metal
09/09/05 3:42 PM GMT
i think it'd be pretty cool.. other than any technical problems that were mentioned, i think it would add a little something to the homepage.. might be too abstract of an idea to be practical for this site, but i know i'd enjoy it
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userone
09/09/05 7:16 PM GMT
Thanks for your input Sam and Andy. In response to your comment, Sam - in order to get thumbnails of actual images, I would have had to upload them to an image host, which I didn't do because I didn't want any image hosts to publicly post my images on their sites. Instead, I just created and uploaded blanks with "IMAGE" written on them -- (I didn't care if they were posted on their sites) -- to at least give a general idea of what the marquee would look like.
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