Start from this page. What you should see is a self-running slide show of seven photos and their captions with manual controls. Now go to your browser’s preferences and turn off Javascript. Refresh the page. Now you should get the same seven photos and captions stacked up vertically. More than 98% of all web browsers have Javascript by now, but the super-lo-tech version also serves as the search-engine-spider-readable version of the text.
(If either of these things don’t happen, let me know. Also, don’t forget to turn Javascript back on.)
I didn’t build the slide show. I have one that I built years ago, but this is a lot richer. We’re integrating this with our content management tools so that every new page we build for a listing from now on will be built as this kind of either/or slide show. All of the pages will be site/appearance-independent, also, because I want to build all of my new sites as WordPress weblogs. The look and feel of these slide-show pages will come with the weblog template.
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Ron Ares says:
Nice.
I am experimenting with Flickr slideshows. Here is an example: http://www.ronares.com/properties/7305_Virginia/index.php
I upload the pix to Flickr, then embed their slideshow URL in my page as a target for Postlet or Craiglist marketing. I average 30 – 45 views of my pages (not my blog, yet) each time I update my Craigslist post.
I learned this from a post by Paul Stamatiou:
http://paulstamatiou.com/2005/11/19/how-to-quickie-embedded-flickr-slideshows/
I don’t have to own any scripting knowledge, just ride on Flickr’s nice slideshow tails. I’d like more comment flexibility, however. Thoughts?
September 19, 2006 — 6:21 pm
Greg Swann says:
> I’d like more comment flexibility, however. Thoughts?
None, alas, but the pages are gorgeous. Just lush… My hat is off!
September 19, 2006 — 7:46 pm
Cathleen Collins says:
Beautiful slide show, Ron. Of course, the house really helps! How do you know the number of hits you have on your Craiglist post? Do you use a hit counter? I don’t see any reporting function in my Craigslist account.
September 19, 2006 — 7:52 pm
Ron Ares says:
Greg & Cathleen,
Thanks for the comments. Yes, the subject house in this show gave me plenty to work with.
I use Google Analytics to track hits. My unique property URL for each listing makes that pretty easy. Post to Craigslist…see a corresponding spike in traffic.
September 19, 2006 — 9:21 pm