[Web4lib] powerpoint-style transitions -- thanks

[Ken Irwin]

Michael and Greg -- thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
Ken

Greg Fleming wrote:
> There's an IE-only way of doing it. I had to search to see if this was 
> still supported as I turned it off after the first few experiences I 
> had with wacky page transitions. IE 7 does support it, however:
>  
> http://www.permadi.com/tutorial/iePageTransition/index.html
>  
> Greg
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Ken Irwin
> *Sent:* Wed 9/26/2007 1:11 PM
> *To:* web4lib
> *Subject:* [Web4lib] powerpoint-style transitions with CSS or other 
> simple webanswers
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Is there an easy, friendly way to get web-pages to make visual
> transitions in a fashion similar to PowerPoint fade/slide/speckle/etc
> transitions?
> We're looking at developing a kiosk that would display weekly campus
> events. The original idea was to create a PPT file every week, which
> sounds incredibly labor-intensive and boring. I'm thinking of using a
> PHP/MySQL back-end that will manage the content, but would still have a
> PowerPoint-like presentation. My mockup relies heavily on the
> http-equiv=Refresh tag, just loading one event-page after another.
>
> The PPT-type transitions are certainly non-mandatory, but sprinkling
> them in gently might create a bit of eye-catchery and visual appeal. Is
> there a straightforward way of doing this with CSS, AJAX or something 
> else?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Ken
>
> --
> Ken Irwin
> Reference Librarian
> Thomas Library, Wittenberg University
>
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Ken Irwin
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