Blockster - fixed for jQuery v1.4.3
Thanks for the reports that Blockster wasn't working with the latest release of jQuery, 1.4.3. This is now fixed, and you can re-download the source here.
I would hesitate to say this was a jQuery bug, but it certainly seemed like one. For some reason, values set via the .css() method were being set, but read back as 0, e.g.
1$('#something').css({left: 15+'px', top: 20+'px'});
2alert($('#something').css('left')); //alerts 0px, not 15px
In jQuery 1.4.2, there was no issue. Anyway, some fudge later involving tracker variables, this is fixed. Phew.
2 comments | post newBlockster update: controlling it with navigation
Of all my scripts, Blockster has probably got the best response. I've had a lot of e-mails about that one, and one from Andreas Rasmussen recently asked if it could be controlled by navigation rather than just auto-rotate.
This is something I've been meaning to build into it for some time, and now I have. This has meant a slight change in how you call it into your page. The new syntax is:
1blocksterInstance = new Blockster({
2 holder: '#featureRotator_1',
3 rows: 4,
4 cols: 6,
5 random: true
6});
Then, to force it to go to a particular slide and interrupt the auto-rotate, you'd call:
1blocksterInstance.jump(0); //go to slide 1
2blocksterInstance.jump(3); //go to slide 4, etc
Head over here to download, get usage info or view a demo.
You might recognise from the above that Blockster has gone all trendy and become object-orientated, hence it's instantiated with new and assigned to a variable.
So it started life as a rotator, now it can be used as a carousel (though don't forget I just built a proper carousel!).
Enjoy.
11 comments | post newBlockster transition effect
Just posted this in the scripts section. Blockster is a cool transition effect designed for 'featured content' rotators or slideshows, transitioning between slides block by block.
Head over here to download, get usage info or view a demo.
The script gives you full control over how the script behaves, giving you scope to create some pretty varying effects.
You can set the number of rows and cols in the block grid, whether the blocks should fade in or simple appear, whether they should appear randomly or in order, and more.
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