Weird slideshow problem

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Thor

Can anyone suggest a direction to pursue to solve this problem? I'm out of
ideas.

I have a JavaScript slide show program. I installed it in a "test" website
and it worked just fine. I imported the same page into a "serious" web,
placed a couple of photos in the same relationship to the page. Now when I
open the slideshow, the first slide is not recognized. It's just that little
red-X logo. If I click to the next slide, the slideshow begins to run
normally. Furthermore, when it loops back to slide #1 it still works fine!
So I have come to the following conclusions:

1. It's not the photo, because it works the second time around. Also, the
problem remains if I swap photos.

2. It's not the location of the photos, because the slideshow is accessing
several in the same folder. And it has no problem accessing it the second
time.

3. It's not the JavaScript because it works in another web, and the entire
page was imported.

That leaves me without anyplace to look! (In addition, it runs too fast on
the Internet, but let's solve one problem at a time!)

Here it is, with just two photos: www.yale56.org/reunion50/slideshow_people
 
No, when I go to that page, there's no picture until I click the forward
button. Just the red-x logo. Do you see a photo as soon as you open the
page? (I'm using IE and Firefox)
 
Thor said:
No, when I go to that page, there's no picture until I click the
forward button. Just the red-x logo. Do you see a photo as soon as
you open the page? (I'm using IE and Firefox)
Click to expand...

This is a bit of guess here, but your array is
SLIDES[0] = ["_KEN0376.jpg", "Don Felt"];
SLIDES[1] = ["Broek2.jpg", "Hal Broek, Fred Waters et al."];

And your opening image (line 83 in
http://www.yale56.org/reunion50/slideshow_people.htm) is
<img name="stage" border="0" src="Broek1.jpg" style="filter: revealtrans();
font-size:12;"></td></tr></table>

Should it be "Broek2.jpg" ?
Or is it meant to be "Broek1.jpg", but this is not on the site

I can see that http://www.yale56.org/reunion50/Broek2.jpg exists (Just click
this link )
but http://www.yale56.org/reunion50/Broek2.jpg returns
HTTP/1.1 404 Object Not Found
 
one image's file name begins with an underscore _ try renaming that image
without the underscore...maybe that's part of the problem.


| No, when I go to that page, there's no picture until I click the forward
| button. Just the red-x logo. Do you see a photo as soon as you open the
| page? (I'm using IE and Firefox)
|
|
| | > You must have fixed it because I get no such error as you describe.
| >
| > | >> Damn! Forgot the .htm. Sorry 'bout that.
| >>
| >> Here it is, with just two photos:
| >>> www.yale56.org/reunion50/slideshow_people.htm
| >>
| >> | >>> Hi Thor,
| >>> Your page is a 404, can you post the correct link?
| >>>
| >>> --
| >>> Cheers,
| >>> Jon
| >>> Microsoft MVP
| >>>
| >>> | >>>> Can anyone suggest a direction to pursue to solve this problem? I'm
out
| >>>> of ideas.
| >>>>
| >>>> I have a JavaScript slide show program. I installed it in a "test"
| >>>> website
| >>>> and it worked just fine. I imported the same page into a "serious"
web,
| >>>> placed a couple of photos in the same relationship to the page. Now
| >>>> when I
| >>>> open the slideshow, the first slide is not recognized. It's just that
| >>>> little
| >>>> red-X logo. If I click to the next slide, the slideshow begins to
run
| >>>> normally. Furthermore, when it loops back to slide #1 it still works
| >>>> fine!
| >>>> So I have come to the following conclusions:
| >>>>
| >>>> 1. It's not the photo, because it works the second time around.
Also,
| >>>> the
| >>>> problem remains if I swap photos.
| >>>>
| >>>> 2. It's not the location of the photos, because the slideshow is
| >>>> accessing
| >>>> several in the same folder. And it has no problem accessing it the
| >>>> second time.
| >>>>
| >>>> 3. It's not the JavaScript because it works in another web, and the
| >>>> entire
| >>>> page was imported.
| >>>>
| >>>> That leaves me without anyplace to look! (In addition, it runs too
fast
| >>>> on the Internet, but let's solve one problem at a time!)
| >>>>
| >>>> Here it is, with just two photos:
| >>>> www.yale56.org/reunion50/slideshow_people
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
|
|
 
I think Trevor has found the problem. The photo starting with an underscore
appears without a problem once we get past the opening shot. And that's
where Trevor found the missing ingredient.
 
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