Hope it helps.

Ed

//List must be the Announcement list
//Change path to the site or subsite Make sure to leave off the “/default.aspx”
mySiteUrl = “http://SharePoint.myserver.com/sites/EAE”
//Create local copies of the jquery-1.3.2.min.js and easySlider1.5.js files below

$(document).ready(function() {
var soapEnv =
” \
\
\
Announcements \
\
\
\
\
FieldRef Name=’ID’ /> \
\
\
\
\
“;
$.ajax({
url: mySiteUrl + “/_vti_bin/lists.asmx”,
type: “POST”,
dataType: “xml”,
data: soapEnv,
complete: processResult,
contentType: “text/xml; charset=\”utf-8\”"
});
});

function processResult(xData, status) {
$(xData.responseXML).find(“z\\:row”).each(function() {
var liHtml = “” + $(this).attr(“ows_Title”) + “View Item” + $(this).attr(“ows_Body”) +”";
$(“#tasksUL”).append(liHtml);
});
$(“#slider”).easySlider({
controlsBefore: ”,
controlsAfter: ”,
auto: true,
continuous: true,
//vertical: true,
prevText: ‘<>’,
speed: 1000,
pause: 4000
});
}

#slider{border-bottom:2px solid #ccc; background:#e7e8e9; padding:1px; font-size:x-small;}
#slider h5{font:italic medium Georgia, Times, serif; color:white; padding:3px; margin-bottom:-10px; background:#990033;}
#slider h5 span{text-transform:lowercase; padding:5px; font:x-small normal Arial, Helvetica, san-serif;}
#slider div {font-size: x-small; padding:3px;}
#slider ul, #slider li{margin:0; padding:0; list-style:none;}
#slider li{width:600px; height:241px; overflow:hidden; padding:0px;}
#controls2 {padding:3px 0 0 0; text-align:right; width:600px;}
#prevBtn, #nextBtn{}
#nextBtn{}
#prevBtn a, #nextBtn a{font-size:x-small; background-color:#ccc; color:#444; padding:2px; text-decoration:none;}
#nextBtn a{}

My next challenge: Can I add a parameter to the URL’s I publish so that I can link to a particular item within the slideshow (i.e. so that it becomes the first slide displayed).

E.g. The Announcement items each have an ID. Is there a way to use this in the page URL so that the first slide displayed can be changed?

Alternatively, does anyone have another way of linking to an individual item once using a slideshow?

When I drop the code in a CEWP and change the code to reference the Easy Slider file in my doc library, I get the below error:

None Use for formatted text, tables, and images. true g_DB2EDDC37E7B4778AFA48D2DEE22877B 1 Normal true true true true true true true Modeless
Default
Cannot import this Web Part. /_layouts/images/mscontl.gif Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.ContentEditorWebPart

I wasn’t sure what to do with the Easy Slider CSS file, so that could be the cause. Any tips or ideas?

Thanks!
Ethan

with

$(xData.responseXML).find(“[nodeName=z:row]“)

Everything seems to work great now in all browsers. Apparently Safari, Chrome and Opera do not recognize the z:row namespace that the SharePoint Lists Web Service GetListItems operation returns.

Thanks again for the work you put in!

Thanks again!

Thanks.

var teaserText = teaser.slice(0,500);  

This code gets the first 500 characters of the body of the announcement. Just change 500 to a larger number if you want to show more text. Hope this helps.

I’m having a little problem: I’ve adjusted the height in the CSS and I can clearly see that there is enough space for at least two more lines, but my text gets cut off in the middle of a row as if there was a maximum number of characters. Do you have an idea what the problem could be?

Thanks
Nicole