Portal-Type Featured Image or Article with Effects
I'm sure you've seen the featured images and articles that slide or "peel" to the next on famous news and portal websites. Ideally, I want to do this and have it be search engine friendly.
Man, I know I have seen these site but I cannot find an example!
Take a look at bananarepublic.com: I like the effect of the flash "ticker" at the top and I like the rotator in the main section. I have done rotators but I want to do mine better and SEO friendly if possible. I want a smooth transition and I want it to be easy to update.
Any ideas?
I feel so helpless and this seems to take a lot of time.
JeevesBond posted this at 05:09 — 15th May 2008.
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This is probably not as hard as you think. Firstly, create a boring static HTML layout, with no effects. That's what Google likes. Make sure it's good, simple, semantic code. No tables for layout, spacer.gif's or anything of that sort, this will impede your ability to format things later on.
Then take a JavaScript library like jQuery (probably best for what you're trying to do, it's got some great effects). Use jQuery, CSS, and your own Javascript (using jQuery) to create the style and effects you like.
If you get stuck on anything specific, let us know. Welcome to the forums, and sorry this reply is so late.
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