Dynamic Billboard

Demo

Author: Robert Temple (templer@db.erau.edu)

Source Code: BillData.java, BillTransition.java, ColumnTransition.java, DynamicBillBoard.java, FadeTransition.java, LargeImageFadeTransition.java, RotateTransition.java, SmashTransition.java, TearTransition.java, UnrollTransition.java

Description:
The Dynamic Billboard displays a series of images with a number of different transitions between the images. Transitions include Column Shift, Fade, Rotate, Tear, Smash, and Unroll. It only loads the images when they are needed, thereby making it more efficient.

Documentation

Choose the compression method for your platform and the compiled Java code to your machine.
Create each of the billboard graphics in the program of your choice and save them as gif files. All of the graphics must be the same size and the size of the applet specified in the APPLET tag must also be the same height and width.
Upload the class files (include all of the transitions, that your display will be using) and all of the gif files to your webserver and put them all in the same directory.
Next create an HTML file with the following tags and upload it to the same directory. The compressed download files at the bottom of the page contain the necessary gif for demonstration purposes.

HTML

<applet code="DynamicBillBoard" width="392" height="72"> 

<param name="delay" value="3000">
<param name="billboards" value="4">
<param name="transitions" value="6,ColumnTransition,FadeTransition,TearTransition,SmashTransition,UnrollTransition,RotateTransition">

<param name="bill0" value="gatorade.gif,http://205.217.2.106/gatorade/GatorStore/index.html">
<param name="bill1" value="aa.gif,/~templer/Axis+Allies/">
<param name="bill2" value="pattern.gif,/java/pattern/">
<param name="bill3" value="jars.gif,http://www.surinam.net/java/jars/jars.html">

</applet>

Params

Here is a description of each of the parameter tags:

<param name="delay" value="3000">

This specifies how long each image is shown.

<param name="billboards" value="4">

The number of images that will be shown.

<param name="transitions" value="6,ColumnTransition,FadeTransition,TearTransition,SmashTransition,UnrollTransition,RotateTransition">

The transitions to randomly select from.

<param name="bill0" value="gatorade.gif,http://205.217.2.106/gatorade/GatorStore/index.html">

The first image to show and the URL to launch the person to if they click on the image.

<param name="bill1" value="aa.gif,/~templer/Axis+Allies/">

The second image to show and the URL it points to (notice it can be absolute or relative).

<param name="billn" value="pattern.gif,/java/pattern/">

Keep naming the gifs 'mynameX.gif' where X is an integer starting from 0.

Enjoy Pure Java Satisfaction.