You have a few options (though none will be exactly like that particular site):
I’ve used the Featured Content Gallery plugin myself and I’m happy with the results. You can see it in action on the FCG website. Hopefully this is what you’re looking for.
If you want more of the functionality that this other site has (clicking numbers, etc) I recommend looking at the code and trying to reproduce the Javascript. Or, hire a developer.
many thanks – i think both will be very useful
If all else fails, I’m also starting to build one based on that specific website you mentioned. I like that it’s not flash-based. I’ll probably have something in a week or two – would you be interested in testing it?
yeah absolutely.
let me know when it’s ready and i’ll give it a run
So I think I’ve got this worked out. You can download the “beta” version of the plugin from http://www.jumping-duck.com/wordpress. It’s called “JS Banner Rotate.”
Install the plug-in as you would any other and activate it. It works entirely through shortcodes. The structure is like this:
[jsbrotate height=200 width=500 title=Images link=http://whateveryouwant.com image1=http://blog.com/image1.jpg image2=http://blog.com/image2.jpg … /]
You can put up to 5 images in the rotation. At the moment, all of the colors and such are exactly like those on the site you originally referenced. Maybe I’ll give control over colors and such in a future version.
Just know that all of your images have to be the same size (the height and width you specify in the shortcode) or things will look funky. The default values are arbitrary (width=900, height=300), so make sure you set your own.
Drop me an email at eric@eamann.com after you get things set up. I’m curious to hear how it works in your system (I tested with a very basic theme on WP 2.8 …)
I just added the plugin to the WordPress repository, so it should be available fairly soon. Just search for “JS Banner Rotate” to find it. Or just go to the WP page: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/js-banner-rotate/
looks good.
I will try it out ASAP!! And let you know
