LyndoLab

miniSlideshow.lzx widget pointing to different photo data

The miniSlideshow.lzx widgets on the right side blog gutter are two instances of the same Laszlo app. The first slideshow widget is pointed at an image data source from MissingKids.org, as of 5:15p PST Friday Nov 14, 2003. The second slideshow widget is pointed to a directory of personal travel photos.

The current MissingKids result is rough, with photos distorted through inappropriate scaling, and important text information not formatted to display completely. However, this demonstration confirms the simplicity of displaying different data by simply pointing the app at different XML files over the Web. Unlike the Java-based implementation, the Laszlo widgets target the Flash run-time (version 5 or higher), and thus can play in over 98% of today's deployed Web browsers across all OS platforms.

Original Java-based slideshow banner:
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=683

Original data source feeding the Java applet photo slideshow:
http://banner.missingkids.com/US/en_US/missingkids_applet/javaBanner.txt

An XML conversion compatible with miniSlideshow.xml
http://www.ultrasaurus.com/cgi-bin/test/missingkids.cgi

miniSlideshow.lzx Source Code:
http://www.mylaszlo.com/lps/viewer/viewer.jsp?file=/lyndonwong/miniSlideshow/miniSlideshow.lzx

Blog entry annoucing release of miniSlideshow:
http://lyndonwong.blogspot.com/2003_10_14_lyndonwong_archive.html

Adding an Amazon Buy box to a blog entry Let's see how blogger handles table tags and the embedding of something like an Amazon purchase banner ad! Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah.Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah.Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah. Blah, blah, blah, de blah.

Selling books via Amazon

Just for kicks, adding an Amazon affiliate buy link in the blog gutter on the right. Amazon offers 15% commission on sales referrals for books (I think...). Hmmm...probably should edit out some of the HTML, so that it's more of a book list entry than an ad banner.

RSS Box Generator

An interesting JavaScript generator to create RSS boxes for incorporation into blogs or personal web pages:

http://publish.curry.com/rss/

Can I share a photo?

This is the icon I use on my personal homepage. Let's see what happens.

Trying out blogger template edits, adding a Laszlo web link widget.