Does the slide show affect hits?

ballentphoto

On my main page www.ballentphoto.com I have the slide show running. I just got the slideshow running today and my conversion ratio is uhmmm 796% :scratch with the large image spiked at 5000K+ hits I have only been on for a few days so I am not sure what is going on here... is someone slurping up pics or something else is happening ???? My header jpg is only showing 18 hits so anyone have an idea? :dunno

Thanks much,
Michael

devbobo

Do the hits correlate to the gallery being used for the slideshow ?

But yes, I am pretty sure that any images being displayed will be included as hits in statistics.

ballentphoto

devbobo wrote:

Do the hits correlate to the gallery being used for the slideshow ?

But yes, I am pretty sure that any images being displayed will be included as hits in statistics.

Yes the gallery that is "pegged" is the one that I am using for the slideshow... I am a newbie to this so I am not sure what is going on. But that does make sense... the hit stats look great for only being online for a few days, hehehehe just odd the way it's reporting it... of course I could have goofed the javascript stuff.

devbobo

ok i think I have found the problem, your intent is to only display the slideshow on your homepage...right ?

If so, your slideshow is loading on every page not just your homepage.

To fix this, change this code in your footer...

loadSlideshow(); 

to this...

if (YD.hasClass(document.body, "homepage"))
  loadSlideshow(); 

brandofamily

Will that code, instead of using display:none and then the display:block for the homepage allow pages to load quicker? Or is your way JS and the other the equivalent in CSS?

devbobo

brandofamily wrote:

Will that code, instead of using display:none and then the display:block for the homepage allow pages to load quicker? Or is your way JS and the other the equivalent in CSS?

Anthony,

there is a difference. CSS code turns on/off the visibility for the slideshow container.

But calling or not calling that function is the difference of whether the slideshow images are loaded or not...does that make sense ?

A good way to determine if you are acutally calling the slideshow when you should be, is to remove any CSS that hides it. Then browse through your site, if the slideshow appears on any page (not including the base image if used) then you are downloading extra stuff to the clients browser that isn't required and actually slowing down their experience.

ballentphoto

devbobo wrote:

ok i think I have found the problem, your intent is to only display the slideshow on your homepage...right ?

If so, your slideshow is loading on every page not just your homepage.

To fix this, change this code in your footer...

loadSlideshow(); 

to this...

if (YD.hasClass(document.body, "homepage"))
  loadSlideshow(); 

I made the change, thanks for looking at it. I took the code from the instructions, guess that what you get when you are dealing with hacks hehehe. That would explain why the galleries took longer to load.

You ROCK!!!

brandofamily

OK. I'm certain that the slide show is loading... as you may remember, I have the main slideshow on the homepage and another on my "gear" page. I also have a "virtual" featured gallery...

Here's the code from my footer...

<!-- Common Slideshow Parms -->
<*****script type="text/javascript">
slideshowContainerId = "brandoSS";
quickStart = false;
slideshowType = 0;
slideDuration = 3;
showSlideTransition = true;
randomSlides = true;
slideControls = false;

if (isClass("homepage") && !isClass("featured"))
{ /*== slideshow parms specific to homepage slideshow ==*/
  slideshowUrl = "http://www.brandolinoimaging.com/gallery/1760778";//album to use for slideshow photos
  resizeToPhoto = true;
  firstSlideUrl = "http://brandolinoimaging.smugmug.com/photos/87313324-M.jpg";
  slidesClickable = false;
  slideHeight = "450"; //visible height of slide
  slideWidth = "577";  //visible width of slide
  photoHeight = "450"; //actual photo height
  photoWidth = "577"; //actual photo width
}

else if (isClass("gallery_1091885") && isClass("galleryPage"))
{ /*== slideshow parms specific to 1091885 slideshow ==*/
  slideshowUrl = "http://brandolinoimaging.smugmug.com/gallery/1085730"; //album to use for slideshow photos
  firstSlideUrl = "http://brandolinoimaging.smugmug.com/photos/54160348-L.jpg";
  resizeToPhoto = false;
  slideHeight = "350"; //visible height of slide
  slideWidth = "350";  //visible width of slide
  photoHeight = "350"; //actual photo height
  photoWidth = "350"; //actual photo width 
}

loadSlideshow();
<*****/********
<!-- End of Common Slideshow Parms -->

Any thoughts on loading correctly for MY site...

devbobo

ballentphoto wrote:

I made the change, thanks for looking at it. I took the code from the instructions, guess that what you get when you are dealing with hacks hehehe. That would explain why the galleries took longer to load.

You ROCK!!!

no problem.

I am going to talk to BWG about adding a failsafe to prevent this condition.

devbobo

only call it when u want it

change to this...

<!-- Common Slideshow Parms -->
<*****script type="text/javascript">
slideshowContainerId = "brandoSS";
quickStart = false;
slideshowType = 0;
slideDuration = 3;
showSlideTransition = true;
randomSlides = true;
slideControls = false;

if (isClass("homepage") && !isClass("featured"))
{ /*== slideshow parms specific to homepage slideshow ==*/
  slideshowUrl = "http://www.brandolinoimaging.com/gallery/1760778";//album to use for slideshow photos
  resizeToPhoto = true;
  firstSlideUrl = "http://brandolinoimaging.smugmug.com/photos/87313324-M.jpg";
  slidesClickable = false;
  slideHeight = "450"; //visible height of slide
  slideWidth = "577";  //visible width of slide
  photoHeight = "450"; //actual photo height
  photoWidth = "577"; //actual photo width
  [B][COLOR=Yellow]loadSlideshow();[/COLOR][/B]
}

else if (isClass("gallery_1091885") && isClass("galleryPage"))
{ /*== slideshow parms specific to 1091885 slideshow ==*/
  slideshowUrl = "http://brandolinoimaging.smugmug.com/gallery/1085730"; //album to use for slideshow photos
  firstSlideUrl = "http://brandolinoimaging.smugmug.com/photos/54160348-L.jpg";
  resizeToPhoto = false;
  slideHeight = "350"; //visible height of slide
  slideWidth = "350";  //visible width of slide
  photoHeight = "350"; //actual photo height
  photoWidth = "350"; //actual photo width 
  [B][COLOR=Yellow]loadSlideshow();[/COLOR][/B]
}
<*****/********
<!-- End of Common Slideshow Parms -->

brandofamily

OK.. I think I get it... I had programming many years ago... the 2 sections are setting the parameters for loading... the 1st says load if condition A is true but condition B is false.
The 2nd says load if BOTH C AND D are true... am I close??

devbobo

brandofamily wrote:

OK.. I think I get it... I had programming many years ago... the 2 sections are setting the parameters for loading... the 1st says load if condition A is true but condition B is false.
The 2nd says load if BOTH C AND D are true... am I close??

brandofamily

devbobo wrote:

thanks I'll fix my code and remove the CSS code...

devbobo

brandofamily wrote:

thanks I'll fix my code and remove the CSS code...

leave the CSS code there, I only mentioned it as a method to determine if u are incorrectly loading the slideshow

ballentphoto

devbobo wrote:

no problem.

I am going to talk to BWG about adding a failsafe to prevent this condition.

The hits still seem to be growing... is this because the pages are still cached on people's machines?

Below is my footer code.

type="text/javascript">
/* required slideshow variables */
slideshowContainerId = "featuredBox"; 
slideshowUrl = "http://www.ballentphoto.com/gallery/1759024"; 
/* optional slideshow variables */ 
/* see properties section */ 
if (YD.hasClass(document.body, "homepage"))
loadSlideshow();

brandofamily

devbobo wrote:

leave the CSS code there, I only mentioned it as a method to determine if u are incorrectly loading the slideshow

If I'm not loading the show on other pages do I really need to HIDE it for those pages?

bwg

devbobo wrote:

only call it when u want it

change to this...

meh, i'm not a big fan of calling the same function twice for no reason. that code you gave him will behave no differently than his original code.

the slideshow will not execute if:

• slideshowContainerId is not provided
• slideshowContainerId does not evaluate to a valid element
• slideshowUrl is not provided

in brando's case, unless one of his conditions were met, slideshowUrl was not set and calling loadSlideshow(); would not have done anything.

failsafe enough?

brandofamily

bigwebguy wrote:

meh, i'm not a big fan of calling the same function twice for no reason. that code you gave him will behave no differently than his original code.

the slideshow will not execute if:

• slideshowContainerId is not provided
• slideshowContainerId does not evaluate to a valid element
• slideshowUrl is not provided

in brando's case, unless one of his conditions were met, slideshowUrl was not set and calling loadSlideshow(); would not have done anything.

failsafe enough?

Thanks BWG. I'll leave my code alone then... Thanks too to Dev for looking...

devbobo

bigwebguy wrote:

failsafe enough?

no, cuz this situation can still happen as did in the original thread. Can u add an additional condition that it doesn't loadSlideshow if the slideshowcontainer.style.display='none'