Check out this page:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061227/NEWS04/612270379

Notice the mini-photo gallery at the top right portion of the page? Click the image/thumbnail. Use the mouse to move the image around. Use the arrows to move forward and back in the image gallery.

That is some COOL stuff. At least I think so.

What powers it is a combination of css and SSI. I am unable to see the SSI, but the css is here:

http://www.freep.com/assets/css/highslide.css

Anyone game for reverse engineering this?

I am trying!

I would like to have that powering some tutorials on my site.

I wrote the webmaster, but so far no response. Perhaps he is tightlipped about it, not wanting the code to get out.

But I was digging and digging and so far came up with part of what seems to be powering it, and so far that is all I have.

Thanks so much....this will be FUN!

and a google search of 'highslide' turns up a quick link to ...
http://vikjavev.no/highslide/

Highslide JS is one of my favorite scripts. We use it for my wife's boutique wedding cake business.

I released the Wordpress Highslide JS Plugin that you guys mentioned. It does help ease the process of inserting the proper javascript for highslide. Remember though that Highslide JS requires $30 for commercial use.

Also the plugin *should* be compatible with Wordpress 2.1 - let me know if any of you are able to test it successfully with that version. I'm not upgrading for the next few days.

Posted By: JesseHeapHighslide JS is one of my favorite scripts. We use it for my wife'sboutique wedding cakebusiness.

I released theWordpress Highslide JS Pluginthat you guys mentioned. It does help ease the process of inserting the proper javascript for highslide.Remember though that Highslide JS requires $30 for commercial use.

Also the plugin*should*be compatible with Wordpress 2.1 - let me know if any of you are able to test it successfully with that version. I'm not upgrading for the next few days.

I ran into several problems with the plugin unfortunatly.

For example, I noticed that the QuickTag edit button was a broken image whenever I tried to edit a newly created post. The image button would work fine when creating a new post, but after saving that post and then re-opening it to make changes, the Highslide button was gone, leaving a gaping hole in the tool bar where it use to be :) Odd.

Also, I noticed that the thumbnail had no style attributes. No mouseover/hover effects. And when the thumbnail was clicked, the large image opened in a new browser window. Wild.

Hmmm.

It really is cool. I am playing with the original version. The plugin gave me some problems in that it was not working consitently.

Jesse, thanks. I owe a small apology. The terms "broken image" are not correct. I chose them because I could not think of a better way to characterize it.

When I say broken image, I meant that the "button" is not there, leaving a 1.5 inch blank space when in edit mode. New Posts, the Highslide "button" is there. In edit mode, it is gone, leaving a gap. I suppose a screen shot is in order.

I am using 2.07

As for thumb styles, I decided to try creating an external css of my own, using the above attributes you mentioned, and for some reason the thumbnails did not assume the attributes.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://totalphysiqueonline.com/wordpress/wp-content/highslide/highslide-roundedwhite.css" type="text/css" /> was the line of code I used in the header template. It has allof the attributes found in the rounded-white outline format.

I still had no success. I am certain I am doing something boneheaded.