Older website slideshow no longer functioning

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
November 11, 2021
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I designed this website a few years ago https://basso56.com/

and it has functioned without issue. I was asked to revise the site today see that the slideshow is no longer working. I am not savvy enough to see what could have possibly caused the issue. I appreciate any help you can offer.

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Correct answer osgood_

The link to the 'jquery.cycle.all.js' script has changed since you built the website. Its now:

https://malsup.github.io/jquery.cycle.all.js

Its advisable to download the script and host it on your own web server instead of relying on a link to an external script housed on github. Usually a cdn is reliable but I'm not sure about files hosted on github. I dont think I would class github as a 'content delivery network', were most recognised scripts are housed and are reasonably reliable, github is more of a place to distrubute files to others who want to download them.

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osgood_Correct answer

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The link to the 'jquery.cycle.all.js' script has changed since you built the website. Its now:

https://malsup.github.io/jquery.cycle.all.js

Its advisable to download the script and host it on your own web server instead of relying on a link to an external script housed on github. Usually a cdn is reliable but I'm not sure about files hosted on github. I dont think I would class github as a 'content delivery network', were most recognised scripts are housed and are reasonably reliable, github is more of a place to distrubute files to others who want to download them.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

@gregjb,

Osgood is correct. GitHub is not a content delivery network (CDN), never was and should not be used that way. That's why your slideshow plugin is failing.

Also Fancybox 4 is the preferred plugin now. The script resides on an actual CDN at JS deliver which you may source directly in your code from this link.

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@fancyapps/ui@4.0/dist/fancybox.umd.js"></script>

That said, commercial websites need a license to use Fancybox 4. See links below for more details.

https://fancyapps.com/docs/ui/quick-start

https://fancyapps.com/pricing

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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gregjbAuthor

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Thank you. The site is going to be redone, I just needed it to function for a few weeks. Will definitely look into better practices moving forward.

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