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I’ve added a packed version of jCarousel to the download package. This reduces the filesize from 19KB to 6KB for those who need to take care about traffic.

I’ve just uploaded the first stable release of jCarousel. I did some heavy source code rewriting to fit more into the jQuery plugin guidelines. Furthermore, i’ve changed the licence to a dual licence model (MIT and GPL).

I switched to a new blog software today. sorgalla.com is now driven by WordPress. I’ve imported the posts, but the comments are gone. Feel free to add them again.

Btw, i’ve updated jCarousel to a new version…

I’ve released the new version of jCarousel tonight. As noted, it contains some improvements and new features.

You lazy guys may like the new feature of assigning jQuery().jcarousel() directly to <ul> list and let jCarousel wrap the required markup around it.

In addition, i’ve extended the documentation and have rewritten most of the examples. Check out the new examples to see how simple it is to ride carousels.

If you ran in problems with jCarousel, stop by at the jQuery mailinglist.

Beside fixing bugs of the jCarousel beta version, i had some interesting discussions on the jQuery mailinglist. After that, i decided to implement two new features.

The guys noted it would be nice to apply jCarousel directly to
<ul> lists and let jCarousel wrap the non-semantic markup. So, jCarousel will look at the nodeName of the passed object. If its a
<ul>, it wraps the markup, if not, it assumes that the markup is wrapped manually in the document.

Additionally, jCarousel will accept 6 new callback functions (itemFirstInHandler, itemFirstOutHandler, itemLastInHandler, itemLastOutHandler, itemVisibleInHandler, itemVisibleOutHandler). The callbacks are notified on changing states of the list items.

I’m going to release the new version this week (hopefully). So, stay tuned…

Shortly after the first release, jCarousel is getting more and more attention. After staying at the del.icio.us popular page for javascript since a while, its mentioned at the jQuery Blog yesterday (don’t forget to check out the other cool jQuery plugins).

That’s nice to see and forces me to bring jCarousel out of the beta state as soon as possible. So, if you have checked jCarousel out and found a bug, please drop me a note at jan (a) sorgalla (d) com.

It’s got late tonight…but i managed to finish a first version of my jQuery plugin called jCarousel. Check it out and post bugs and suggestions in here.

» jCarousel - Riding carousels with jQuery

This is my first entry and will hopefully not be the last one. I promised myself to write my thoughts down here as well as offer some scripts i wrote and usefull links passing my way.

I’m getting in touch more deeply with the fantastic javascript library jQuery in the last days. I’m currently writing a carousel plugin inspired by the “Carousel Component” by Bill Scott.

Stay tuned…