Indexhibit Support

first of all, i am not very adept at code, but i want to try something more complex than what i've got at the moment.

soooo... this site's functionality is pretty dope, and if possible, i want to create a new exhibit incorporating this jquery. ideally, i want this button/keyboard right and left functionality to work horizontally like it does in the example, and definitely want it to go behind the standard indexhibit menu when the right button is clicked. i'm not as concerned about the button that follows the cursor, but definitely want a way to navigate the pieces on the page.

it looks like it's using prettyphoto.js - incorporating images/text inside of those blocks..

please advise as to whether something like this is possible.

thanks!

In the end, it's all just html/css/javascript/php/etc. Anything is possible, but you need to know a few things and/or be willing to try...

where would i begin?

With learning html/css/javascript/php/etc. There isn't a simple answer to this.

You could try opening up an existing exhibition format and understanding how they work. And, look at their code to understand how it works. And then implement to two...

i've already got an exhibition going, and from my tooling around in the past, jquery wasn't as seemless as i would have wished it to be when i tried it. i'll mess around or enlist some help to get this project off the ground

very dope.

sorry nothing proper to add ;) I just like that website's navigation stuff. good luck with it!

nice site indeed, but after all I lack a horizontal scrolling bar: when there are many items on the page the user doesn't know at all how long the page is, and there is no way to go back to the beginning of page except by clicking clicking clicking...
@bnjmn - did you see this horizontal nav? not so fancy, but might be a simpler solution...
;-)

not a big fan of the look and feel of this site but it does basically the same thing, with the content that scrolls behind the menu. very nice. i've gotta talk to some developers and figure this out!

no need of developers, you can download it, I've provided instructions there and you can customize the look and feel to your needs...
easy! ;-)

is it possible to have this in a format that doesn't widen the window horizontally? in other words, something that is contained inside of the window that exists horizontally off the page (like the example i posted)

also, would this format work with thumbnails - meaning would you be able to click a thumbnail (from the top, like a gallery) and it take you to that project in this same scrolling format?

everything is possible if one knows how to play with it, or at least tries to...
1 - that's more a jquery feature, should try to integrate the two...
2 - I've managed to make a horizontal visual index, I'm planning to clean the code when I'll have some time and share it. at the moment it's here.

2 - I've managed to make a horizontal visual index, I'm planning to clean the code when I'll have some time and share it. at the moment it's here.

And it's beautiful, ricky ;) I was just thinking about something like this for my site. Your horizontal visual index is looking great.

Maybe this is a good start point :)...

the scrollable Plugin (jquerytools) already got key navigation and a endless scroll.

Standalone Version
Version with instructions

@7 - thanks for appreciating it! in the next days I hope I can clean it for sharing here ;-)
@g470 - yes, I knew too about that website, a good one indeed imho