Engage Site Visitors With Smooth Content Sliders

May 12, 2009 · by Practical eCommerce Staff

Smooth content sliders are widgets that can show clickable product images, Adobe Flash, HTML, or other content; effectively creating a "featured section" in a small amount of space. There are several good slider options. One is the jFlow plugin, a fast-loading JavaScript that allows site owners to easily integrate a fluid content slider with the use of jQuery, allowing web developers to code less and do more. For optimum visitor engagement, try integrating smooth content sliders on your site.

Podcast: The eCommerce Minute | Tags: Marketing, Development

2 Comments

webdeveloper22 says:

Thursday, May 14, 2009 · 03:24 PM

There seems to be a trend towards adding this type of featured area on home pages as well as category pages. Here are a few sites for starters:

http://www.jared.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/home%7C10451%7C10001%7C-1%7C

http://www.golfsmith.com/

http://www.guitarcenter.com

Armando Roggio says:

Thursday, May 14, 2009 · 05:30 PM

@webdeveloper22, Great examples. I really like the one on GuitarCenter.com.

Also, please checkout the PeC article, Web Design Tips: Adding A Featured Section to Your Site Using jQuery and jFlow.

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