<body onload="Carousel()">

<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Carousel Slideshow script- (c) Ger Versluis 2003
* Permission granted to DynamicDrive.com to feature script
* Please keep this notice intact
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

/********************************************************
Create a div with transparent place holder in your html 
<div id="Carousel" style="position:relative">
<img src="placeholder.gif" width="404" height="202">
</div>
placeholder width:
4 sided: 1.42 * carousel image width + 3
6 sided: 2 * carousel image width +4
8 sided: 2.62 * carousel image width + 5
12 sided: 3.87 * carousel image width + 7
placeholder height: 
carousel image height+2

Insert onload in body tag
<body onload="Carousel()"> 
*********************************************************/

// 7 variables to control behavior
var Car_Image_Width=140;
var Car_Image_Height=225;
var Car_Border=true; // true or false
var Car_Border_Color="white";
var Car_Speed=4;
var Car_Direction=true; // true or false
var Car_NoOfSides=8; // must be 4, 6, 8 or 12

/* array to specify images and optional links. 
For 4 sided carousel specify at least 2 images
For 6 sided carousel specify at least 3
For 8 sided carousel specify at least 4
For 12 sided carousel specify at least 6
If Link is not needed keep it ""
*/
Car_Image_Sources=new Array(
"photo1.jpg","http://www.dynamicdrive.com",
"photo2.jpg","http://www.javascriptkit.com",
"photo3.jpg","", //this slide isn't linked
"photo4.jpg","http://www.codingforums.com" // NOTE No comma after last line
);

/***************** DO NOT EDIT BELOW **********************************/
CW_I=new Array(Car_NoOfSides/2+1);C_ClcW=new Array(Car_NoOfSides/2);
C_Coef=new Array(
3*Math.PI/2,0,3*Math.PI/2,11*Math.PI/6,Math.PI/6,3*Math.PI/2,7*Math.PI/4, 0,
Math.PI/4,3*Math.PI/2,5*Math.PI/3,11*Math.PI/6,0,Math.PI/6,Math.PI/3);
var C_CoefOf=Car_NoOfSides==4?0:Car_NoOfSides==6?2:Car_NoOfSides==8?5:9;
C_Pre_Img=new Array(Car_Image_Sources.length);
var C_Angle=Car_Direction?Math.PI/(Car_NoOfSides/2):0,C_CrImg=Car_NoOfSides,C_MaxW,C_TotalW,
C_Stppd=false,i,C_LeftOffset,C_HalfNo=Car_NoOfSides/2;

function Carousel(){
if(document.getElementById){
for(i=0;i<Car_Image_Sources.length;i+=2){
C_Pre_Img[i]=new Image();C_Pre_Img[i].src=Car_Image_Sources[i]}
C_MaxW=Car_Image_Width/Math.sin(Math.PI/Car_NoOfSides)+C_HalfNo+1;
Car_Div=document.getElementById("Carousel");
for(i=0;i<C_HalfNo;i++){
CW_I[i]=document.createElement("img");Car_Div.appendChild(CW_I[i]); 
CW_I[i].style.position="absolute";
CW_I[i].style.top=0+"px";
CW_I[i].style.height=Car_Image_Height+"px";
if(Car_Border){
CW_I[i].style.borderStyle="solid";
CW_I[i].style.borderWidth=1+"px";
CW_I[i].style.borderColor=Car_Border_Color}
CW_I[i].src=Car_Image_Sources[2*i];
CW_I[i].lnk=Car_Image_Sources[2*i+1];
CW_I[i].onclick=C_LdLnk;
CW_I[i].onmouseover=C_Stp;
CW_I[i].onmouseout=C_Rstrt}
CarImages()}}

function CarImages(){
if(!C_Stppd){
C_TotalW=0;
for(i=0;i<C_HalfNo;i++){
C_ClcW[i]=Math.round(Math.cos(Math.abs(C_Coef[C_CoefOf+i]+C_Angle))*Car_Image_Width);
C_TotalW+=C_ClcW[i]}
C_LeftOffset=(C_MaxW-C_TotalW)/2;
for(i=0;i<C_HalfNo;i++){
CW_I[i].style.left=C_LeftOffset+"px";
CW_I[i].style.width=C_ClcW[i]+"px";
C_LeftOffset+=C_ClcW[i]}
C_Angle+=Car_Speed/720*Math.PI*(Car_Direction?-1:1);
if((Car_Direction&&C_Angle<=0)||(!Car_Direction&&C_Angle>=Math.PI/C_HalfNo)){
if(C_CrImg==Car_Image_Sources.length)C_CrImg=0;
if(Car_Direction){
CW_I[C_HalfNo]=CW_I[0];
for(i=0;i<C_HalfNo;i++)CW_I[i]=CW_I[i+1];
CW_I[C_HalfNo-1].src=Car_Image_Sources[C_CrImg];
CW_I[C_HalfNo-1].lnk=Car_Image_Sources[C_CrImg+1]}
else{ for(i=C_HalfNo;i>0;i--)CW_I[i]=CW_I[i-1];
CW_I[0]=CW_I[C_HalfNo];
CW_I[0].src=Car_Image_Sources[C_CrImg];
CW_I[0].lnk=Car_Image_Sources[C_CrImg+1]}
C_Angle=Car_Direction?Math.PI/C_HalfNo:0;C_CrImg+=2}}
setTimeout("CarImages()",50)}

function C_LdLnk(){if(this.lnk)window.location.href=this.lnk}
function C_Stp(){this.style.cursor=this.lnk?"pointer":"default";C_Stppd=true;}
function C_Rstrt(){C_Stppd=false}
</script>

<div id="Carousel" style="position:relative">
<img src="placeholder.gif" width="371" height="225">
</div>

<p><font face="Arial" size="-2">Free DHTML scripts provided by<br><a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com">Dynamic Drive</a></font></p>

</body>