• What is CoolSlides?
• What can CoolSlides do for me?
• How do I get started with CoolSlides?
• How do I customize CoolSlides?
• How do I lead a surfer to a slide or a category?
• Do we have a user's guide?
• How do I troubleshoot?
• How do I Display CoolSlides at my web site?
• How do I display my CoolSlides in an e-mail?
• Is CoolSlides Light Edition fully functional and FREE?
• What is the difference between CoolSlides and CoolBE?
• Questions about our company and products.
• Questions about prices and ordering.
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• As an animated catalog. CoolSlides can be set to any size to display pictures with descriptions. Your visitor can look over all of your products without clicking.
• As a photo album. CoolSlides can display upto a thousand of pictures for you in one page. Your visitors do not need to click on the thumbnails and wait for the pictures anymore.
• To advertise your own web pages with many URLs linked to your slides. Show your stuff and get web surfers beyond your home page.
• To distribute your product information. Zip up your product catalog with CoolSlides for your viewers to download.
• To dress up your web pages. Text and blank spaces do not get surfers' attention. Put in the CoolSlides animation for a change.
• To make money. You can sell or charge for CoolSlides installation. If you would like to distribute the registered versions, you can make a 30% commission .
• To be linked from other sites. Send your CoolSlides URL to www.CoolSlides.com. It can be displayed in our Cool Links page, and possibly be included in our next release as examples. Back to Top

1. Download CoolSlides. It is fully functional and FREE!
2. Unzip CoolSlides using Windows, Macintosh or Unix compatible software. DOS unzipping software will cut off the long file names. If you do not have proper unzipping software, you can download WinZip.
3. Go over the ReadMe.txt
4. Make sure your browser is Java-enabled.
   Netscape: Check under Options -> Network -> Preferences -> Languages.
   Internet Explorer: Check under View -> Options -> Advanced -> Java VM
   
5. Open the Example.html in your web browser by:
   
   • double clicking on it,
   • dragging it to your browser, or
   • choosing "File -> Open"; from your browser.
   The CoolSlides animation should begin. Enjoy the show! To make a CoolSlides with your text and images, refer to the User's Guide. If you have any problems, troubleshoot it, or e-mail us at Tech@CoolSlides.com. Top

Use a text editor or your browser's editor to change the values of the HTML tags. Save the file, then press the Reload or the Refresh icon on your browser to see your changes in the display. You can pause the animation by moving the cursor onto the display window. Check it out and make some more changes if you wish. Back to Top.

How do I lead a surfer to a slide or category?

You can use any interactive methods, such as buttons or image maps to lead surfers to specific slides and categories. These methods can be imbedded anywhere in your web page. You can tells CoolSlides to jump to a certain slide, with an optional extension to tell CoolSlides to go forward, to go backward, or to pause after displaying that slide. If you have 50 products in 5 categories, you can use a list to jump to any product and optionally pause there, and your can use another list to jump to the entry slide of any category and slide the products of that category one after the another. See the User's Guide for details.Back to Top.

How Do I Display CoolSlides at My Web Site?

All you have to do is to place the Example.html and the CoolSlides.class in the same location at your web site. You can also copy the segment from "<applet" to "</applet>", form the Example.html and paste it to anywhere in your web pages.

When you upload, make sure that you upload the CoolSlides.class as a binary file. Make a sub directory "slides" at the same location and upload the image files you used in to the "slides" sub directory. Back to Top.

How Can I Attach My CoolSlides to an E-mail?

If your e-mail agent is HTML compatible, such as Microsoft Outlook, you can copy (drag the mouse across the CoolSlides display to select) your CoolSlides and paste it on your e-mail. Send it to yourself for a test. You will see the CoolSlides starts up right from your e-mail. Our mailing list, the Cool-HTML-Mail is in HTML format. It contains a lot examples of HTML tricks, especially animations using CoolBE and CoolSlides. You may like to subscribe it.

Is the CoolSlides Light Edition Fully Functional and FREE?

Yes, it is! You are also permitted to give or sell it to a third party if you wish. The CoolSlides does not have registration requirement or time limit attached.

If you prefer, you can buy other Editions of CoolSlides at reasonable prices. Back to Top

What is the difference between CoolSlides and CoolBE?

• CoolBE is a banner and billboard engine, while CoolSlides is a slide engine.
• CoolBE has more animation methods, while CoolSlides give surfers more control.
• CoolBE is better for general advertisements, while CoolSlides is for catalog sales.
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