swgfl.org.uk YUI Integration

Whilst redesigning the South West Grid for Learning web site, we wanted to achieve something similar to the scrolling 'feature box' on the BBC home page.

After evaluating suitable components offered by a number of major JavaScript libraries, I selected the Yahoo User Interface (YUI) 'TabView' component.

The TabView component offered a great starting point to achieving feature box functionality, on top of which I developed the following:

• Custom web part to allow simple integration into Kentico CMS;
   
• Image-based or Flash-based tab content, including Flash to Image graceful degrading;
   
• User cutomisable interface (user can choose tab colours, text colour, size and number of tabs);
   
• Automatic, timed tab switching. 

For an example of the YUI integration in action, see the feature box on the swgfl.org.uk Home Page.

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