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How to make javascript slider automatically slide

My javascript skills are pretty basic but I'm trying to learn more, so was wondering if someone could help me out or point me in the right direction as I'm a bit puzzled with a site I'm working on.
The site is: http://epaints.co.uk/ basically I am trying to get the home page slider to slide automatically on page load, at the moment it only slides when the user clicks the navigation buttons.
$('.caro-arrow.caro-arrow-r').click( function () {
setTimeout("$('.caro-arrow.caro-arrow-r').click()", 4000);
});
I always thought it was a simple as adding the below code for it to auto slide, but it doesn't seem to work:
auto: true,
autoControls: true
Like I said, if anyone can help me out or point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for your help :-)

Use the following code in your $(document).ready(function () { /* HERE */ })
$('.caro-arrow.caro-arrow-r').click( function () {
setTimeout("$('.caro-arrow.caro-arrow-r').click()", 4000);
}).trigger('click');
We don't need to write the same function twice, just trigger click so that it runs on page load.

Login slider with jQuery issues

I want to make a login slider with jQuery. You will have a div at the top of your page with a plus image. I want the plus image to be changed into a minus image and the div will slide down. Here is my code but there is a problem.
<script src="_js/jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("form").hide();
$(".open").click(function() {
$("form").slideDown("slow");
$(".open").addClass("close");
$(".close").removeClass("open");
$(".close").click(function() {
$("form").slideUp("slow");
$(".close").addClass("open");
$(".open").removeClass("close");
});
});
});
</script>
It works once but if you want to slide it down for the second theme it doesn't work anymore.. Can somebody help my please?
tnx!

Working JSFiddle
Try something different like the following:
$('.open').click(function () {
$('form').slideToggle('slow', function () {
$('.open').toggleClass('form-is-open');
});
});
jQuery offers some toggle functions which supply the desired behaviour. This way you don't need two click handlers or keep track of classes yourself. The above code simply adds a class ('form-is-open') to the button, when the form is shown and removes it, when it is hidden.

Make toggle link only effect box in the same parent

So I currently have two toggle boxes set up and there will be more soon, I'd like to keep the JS pretty simple and not have a new script for each area, but whenever I attempt to toggle in one place it applies the function to both other the toggle-content boxes I have set up.
In order to see both areas, open the first one and close it before opening the second so a product is added to the Recently Viewed box
http://www.coreytegeler.com/bolivares/shop/pablo-ribbed-winter-skully/
http://www.coreytegeler.com/bolivares/shop/salvador-crewneck-sweater-copy/
Here's what I have in place now:
$(window).load(function(){
$('.toggle-link').click(function(e){
$('.toggle-content').slideToggle();
e.preventDefault();
});
$(".toggle-link div").click(function()
{
$(".toggle-link div").toggle();
});
});
I tried using $(this).find('.toggle-content').slideToggle(); but still no luck.
I know this is a pretty easy fix but just can't figure it out.
Any help would be great!

$(document).ready(function(){
$('.toggle-link').click(function(e){
$(this).closest("ul").children('.toggle-content').slideToggle();
$(this).children('div').toggle();
});
});

Fancybox loading on hover

I'm using fancybox 1.3.4 for some images on a website, using the following code:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("a.fancybox").fancybox();
});
For some reason fancybox is loading by bother hover and click - I don't want it to trigger on hover, does anyone know why this is happening? I couldn't find anything in the docs to suggest how to fix this.

Try using this:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("a.fancybox").fancybox().trigger('click');
});
Hope this helps

Manually Advancing Orbit Slider

I'm using the Zurb 'Orbit' Javascript slider, http://www.zurb.com/playground/orbit-jquery-image-slider, and I'd like to fire my own javascript at it to manually advance the slider left or right.
Basically, I'd like to fill it with my content, then have that content 'slide' in an out of view depending on a user interactions with the page as a whole, not only on a timer function or clicking a navigational image as already provided by the library.
So if I have a link named 'myLink', then something like this...
$('#myLink').click(function() {
... code to advance javascript slider...
$('#content').orbit(?????);
});
Failing that, my 'content' is going to be an html form and other similar stuff, anyone know a good free library that already does what I want?

Get a reference to the orbit object using "afterLoadComplete":
var myOrbit;
$(".orbitSlides").orbit({
afterLoadComplete: function() {
myOrbit = this;
}
});
Then use the 'shift' function to change slides:
myOrbit.shift(1);
or
myOrbit.shift('prev');
or
myOrbit.shift('next');

The easiest way would be
$(".slider-nav .right").click();
to simulate the arrow being clicked. Change if necessary to account for using the bullet-navigation option.
I don't think you're going to get anything more elegant than that, because the plugin doesn't expose an API of any sort - it's all privately closured up in the plugin.

I use this
$('#next').click(function(){
$('#rotator').trigger("orbit.next");
})
$('#prev').click(function(){
$('#rotator').trigger("orbit.prev");
})
assuming the div #rotator is the orbit slider.

I couldn't get some of these other answers to work. I know it's a little hacky but I found this easiest:
HTML:
<p id='back'>Back</p>
<p id='next'>Next</p>
CSS: (if you use the built-in navigation_arrows: false;, navigation arrows are removed and can no longer be manipulated, so visibility: hidden; to the rescue!)
.orbit-prev, .orbit-next {
visibility: hidden;
}
jQuery:
$('#back').on('click', function() {
$('.orbit-next').click();
});
$('#next').on('click', function() {
$('.orbit-prev').click();
});