The Death of SharePoint? [UPDATED 3-18-2021]

SharePoint Right Now

For anyone comparing the history of SharePoint, the tool has evolved significantly over the last twenty years, from a very a simple file hosting tool to a powerful automation and content management platform. It can host web pages, collect data, and trigger condition-based workflow automation. It seemed for the last few years that SharePoint hit it's stride, guaranteed to continue forward for years to come. Versions 2016 and 2019 came around, yet an odd twist happened; Microsoft dropped hints that no other on-premises versions of SharePoint would be released. To date, no major developments have been announced for on-premises editions. This would confirm suspicions that any intent to keep SharePoint "in-house" will have a limited future. Extended support for version 2019 has already been set to expire as 7/14/2026 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/sharepoint-server-2019). In more recent times, Microsoft announced the deprecating of the SharePoint 2010 Workflow Engine within Sharepoint Online, as well as a warning that the 2013 Workflow Engine will follow suit in the "near future". For reference, the 2013 Workflow Engine is the current standard of workflow operations within SharePoint Online. The intention is to force a shift over to the Power Apps suite. As it is, SharePoint as we know will undergo significant change over the next 5 years. 

***UPDATE 3-18-2021: I had the opportunity during GlobalCon5 to ask Mark Kashman (Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, Microsoft Lists and SharePoint in Microsoft 365) if any new SharePoint Server editions were being developed. He mentioned that Microsoft was not ready to talk about new SharePoint Server releases, but was working on something and expected to make an announcement later in the year. This does indicate that some flavor of "on premises" may be maintained past SharePoint Server 2019, but would have to be a hybrid of sorts, again noting that the SharePoint Workflow engine technology is being discontinued. 

The Future

First, SharePoint Online via Office 365 is still running the same technology as SharePoint 2013 enterprise edition. This is necessary, as SharePoint 2013 is still under extended support until 4/11/2023 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/sharepoint-server-2013) and must provide migration paths between the two. Watching the new development trends and reading between the lines from MS Ignite 2020, I'm projecting the following changes:

• After SharePoint 2013 support formally expires, the SharePoint Online platform core will be upgraded to 2019
• SharePoint as a formal product will be maintained until SharePoint 2019 support formally expires, at which point, SharePoint will be diminished to a background service within Office 365
• New apps creating extended interfaces to work as "apps" within MS Teams and other popular high-integration services will be released to replace existing UI and UX from direct SharePoint access. The "Lists" app, "Forms" app, and similar apps already show some of the cards from Microsoft's hand. 
• LISTS = https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-lists
• FORMS = https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/online-surveys-polls-quizzes

What This Means

SharePoint as a platform will likely not fully disappear, but I do expect the front end experience to vanish within the next five years and be assimilated within the Teams product. With the full integration of Search and AI within Office 365 technologies, it is only a matter of time of until the duplicate functions, once exclusively found within SharePoint, will be no longer needed. Scaled, unified connectors will instead be implemented. The high availability content creation features of SharePoint will remain, but it will no longer be branded as such. With these expected changes coming into focus, at the very least it means that the "SharePoint" specialization will evolve to embrace new integrated approaches, such as building data tools within the "DataVerse"(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/about-teams-environment) and implementing machine learning models through Syntex (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/contentunderstanding/). This is not meant to be framed as "bad news", but rather inform of how the content management paradigm will expectedly shift. Knowing this, I sincerely hope that it gives the insight to plan for future scalability and build future-focused strategic technology plans. 

I wish you all the best as we approach 2021! 

-Nate

JPlayer - Dynamically Loading Media From a SharePoint Document Library

A new challenge lately was working on a way to leverage SharePoint document libraries to host mp3's, pass them into JPlayer (JQuery audio \ video player - http://jplayer.org/), and allow for dynamic changes to the mp3's. To make things more interesting, this project included utilizing the upload GUI and eliminating the need for coded updates. After many tries, I found a working model!

The below code shows how to construct and sequence arrays into a looped array.

THE JAVASCRIPT:

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
$(document).ready(function(){

/*I used the approach of collecting all my variables from different web parts, to help isolate the needed details per mp3*/

/*Build an array of the song or sermon title for indexing*/
var collectSermonTitle = document.getElementById('allSermons').innerHTML;
var collectSermonTitle2 = collectSermonTitle.substring(0, collectSermonTitle.length-1);
var sermonTitleArray = collectSermonTitle2.split(',');
var sermonTitleLength = parseInt(sermonTitleArray.length);
/*Build an array of the song or sermon title for display, which may or may not be the same as the index value - I choose to elimate spaces from my index title*/
var collectMp3Title = document.getElementById('allMp3').innerHTML;
var collectMp3Title2 = collectMp3Title.substring(0, collectMp3Title.length-1);
var sermonMp3Array = collectMp3Title2.split(',');
var sermonMp3Length = parseInt(sermonMp3Array.length);
/*Build an array of the artist, presenter, or speaker*/
var collectPreacherTitle = document.getElementById('allPastor').innerHTML;
var collectPreacherTitle2 = collectPreacherTitle.substring(0, collectPreacherTitle.length-1);
var sermonPreacherArray = collectPreacherTitle2.split(',');
var sermonPreacherLength = parseInt(sermonPreacherArray.length);
/*Build an array of the album art, relative to the current song or sermon*/
var collectPosterTitle = document.getElementById('allPoster').innerHTML;
var collectPosterTitle2 = collectPosterTitle.substring(0, collectPosterTitle.length-1);
var sermonPosterArray = collectPosterTitle2.split(',');
var sermonPosterLength = parseInt(sermonPosterArray.length);
/*This is an array of my own custom variable built in, but can be extremely helpful - notes to accompany the song or sermon*/
var collectNotesTitle = document.getElementById('allNotes').innerHTML;
var collectNotesTitle2 = collectNotesTitle.substring(0, collectNotesTitle.length-1);
var sermonNotesArray = collectNotesTitle2.split(',');
var sermonNotesLength = parseInt(sermonNotesArray.length);
/*Call the JPlayer*/
var myPlaylist = new jPlayerPlaylist({
jPlayer: "#jquery_jplayer_N",
cssSelectorAncestor: "#jp_container_N"
}, [
]
, {
playlistOptions: {
enableRemoveControls: true
},
swfPath: "js",
supplied: "webmv, ogv, m4v, oga, mp3"
});

while(sermonTitleLength+1 > 0)
{
if(sermonTitleArray[sermonTitleLength-1]!=null&&sermonNotesArray[sermonTitleLength-1]!='')
{
/*Add the song or sermon in a loop*/
myPlaylist.add({
title: sermonTitleArray[sermonTitleLength-1],
artist: sermonPreacherArray[sermonTitleLength-1],
free: true,
mp3: "http://host.com/"+sermonMp3Array[sermonTitleLength-1],
Notes: sermonNotesArray[sermonTitleLength-1],
poster: sermonPosterArray[sermonTitleLength-1]

          });
}

if(sermonTitleArray[sermonTitleLength-1]!=null&&sermonNotesArray[sermonTitleLength-1]=='')
{
myPlaylist.add({
title: sermonTitleArray[sermonTitleLength-1],
artist: sermonPreacherArray[sermonTitleLength-1],
free: true,
mp3: "http://host.com"+sermonMp3Array[sermonTitleLength-1],
poster: sermonPosterArray[sermonTitleLength-1]

             });
}

/*Decrement the loop*/
sermonTitleLength--;
}

});
//]]>
</script>

THE ASP (Webparts - DFWP) - There is probably a more elegant way to accomplish this - I used several DFWPs of the same data  source to parse out the important details, which does accomplish the task but looks a little messy. In SharePoint, most of the webpart is system generated - the red text is the part I modified within each.

Hope it helps somebody!

<WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart runat="server" IsIncluded="True" AsyncRefresh="false" FrameType="None" NoDefaultStyle="TRUE" ViewFlag="8" Title="The Mission Church Official Podcast (4)" PageType="PAGE_NORMALVIEW" ListName="{XXXX}" Default="FALSE" DisplayName="The Mission Church Official Podcast" __markuptype="vsattributemarkup" __WebPartId="{XXXX}" id="XXXX" __AllowXSLTEditing="true" WebPart="true" Height="" Width="" autorefresh="false" manualrefresh="false">

<DataSources>

<SharePoint:SPDataSource runat="server" DataSourceMode="List" UseInternalName="true" UseServerDataFormat="true" selectcommand="&lt;View&gt;&lt;Query&gt;&lt;Where&gt;&lt;Neq&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Title&quot;/&gt;&lt;Value Type=&quot;Text&quot;&gt;PodcastXML&lt;/Value&gt;&lt;/Neq&gt;&lt;/Where&gt;&lt;OrderBy&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Date_x0020_Posted&quot; Ascending=&quot;TRUE&quot;/&gt;&lt;/OrderBy&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/View&gt;" id="The_x0020_Mission_x0020_Church_x0020_Official_x0020_Podcast5"><SelectParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></SelectParameters><DeleteParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></DeleteParameters><UpdateParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></UpdateParameters><InsertParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></InsertParameters></SharePoint:SPDataSource>

</DataSources>

<ParameterBindings>

<ParameterBinding Name="ListID" Location="None" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="dvt_apos" Location="Postback;Connection"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="ManualRefresh" Location="WPProperty[ManualRefresh]"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="UserID" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentUserName"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="Today" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentDate"/>

</ParameterBindings>

<datafields>@FileLeafRef,Name (for use in forms);@Title,Title;@PODCASTR,PODCAST_Refresh_Audio;@Preacher,Preacher;@Sermon_x0020_Series_x0020_Name,Sermon Series Name;@Link,Link;@Sermon_x0020_Title,Sermon Title;@Poster,Poster;@Date_x0020_Posted,Date Posted;@Notes0,Notes;@Sermon_x0020_Series,Sermon Series;@Create_x0020_Sermon_x0020_Series,Create Sermon Series;@Free,Free;@ID,ID;@ContentType,Content Type;@Created,Created;@Author,Created By;@Modified,Modified;@Editor,Modified By;@_CopySource,Copy Source;@CheckoutUser,Checked Out To;@_CheckinComment,Check In Comment;@CheckedOutTitle,Checked Out To;@CheckedOutUserId,ID of the User who has the item Checked Out;@FileDirRef,Path;@FSObjType,Item Type;@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type,HTML File Type;@File_x0020_Type,File Type;@IsCheckedoutToLocal,Is Checked out to local;@_SourceUrl,Source URL;@_HasCopyDestinations,Has Copy Destinations;@ContentTypeId,Content Type ID;@_ModerationStatus,Approval Status;@_UIVersion,UI Version;@Created_x0020_Date,Created;@FileRef,URL Path;@File_x0020_Size,File Size;@ItemChildCount,Item Child Count;@FolderChildCount,Folder Child Count;@_UIVersionString,Version;@ParentVersionString,Source Version (Converted Document);@ParentLeafName,Source Name (Converted Document);@TemplateUrl,Template Link;</datafields>

<XSL>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal">

<xsl:output method="html" indent="no"/>

<xsl:decimal-format NaN=""/>

<xsl:param name="dvt_apos">'</xsl:param>

<xsl:param name="ManualRefresh"></xsl:param>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_1_automode">0</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls">

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="($ManualRefresh = 'True')">

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td valign="top">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</td>

<td width="1%" class="ms-vb" valign="top">

<img src="/_layouts/images/staticrefresh.gif" id="ManualRefresh" border="0" onclick="javascript: {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent('__cancel')}" alt="Click here to refresh the dataview."/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_StyleName">RepForm3</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row"/>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_RowCount" select="count($Rows)"/>

<xsl:variable name="IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0" />

<xsl:variable name="dvt_IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0"/>

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="$dvt_IsEmpty">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.empty"/>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<div id="allNotes">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:with-param name="Rows" select="$Rows"/>

</xsl:call-template>

</div>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:param name="Rows"/>

<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.rowview" /></xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.rowview">

<xsl:value-of select="@Notes0" /><xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">,</xsl:text>

<xsl:if test="$dvt_1_automode = '1'" ddwrt:cf_ignore="1">

</xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.empty">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_ViewEmptyText">There are no items to show in this view.</xsl:variable>

<table border="0" width="100%">

<tr>

<td class="ms-vb">

<xsl:value-of select="$dvt_ViewEmptyText"/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet> </XSL>

</WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart>

<WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart runat="server" IsIncluded="True" AsyncRefresh="false" FrameType="None" NoDefaultStyle="TRUE" ViewFlag="8" Title="The Mission Church Official Podcast (3)" PageType="PAGE_NORMALVIEW" ListName="{XXXX}" Default="FALSE" DisplayName="The Mission Church Official Podcast" __markuptype="vsattributemarkup" __WebPartId="{XXXX}" id="XXXX" __AllowXSLTEditing="true" WebPart="true" Height="" Width="" autorefresh="false" manualrefresh="false">

<DataSources>

<SharePoint:SPDataSource runat="server" DataSourceMode="List" UseInternalName="true" UseServerDataFormat="true" selectcommand="&lt;View&gt;&lt;Query&gt;&lt;Where&gt;&lt;Neq&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Title&quot;/&gt;&lt;Value Type=&quot;Text&quot;&gt;PodcastXML&lt;/Value&gt;&lt;/Neq&gt;&lt;/Where&gt;&lt;OrderBy&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Date_x0020_Posted&quot; Ascending=&quot;TRUE&quot;/&gt;&lt;/OrderBy&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/View&gt;" id="The_x0020_Mission_x0020_Church_x0020_Official_x0020_Podcast4"><SelectParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></SelectParameters><DeleteParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></DeleteParameters><UpdateParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></UpdateParameters><InsertParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></InsertParameters></SharePoint:SPDataSource>

</DataSources>

<ParameterBindings>

<ParameterBinding Name="ListID" Location="None" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="dvt_apos" Location="Postback;Connection"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="ManualRefresh" Location="WPProperty[ManualRefresh]"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="UserID" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentUserName"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="Today" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentDate"/>

</ParameterBindings>

<datafields>@FileLeafRef,Name (for use in forms);@Title,Title;@PODCASTR,PODCAST_Refresh_Audio;@Preacher,Preacher;@Sermon_x0020_Series_x0020_Name,Sermon Series Name;@Link,Link;@Sermon_x0020_Title,Sermon Title;@Poster,Poster;@Date_x0020_Posted,Date Posted;@Notes0,Notes;@Sermon_x0020_Series,Sermon Series;@Create_x0020_Sermon_x0020_Series,Create Sermon Series;@Free,Free;@ID,ID;@ContentType,Content Type;@Created,Created;@Author,Created By;@Modified,Modified;@Editor,Modified By;@_CopySource,Copy Source;@CheckoutUser,Checked Out To;@_CheckinComment,Check In Comment;@CheckedOutTitle,Checked Out To;@CheckedOutUserId,ID of the User who has the item Checked Out;@FileDirRef,Path;@FSObjType,Item Type;@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type,HTML File Type;@File_x0020_Type,File Type;@IsCheckedoutToLocal,Is Checked out to local;@_SourceUrl,Source URL;@_HasCopyDestinations,Has Copy Destinations;@ContentTypeId,Content Type ID;@_ModerationStatus,Approval Status;@_UIVersion,UI Version;@Created_x0020_Date,Created;@FileRef,URL Path;@File_x0020_Size,File Size;@ItemChildCount,Item Child Count;@FolderChildCount,Folder Child Count;@_UIVersionString,Version;@ParentVersionString,Source Version (Converted Document);@ParentLeafName,Source Name (Converted Document);@TemplateUrl,Template Link;</datafields>

<XSL>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal">

<xsl:output method="html" indent="no"/>

<xsl:decimal-format NaN=""/>

<xsl:param name="dvt_apos">'</xsl:param>

<xsl:param name="ManualRefresh"></xsl:param>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_1_automode">0</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls">

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="($ManualRefresh = 'True')">

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td valign="top">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</td>

<td width="1%" class="ms-vb" valign="top">

<img src="/_layouts/images/staticrefresh.gif" id="ManualRefresh" border="0" onclick="javascript: {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent('__cancel')}" alt="Click here to refresh the dataview."/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_StyleName">RepForm3</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row"/>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_RowCount" select="count($Rows)"/>

<xsl:variable name="IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0" />

<xsl:variable name="dvt_IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0"/>

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="$dvt_IsEmpty">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.empty"/>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<div id="allPoster">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:with-param name="Rows" select="$Rows"/>

</xsl:call-template>

</div>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:param name="Rows"/>

<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.rowview" /></xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.rowview">

<xsl:value-of select="@Poster" /><xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">,</xsl:text>

<xsl:if test="$dvt_1_automode = '1'" ddwrt:cf_ignore="1">

</xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.empty">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_ViewEmptyText">There are no items to show in this view.</xsl:variable>

<table border="0" width="100%">

<tr>

<td class="ms-vb">

<xsl:value-of select="$dvt_ViewEmptyText"/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet> </XSL>

</WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart>

<WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart runat="server" IsIncluded="True" AsyncRefresh="false" FrameType="None" NoDefaultStyle="TRUE" ViewFlag="8" Title="The Mission Church Official Podcast (2)" PageType="PAGE_NORMALVIEW" ListName="{XXXX}" Default="FALSE" DisplayName="The Mission Church Official Podcast" __markuptype="vsattributemarkup" __WebPartId="{XXXX}" id="XXXX" __AllowXSLTEditing="true" WebPart="true" Height="" Width="" autorefresh="false" manualrefresh="false">

<DataSources>

<SharePoint:SPDataSource runat="server" DataSourceMode="List" UseInternalName="true" UseServerDataFormat="true" selectcommand="&lt;View&gt;&lt;Query&gt;&lt;Where&gt;&lt;Neq&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Title&quot;/&gt;&lt;Value Type=&quot;Text&quot;&gt;PodcastXML&lt;/Value&gt;&lt;/Neq&gt;&lt;/Where&gt;&lt;OrderBy&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Date_x0020_Posted&quot; Ascending=&quot;TRUE&quot;/&gt;&lt;/OrderBy&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/View&gt;" id="The_x0020_Mission_x0020_Church_x0020_Official_x0020_Podcast3"><SelectParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></SelectParameters><DeleteParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></DeleteParameters><UpdateParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></UpdateParameters><InsertParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></InsertParameters></SharePoint:SPDataSource>

</DataSources>

<ParameterBindings>

<ParameterBinding Name="ListID" Location="None" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="dvt_apos" Location="Postback;Connection"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="ManualRefresh" Location="WPProperty[ManualRefresh]"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="UserID" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentUserName"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="Today" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentDate"/>

</ParameterBindings>

<datafields>@FileLeafRef,Name (for use in forms);@Title,Title;@PODCASTR,PODCAST_Refresh_Audio;@Preacher,Preacher;@Sermon_x0020_Series_x0020_Name,Sermon Series Name;@Link,Link;@Sermon_x0020_Title,Sermon Title;@Poster,Poster;@Date_x0020_Posted,Date Posted;@Notes0,Notes;@Sermon_x0020_Series,Sermon Series;@Create_x0020_Sermon_x0020_Series,Create Sermon Series;@Free,Free;@ID,ID;@ContentType,Content Type;@Created,Created;@Author,Created By;@Modified,Modified;@Editor,Modified By;@_CopySource,Copy Source;@CheckoutUser,Checked Out To;@_CheckinComment,Check In Comment;@CheckedOutTitle,Checked Out To;@CheckedOutUserId,ID of the User who has the item Checked Out;@FileDirRef,Path;@FSObjType,Item Type;@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type,HTML File Type;@File_x0020_Type,File Type;@IsCheckedoutToLocal,Is Checked out to local;@_SourceUrl,Source URL;@_HasCopyDestinations,Has Copy Destinations;@ContentTypeId,Content Type ID;@_ModerationStatus,Approval Status;@_UIVersion,UI Version;@Created_x0020_Date,Created;@FileRef,URL Path;@File_x0020_Size,File Size;@ItemChildCount,Item Child Count;@FolderChildCount,Folder Child Count;@_UIVersionString,Version;@ParentVersionString,Source Version (Converted Document);@ParentLeafName,Source Name (Converted Document);@TemplateUrl,Template Link;</datafields>

<XSL>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal">

<xsl:output method="html" indent="no"/>

<xsl:decimal-format NaN=""/>

<xsl:param name="dvt_apos">'</xsl:param>

<xsl:param name="ManualRefresh"></xsl:param>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_1_automode">0</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls">

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="($ManualRefresh = 'True')">

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td valign="top">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</td>

<td width="1%" class="ms-vb" valign="top">

<img src="/_layouts/images/staticrefresh.gif" id="ManualRefresh" border="0" onclick="javascript: {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent('__cancel')}" alt="Click here to refresh the dataview."/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_StyleName">RepForm3</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row"/>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_RowCount" select="count($Rows)"/>

<xsl:variable name="IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0" />

<xsl:variable name="dvt_IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0"/>

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="$dvt_IsEmpty">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.empty"/>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<div id="allPastor">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:with-param name="Rows" select="$Rows"/>

</xsl:call-template>

</div>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:param name="Rows"/>

<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.rowview" /></xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.rowview">

<xsl:value-of select="@Preacher" /><xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">,</xsl:text>

<xsl:if test="$dvt_1_automode = '1'" ddwrt:cf_ignore="1">

</xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.empty">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_ViewEmptyText">There are no items to show in this view.</xsl:variable>

<table border="0" width="100%">

<tr>

<td class="ms-vb">

<xsl:value-of select="$dvt_ViewEmptyText"/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet> </XSL>

</WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart>

<WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart runat="server" IsIncluded="True" AsyncRefresh="false" FrameType="None" NoDefaultStyle="TRUE" ViewFlag="8" Title="The Mission Church Official Podcast (1)" PageType="PAGE_NORMALVIEW" ListName="{XXXX}" Default="FALSE" DisplayName="The Mission Church Official Podcast" __markuptype="vsattributemarkup" __WebPartId="{XXXX}" id="XXXX" __AllowXSLTEditing="true" WebPart="true" Height="" Width="" autorefresh="false" manualrefresh="false">

<DataSources>

<SharePoint:SPDataSource runat="server" DataSourceMode="List" UseInternalName="true" UseServerDataFormat="true" selectcommand="&lt;View&gt;&lt;Query&gt;&lt;Where&gt;&lt;Neq&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;FileLeafRef&quot;/&gt;&lt;Value Type=&quot;File&quot;&gt;PodcastXML&lt;/Value&gt;&lt;/Neq&gt;&lt;/Where&gt;&lt;OrderBy&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Date_x0020_Posted&quot; Ascending=&quot;TRUE&quot;/&gt;&lt;/OrderBy&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/View&gt;" id="The_x0020_Mission_x0020_Church_x0020_Official_x0020_Podcast2"><SelectParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></SelectParameters><DeleteParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></DeleteParameters><UpdateParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></UpdateParameters><InsertParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></InsertParameters></SharePoint:SPDataSource>

</DataSources>

<ParameterBindings>

<ParameterBinding Name="ListID" Location="None" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="dvt_apos" Location="Postback;Connection"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="ManualRefresh" Location="WPProperty[ManualRefresh]"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="UserID" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentUserName"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="Today" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentDate"/>

</ParameterBindings>

<datafields>@FileLeafRef,Name (for use in forms);@Title,Title;@PODCASTR,PODCAST_Refresh_Audio;@Preacher,Preacher;@Sermon_x0020_Series_x0020_Name,Sermon Series Name;@Link,Link;@Sermon_x0020_Title,Sermon Title;@Poster,Poster;@Date_x0020_Posted,Date Posted;@Notes0,Notes;@Sermon_x0020_Series,Sermon Series;@Create_x0020_Sermon_x0020_Series,Create Sermon Series;@Free,Free;@ID,ID;@ContentType,Content Type;@Created,Created;@Author,Created By;@Modified,Modified;@Editor,Modified By;@_CopySource,Copy Source;@CheckoutUser,Checked Out To;@_CheckinComment,Check In Comment;@CheckedOutTitle,Checked Out To;@CheckedOutUserId,ID of the User who has the item Checked Out;@FileDirRef,Path;@FSObjType,Item Type;@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type,HTML File Type;@File_x0020_Type,File Type;@IsCheckedoutToLocal,Is Checked out to local;@_SourceUrl,Source URL;@_HasCopyDestinations,Has Copy Destinations;@ContentTypeId,Content Type ID;@_ModerationStatus,Approval Status;@_UIVersion,UI Version;@Created_x0020_Date,Created;@FileRef,URL Path;@File_x0020_Size,File Size;@ItemChildCount,Item Child Count;@FolderChildCount,Folder Child Count;@_UIVersionString,Version;@ParentVersionString,Source Version (Converted Document);@ParentLeafName,Source Name (Converted Document);@TemplateUrl,Template Link;</datafields>

<XSL>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal">

<xsl:output method="html" indent="no"/>

<xsl:decimal-format NaN=""/>

<xsl:param name="dvt_apos">'</xsl:param>

<xsl:param name="ManualRefresh"></xsl:param>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_1_automode">0</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls">

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="($ManualRefresh = 'True')">

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td valign="top">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</td>

<td width="1%" class="ms-vb" valign="top">

<img src="/_layouts/images/staticrefresh.gif" id="ManualRefresh" border="0" onclick="javascript: {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent('__cancel')}" alt="Click here to refresh the dataview."/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_StyleName">RepForm3</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row"/>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_RowCount" select="count($Rows)"/>

<xsl:variable name="IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0" />

<xsl:variable name="dvt_IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0"/>

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="$dvt_IsEmpty">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.empty"/>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<div id="allMp3">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:with-param name="Rows" select="$Rows"/>

</xsl:call-template>

</div>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:param name="Rows"/>

<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.rowview" /></xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.rowview">

<xsl:value-of select="@FileLeafRef" /><xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">,</xsl:text>

<xsl:if test="$dvt_1_automode = '1'" ddwrt:cf_ignore="1">

</xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.empty">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_ViewEmptyText">There are no items to show in this view.</xsl:variable>

<table border="0" width="100%">

<tr>

<td class="ms-vb">

<xsl:value-of select="$dvt_ViewEmptyText"/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet> </XSL>

</WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart>

<WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart runat="server" IsIncluded="True" AsyncRefresh="false" FrameType="None" NoDefaultStyle="TRUE" ViewFlag="8" Title="The Mission Church Official Podcast" PageType="PAGE_NORMALVIEW" ListName="{XXXX}" Default="FALSE" DisplayName="The Mission Church Official Podcast" __markuptype="vsattributemarkup" __WebPartId="{XXXX}" id="XXXX" __AllowXSLTEditing="true" WebPart="true" Height="" Width="" autorefresh="false" manualrefresh="false">

<DataSources>

<SharePoint:SPDataSource runat="server" DataSourceMode="List" UseInternalName="true" UseServerDataFormat="true" selectcommand="&lt;View&gt;&lt;Query&gt;&lt;Where&gt;&lt;And&gt;&lt;Neq&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Title&quot;/&gt;&lt;Value Type=&quot;Text&quot;&gt;PodcastXML&lt;/Value&gt;&lt;/Neq&gt;&lt;IsNotNull&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Title&quot;/&gt;&lt;/IsNotNull&gt;&lt;/And&gt;&lt;/Where&gt;&lt;OrderBy&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;Date_x0020_Posted&quot; Ascending=&quot;TRUE&quot;/&gt;&lt;/OrderBy&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/View&gt;" id="The_x0020_Mission_x0020_Church_x0020_Official_x0020_Podcast1"><SelectParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></SelectParameters><DeleteParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></DeleteParameters><UpdateParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></UpdateParameters><InsertParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/></InsertParameters></SharePoint:SPDataSource>

</DataSources>

<ParameterBindings>

<ParameterBinding Name="ListID" Location="None" DefaultValue="{XXXX}"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="dvt_apos" Location="Postback;Connection"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="ManualRefresh" Location="WPProperty[ManualRefresh]"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="UserID" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentUserName"/>

<ParameterBinding Name="Today" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentDate"/>

</ParameterBindings>

<datafields>@FileLeafRef,Name (for use in forms);@Title,Title;@PODCASTR,PODCAST_Refresh_Audio;@Preacher,Preacher;@Sermon_x0020_Series_x0020_Name,Sermon Series Name;@Link,Link;@Sermon_x0020_Title,Sermon Title;@Poster,Poster;@Date_x0020_Posted,Date Posted;@Notes0,Notes;@Sermon_x0020_Series,Sermon Series;@Create_x0020_Sermon_x0020_Series,Create Sermon Series;@Free,Free;@ID,ID;@ContentType,Content Type;@Created,Created;@Author,Created By;@Modified,Modified;@Editor,Modified By;@_CopySource,Copy Source;@CheckoutUser,Checked Out To;@_CheckinComment,Check In Comment;@CheckedOutTitle,Checked Out To;@CheckedOutUserId,ID of the User who has the item Checked Out;@FileDirRef,Path;@FSObjType,Item Type;@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type,HTML File Type;@File_x0020_Type,File Type;@IsCheckedoutToLocal,Is Checked out to local;@_SourceUrl,Source URL;@_HasCopyDestinations,Has Copy Destinations;@ContentTypeId,Content Type ID;@_ModerationStatus,Approval Status;@_UIVersion,UI Version;@Created_x0020_Date,Created;@FileRef,URL Path;@File_x0020_Size,File Size;@ItemChildCount,Item Child Count;@FolderChildCount,Folder Child Count;@_UIVersionString,Version;@ParentVersionString,Source Version (Converted Document);@ParentLeafName,Source Name (Converted Document);@TemplateUrl,Template Link;</datafields>

<XSL>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal">

<xsl:output method="html" indent="no"/>

<xsl:decimal-format NaN=""/>

<xsl:param name="dvt_apos">'</xsl:param>

<xsl:param name="ManualRefresh"></xsl:param>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_1_automode">0</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls">

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="($ManualRefresh = 'True')">

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td valign="top">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</td>

<td width="1%" class="ms-vb" valign="top">

<img src="/_layouts/images/staticrefresh.gif" id="ManualRefresh" border="0" onclick="javascript: {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent('__cancel')}" alt="Click here to refresh the dataview."/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_StyleName">RepForm3</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row"/>

<xsl:variable name="dvt_RowCount" select="count($Rows)"/>

<xsl:variable name="IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0" />

<xsl:variable name="dvt_IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0"/>

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="$dvt_IsEmpty">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.empty"/>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<div id="allSermons" >

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:with-param name="Rows" select="$Rows"/>

</xsl:call-template>

</div>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.body">

<xsl:param name="Rows"/>

<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">

<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.rowview" /></xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.rowview">

<xsl:value-of select="@Date_x0020_Posted" /><xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes"> - </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="@Sermon_x0020_Title" /><xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">,</xsl:text>

<xsl:if test="$dvt_1_automode = '1'" ddwrt:cf_ignore="1">

</xsl:if>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.empty">

<xsl:variable name="dvt_ViewEmptyText">There are no items to show in this view.</xsl:variable>

<table border="0" width="100%">

<tr>

<td class="ms-vb">

<xsl:value-of select="$dvt_ViewEmptyText"/>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet> </XSL>

</WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart>

JQuery Slide Animation using a SharePoint Document Library

I've been exploring the concept of leveraging SharePoint's UI to easily upload and manage libraries of photos along with rendering out the stored images to an animated presentation. I used a DFWP (Data Form Web Part) and stripped out all the html table elements (<table>,<tr>,<td>, etc.) to ensure that an unbroken rendering of the library would be displayed. Next, I used filtering to restrict images based on metadata-embedded expiration dates (This would allow images to be automatically removed at a predetermined date, if needed). A little JQuery here, a little Javascript there, filled in with just a little XSLT, and a controlled slide animation was birthed!

Below is the code (This assumes that a JQuery library of at least 1.7.2 is referenced). This is really easy to work with, partially because the kind of animation at work isn't very complicated, but also because it doesn't require a special JQuery libary, apart from the core library to work. As a quick side note, I did experiment in using the same approach while employing other JQuery libraries for more sophisticated effects. This will work as well, provided that the necessary parsing code (Usually <div> tags with a special class or id) are added to the XSLT around the image declaration. Hope it helps someone!


JAVASCRIPT \ JQUERY (I needed my slide show sized dynamically, per the visitor's screen setup, hence the dimensions calculations (Call this function via the onload handler). The sizing is multiplied by 200, as my images were "200px" wide. At the end, two subsequent functions hand the animation off to each other, back and forth, in an infinite loop. There's probably a more elegant way to do this, but it works and doesn't seem to drain resources to any great length.

function finishStartUp()
{
/*Locate all the slides (IMG) within the DFWP and return as an array*/
var allSlides = $('#slides img').map(function(){
                       return this.src;
                   }).get();
/*Calculate the sizing of the container, based on the array length, that is needed to show all the images in a continuous line without over compensating on either side*/
var thisWide = allSlides.length*200-document.getElementById('slides').offsetWidth;
//Pass the sizing off to the first animation function
beginSlideShow(thisWide);  

}

function beginSlideShow(wide)

{

/*Animate a complete run then, pass off the sizing to the return animation*/

$('#slides').animate({

   marginLeft: -wide+'px',

   },20000,function(){bounceSlideShow(wide)}); 

}

function bounceSlideShow(wide)

{

/*Continue the animation backward, then pass the sizing again back to the first function*/

$('#slides').animate({

   marginLeft: '0px',

   },20000,function(){beginSlideShow(wide)}); 

}

HTML \ XSLT (Good stuff marked in red - I removed my GUIDs, as they wouldn't work anyway if copied from below. The GUIDs are system generated when webparts are supplied via SharePoint's tools, and should be included when you insert a DFWP on your page)

<div id="slideDiv" style="overflow:hidden;">
<div id="slides" style="white-space:nowrap;">
<WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart runat="server" IsIncluded="True" AsyncRefresh="True" FrameType="None" NoDefaultStyle="TRUE" ViewFlag="8" Title="Slideshow" PageType="PAGE_NORMALVIEW" ListName="{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}" Default="FALSE" DisplayName="Slideshow" __markuptype="vsattributemarkup" __WebPartId="{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}" id="g_xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" __AllowXSLTEditing="true" WebPart="true" Height="" Width="">
<DataSources>
<SharePoint:SPDataSource runat="server" DataSourceMode="List" UseInternalName="true" UseServerDataFormat="true" selectcommand="&lt;View&gt;&lt;Query&gt;&lt;Where&gt;&lt;Or&gt;&lt;IsNull&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;expires&quot;/&gt;&lt;/IsNull&gt;&lt;Gt&gt;&lt;FieldRef Name=&quot;expires&quot;/&gt;&lt;Value Type=&quot;DateTime&quot;&gt;&lt;Today/&gt;&lt;/Value&gt;&lt;/Gt&gt;&lt;/Or&gt;&lt;/Where&gt;&lt;/Query&gt;&lt;/View&gt;" id="Slideshow1"><SelectParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}"/></SelectParameters><DeleteParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}"/></DeleteParameters><UpdateParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}"/></UpdateParameters><InsertParameters><WebPartPages:DataFormParameter Name="ListID" ParameterKey="ListID" PropertyName="ParameterValues" DefaultValue="{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}"/></InsertParameters></SharePoint:SPDataSource>
</DataSources>
<ParameterBindings>
<ParameterBinding Name="ListID" Location="None" DefaultValue="{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}"/>
<ParameterBinding Name="dvt_apos" Location="Postback;Connection"/>
<ParameterBinding Name="ManualRefresh" Location="WPProperty[ManualRefresh]"/>
<ParameterBinding Name="UserID" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentUserName"/>
<ParameterBinding Name="Today" Location="CAMLVariable" DefaultValue="CurrentDate"/>
</ParameterBindings>
<datafields>@FileLeafRef,Name (for use in forms);@Title,Title;@expires,expires;@ID,ID;@ContentType,Content Type;@Created,Created;@Author,Created By;@Modified,Modified;@Editor,Modified By;@_CopySource,Copy Source;@CheckoutUser,Checked Out To;@_CheckinComment,Check In Comment;@CheckedOutTitle,Checked Out To;@CheckedOutUserId,ID of the User who has the item Checked Out;@FileDirRef,Path;@FSObjType,Item Type;@HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type,HTML File Type;@File_x0020_Type,File Type;@IsCheckedoutToLocal,Is Checked out to local;@_SourceUrl,Source URL;@_HasCopyDestinations,Has Copy Destinations;@ContentTypeId,Content Type ID;@_ModerationStatus,Approval Status;@_UIVersion,UI Version;@Created_x0020_Date,Created;@FileRef,URL Path;@File_x0020_Size,File Size;@ItemChildCount,Item Child Count;@FolderChildCount,Folder Child Count;@_UIVersionString,Version;@ParentVersionString,Source Version (Converted Document);@ParentLeafName,Source Name (Converted Document);@TemplateUrl,Template Link;</datafields>
<XSL>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal">
<xsl:output method="html" indent="no"/>
<xsl:decimal-format NaN=""/>
<xsl:param name="dvt_apos">&apos;</xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="ManualRefresh"></xsl:param>
<xsl:param name="Today">CurrentDate</xsl:param>
<xsl:variable name="dvt_1_automode">0</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="($ManualRefresh = 'True')">
<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>
<img src="/_layouts/images/staticrefresh.gif" id="ManualRefresh" border="0" onclick="javascript: {ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent('__cancel')}" alt="Click here to refresh the dataview."/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1">
<xsl:variable name="dvt_StyleName">RepForm3</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row"/>
<xsl:variable name="dvt_RowCount" select="count($Rows)"/>
<xsl:variable name="IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0" />
<xsl:variable name="dvt_IsEmpty" select="$dvt_RowCount = 0"/>

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$dvt_IsEmpty">
<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.empty"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.body">
<xsl:with-param name="Rows" select="$Rows"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose></xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="dvt_1.body">
<xsl:param name="Rows"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">
<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.rowview" />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="dvt_1.rowview">
<xsl:param name="urlSlide" select="@FileLeafRef" />
<img src="http://website.com/Slideshow/{$urlSlide}" style="height:150px;" />
<xsl:if test="$dvt_1_automode = '1'" ddwrt:cf_ignore="1">
<span ddwrt:amkeyfield="ID" ddwrt:amkeyvalue="ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID))" ddwrt:ammode="view"></span>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="dvt_1.empty">
<xsl:variable name="dvt_ViewEmptyText">There are no items to show in this view.</xsl:variable>
<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="ms-vb">
<xsl:value-of select="$dvt_ViewEmptyText"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet> </XSL>
</WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart>

</div>


</div>