Fox news slideshows are not working in Vista Home 64 bit.

Question

All fox news slideshows are not working since firefox 3.6 started. I can't get them to work in Internet explorer either.
== URL of affected sites ==
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Answer 1

Error: $.ad is undefined
Source File: http://www.foxnews.com/static/all/js/slideshows-pack.js
Line: 850
// Slideshows - updated: 04/30/2010
// Dependencies: jQuery, jfoxCarousel plugin
(function($){
function SlideShows() {
this._data = {}; // slideshow data
this._info = {}; // current slideshow info
this._relatedMedia = {}; // related media data
this._trackData = false;
this.initialized = false;
this.toolTipId = "carousel-tooltip";
this.defaultTrackFrequency = 1; // tracker trigger
this._preloaderSrc = "/static/all/img/slideshow/slideshow-preloader.gif";
this._timer = { // timers
main: { fadeIn:800 },
carousel: { fadeIn:300 },
overlay: { onLast:10000,fadeIn:300,fadeOut:300 }
this.currentFocus = 1; // current item in focus
this.holderObj = {}; // holder for elements
this.hashObj = {}; // hash location holder
this.imgPreloadObj = {}; // holder for preloaded images
// carousel object controllers
this.carouselControlObj = {};
this.overlayControlObj = {};
this.trigger = { // listeners
main: false,
carousel: false,
overlay: false
this.overlayTimeout = false; // overlay timeout holder
SlideShows.prototype = {
init: function(config) {
for (i in config) { this['_'+i] = config[i]; }
this.main.root = this.carousel.root = this.overlay.root = this;
this.hashObj = this.helper.getHash();
if (typeof $.fn.jfoxCarousel<u>'undefined') {
showToConsole("[init] Error: carousel plugin not found!");
if (this._trackData) { // set tracking data
sTracker.set(this._trackData);
sTracker.track("pageLoad"); // page load tracker
this.preload();
this.setHolders();
this.initialized = true;
preload: function() {
var preloadImg = new Image();
preloadImg.src = this.preloadSrc;
setHolders: function() {
var SH = this;
var slideshowElm = $("#slideshow");
this.holderObj = {
doc: $(document),
body: $("body"),
intro: $("#section-intro"),
main: slideshowElm.find("#main-img"),
mainHolder: slideshowElm.find(".slideshow-placeholder"),
mainControl: slideshowElm.find(".slideshow-controller"),
description: slideshowElm.find(".slideshow-desc"),
relatedMedia: slideshowElm.find(".slideshow-related"),
carousel: slideshowElm.find(".slideshow-feature .slideshow")
this.holderObj.intro.each(function(){
var intro = $(this);
intro.find("h1:first").html(SH._info.title);
intro.find("p:first").html(SH._info.dek);
if (this.holderObj.main.size()>0) {
this.main.properties.minHeight = this.holderObj.mainHolder.innerHeight(); // get set height as "min-height"
this.main.build();
if (this.holderObj.carousel.size()>0) {
this.carousel.build();
$(document).ready(function(){ // wait for page load for the overlay
SH.holderObj.overlay = $("#slideshow-overlay");
var set = (SH.holderObj.overlay.size()>0) ? (typeof $.fn.jfoxCarousel!=='undefined') ? SH.overlay.set() : false : false;
SH.setDocReadyListeners();
this.setListeners();
setListeners: function() {
var SH = this;
var control = this.holderObj.mainControl;
// main image controls
control.find(".prev").click(function(){
SH.main.prev();
return false;
control.find(".next").click(function(){
SH.main.next();
return false;
if (typeof touchEventListener!=="undefined") {
var listenerConfig = {
elm: SH.holderObj.mainHolder,
moveSensitivity: 15,
eventsCallback: {
touchmoveMoveOnce: function(direction,moveProperties,rawEvent) {
// move callback - sensitivity
var directions = direction.join("|");
if (directions.indexOf("left")>-1) {
control.find(".next").trigger("click");
if (directions.indexOf("right")>-1) {
control.find(".prev").trigger("click");
touchEventListener.append(listenerConfig);
setDocReadyListeners: function() {
var SH = this;
// browse slideshow overlay
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#section-intro .additional-slides a").click(function() {
SH.overlay.show();
return false;
SH.holderObj.overlay.find(".close a").click(function(){
SH.overlay.hide();
return false;
replaySlideshow: function() {
var SH = this;
//TODO: build replay
this.overlay.hide(); // hide overlay
this.main.build(this.currentFocus = 1); // reset focus
sTracker.track("replaySlideshow");
// main image holder
SlideShows.prototype.main = {
properties: {},
build: function(slide,origin) {
var SH = this;
var root = this.root;
if (root.trigger.main) { return false; }
root.trigger.main = true;
slide = slide || false;
origin = origin || "main";
var control = root.holderObj.mainControl;
var data = root._data;
var initData = false;
var desc = [];
var helper = root.helper;
if (slide) {
if (slide 0) { desc.push('Source: ' + data.items[slide].source + ''); }
root.holderObj.description.html(desc.join(""));
// load related media
if (root._relatedMedia.items) {
var rmItems = root._relatedMedia.items;
if (rmItems.length>0) {
var rel = [];
rel.push('Related Articles');
for (var x=0; x 0) {
root.currentFocus--;
SH.build(root.currentFocus);
sTracker.track("clickPrevMain"); // tracker
if (!SH.isLast() && root.overlayTimeout) { clearTimeout(root.overlayTimeout); } // clear overlay timeout
isLast: function() {
var root = this.root;
return (root.currentFocus+1 > root._data.items.length) ? true : false;
// carousel
SlideShows.prototype.carousel = {
build: function() {
var SH = this;
var root = this.root;
var carousel = root.holderObj.carousel;
var data = root._data;
var list = [];
for (var x=0;x 0) {
var li = $(".slideshow > ul",carousel).children();
li.each(function(i){
var el = $(this);
var setClass = (i == eventObj.target-1) ? el.addClass("active") : el.removeClass("active");
controlsCallback: function(control) { // callback to set up controls
root.carouselControlObj = control;
carousel.find(".prev").click(function(){ // previous link
control.stopAutoScroll();
control.slide('prev');
sTracker.track("clickPrevCarousel"); // tracker
return false;
carousel.find(".next").click(function(){ // next link
// show overlay on last carousel link
//var lastLink = (!currentEventObj) ? false : (currentEventObj.batch.current+1 > currentEventObj.batch.max) ? $(document).ready(function(){ root.overlay.show(false,true); }) : false;
control.stopAutoScroll();
control.slide('next');
sTracker.track("clickNextCarousel"); // tracker
return false;
carousel.jfoxCarousel(config);
if (typeof touchEventListener!=="undefined") {
var listenerConfig = {
elm: carousel,
moveSensitivity: 15,
eventsCallback: {
touchmoveMoveOnce: function(direction,moveProperties,rawEvent) {
// move callback - sensitivity
var directions = direction.join("|");
if (directions.indexOf("left")>-1) {
carousel.find(".next").click();
if (directions.indexOf("right")>-1) {
carousel.find(".prev").click();
touchEventListener.append(listenerConfig);
// overlay
SlideShows.prototype.overlay = {
set: function() {
var root = this.root;
var overlay = root.holderObj.overlay;
overlay.find(".slideshow-feature").each(function(){
var carousel = $(this);
var allItems = carousel.find(".slideshow ul").children().children();
allItems.each(function(){
var div = $(this);
var link = div.find("a:first").attr("href");
div.hover(function(){
div.css("cursor","pointer");
},function(){
div.css("cursor","");
}).unbind("click").click(function(){
window.location.replace(window.location.hostname + link);
var config = {
auto: { set:false,speed:3000 }, // auto scroll
slide: "horizontal", // horizontal or vertical
scroll: 3, // number of items to scroll per event
show: 3, // items shown
speed: "slow", // scroll speed
rotate: false, // rotate back to star if end
//focus: { item:0,animate:false }, // focus to target item on load
eventCallback: function(eventObj) {
if (eventObj.batch.current</u>1) {
carousel.find(".prev").addClass("inactive");
} else {
carousel.find(".prev").removeClass("inactive");
if (eventObj.batch.current<u>eventObj.batch.max) {
carousel.find(".next").addClass("inactive");
} else {
carousel.find(".next").removeClass("inactive");
controlsCallback: function(control) { // callback to set up controls
root.overlayControlObj = control;
carousel.find(".prev").click(function(){ // previous link
control.stopAutoScroll();
control.slide('prev');
sTracker.track("clickPrevOverlay"); // tracker
return false;
carousel.find(".next").click(function(){ // next link
control.stopAutoScroll();
control.slide('next');
sTracker.track("clickNextOverlay"); // tracker
return false;
carousel.jfoxCarousel(config);
if (typeof touchEventListener!=="undefined") {
var listenerConfig = {
elm: carousel,
moveSensitivity: 15,
eventsCallback: {
touchmoveMoveOnce: function(direction,moveProperties,rawEvent) {
// move callback - sensitivity
var directions = direction.join("|");
if (directions.indexOf("left")>-1) {
carousel.find(".next").click();
if (directions.indexOf("right")>-1) {
carousel.find(".prev").click();
touchEventListener.append(listenerConfig);
show: function(delay,isReplay) {
isReplay = isReplay || false;
delay = delay || false;
var root = this.root;
if (root.trigger.overlay) { return false; } // if already open
var SH = this;
delay = (isNaN(delay)) ? 0 : delay; // delayed show
root.overlayTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
SH.setReplay(isReplay);
if (root.main.isLast()) {
root.holderObj.overlay.fadeIn(root._timer.overlay.fadeIn,function(){ root.trigger.overlay = true; });
sTracker.track("showOverlay"); // tracker
else {
root.holderObj.overlay.fadeIn(function(){ root.trigger.overlay = true; });
},delay);
hide: function(delay) {
delay = delay || false;
var root = this.root;
if (!root.trigger.overlay) { return false; } // if already closed
delay = (isNaN(delay)) ? 0 : delay; // delayed hide
setTimeout(function(){
root.holderObj.overlay.fadeOut(root._timer.overlay.fadeOut,function(){ root.trigger.overlay = false; });
sTracker.track("hideOverlay"); // tracker
},delay);
setReplay: function(isReplay) {
var root = this.root;
var overlay = root.holderObj.overlay;
var firstList = overlay.find(".slideshow-feature .slideshow ul").children().filter(":first");
var divs = firstList.children();
var replayDiv = divs.filter(":first");
var cloneDiv = replayDiv.next();
function configInfo(elm) {
var currentSS = root._data.items;
var info = root._info;
var count = currentSS.length;
var first = currentSS[0];
var slideshowTitle = (info.title.length > 16) ? info.title.substring(0,16) + "..." : info.title;
var slideshowImg = first.media.tm;
var slideshowDate = info.title.date;
function replay() {
root.replaySlideshow();
var items = elm.children();
items.filter("p.photo-count").html(count + " image" + [[count>1) ? "s" : ""]];
items.filter("p.date").html(slideshowDate);
items.filter("p.photo").each(function(){
var item = $(this);
item.find("a").attr({ href: "#", title: slideshowTitle });
item.find("img").attr({ alt: slideshowTitle, src: slideshowImg });
items.filter("h4").each(function(){
var item = $(this);
item.find("a").attr("href","#").html(slideshowTitle);
items.find("a").unbind("click").click(function(){
replay();
return false;
elm.hover(function(){
elm.css("cursor","pointer");
},function(){
elm.css("cursor","");
}).unbind("click").click(function(){
replay();
return false;
if (replayDiv.children().size()</u>0) {
replayDiv.html(cloneDiv.html());
configInfo(replayDiv);
if (isReplay) {
replayDiv.addClass("active").show();
cloneDiv.hide();
} else {
replayDiv.hide();
cloneDiv.show();
SlideShows.prototype.helper = {
toNum: function(item) {
item = (isNaN(item)) ? parseInt(item.replace(/[a-zA-z]/gi,""),10) : item;
return isNaN(item)?0:item;
imgLoad: function(obj,fn) {
var SH = this;
obj.alt = obj.alt || "";
if (obj.preload && !$.browser.opera) { // opera =/= img.onload
if (obj.mainHolder) { obj.mainHolder.css({ background:"url("+obj.preloaderSrc+") no-repeat center" }); }
var img = new Image();
obj.holder.css({ display:"inline", opacity:"0" });
img.onload = function() {
if (obj.outer) {
if (img.height > SH.toNum(obj.outer.minHeight)) { obj.outer.holder.css("height","auto"); }
else { obj.outer.holder.css("height",obj.outer.minHeight); }
obj.holder.attr("src",obj.src).animate({ opacity:"1"},obj.speed,"linear",function(){
if (obj.mainHolder) { obj.mainHolder.css({ backgroundImage:"none" }); }
$(this).attr("alt",obj.alt);
fn();
img.src = obj.src;
} else {
if (obj.mainHolder) { obj.mainHolder.css({ backgroundImage:"none" }); }
obj.holder.css({ display:"inline", opacity:"0" });
obj.holder.attr({
src: obj.src,
alt: obj.alt
}).animate({ opacity:"1"},obj.speed,"linear",function(){ fn(); });
getHash: function() {
var hash = (window.location.hash).substr(1);
if (hash) {
var pairs = hash.split('&');
var valuePair = {};
for (var x=0;x 1 && callback && count%freq<u>0) {
callback(data);
var sTracker = new Trackers(); // private
function showToConsole(str) {
if (typeof window.console</u>'object') { console.log(str); }
var slideShowsPack = window.slideShowsPack = new SlideShows();
})(jQuery);
// Tracking Data Here
var trackData = {
ads: {
buildSlide: {
frequency: 1,
callback: function() {
$(document).ready(function(){
if (typeof $.ad.dc.load!=="undefined") {
$.ad.dc.load();
omni: {
buildSlide: {
frequency: 1,
callback: function(data) {
data = data || false;
if (!data) { return false; }
if (!data.slideNumber) { return false; }
if (typeof $.ad.omni.load!=="undefined") {
$.ad.omni.load({ "slide": data.slideNumber });
var initializeSlideShow = window.initializeSlideshow = function() {
if (typeof slideshowData!=="undefined") {
if (!slideShowsPack.initialized) {
slideShowsPack.init({
data: slideshowData,
info: slideshowInfo,
relatedMedia: relatedsData,
trackData: trackData
} else {
if (typeof window.console==='object') { console.log("[error] No Data found for: slideshowData"); }
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if (typeof $.ad.dc.load!=="undefined") {