JSON external file

Question

I'm having trouble with this script. can anyone help me? I thought JSON was built into edge. but after writing these lines of code it doesn't appear so....
var imageArray = new Array();
var currentImage = 0;
var mySlidingImages = sym.getSymbol("ImageSlider");
sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html("");
$.getJSON("data/photos.json", function(data){
               for(var i=0; i<data.length; i++){
                              imageArray.push({"image":data[i].image,"title":data[i].title});
               sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html(imageArray[currentImage].title);
so when that didn't work I tried this:
yepnope({
nope:[
'edge_includes/json2_min.js'
complete: init
//when yepnope has loaded everything execute init();
function init (){
//initialise your variables and Edge comp here
var imageArray = new Array();
var currentImage = 0;
var mySlidingImages = sym.getSymbol("ImageSlider");
sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html("");
$.getJSON("data/photos.json", function(data){
          for(var i=0; i<data.length; i++){
                    imageArray.push({"image":data[i].image,"title":data[i].title});
          sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html(imageArray[currentImage].title);
Basically what I'm trying to do is create a slider that will auto populate, with image and text, according to an external file "photos.json".  But I'm a noob at coding so I don't know what my mistake is... if anyone could help me understand what I'm doing wrong i would appreciate it.. ty..

Answer 1

About the first image: you've got a wrong line inside $.getJSON:
$.getJSON("data/photos.json", function(data){
         maxImages = data.length-1;
          for(var i=0; i<data.length; i++){ imageArray.push({"image":data[i].image,"title":data[i].title}); }
          sym.$("PlaceHolderText").html(imageArray[currentImage].title);
          mySlidingImages.$("ImageHolder1").css({"background-image":"url('"+imageArray[currentImage ].image+"')"});
          mySlidingImages.play("Rest"); // the wrong line
          mySlidingImages.play(); // a better slideIn effect.