AutoPlay onClick of AutoScroll Button - Javascript Slider

Question

I am adding autoplay of images in a Simple Slider in Javascript on the following site:

http://rastastation.com/rastaradio.html

The featured images do move to previous image and next image on the onClick Event. However I need to add a button for autoplaying the images in the slider. I need assistance.

I did research it and can see that you can use a custom function associated with the startTimer() Function. However, I don't quite understand how to integrate the syntax shown in other reference postings.

Is there an easy solution to add an onClick handler to a function called displayAutoplay().

Please provide feedback and an eased solution.

</script>

  <script type = "text/javascript">
      function displayImage(image) {
          document.getElementById("img").src = image;
      }

      function displayNextImage() {
          x = (x == images.length - 1) ? 0 : x + 1;

         clearInterval(timer);
         displayImage(images[x]);
         timer = setInterval( displayThisImage, 5000 );
      }

      function displayThisImage( ) {
          x = (x == images.length - 1) ? 0 : x + 1; 
          displayImage(images[x]);
      }

      function displayPreviousImage() {
          x = (x <= 0) ? images.length - 1 : x - 1;
         clearInterval(timer);
         displayImage(images[x]);
         timer = setInterval( displayThisImage, 5000 );
      }

      function startTimer() {
         timer =    setInterval( displayThisImage, 5000 );
      }


      var images = [], x = -1;
      var timer ;
      images[0] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_anthonyb2.png";
      images[1] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_capleton2.png";
      images[2] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_sizzla2.png";
      images[3] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_earlsixteen.png";
      images[4] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_norrisreid.png";
      images[5] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_yamibolo2.png";
      images[6] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_fantanmojah2.png";
      images[7] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_natural_black2.png";
      images[8] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_admiraltibet.png";
      images[9] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_luciano.png"; 
  </script>

</head>

HTML

Thanks...William

Answer 1

Does this look like a good solution? Or are there better solutions?

</script>

  <script type = "text/javascript">
      function displayImage(image) {
          document.getElementById("img").src = image;
      }

      function displayNextImage() {
          x = (x == images.length - 1) ? 0 : x + 1;

         clearInterval(timer);
         displayImage(images[x]);
         timer = setInterval( displayThisImage, 5000 );
      }

      function displayThisImage( ) {
          x = (x == images.length - 1) ? 0 : x + 1; 
          displayImage(images[x]);
      }

      function displayPreviousImage() {
          x = (x <= 0) ? images.length - 1 : x - 1;
         clearInterval(timer);
         displayImage(images[x]);
         timer = setInterval( displayThisImage, 5000 );
      }

      function startTimer() {
         timer =    setInterval( displayThisImage, 5000 );
      }


      var images = [], x = -1;
      var timer ;
      images[0] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_anthonyb2.png";
      images[1] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_capleton2.png";
      images[2] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_sizzla2.png";
      images[3] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_earlsixteen.png";
      images[4] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_norrisreid.png";
      images[5] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_yamibolo2.png";
      images[6] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_fantanmojah2.png";
      images[7] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_natural_black2.png";
      images[8] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_admiraltibet.png";
      images[9] = "http://rastastation.com/images/carousel_luciano.png"; 
  </script>