# Slideshow of uploaded images

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slideshow-of-uploaded-images/174783>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 2, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slideshow-of-uploaded-images/174783 "2009-09-02T06:13:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tdellaringa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tdellaringa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tdellaringa)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slideshow-of-uploaded-images/174783/1 "2009-09-02T06:13:08Z")

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I want to create a sort of slideshow thing in my application in which  
users can upload pictures to a filesystem or database (I don’t know  
which is better for this). Then the slideshow will show the pictures  
for a minute each. After a picture is shown I want it to be deleted so  
that it doesn’t come up in the slideshow again as users will have to pay  
to upload them each time. Any help would be great as I’m unsure of how  
to show them, add a time limit, or delete them.

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**Author:** ![tdellaringa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tdellaringa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tdellaringa)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slideshow-of-uploaded-images/174783/2 "2009-09-02T07:05:31Z")

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If you are using JQuery, then there is a fantastic plugin called JQuery  
Cycle ([JQuery Cycle Plugin](http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/)) You can use it to show and add  
the  
time limit. Deleting: you will have to handle it in the backend.

–  
Abhinav  
[http://twitter.com/abhinav](http://twitter.com/abhinav)

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Tom D.