How can I make the Bootstrap js carousel automatically cycle as soon as the page loads?

Question

Using bootstrap.js version 2.02

I'm trying to get the Twitter Bootstrap Carousel to automatically cycle as soon as someone visits my site. Right now, the auto cycling works only after you click one of the cycle buttons at least once.

I want the carousel to begin cycling at the interval right away.

Does anyone know how to do this?

My site is hotairraccoon.com

You'll see how after you click the carousel once, it begins to cycle every 5 seconds or so, but I don't want the click to be required to reveal carousel content.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Note: As mentioned in the comments this solution will work correctly for Bootstrap 2. Refer to MattZ's answer for instructions on how to accomplish the same behavior on Bootstrap 3.

I had the same issue as you and all I had to do to fix it was call the carousel('cycle') method after I had initialized the carousel:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
    $('.carousel').carousel({
        interval: 3000
    });

    $('.carousel').carousel('cycle');
});
</script>  

I realize this question is old but I was googling tonight trying to figure it out myself and saw noone had properly answered it. Top voted answer will not automatically start the carousel, it will only cycle once a button has been pressed which is not what the OP was looking for.