Ultimate Fade-In Slidehow Support thread

[mutinyzoo]

I'm hoping to use Glenn Herbert's Ultimate Fade-in Slideshow to create a page that will display either all products or specified category items.

Apparently niestudio is developing a script based on color box to be able to do this, but in the meantime I'm wondering how difficult it would be to populate the two .js files of Slideshow (jscript_fadeshow_setup.php and fadeshow_defines.php) from the products_description and products tables.

So that for example, all products, all specials, etc could be contained within a slideshow.

Any input or insight greatly appreciated.

[gjh42]

Since jscript_fadeshow_setup.php is a PHP file, you could add PHP code to it to look up product info from the database and populate that into items for the slideshow. It would require decent proficiency with PHP and MySQL, but would not be terribly difficult.

[gjh42]

For fadeshow_defines.php, you can ignore it in this case. You can dynamically populate the text field in jscript_fadeshow_setup.php with the product name at the same time you are handling the rest of the fields, if you want a title text bar.

[DJC Electronics Ltd]

Hi

We have installed the slideshow and have followed all steps correctly, however the slideshow is not showing the images, only a broken link image.

Could someone suggest any possibilities to resolve this? Our domain is www.djcdirect.co.uk

Also, the three files that are referenced in the instructions, loading.png, restore.gif, and x.png, we do not have these as they weren't included in the download and we do not know where to locate these. Could someone help with this also?

Thanks. Any more info needed, let us know.

[outeredge2]

Hi

We have installed the slideshow and have followed all steps correctly, however the slideshow is not showing the images, only a broken link image.

Could someone suggest any possibilities to resolve this? Our domain is www.djcdirect.co.uk

Also, the three files that are referenced in the instructions, loading.png, restore.gif, and x.png, we do not have these as they weren't included in the download and we do not know where to locate these. Could someone help with this also?

Thanks. Any more info needed, let us know.

The reason you are showing the broken link is because the images weren't in the download for some reason. I am not exactly sure as to why there aren't in there. I just download the the latest version to check.

I would try to load some images that you actually want displayed into the correct path and see if that works.

If not, go back and download the older version of the files with the images included and see if that works. This is not a recommended step as it is always better to load the newest version.


Old instructions:
/***********************************************
* Ultimate Fade-In Slideshow (v1.51): © Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
***********************************************/

This file was not created but me, it was created by dynamicdrive.com.
I found it useful and thought it could be good for others to have with a set of good instructions.

To install the Ultimate Fade-In Slideshow:

**********Instructions**********

ALWAYS CREATE A BACK UP OF YOUR STORE BEFORE DOING ANY UPDATES

1. Edit the jscript_fade.js file to show your image names
Look for the section below in the supplied jscript_fade.js file and edit for your images
ar fadeimages=new Array()
//SET IMAGE PATHS. Extend or contract array as needed
fadeimages[0]=["images/YOUR_IMAGE.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax
fadeimages[1]=["images/YOUR_IMAGE.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax
fadeimages[2]=["images/YOUR_IMAGE.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax
fadeimages[3]=["images/YOUR_IMAGE.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax
fadeimages[4]=["images/YOUR_IMAGE.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax
fadeimages[5]=["images/YOUR_IMAGE.jpg", "", ""] //plain image syntax

var fadebgcolor="black"

2. Upload the jscript_fade.js file to include/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/jscript
If your template does not have a jscript folder, just create one in the above loaction
3. Upload the images you want to have in Slideshow to the images/ folder on your site
3. Download your tpl_header.php from includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common
4. Copy and Paste the code below into tpl_header.php where you want the banner rotater to be

<script type="text/javascript" src="fade.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
//new fadeshow(IMAGES_ARRAY_NAME, slideshow_width, slideshow_height, borderwidth, delay, pause (0=no, 1=yes), optionalRandomOrder)

new fadeshow(fadeimages, 600, 340, 0, 3000, 0 )

</script>

Change the 600 and 340 in the script above to the measurements of your images. The 3000 is the image time delay.

5. Upload the tpl_header.php to includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common


NOTE: If you want to change the Fade rate of the images:
- Go into the the jscript_fade.js file and find 'obj.degree+=3' and change the 3 to different numbers
If you want to center the Ultimate Fade In Slideshow put <center> before <script> and </center> after </script> on the above script on the tpl_header.php

[outeredge2]

I'm hoping to use Glenn Herbert's Ultimate Fade-in Slideshow to create a page that will display either all products or specified category items.

Apparently niestudio is developing a script based on color box to be able to do this, but in the meantime I'm wondering how difficult it would be to populate the two .js files of Slideshow (jscript_fadeshow_setup.php and fadeshow_defines.php) from the products_description and products tables.

So that for example, all products, all specials, etc could be contained within a slideshow.

Any input or insight greatly appreciated.

Since jscript_fadeshow_setup.php is a PHP file, you could add PHP code to it to look up product info from the database and populate that into items for the slideshow. It would require decent proficiency with PHP and MySQL, but would not be terribly difficult.

This would be a great addition to this add-on. Or even a second one!?

[top hatt]

Hi:

I have had the slideshow working on my front page for quite some time. It is great.

Now I want to display it in the #3 banner. I moved the empty div from the main page to the banner and it worked on every page like I wanted.

My issue is this. In the product description page when you click on the "enlarge image" the image comes up but over top it comes up and says

Error: Empty div fadeshow1 not found on page.

How can I get rid of that. That is the only time that comes up that I can find.

I am using 1.3.9h

My site is http:slash slash poolcuesexpress dot com.

Any help would be appreciated.

Dave

[gjh42]

The reason you are showing the broken link is because the images weren't in the download for some reason.

The images are not in the new version download because Dynamic Drive does not allow anyone else to distribute their content. The old version of the mod is violating their terms of service.
The readme for the new version describes where to get the images on the Dynamic Drive website. I wish I could just give it to you neatly packaged, but that is not possible.

[gjh42]

In the product description page when you click on the "enlarge image" the image comes up but over top it comes up and says

Error: Empty div fadeshow1 not found on page.

You will need to limit the slideshow display pages to exclude the popup page(s).
Edit jscript_fadeshow_setup.php and change the if statement to something like

<?php if (!in_array($current_page_base, explode(',','popup_image')) { //set any desired condition for each fadeshow
?>

If there are other pages where the fadeshow is not desired, you can add to the 'popup_image' like 'popup_image,other_page_name'.

[top hatt]

Glenn:

Thanks for your reply. I am using an older version of the slideshow add on and I don't have a jscript_fadeshow_setup.php file.

I have an includes/templates/custom template/jscript/fadeslideshow.js and a script in the common/html_header.php file.

Neither of these files seemed to have a line like you described.

Dave