Frontpage Slideshow [support thread]

[sport_billy]

Navigate to this url in your admin panel and see if the page comes up:

admin/frontpage_slideshow.php

Replace 'admin' with your admin folder name.

[kayne31]

Yes it opens the page fine however if I try to add a slide it says it is successful but on my site I see the caption but no image appears

[sport_billy]

If the images are not displaying at all, it is due to your server's permisions.
You have to make the folder

includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/images/slideshow

have permissions 755 in Apache servers.

It could be also restricted by your .htaccess so you have to check it too.

[hapishyguy]

I am having the problem too.
I am using the picaflour's "all_business" templete. This template has 5 slideshows on the main page and I added 6th myself. I saw this plugin and assume that its easier to add the slideshows this way. So I uploaded the files and when I install the sql file it gives the below error.

"Success 9 statements processed.
Error ERROR: Cannot create table frontpage_slideshow because it already exists
Warning Note: 1 statements ignored. See "upgrade_exceptions" table for additional details. "

So I guess the table frontpage already exists because of the existing slideshow from the template I am using.

I do get the "Frontpage Slidewow" under the "Configuration" but I do not get "Frontpage Slideshow" in "Tools".

So can someone help if this can be fixed or not and I can get option under "Tools" to use this slideshow.

Thanks

[sport_billy]

Sorry it seems to be my fault for the admin menu not displaying in 1.3 versions of Zen Cart. There is a missing file.

I will submit the fix right now. Until it gets approved, because it usually takes a few days you can add the missing file manually:

create a file called

slideshow_tools_dhtml.php

at folder

YOUR_ADMIN/includes/boxes/extra_boxes

and add the following code:

<?php 
/**
 * Frontpage Slideshow
 * Slideshow creator for displaying in shop's main page
 *
 * @package slideshow
 * @author Vassilios Barzokas <[email protected]> 
 * @author website www.vbarzokas.com
 * @copyright Copyright 2011 Vassilios Barzokas
 * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html   GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: frontpage_slideshow.php 2.0 2013-04-10 17:50:04Z $
 */
 
 $za_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_TOOLS_SLIDESHOW, 'link' => zen_href_link(FILENAME_SLIDESHOW, '', 'NONSSL'));

Now you should be able to see the menu under Tools->Frontpage Slideshow

[hapishyguy]

I will see if that works. Will it overwrite or work with the existing slideshow that I have. I am using "all business" template by picaflor. My site is flyhighbuy.com if you want to take a look.

[sport_billy]

The slideshow library that your template is using is 'easySlider', the one that the previous version of Frontpage Slideshow was using. I downloaded the template but i do not see any code that references to my plugin, so i think that it is not installed by default with the template. I do not know if the template provides option to disable its slideshow, but even if it does not it should not have conflicts with Frontpage Slideshow.

I cannot understand why you are getting that the table already exists, but in order to be sure that it is properly installed you should first uninstall this table (and all other that the plugin uses) by running the 'uninstall_frontpage_slideshow_zencart_1.3.sql' file.

If you have installed version 2.0.2 of the Frontpage Slideshow you just have to add the file i mentioned above, no other changes to files.

[hapishyguy]

I made that file manually like you said and installed it but still there is no "Fontpage Slideshow" under "Tools." I uninstalled using the file you said and then installed again but still there is no luck. I still get the same error "Cannot create table frontpage_slideshow because it already exists"

I am using 2.0.2.....

What do we do...

[Gkeaney]

Great plugin. Compliments on the latest improvements. However, I have managed to screw it up. I installed it and all worked properly, then I tried to move the code to tpl_header.php. The goal was to get the slide show running in the header rather than the page/content. I took the code and inserted it and the slide show does run however, the Javascript seem corrupt now. The fade animation is not working and in IE and Chrome, the images jump around.

I am sure I have just overlooked something in trying to move the code. Any chance you could take a look? I'd be happy to pay for you to help me debug.

You can see it here - www.sarahsonlineshop.ca

Thanks!

[sport_billy]

I just checked the link you posted in latest version of Chrome and IE10 and also IE7 compatibility mode and it seems to be running smoothly, so i can not see the errors you mention.

Anyway, in order to place the slideshow in other place than the original you have to move this part of the code

<!-- begin edit for Frontpage Slideshow -->
<?php if(FRONTPAGE_SLIDESHOW_STATUS == 'true') { ?>
	<?php require($template->get_template_dir('frontpage_slideshow.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/frontpage_slideshow.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>    
<!-- end edit for Frontpage Slideshow -->

from

includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_index_default.php

and also the same corresponding code from

includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_index_categories.php

To the position that you want the slideshow to appear in those files or other.