ZX Slideshow support thread

[balihr]

Actually, Diane, the uninstall code is included in the install.sql file...

Just open the install-vXXX.sql and take a look at the first 7 lines which are actually uninstall code (in case you run the patch more than once).

But, to simplify things:

SELECT @ZXconfig:=configuration_group_id
FROM configuration_group
WHERE configuration_group_title= 'ZX Slideshow'
LIMIT 1;
DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_group_id = @ZXconfig AND configuration_group_id != 0;
DELETE FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_id = @ZXconfig AND configuration_group_id != 0;

Just run this from Tools->Install SQL Patches. As with any other SQL patches, make sure you backup your database before running it.

Re: uninstall vs. upgrade - I suggest you uninstall first and then install the latest version. There are some new files added and the admin settings have changed so it would be quite hard to upgrade if you're not absolutely sure about what you're doing...

Regards,
Leonard

[Dianne]

Thank you, Leonard! This is exactly the information I needed to proceed and also for going forward with future updates. Very clear and easy to follow.

Your help is much appreciated!

[CWGD]

Hello -

If this has been covered already my apologies. I searched the first 10 or so and last 5 pages of this thread and didn't find what I was looking for.

I'm attempting to configure ZX Slideshow to use the entire width of the main page instead of just the center section of the page (I'm using a 3 column template). When I set the image size for the slideshow to the width of the page (980 pixel) two things happen

1. The image doesn't remain centered. It "grows" to the right and essentially becomes right justified.
2. Instead of pushing the content of the right side boxes down they're essentially overwritten.

Is there any way to get the slideshow to cover the entire page width?

Thanks

[balihr]

It was answered before, but I can't find it either.

Basically, what you want is to move ZX Slideshow from centerbox to header. This will allow you to utilize the full width of the website.

Remove the ZX Slideshow from tpl_index_default.php and tpl_index_categories.php and then read here. It shows you the code you need to place in your tpl_header.php file to trigger ZX Slideshow.

Regards,
Leonard

[izar74]

Hi all,

i was trying to validate my site with WC3 validation and got an error regarding the images:


Error Line 181, Column 67: end tag for "img" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

<img src="images/slideshow/01-vaniglia_1.jpg" alt="slideshow1">


You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Someone got the same problem? Anyone fixed it?

[izar74]

Sorry i solved the problem by myself... indeed it was not a big deal...

in .../includes/function/extra_function/zx_banner.php

line 68 to 73 find and add the red character:

$banner_string = '<img src="' . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $banner->fields['banners_image'] . '" alt="'. $banner->fields['banners_title'].'" />';
} else {
if ($banner->fields['banners_open_new_windows'] == '1') {
$banner_string = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=banner&goto=' . $banner->fields['banners_id']) . '" target="_blank">' . '<img src="' . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $banner->fields['banners_image'] . '" alt="'. $banner->fields['banners_title'].'" /></a>';
} else {
$banner_string = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=banner&goto=' . $banner->fields['banners_id']) . '">' . '<img src="' . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $banner->fields['banners_image'] . '" alt="'. $banner->fields['banners_title'].'" /></a>';

Pay attention to the SPACE befor the "/"!!!

[buildingblocks]

Hi

I've installed this mod lots of times because it's my favorite slider. It always works great. For my latest use I need to use images in portrait mode rather than landscape so we need the slider to be taller than it is wide. My first test images are 191px wide x 298px tall. The problem I am having is the images are displaying huge at roughly 576px wide x 900px. Is there a way get the images to display at normal size?

It works fine if I use wide images(landscape).

The zx slider admin settings used to have height and width settings but those have been removed a few versions ago.

I have it installed on zen cart 1.5.3 with the default classic template (unmodified)