ZX Slideshow support thread

[balihr]

This has nothing to do with ZX Slideshow. You have an error somewhere in your other files, probably tpl_main_page.php or html_header.php which is causing the layout to break. This is very likely incorrect file encoding or something like that. I'd suggest comparing your files to the original file set to see what went wrong.

As for image size, no, size is up to you. Slider is responsive so it will adjust image width to the parent container size, but it IS recommended to prepare images before uploading and make sure you use images with the exact same dimensions. If you use different size images, the slider will automatically adjust images, both width and height, so the content below it might seem like it's jumping up and down with each slide.

[mvstudio]

Question.

We have the code for the slider in the define main page, that way if we need to add other promotions below it, the task is easy to accomplish. The define main page is pulled from the mytemplate/common/tpl_main_page.php which is wrapped around the statement if($this_is_home_page) to make it work only on the front page. So far and for years we thought that was it, of course until today.

I noticed an URL pointing to a product page in a weird way byvalenti.com/index.php?products_id=39 (it should be byvalenti.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_42&products_id=39) and when I checked it out I noticed the slider, which shouldn't have displayed because that's not the main page, does display.

Is there any other way to force the slider from not showing when visitors "play" with my website in this manner?

Thank you for the help! =)

[balihr]

This is not related to ZX Slideshow and to be honest, I'm not sure how to resolve it. It's actually a bug in Zen Cart, I'm just reporting it and we should wait for someone smarter than me to figure it out. Smarter than me... Ha, it's not like I placed the bar high...

[balihr]

@mvstudio - check here please.

[mvstudio]

This is not related to ZX Slideshow and to be honest, I'm not sure how to resolve it. It's actually a bug in Zen Cart, I'm just reporting it and we should wait for someone smarter than me to figure it out. Smarter than me... Ha, it's not like I placed the bar high...

Don't sell yourself short! You're awesome! Thank you! I didn't even think it could be a ZC bug. On my way to check the link out. Have an awesome Saturday!

[barco57]

I find that zx slideshow doesn't display at all if the version of jquery loaded is 3.0 or newer.

[swguy]

What error do you see in the javascript console?

[balihr]

Well... Luckily, you can't see me blushing here... We've mentioned this before and I just blamed Nivo being old and no longer maintained and didn't look into it. This was primarily because I had planned a brand new version of the plugin based on a different slider, but never got to it.
I just tried it on a vanilla 1.5.6c and one look at the console and the clue was staring at me...

At the time the plugin was built, this was okay, but things have changed and jQuery has deprecated some functions.

jQuery(window).load(function() {

This is old and no longer works. So, we need to use the new version:

jQuery(window).on("load",function(){

This is from includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/zx_slideshow.php line 4.

Plugin update submitted and awaiting approval. In the meantime, you can just replace that one line.