ZX Slideshow support thread

[bubbadan]

OK 3 hours of searching and cannot find how to fix the size of the banner?
The banners should be 440 width and 200 height
They come out MUCH larger on the site

1) Yes all banners are the same size
2) only javascripts I have are for zx slideshow
3) groups are correct slide1, slide2
3) website www . all just for fun dot com

NOTE!!!!!
(Technically Adult content but no content other than auto install - Just for the future when there will be Adult Content on the site this is your warning!)

I figured this would be automatic as there is no place in the admin to specify width and height etc. and I have found nothing in any searches on here or in google even referencing this issue (of course this forum is notorious for having search deficit disorder) :)

Or is it plain as day and I am I just being stupid? (high possibility)

Thanks
Dan

[balihr]

OK 3 hours of searching and cannot find how to fix the size of the banner?
The banners should be 440 width and 200 height
They come out MUCH larger on the site

Actually, this has been asked before, I remember answering... But, I have no idea where that post is, plus it might be difficult to realize it's the same issue.

Your site is using a fluid width layout, meaning you don't have a fixed width as most sites do. Your site will expand over the entire screen which is IMHO a totally unfriendly solution. For example, I have a 24" screen and I literally have to move my head left and right to get all of your content...
Anyway, the problem is with your fluid layout. ZX Slideshow is responsive meaning it will adapt to it's parent container dimensions. Since your parent container doesn't have any specified dimensions and is meant to fill in all the available area, ZX Slideshow will inherit that and will do the same. A quick and dirty solution would be to manually specify the dimensions of the slideshow in your index_home.css, something like this:

.slider-wrapper {
	width:440px;
	height:250px; /* might need some adjustment */
	margin: 0 auto; /* this is used to center the slideshow */
}

A better solution would be to set your template's max-width, but perhaps you prefer the fluid layout...

[bubbadan]

ahhhh yes... OF COURSE! Duh again!
Customer wants responsive as they have many clients who use phones, ipads etc. (I guess it is more discreet or something?..... I don't know)

Thanks for your insight - I will attempt the fix this evening and let you know what happens!

Thanks again!
Dan (Bubba)

[balihr]

Customer wants responsive as they have many clients who use phones, ipads etc. (I guess it is more discreet or something?..... I don't know)

Well, your template is NOT responsive, it's actually an obsolete fluid width template... It's actually nowhere near optimized for mobile devices. Fluid width template doesn't not mean responsive, don't mix those terms.
Have fun!

[bubbadan]

it worked and yup... you are right. Back to the drawing board. :) (no biggy just my first try at this)

[top hatt]

I have been using the original version of ZC Slideshow successfully for almost a year. It has been working great.

For other reasons, I need to remove the slideshow.

I have removed all the files and the slideshow went away. My problem is this.

Since removing the slideshow, the Tabbed Products Pro addon quit working. Everything seems to be there eg. <!--%Specs%--> but it doesn't show the tabs, just the content that would be in the tabs.

Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

I am using 1.5.0. The site is http://poolcuesexpress.com/testsite

Dave

[balihr]

I have been using the original version of ZC Slideshow successfully for almost a year. It has been working great.

For other reasons, I need to remove the slideshow.

I have removed all the files and the slideshow went away. My problem is this.

Since removing the slideshow, the Tabbed Products Pro addon quit working. Everything seems to be there eg. <!--%Specs%--> but it doesn't show the tabs, just the content that would be in the tabs.

Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

I am using 1.5.0. The site is http://poolcuesexpress.com/testsite

Dave

Are you sure that the ONLY change you had made was removing ZX Slideshow? If you say Yes, I'm afraid I'll have to disagree.

Disable minify and you should be OK (CSS/JS Loader).

[top hatt]

Sorry - I forgot that I tried the minify. I had tried so many things apparently I forgot to put that setting back.

Thanks for pointing it out to me. Tabbed Products works now.

Dave

[bullryder13]

Got a quick question for you. I'm not very familiar with php however, I would like to add alt tags to the slides. I looked in the banner manager and going bonkers with firebug but no luck yet. At the moment i'm looking at the zx_slideshow.php file but not being very familiar with php makes it a bit complicated. Any pointers? The site is www.chainvapes.com

[balihr]

Got a quick question for you. I'm not very familiar with php however, I would like to add alt tags to the slides. I looked in the banner manager and going bonkers with firebug but no luck yet. At the moment i'm looking at the zx_slideshow.php file but not being very familiar with php makes it a bit complicated. Any pointers? The site is www.chainvapes.com

I'm not sure what you're talking about, but alt tags are already there... Banner Title is used for alt tags... Check your source code and you'll see it's there.