ZX Slideshow support thread

[chowardart]

OK! I got it to work BUT... Serious problem...

It threw up a grid of my categories, and what it used were the category images. Mind you, not the sub-categories, but the category main level.

I did a View Source and found the code as such below, and I notice it's saying it's "Display grid of available sub-categories"... What it shows is all the sub categories images in a 3 per row layout, but the images are designed to be like a sub-header, across almost the whole width of the center column, so they're bunched up and running off the edge of the body.

I've figured as much that the culprit is in the tpl_index_categories.php file, but I didn't know what it would do if I commented it out, so balihr I'll wait for you to get back from vacation before attempting this again.

Other than that problem, the few images I put in there were good, they faded between each other so I'm assuming the rest of it is working as it's supposed to. I would experiment further but this is an active site and I don't want to get any complaint calls right now...

Please advise...

I've disconnected it for now and ran the uninstall patch; right now all the files are in place except the tpl_index_categories.php file, and I can easily install it again, install the SQL patch and try it again later...

Edit: I should mention, site is rossales.com, and you'll notice, I only run one side column, on the right, and at the top of that column is the list of categories. This is why I wanted to ask about commenting out the section in the php file before actually trying it...

Here's the section of the source code I mentioned:

<!-- BOF: Display grid of available sub-categories, if any -->

<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=2"><img src="images/BromeliadHdr2.jpg" alt="Pineapple (Anasas Comosus)" title=" Pineapple (Anasas Comosus) " width="740" height="197" /><br />Pineapple (Anasas Comosus)</a></div>
<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=29"><img src="images/AglaonemaHdr.jpg" alt="Aglaonema" title=" Aglaonema " width="740" height="195" /><br />Aglaonema</a></div>
<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=30"><img src="images/categories/CordylineHdr.jpg" alt="Cordyline" title=" Cordyline " width="740" height="195" /><br />Cordyline</a></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=39"><img src="images/Crotonshdr.jpg" alt="Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)" title=" Croton (Codiaeum variegatum) " width="740" height="197" /><br />Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)</a></div>
<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=5"><img src="images/CycasHdr2.jpg" alt="Cycas Revoluta" title=" Cycas Revoluta " width="740" height="197" /><br />Cycas Revoluta</a></div>
<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=31"><img src="images/DracaenaArboreaHdr.jpg" alt="Dracaena Arborea" title=" Dracaena Arborea " width="740" height="197" /><br />Dracaena Arborea</a></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=14"><img src="images/categories/DracCane2.jpg" alt="Mass Cane & Dracaena Fragrans" title=" Mass Cane & Dracaena Fragrans " width="740" height="197" /><br />Mass Cane & Dracaena Fragrans</a></div>
<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=38"><img src="images/GardeniaHdr.jpg" alt="Gardenias" title=" Gardenias " width="740" height="195" /><br />Gardenias</a></div>
<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=15"><img src="images/Pachira02.jpg" alt="Pachira Aquatica Braid" title=" Pachira Aquatica Braid " width="740" height="197" /><br />Pachira Aquatica Braid</a></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=16"><img src="images/Phoenix02.jpg" alt="Phoenix Roebelenii" title=" Phoenix Roebelenii " width="740" height="197" /><br />Phoenix Roebelenii</a></div>
<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=17"><img src="images/PonytailHdr.jpg" alt="Ponytail Beaucarnea/Nolia" title=" Ponytail Beaucarnea/Nolia " width="740" height="195" /><br />Ponytail Beaucarnea/Nolia</a></div>
<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=18"><img src="images/Rhapis02.jpg" alt="Rhapis Excelsa Palm" title=" Rhapis Excelsa Palm " width="740" height="197" /><br />Rhapis Excelsa Palm</a></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<div class="categoryListBoxContents" style="width:33%;"><a href="http://rossales.com/rosstore/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=21"><img src="images/ZZ02.jpg" alt="Zamioculcas Zamiifolia (&quot;ZZ&quot;)" title=" Zamioculcas Zamiifolia (&quot;ZZ&quot;) " width="740" height="197" /><br />Zamioculcas Zamiifolia ("ZZ")</a></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<!-- EOF: Display grid of available sub-categories -->

[balihr]

OK! I got it to work BUT... Serious problem...

It threw up a grid of my categories, and what it used were the category images. Mind you, not the sub-categories, but the category main level.

Well, probably a matter of hard coding some template files... I can't say for sure without seeing how the site was built, sorry.

Check your admin -> Configuration -> Layout Settings -> Categories - Always Show on Main Page and make sure this is set to 0. I guess that should do the trick. But it's just a guess since there was obviously some kind of customization done earlier...
As an alternative, you might wanna try merging tpl_index_categories.php from your template and the one from the module. Basically, just take the ZX Slideshow code and insert it into your file.