ZX Slideshow support thread

Yes it does work on 1.5.1 like a dream. My only gripe is where the caption band has been set to opaque - means the caption text is also opaque. How can I remedy this?

TIA

dharrison:

Yes it does work on 1.5.1 like a dream. My only gripe is where the caption band has been set to opaque - means the caption text is also opaque. How can I remedy this?

TIA

Honestly, I'm not sure - the slideshow itself is based on Nivo slider and all effects come from it. The captions are also Nivo's so I'm guessing you'll need to rewrite the nivo js if you want to change the way it handles captions.

Hi Balihr

I have been doing a bit of digging. basically styling can be achieved under nivo-caption a. There are font color attributes under just nivo-slider and that was where the confusion lies.

Hope that clears up any issues for anyone also using images and wanting to add captions.

Hi, I found a little error in file tpl_index_default.php at line 19:
It was :

But it should be with ' ', so it should be like :

Otherwise, after activating ZX Slideshow, if you want to deactivate, it will still stay on.

Hello All,

Thank you for the great mod...good work!

I installed ZX Slideshow into my 139h site with no issues and it ran perfectly, I then upgraded my site to ZC1.5 in a sub folder and again had ZX Slideshow running perfectly. When I moved the site into public html folder I ran into an odd admin glitch related to ZX Slideshow. It runs perfectly on the front end but it disappeared in the admin, I then tried programmatically adding it as a menu item to the v1.5.0 admin and it shows up in the configuration menu but I get a 404 error when I click the link.

What's my best strategy to get ZX Slideshow running in the admin again?

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

kcb410:

Hello All,

Thank you for the great mod...good work!

I installed ZX Slideshow into my 139h site with no issues and it ran perfectly, I then upgraded my site to ZC1.5 in a sub folder and again had ZX Slideshow running perfectly. When I moved the site into public html folder I ran into an odd admin glitch related to ZX Slideshow. It runs perfectly on the front end but it disappeared in the admin, I then tried programmatically adding it as a menu item to the v1.5.0 admin and it shows up in the configuration menu but I get a 404 error when I click the link.

What's my best strategy to get ZX Slideshow running in the admin again?

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

It shouldn't return a 404, unless you're doing something very wrong. What's the URL you get in the address bar after you click the new entry in Configuration->ZX Slideshow. I bet you just registered the page incorrectly...

balihr:

It shouldn't return a 404, unless you're doing something very wrong. What's the URL you get in the address bar after you click the new entry in Configuration->ZX Slideshow. I bet you just registered the page incorrectly...

Hello Balihr,

Thank you for the fast response.

Zen Cart admin says I've successfully registered the page. Is there only one file to install in the admin? If I try to register the page again I get 'Page key already exists. Page keys must be unique.'

Thanks Balihr.

kcb410:

Hello Balihr,

Thank you for the fast response.

Zen Cart admin says I've successfully registered the page. Is there only one file to install in the admin? If I try to register the page again I get 'Page key already exists. Page keys must be unique.'

Thanks Balihr.

Can you reply to my first question, please? What's the URL you get in the address bar after you click the new entry in Configuration->ZX Slideshow? You can take out the domain and admin directory.

balihr:

Can you reply to my first question, please? What's the URL you get in the address bar after you click the new entry in Configuration->ZX Slideshow? You can take out the domain and admin directory.

Sorry about that....

https://kcbgraphics.com/*********/zx_slideshow.php?10

kcb410:

Sorry about that....

https://kcbgraphics.com/*********/zx_slideshow.php?10

:blink: How on earth did you manage to get that?! Take a look at the screenshot attached to se how you're supposed to register the admin page. You will have to take a look in your database to find the actual DB entry ID in configuration_group table and replace the two instances of XX with your IDs.
If the page key is already taken, just add 2 at the end (zxSlideshow2) or something like that.

Yikes I've got 6 different IDs listed in the configuration_group for ZX Slideshow Configuration by ZenExpert... Can I delete some of these? I currently have two instances of Zen Slideshow in the Configuration Menu.

balihr:

:blink: How on earth did you manage to get that?! Take a look at the screenshot attached to se how you're supposed to register the admin page. You will have to take a look in your database to find the actual DB entry ID in configuration_group table and replace the two instances of XX with your IDs.
If the page key is already taken, just add 2 at the end (zxSlideshow2) or something like that.

Thanks Balihr,

I resolved this by using your earlier post mentioning this:
Page Key: zxconfig
Page Name: BOX_CONFIGURATION_ZX_SLIDESHOW
Page Filename: FILENAME_CONFIGURATION
Page Parameters: gID=YOUR_CONFIGURATION_GROUP_ID
Menu: Configuration
Display on Menu: Check
Sort Order: YOUR_CONFIGURATION_GROUP_ID

kcb410:

Yikes I've got 6 different IDs listed in the configuration_group for ZX Slideshow Configuration by ZenExpert... Can I delete some of these? I currently have two instances of Zen Slideshow in the Configuration Menu.

You have 6? Hehe, seems like you didn't install it properly. Well, here's what you can do: go to your admin section and manually enter the URL to be something like https://kcbgraphics.com/*********/configuration.php?gID=XX and see which of those 6 IDs works. Then go and register your page.

I used zx-slideshow to new version of zencart, it works perfect on PC, I can see the slides,however when I view the website on Ipad or Iphone, the slides are only showling half, anyone has same issue, or anyone can help me, thank you so much.

Yes, it works for me on new ZENCART version 1.5.1, the only issue right now I have is the slides did not show full slides on IPAD.

Hi Balihr. I've had your awesome mod working on a 1.3.9h store just fine for several months thank you. However I have just installed it on a 1.5.1 that I'm having a play around with. All works fine except the configuration setting true/false to enable or disable the slider. I have seen a previous post in this thread and added the 'true' as suggested yet I still cannot switch the slider off via the configuration area. it's a testing site but I'd really like to get it sussed. www. tkdcombat. co. uk

picandnix:

Hi Balihr. I've had your awesome mod working on a 1.3.9h store just fine for several months thank you. However I have just installed it on a 1.5.1 that I'm having a play around with. All works fine except the configuration setting true/false to enable or disable the slider. I have seen a previous post in this thread and added the 'true' as suggested yet I still cannot switch the slider off via the configuration area. it's a testing site but I'd really like to get it sussed. www. tkdcombat. co. uk

Sorry for my late reply, I was sick and wasn't online...

Since you're displaying categories on your main page, did you fix the tpl_index_categories.php or just tpl_index_default.php ?

balihr:

Sorry for my late reply, I was sick and wasn't online...

Since you're displaying categories on your main page, did you fix the tpl_index_categories.php or just tpl_index_default.php ?

it's good to see you back, I hope your better now?
This is the piece of code I have in tpl_index_categories.php

<!-- begin edit for ZX Slideshow -->
<?php 
if($this_is_home_page) {
	if (ZX_SLIDESHOW) { ?>
	<?php require($template->get_template_dir('zx_slideshow.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/zx_slideshow.php'); ?>
<?php }
}?>    
<!-- end edit for ZX Slideshow -->

picandnix:

it's good to see you back, I hope your better now?
This is the piece of code I have in tpl_index_categories.php

<?php require($template->get_template_dir('zx_slideshow.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/zx_slideshow.php'); ?>

:shocking: I guess it was me who gave that code you used... :lamo:

Try this instead:

    <?php require($template->get_template_dir('zx_slideshow.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/zx_slideshow.php'); ?>

Not too sure what went wrong but I got a bordered white box after install on 1.39h with the following plugins
(recover cart, edit orders, ty package tracker, SEO URLS, Sitmaps XML, Image Handler 2)
The ZX SlideShow is set on flase in my admin.

No files were overwritten so this is strange to me. Am I overlooking something?
Thanks for the help if someone can shed some light.

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