ZX Slideshow support thread

balihr:

Since the slideshow is disabled, I can't see what you have. But, did you use images with EXACT same dimensions? Width and height must be exactly the same for all images in used in the slideshow.

balihr,

thanks for your response, and yes all images have the same dimensions.

I' enabling the slideshow for you to take a look.

Thanks again!!!

AmeriDistri:

balihr,

thanks for your response, and yes all images have the same dimensions.

I' enabling the slideshow for you to take a look.

Thanks again!!!

Hm... This seems to be yet another issue with the module. Why, oh why did I have to update it to the responsive version? :frusty: It's something I'll need to figure out how to bypass the original banner system and have it not add image dimensions in the code.

There are 2 possible solutions in your case. One is to add a few lines in your index_home.css file and one is to change your images to 702x200px (or any other height, just make sure width is 702px). If you're going for the latter, you can just add white background and center the image (white on left and right). If you're going with the css version, add the following:

#slider {
	width:500px;
	margin:0 auto;
}

Mickmo68:

Hello balihr,
I hope you didn't spend much time on me. I found it, 100% my fault. I doubled up on a couple folders when uploading.

I put the /jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js into
/templates/MY_TEMPLATE/jscript/jscript/
instead of /templates/MY_TEMPLATE/jscript/

I did this with a couple file somehow. Dope! :blush:

The mod works absolutely perfect, great job. Very easy install and great directions. I just messed up on my own.

I'm off to PayPal to contribute. Thanks again!

I checked your site earlier and was really confused with what I saw so I decided to leave it for later, after I get some sleep. :smile: Glad to hear you worked it all out. Sometimes the simplest things are most hard to find.

Re: PayPal donations - it's mentioned in the documentation (not sure if I'm allowed to post it here). TIA

danielosko:

It's probablly redundant, code-wise..., but it seems to work.

This is a **GREAT **script, but it seems that with all scripts and multiple authors contributing to ZenCart... there are bound to be conflicts in CSS files as well as others.

You can check it out at: http://usaspaparts.com

P.S. Some day, (probablly well after I am long dead and gone), ALL of these plug-ins will hopefully be standard and ZenCart will be standard in such a way that... if you want "a plugin", you simply "click on it" in your control panel and it is installed without overwritting or changing any of your previous files or website orientation. (we can all dream.., right?) lol

Thanks all,
Danny

It's not redundant, it's required in your case. Since each site is (pretty much) unique and styled differently, it's normal that there might be some additional styling required.

As for the P.S. - yeah, it will probably happen at the same time when daily bus rides to Mars become a normal thing... If Zen Cart turned into a commercial platform with all plugins commercial and/or released by one group only, this actually might be very high on the list of things to do, but being free open source with numerous authors who contribute their code and we all have our individual code writing styles... Quite unlikely...

Anyway, glad you like the script. :smile:

balihr:

Hm... This seems to be yet another issue with the module. Why, oh why did I have to update it to the responsive version? :frusty: It's something I'll need to figure out how to bypass the original banner system and have it not add image dimensions in the code.

There are 2 possible solutions in your case. One is to add a few lines in your index_home.css file and one is to change your images to 702x200px (or any other height, just make sure width is 702px). If you're going for the latter, you can just add white background and center the image (white on left and right). If you're going with the css version, add the following:

#slider {
width:500px;
margin:0 auto;
}

balihr,

Thanks for the suggestions, but neither one worked, ccs code did nothing and images size was worse, did not showed up.

I did change the template to classic and didn't have the issue, I guess is a problem with the template.

Thanks you much!!!!

AmeriDistri:

balihr,

Thanks for the suggestions, but neither one worked, ccs code did nothing and images size was worse, did not showed up.

Thanks you much!!!!

Are you sure? I just tested on my local install and the css option does what it's supposed to. Image resize would definitely do the same, but I won't test it now, don't have the time.

Did you reload the page? Clear cache?

balihr:

Are you sure? I just tested on my local install and the css option does what it's supposed to. Image resize would definitely do the same, but I won't test it now, don't have the time.

Did you reload the page? Clear cache?

Balihr,

Thanks, I did reload the page, did not clear cache.

Know that I cleared cache, it's working :clap: Thanks.

I'm going to work on images sizes to fill the whole slideshow, eliminating the white spaces on the sides.

Thank you for your time, support and great contribution.

How can I include the slideshow in my current template - uploaded all files, installed it, it's working for classic theme but how can I remove my current slider and force yours?

Best regards!

EDIT: Think I pulled it out - added ```

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

the.rampage.rado:

How can I include the slideshow in my current template - uploaded all files, installed it, it's working for classic theme but how can I remove my current slider and force yours?

Best regards!

EDIT: Think I pulled it out - added ```

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

That's not exactly the way it's supposed to be done, but if it works for you, OK...

balihr:

That's not exactly the way it's supposed to be done, but if it works for you, OK...OK, could you advise on the canonical way? :)

Best regards

the.rampage.rado:

OK, could you advise on the canonical way? :)

Best regards

Well, not really because I have no idea what you did and why you didn't install it as described in the documentation. Plus, you didn't provide a link to your site so I can only try and guess what you're doing... :smile:
Anyway, if you remove all other sliders from your template (because of possible conflicts) and install this slider as per instructions in the documentation, it should work out of the box.

Lol... sorry.. I forgot the link... https://www.rampagehockey.eu/neo

Removed the build-in slider (you can see it in En and Sp language) by only removing its rows from the define_main_page. I like the current layout, zx slider streches out nicely, I'm preping pics for it now...

EDIT: Now I'm looking at my source and I'm seeing it's code there twice.
Btw - the files I overwrote had nothing in common. Not a single line... :|

the.rampage.rado:

Lol... sorry.. I forgot the link... https://www.rampagehockey.eu/neo

Removed the build-in slider (you can see it in En and Sp language) by only removing its rows from the define_main_page. I like the current layout, zx slider streches out nicely, I'm preping pics for it now...

EDIT: Now I'm looking at my source and I'm seeing it's code there twice.
Btw - the files I overwrote had nothing in common. Not a single line... :|

Yeah, it's duplicated because you added the code in your define_main_page.php and you're not supposed to do that. Also, you weren't supposed to overwrite the file you had but carefully merge it. The tpl_index_default.php and tpl_index_categories.php files both have commented lines for ZX Slideshow beginning and end so you should've just inserted that piece of code into your existing files...

OK, Thank you!

I reverted to my original index_default and index_categories to remove the double code.

I think to leave it this way - it works, It's easy editable (even in the admin section) and it's working with all options.

I know it's not the way you meant it to be but nevertheless thanks for your support! Great contribution!

Hi Balihr,

I've been trying your slideshow on my site and couldn't get it to work until I put it in classic folder. Now I have..

1. An image above and behind the slideshow.
2. I can't hid the bottom line caption and shading.
3. The buttons are too far down (on the default theme).

Would you mind having a look at http://awesomemoviestuff.com please and see if you can tell me what needs changing?

Thanks

For some reason my slideshow is not changing. I have the newest version of zencart 1.5 as well as the newest version of zx 2.0.1. The slideshow shows up on my homepage like it should but doesn't change images. I created two banners, one with group slide1 and one with group slide2. I read through the forum the best I could but didn't see a solution. I apologize if this has already been mentioned. I did test and put both banners in slide1 group and refreshed a couple of times and they did both randomly appear like it should. I have both images with the same dimensions (230x307) I have put the code below in the index_home.css as mentioned in the forum to fix another issue. I could really use some advice on this issue. The site is bobs.leather.shop.com without the dots.

#slider {
	width:230px;
	height:307px;
	margin:0 auto;
}

I had the same problem initially too, Welchy until I put index_home.css into includes/templates/classic/css. I also got quite confused with naming everything, but this is what's now working for me...

In admin:
Configuration > Layout Settings > Banner Display Groups - Header Position 1 ... Leave blank (the same for position 2 & 3)
Configuration > ZX Slideshow > Banner Display Groups - Slide1 ... slide 1
Configuration > ZX Slideshow > Banner Display Groups - Slide2 ... slide 2 (Slide3, slide 3... Slide4, slide4 etc.)

Tools > Banner Manager > New Banner
Banner Title: (enter a title. This will be displayed with the image)
Banner URL: (The link you want the image to lead to (if any))
Banner Group: (type 'Slide1' into the field below the drop-down menu).
Image: (mine is set to /home/sites/MY_SITE/public_html/banners/slide1.jpg)
Image Target (Save To): (mine is set to /home/sites/MY_SITE/public_html/banners/)
Click 'Update'

Repeat the 'New Banner' steps for each image, but increment the 'Banner Group' and 'Image' each time.
i.e.
'Slide2' & 'slide2.jpg'
'Slide3' & 'slide3.jpg'
etc.

Then try altering the themes (Configuration > ZX Slideshow) to see which you prefer.

Well, this works for me. Hopefully it will for you too.

Hello Sully,
Thank you for your response. However it did not fix the issue. The banner display groups listed under the layout settings were already blank. I moved the index_home.css to the classic/css folder. I then confirmed that my settings under the zx configs are setup right. Everything seems to be entered correctly. And the banner shows up on the home page great as well as the description. The only thing that doesn't work is the switching to other slides. I did confirm that I have multiple banners created and each banner has its own group. One slide1,slide2, slide3 ect. Again thanks for taking time time out to reply but unfortunately this didn't fix my issue.

You're welcome. Sorry it didn't work for you. I can't think of what else might help.

What about fix for caption opacity under IE?

All opacity settings in .css set to 0 but no luck - IE still shows the caption.

Best regards,
Radoslav