ZX Slideshow support thread

Mickmo68:

I'm having an issue with MS-IE. The slideshow Caption opacity is set to 0 in admin and I've gone in to the index_home.css and set all the Opacities to 0 as well but the Caption is still showing at 100% (black) in IE. It's fine (invisible) in FF and Chrome.
Any thoughts please.

Any ideas why the Caption is still showing in IE when all the Opacities are set to 0?
Thank you in advance.

Sorry to bump, but I'm at a loss. (see above)

Mickmo68:

I'm having an issue with MS-IE. The slideshow Caption opacity is set to 0 in admin and I've gone in to the index_home.css and set all the Opacities to 0 as well but the Caption is still showing at 100% (black) in IE. It's fine (invisible) in FF and Chrome.
Any thoughts please.

Still trying but no luck with this, any thoughts please.

Mickmo68:

Still trying but no luck with this, any thoughts please.

I'm having the same issues; hopefully we hear something soon.

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.

kcb410:

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

http://www.zen-cart.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11581&stc=1&d=1354653895

Hi guys,

Having trouble getting the link to show up on configurations,

I have seen Balihr post up 2 differant way to set up the "admin page registration" page

Can someone please confirm how it should be worded, as mine is showing "The language key entered has not been defined. Please check that it has been spelt correctly."

when I put in the one he supplied on page 25 of this thread.

I am using zen-cart 1.5.1

First off, thank you so much for this contribution, balihr! Making use of the banner manager this way was a brilliant idea!

My question is, if I want to make the slideshow full width of the main container and appear above the left, right and center columns, but underneath the header (and appearing only on home page), what file do I need to edit and how?

Using v1.5.1
theme: Andover Modern, modified css
add-ons:
Contact reCaptcha
Fual Slimbox
Image Handler 4
Mailchimp 3.0
Tabbed Products Pro
Testimonials Manager
Ultimate SEO URLs

Thanks so much,
Signs

signs:

First off, thank you so much for this contribution, balihr! Making use of the banner manager this way was a brilliant idea!

My question is, if I want to make the slideshow full width of the main container and appear above the left, right and center columns, but underneath the header (and appearing only on home page), what file do I need to edit and how?

Using v1.5.1
theme: Andover Modern, modified css
add-ons:
Contact reCaptcha
Fual Slimbox
Image Handler 4
Mailchimp 3.0
Tabbed Products Pro
Testimonials Manager
Ultimate SEO URLs

Thanks so much,
Signs

I figured out a way to do it! I moved the call for the slideshow to the tpl_header.php file at the very bottom and wrapped it in my own division. I then styled that division to have a background that matched my main content area and set the slideshow to be the full width of the main wrapper.

I added the css for my new division to the stylesheet "index_home.css" and then to keep the whole thing from displaying on anything but home page, I added css for that same division to the main stylesheet.css and set it to "display:none".

I'd really rather just have the slideshow php code check to see if the page displaying is index page and if not, don't show the slideshow, but I'm better with css than I am with php.

If anyone could tell me how to place that conditional statement that checks to see if the current page is index/home page, and if so, display the slideshow I'd greatly appreciate it.

Here's the slideshow call:

<!-- begin edit for ZX Slideshow -->
<?php if(ZX_SLIDESHOW_STATUS == 'true') { ?>
	<?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 -->

YAY! I googled the answer for how to check if main page is index and so now this is the code I've added to the very bottom of my tpl_header.php file:

<?php if($current_page_base=='index' and !isset($_GET['cPath'])) { ?>
<div id="snwd-slideshow">
<!-- begin edit for ZX Slideshow -->
<?php if(ZX_SLIDESHOW_STATUS == 'true') { ?>
	<?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 -->
</div>
<?php } ?>

The div id of "snwd-slideshow" is my own wrapper division in order to style it with a background that matches my main content container. The css for that is added to the "index_home.css" stylesheet and this is what I used (you'll need to style it your own way to match your own store):

#snwd-slideshow
{
display: table !important;
width: 100%;
background: #fff;
padding: 0;
}

Also, after I made sure everything is working properly I went ahead and removed the slideshow call from the tpl_index_default.php file so it's no longer coded into the center column area.

I made sure to back up all my files as I was going along in case anything went wrong so I could revert to the traditional slideshow display. And naturally this is all done in the overrides template files so nothing will break when I upgrade.

Since I am new at doing this much file editing (usually just stick to the css) if anyone reading this sees some glaring error I have made or that I have done this in a hacked up way, please feel free to correct me so I can learn.

I'm only posting this here about moving the slideshow so it shows directly under the header area with full width before left, right and center columns because I couldn't find the answer elsewhere and figured I would share what I found here in case someone else might want to try it.

Any way to get rid of the gray bar across the bottom so there is no title and it's just MY image?

missa425:

Any way to get rid of the gray bar across the bottom so there is no title and it's just MY image?

Add this to your index_home.css stylesheet at the bottom:

.nivo-html-caption {
    display:none;
}

Thanks for the quick reply! However, nothing changed. My site is http://melissadavisphotography.com/templatesforyou/index.php?main_page= and I'm just testing this right now for when I open up my new shop :)

Wow! That's really odd, but here's another way to prevent it from showing. Try adding this:
.nivo-caption{
background:transparent;
color:transparent;
}

Here's my site where I got it to work for me a week or so ago:
http://www.starrynightwebdesign.com

Edited to add: I used the display:none; method on mine.

YAY, thank you so much, that last one WORKED!!

Another question: Do you see how the two images "bump" sizes even though they are the same size? I tried looking for a default height, but didn't see one.

http://melissadavisphotography.com/templatesforyou/

Also, even thought I slowed down the slides to 1500, they are going quick and stacking right on top of each other??

I haven't messed with the speed on mine so I can't help you there, and for the "bump" issue, have you tried changing the transition to see if it happens with all of them?

Ya, I have changed the effects :) The image comes in the right size and then after the second one (I'm just playing with two right now) it kind of "jumps" back to the right size and does something strange. I'll mess with it more today and see what I can do

In Configuration/Zxslideshow I am missing the option to adjust image dimensions.

I have had Frontpage slideshow and have uninstalled and searched phpmyadmin and deleted a tiny remnant of it too.
The slideshow works fine as does the config in admin, but I'm pretty sure there should be image adjustments option (going by posts in this thread)

Please advise if there is some way to fix it, or which file contains the width/height of slides.
Thanks
Version 2.0.1 (shows as V2 in admin)
Zen 1.5.1

mcpisik:

In Configuration/Zxslideshow I am missing the option to adjust image dimensions.
Found a couple of more mentions that this option is removed in new version, so answered my question.

I uploaded one banner picture on the header position 3 after installing ZX Slidershow. But there are two same picture on the site, one is zen cart default banner-mode and the other is ZX Slidershow effect. Weird.