ZX Slideshow support thread

Where can I get the download or do you install this. This is exactly what I want for our website.

joe1963:

Where can I get the download or do you install this. This is exactly what I want for our website.

You can download it from the official plugins section here. It's well documented so you should have no problems installing it on your own. :smile:

Stupid question but I can't seem to get it to center. It is aligned to the left.
I have looked and tried to tweak the css but nothing seems to work.
Any suggestions?

bubbadan:

Stupid question but I can't seem to get it to center. It is aligned to the left.
I have looked and tried to tweak the css but nothing seems to work.
Any suggestions?

A link to your site would help...

I am a web designer and I create a lot of Zen Carts. I loved the idea of this module and installed it to a 1.5.0 cart to use as a basic new client install. Some of my clients will want to use this slide show feature, and some will not. So it is crucial that the ability to turn the slide show off actually works. It doesn't! Most like up to this point, everyone show has installed this module didn't notice the problem because they planned to actually use it! Anyway, I found the error in the code. In the tpl_index_default.php file, there is the following line:

I changed that line in two tiny ways to:

and now I can turn off the slide show in admin/configuration/zx slideshow as it was designed to do. Posting this here so the author can correct the code, or other users who need to turn it off, can do so :)

seattleannie:

I am a web designer and I create a lot of Zen Carts. I loved the idea of this module and installed it to a 1.5.0 cart to use as a basic new client install. Some of my clients will want to use this slide show feature, and some will not. So it is crucial that the ability to turn the slide show off actually works. It doesn't! Most like up to this point, everyone show has installed this module didn't notice the problem because they planned to actually use it! Anyway, I found the error in the code. In the tpl_index_default.php file, there is the following line:

<?php if(ZX_SLIDESHOW_STATUS == true) { ?>

I changed that line in two tiny ways to:

<?php if (ZX_SLIDESHOW_STATUS == 'true') { ?>

and now I can turn off the slide show in admin/configuration/zx slideshow as it was designed to do. Posting this here so the author can correct the code, or other users who need to turn it off, can do so :)

Thank you for pointing this out. I've already noticed that and it's changed in the new update (which will support themes). I'm still preparing it, but it's not ready yet because paying clients have precedence. Since nobody asked why it's not working, I didn't feel it needs to be mentioned... ;)

Thanks balihr, works great... Looking forward to your update...

Great mod but I cannot get it working, when I go to install patch, i get this error:
Forbidden:
You don't have permission to access /adminfolder/sqlpatch.php on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
I am thinking this is server error but recently installed another mod and it didn't have any issue, just wonder if you had any ideas?

Check that file's permission, check if it's really there and, if you're using v1.5.0 make sure your admin profile have privileges to access that page. Doesn't really seem as a server error, more like your internal Zen Cart error... Don't forget to check your cache folder for debug files, maybe it'll lead you in the right direction.

thanks Bahir for your reply. checked the file permissions and everything is ok. i am using zc 1.3.9h. the cache folder as alot of debug files containing the same errors:
PHP Warning: extract() [<a href='function.extract'>function.extract</a>]: First argument should be an array in /home/sitepathdirectories.../common/html_header.php on line 61
PHP Warning: array_flip() [<a href='function.array-flip'>function.array-flip</a>]: The argument should be an array in /home/sitepathdirectories.../easypopulate.php on line 1329
have queried this but have been able to fix them, however these errors have been there a long time so not sure.

cheers,

The errors you're getting have absolutely nothing to do with ZX Slideshow. I'm sorry, but I can't help you with your problem.

P.S. It's balihr, not Bahir :smile:

sorry balihr, the late hour affecting the concentration! no these errors have been around awhile, you don't think it is anything to do with v1.3.9h with ZX Slideshow?

Noup, I'm absolutely certain it's got nothing to do with my slideshow. The first error line suggests something in html_header.php which is not affected by the slideshow (I can't say what the error is about since the file might have been customized). The second line has something to do with Easy Populate. I'm gonna assume you're using EP 1.2.5.7.csv - was it customized? Are you using additional product fields? Are you using a good csv file? Are your delimiters set correctly? Numerous possibilities, but none of it is related to this module so I'd appreciate it we you could keep this thread on topic... I hope you understand.

Hello,
First time installing a plugin. Please verify that after renaming the admin and template folders I FTP the top level folder (zx slideshow) to root directory. It starts with Admin, Cache,etc. and now the last folder is ZX Slideshow. I tried this, set up 3 banners in admin panel and uploaded v1.5 sql patch and turned it on but nothing changes on my home page.
Thanks for any advice.

Actually, no, you're supposed to merge the content of zx_slideshow directory with your store's root directory. Your server's directory structure will not be changed after uploading slideshow files, you'll just be adding some new files. In case you FTP software asks you permission to overwrite some files, I suggest you do NOT overwrite. Instead, download those files, merge the code and upload it back.

That's what I tried the first time. Maybe I was on the right track then. I had to add a couple of folders since I did not have a jscript folder and one other in my original file structure. Thanks, I'll try again.

Still no luck. Viewing the source code of my main page shows the following line:

I think this indicates that the sql patch installed OK. Both .js files are in the correct folder so I'm stumped. My site is https://www.spiceoflifesales.com if that helps.

Thanks for any suggestions. I would prefer not having to paste the code into the css if possible. I'd like to get it to work the way it was designed to.

Did you enable it from the configuration menu? Because, none of the files related to the slideshow are loading, neither css nor javascript...

Yes, line one has been set to true since the beginning.

Is it possible the .sql patch did not completely install properly? I used the browse and upload method. Should I uninstall and reinstall the patch? If so, how?

Thanks

Do you have "ZX Slideshow" in your Configuration menu in admin? Does it load and give you ability to change settings? If so, then the sql patch has nothing to do with your problem. You must have missed something with the files...