ZX Slideshow support thread

OK 3 hours of searching and cannot find how to fix the size of the banner?
The banners should be 440 width and 200 height
They come out MUCH larger on the site

1. Yes all banners are the same size
2. only javascripts I have are for zx slideshow
3. groups are correct slide1, slide2
4. website www . all just for fun dot com

NOTE!!!!!
(Technically Adult content but no content other than auto install - Just for the future when there will be Adult Content on the site this is your warning!)

I figured this would be automatic as there is no place in the admin to specify width and height etc. and I have found nothing in any searches on here or in google even referencing this issue (of course this forum is notorious for having search deficit disorder) :)

Or is it plain as day and I am I just being stupid? (high possibility)

Thanks
Dan

bubbadan:

OK 3 hours of searching and cannot find how to fix the size of the banner?
The banners should be 440 width and 200 height
They come out MUCH larger on the site

Actually, this has been asked before, I remember answering... But, I have no idea where that post is, plus it might be difficult to realize it's the same issue.

Your site is using a fluid width layout, meaning you don't have a fixed width as most sites do. Your site will expand over the entire screen which is IMHO a totally unfriendly solution. For example, I have a 24" screen and I literally have to move my head left and right to get all of your content... :smile:
Anyway, the problem is with your fluid layout. ZX Slideshow is responsive meaning it will adapt to it's parent container dimensions. Since your parent container doesn't have any specified dimensions and is meant to fill in all the available area, ZX Slideshow will inherit that and will do the same. A quick and dirty solution would be to manually specify the dimensions of the slideshow in your index_home.css, something like this:

.slider-wrapper {
	width:440px;
	height:250px; /* might need some adjustment */
	margin: 0 auto; /* this is used to center the slideshow */
}

A better solution would be to set your template's max-width, but perhaps you prefer the fluid layout...

ahhhh yes... OF COURSE! Duh again!
Customer wants responsive as they have many clients who use phones, ipads etc. (I guess it is more discreet or something?..... I don't know)

Thanks for your insight - I will attempt the fix this evening and let you know what happens!

Thanks again!
Dan (Bubba)

bubbadan:

Customer wants responsive as they have many clients who use phones, ipads etc. (I guess it is more discreet or something?..... I don't know)

Well, your template is NOT responsive, it's actually an obsolete fluid width template... It's actually nowhere near optimized for mobile devices. Fluid width template doesn't not mean responsive, don't mix those terms. :smile:
Have fun!

it worked and yup... you are right. Back to the drawing board. :) (no biggy just my first try at this)

I have been using the original version of ZC Slideshow successfully for almost a year. It has been working great.

For other reasons, I need to remove the slideshow.

I have removed all the files and the slideshow went away. My problem is this.

Since removing the slideshow, the Tabbed Products Pro addon quit working. Everything seems to be there eg. <!--%Specs%--> but it doesn't show the tabs, just the content that would be in the tabs.

Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

I am using 1.5.0. The site is http://poolcuesexpress.com/testsite

Dave

top hatt:

I have been using the original version of ZC Slideshow successfully for almost a year. It has been working great.

For other reasons, I need to remove the slideshow.

I have removed all the files and the slideshow went away. My problem is this.

Since removing the slideshow, the Tabbed Products Pro addon quit working. Everything seems to be there eg. <!--%Specs%--> but it doesn't show the tabs, just the content that would be in the tabs.

Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

I am using 1.5.0. The site is http://poolcuesexpress.com/testsite

Dave

Are you sure that the ONLY change you had made was removing ZX Slideshow? If you say Yes, I'm afraid I'll have to disagree. :smile:

Disable minify and you should be OK (CSS/JS Loader).

Sorry - I forgot that I tried the minify. I had tried so many things apparently I forgot to put that setting back.

Thanks for pointing it out to me. Tabbed Products works now.

Dave

Got a quick question for you. I'm not very familiar with php however, I would like to add alt tags to the slides. I looked in the banner manager and going bonkers with firebug but no luck yet. At the moment i'm looking at the zx_slideshow.php file but not being very familiar with php makes it a bit complicated. Any pointers? The site is www.chainvapes.com

bullryder13:

Got a quick question for you. I'm not very familiar with php however, I would like to add alt tags to the slides. I looked in the banner manager and going bonkers with firebug but no luck yet. At the moment i'm looking at the zx_slideshow.php file but not being very familiar with php makes it a bit complicated. Any pointers? The site is www.chainvapes.com

I'm not sure what you're talking about, but alt tags are already there... Banner Title is used for alt tags... Check your source code and you'll see it's there. :smile:

Greetings! First time trying this mod... 1.3.9d, I have custom HTML on the main page, is there code to add to display the show?

I've successfully installed it (as far as I know), see all the options and turned it on ("true")...

Please advise...

rossales.com

Im having troubles installing this slider, latest version. I looked through the forum but didn’t find anything. I’m very new to this.

I have downloaded the files and in /includes/templates/Avalon I’ve added the css, images, jscript and templates to my ftp under main_store/includes/templates/theme304 -> and to individual css/images/jscript/templates folders.

I uploaded the v.1.5.x for sql as well.
Nothing is showing up on the main page.
It says: To configure the module, go to Admin->Configuration->ZX Slideshow but in my zencart back-end admin, when I go to configuration there is no zx slideshow option.
My site is at https://www.sunnysihota.com/zen

A few of the directions which I wasn’t able to understand were:
-Check your admin directory name and rename the one in this package accordingly. – Not sure what file to rename.
-Rename "YOUR_TEMPLATE" to the actual template name. – there was no ‘YOUR_TEMPLATE’ file I assume it was an older version and the name is now changed, I just used the ‘Avalon’ name

I saved everything in the ‘Avalon’ folder into the ‘root’ directory for the shop which is the ‘zen’ folder in my case.

Any help greatly appreciated!
-Sunny

I'm certainly not a code junkie, but I did get that piece to show up in my admin ,after some struggle, and I can tell you that the files are not in the right place. Take a look at the instructions, because you have to put things "exactly" where they tell you to put them; In this case, the file that puts the control in admin is not where it should be, and I know this because I ran into the same problem (yet I'm still not able to use it either).

(By the way, nice looking site!)

My issue is, I got it all in, uploaded a couple of images to use but never saw the slideshow appear. I've put custom HTML using the define pages editor, and wanted to know if I'm supposed to slip in some code somewhere in there because it won't show up. I'd post the site but I've pulled the ZX package because it wasn't working and was hoping to get some feed back before trying again...:lookaroun

I think there are 2 independent issues going on.

1.) the folder structure needs to be renamed properly (with almost all module installations): Avalan should be renamed after your template. and zcadmin should be renamed to the name of your admin.

2.) once those are changed you will also need to run the SQL patch under Tools->Install SQL Patches and select the Install SQL that corresponds to your version of zencart.

Do these solve your issue?

I changed the name 'avalon' to my store folder name of 'zen', and that file is in the zen folder, so it created another 'zen' folder within it which contains css/images/jscript/templates.

I uploaded the sql but still nothing changed.

I then tried to copy over the 2 main folders in 'files', the includes and the other renamed to my admin, i put that into the root folder and uploaded sql.

Nothing has worked yet. https://www.sunnysihota.com/zen

crexis:

I changed the name 'avalon' to my store folder name of 'zen', and that file is in the zen folder, so it created another 'zen' folder within it which contains css/images/jscript/templates.

I uploaded the sql but still nothing changed.

I then tried to copy over the 2 main folders in 'files', the includes and the other renamed to my admin, i put that into the root folder and uploaded sql.

Nothing has worked yet. www.sunnysihota.com/zen
You have this installed incorrectly.. You have loaded the module files into the wrong location.. this is why it's not working..

START OVER.. This means delete EVERYTHING you've done thus far.. rename the folders as suggested then upload the files/folders inside the "files" folder to the ROOT of your store.. The ROOT of your store is the location where all your store files are.. (In your case it's called "zen"). Then install the SQL file..

Hopefully this helps clarify things for you..

Divalocals - I did exactly as you wrote it. I deleted everything, I installed the 2 files in the 'files' directory, one named after my admin, the other 'includes' and pasted those 2 folders into the root of my store which is public_html/zen.

Then I uploaded v1.5.x.sql but the site https://www.sunnysihota.com/zen nothing has changed there.

Am I missing something? What else could I try.

Ok well I want this slider on my site and I can't get it loaded up. I'll pay someone to come on teamviewer/skype and show me how to install it properly. Someone please help!

There are a number of zen-cart programmers out there, that will install this for you. Or PM someone and maybe they will help but here is what I'm thinking may be happening.

When you "upload" your sql file you need to do that in your tools menu -> install SQL Patches

the folder(s) named avalon should be renamed in your case theme304, the reason that you change the folders is so that when you upload the folders structure is maintained. This is one of the things you will learn after about the first 5-6 module installs, after a couple hundred it's simple.

example lets say you have a file called widget.css and you want it to go to the includes/templates/theme304/css/ directory. you would upload the folder includes in your /zen/ folder so it would almost look like your overwriting the folder.

Again so in your zen directory you would upload.

includes
'->templates
'->theme304
'->css
'->widget.css

and the widget.css will fall into the proper directory.

Does this make more sense?

crexis's issue - there was no actual problem, he just didn't add the slides through Banner Manager. Everything was properly installed and working fine, but it was missing the actual slides since none were uploaded. :smile:

@chowardart - the slideshow doesn't seem to be installed or is disabled so I can't help, sorry. If you re-enable it, I might be able to help. Please keep in mind I won't be online until next week.