ImageSlideShow - Issue, publishing ISS module multiple times on Joomla 1.5
Quite a number of people have asked if it is possible to publish mutiple copies of the ImageSlideshow on one Joomla 1.5 page. The answer is, unfortunately, no. Well, not just yet…
To be honest, when the first query came in I thought that it would be very quick and simple to code, but no! it is not.
The problem is, ISS needs to remember which image is being displayed, which image list to use, which image is next in rotation and how to smoothly transition between the two images on the Joomla page etc.
With only one ISS module published you can get away with relatively poor coding but when you start to allow the possbility of 2 or unlimited copies then keeping track of where you are in the sequence becomes more problematic and you can’t really resolve it with poor coding practice.
So this turns out to be a very good coding exercise and precisely what I needed to enable me to learn more about PHP, Javascript and Joomla 1.5 . The resolution is being worked on, I will resolve it and when it is ready it will be published it here and I will update the Joomla extensions site.
As for the other requests, I have finished coding the ability for links, titles, random display of images, resizing images and even the generation of image thumbnails but I am not going to publish that until I can include the resolution to the multiple copies issue.
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Briask- How to edit a Joomla template to publish a module in a new position.
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I like your style. Good luck! I hope all this is fun for you, as it has clearly been educational. A very impressive transition to the internet “languages”!
Something for your back pocket once you have perfected ImageSlideShow. No one has a native Joomla 1.5 event calendar yet.
Calendars are pretty fun, I have one I created in PHP, but I don’t know the first step to take in porting it to Joomla. How did you figure out where to start with your module? I think a calendar might require a component/module combo, so there’s another level of complexity…
Anyway, I just wanted you to know *we* all appreciate your receptiveness to our suggestions.
Thank you,
-grutz
Very nice, I will be waiting for the realthing, very nice work, very beatifull modul . Thanks for everything in advance plus hope you can get all the benefits by learning & having lot of fun on the way…
How can I download imageslideshow
Hi, link is on another post http://briask.com/blog/2008/03/13/joomla-15-rotating-image-slideshow-module/ or download direct from http://briask.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/mod_imageslideshow.zip
Love your slideshow modul -it realy works for a change !!! The only problem is that I need mutiple copies in one page (I am using Joomla 1.5).
Are you somewhere near the solution for that? I desperetly need a slideshow and yours is the best I found out there… If the solution is coming soon, than I would wait and search no more.
Keep up the god work!