Bug fixing for ImageSlideShow
Briask doesn’t get to spend as much time as he should on working with Joomla and the ImageSlideShow module, real life and real work keep on getting in the way.
One thing I do get to do every day is read the email/comments and respond to them if I have an answer or comment to make, some get held until I can actually spend time to give a considered response but they will get responded to in due course.
Today though, one comment caught my attention. It essentially said the sorting option wasn’t working! I read it with utter disbelief! No way! My code is perfect! Couldn’t be wrong! 
So I wander over to the site pointed out in the comment, had a quick look and would you believe it they were right, there was a problem! And worse still, it was in my code! One of of those painfully idiotic and “duh” type of bugs that always seem to bite when you least expect it.
And so we have an update to ImageSlideShow, some minor bugfixes, the sorting one included, but also included is the Module Class Suffix parameter which quite a few people were looking for. Go and play! Spread styles around it as much as you can.
Do let me know if y’all find any other issues or improvements that you’d like.
One item that I am working on is creating a plugin version of ImageSlideShow so that you can actually include it within articles/content. Look out for it in the next few weeks. For it to work properly I’ll have to get the image resizing and directory permissions functionality implemented and play some more with CSS so I can actually style it correctly.
Bug fix release of ImageSlideShow
You’ll find below a link to the latest version of ImageSlideShow for Joomla! 1.5 .
This release addresses some minor bugs/coding issues and adds the Module Class Suffix parameter.
You can read about why this update came about and what is next for ImageSlideShow in another post on my “blog”.
Many thanks to you all for the kind comments and interest in this module. This was just an idea I had for how to teach myself various aspects of development in the web world but seems to satisfy a need for some simple uncomplicated modules which may well give me direction for whatever future development work I do in this area.
ISS seems to have been used in quite a number and quite a variety of sites around the world. Everything from communites to volleyball teams to musical bands, love to see it being used and would love to see more sites that use it. So if you have a site that uses ISS send me a link and I’ll pop up a post here so others can see how it is used too.
Music I listen to while coding
In my real life, while I actually have to design and code for a living (C# mainly) I tend to spend quite an amount of time stuck in meetings which leaves precious little time to get real work done.
So when I do manage to grab a few hours of peace and quiet, I stick the headphones on and tune out the world around me and get down to coding.
At different times and indeed different types of coding I listen to different types of music. At the moment we have some difficult and time sensitive issues to resolve so we have an agile project underway, not quite eXtreme Programming more like scrum. The music I’m listening to now is more quiet, contemplative, indeed it is mostly classical.
At this precise time it is Charles Camilleri: Concertino No.1 For Clarinet and Strings on ClassicFM but will switch to a Bach or maybe Rachmaninov CD after this. Also find I’m revisiting Jean Michelle Jarre, Enya and even some Enigma. This afternoon looks like some boring batch file editing and discovery so will probably break out some rock, starting with Nirvana & U2, then move on to Usher and the Kooks.
Come to think of it I need to replace my headphones! Need a new set of closed ears, my current SeinnHeisers are getting a little battered and worn.
Briask- How to edit a Joomla template to publish a module in a new position.
- End of life announced for Joomla 1.0.x
- Interesting point from xkcd
- Change in support method
- How to publish multiple copies of ImageSlideShow
- Minor update to ImageSlideShow
- OK Computer! Just start already…
- What a to-do about what to do!
- Final Fantasy - take a listen.
- Return from Vacation!