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.
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Hi Briask,
As an alternative to creating the ISS plugin, folks can use the Content - Load Module plugin to place instances of the ISS module in content using {loadposition user1}. Combined with the ability to create our own module positions in the template XML file (introduced with J1.5), this gives a lot of flexibility as far as putting modules wherever we want.
Maybe you already know this and have more advanced reasons for creating the ISS plugin. I just wanted to point this out in case you were unaware, being new to Joomla and all
Great work and a valuable contribution to Joomla.
Thank you,
Um, I should point out that I haven’t tested ISS in this way, but most modules seem to work normally when loaded into content…
Didn’t know that! must go and check it out. I’ll still be doing the plugin as a pure coding exercise, as that is why I’m doing this. But nice to know the other options!
Ah, the most advanced of reasons - pure research. Keep on keepin’ on!
-grutz
I just downloaded the latest version of the module. Everything is working great for me except a couple of things. In IE 6, the transitions don’t work. It just cuts to the next image. The bigger issue though is that the sorting isn’t working for me. I’ve labeled all of my images img1.jpg, img2.jpg etc., but they continue to come in randomly. I have the module configured with the “Sorted” selection. I need the images to come in exactly the same way every time.
Hi There,
This is a great module, but I am having and issue. The slideshow works flawlessly, but just above it it says “no images”
Any ideas?
Don’t know where the “no images” text on your site comes from, it is not from the ISS module as it does not appear in the code and also on your site it appears before the tag from ISS which is the first section of html in the code. Check that you don’t have another module published which may be outputting the text.
Hi there,
Great utility - I love it, keeps it very simple!
The one thing I noticed, upon initial visit to a website with this module, all
the images in the folder that the module utilizes are preloaded before the rest
of the website loads… this can make for a very slow initial load.
Can this be modified?
Thanks!
Not sure where my previous comment ended up…
To get the css and js to appear in the head of your pages use this:
$css = ‘modules/mod_briaskISS/mod_briaskISS.css’;
$document = &Jfactory::getDocument();
$document->addStyleSheet($css);
$url = ‘modules/mod_briaskISS/mod_briaskISS.js’;
$document = &Jfactory::getDocument();
$document->addScript($url, ‘text/javascript’);
instead of the hard-coded links in mod_briaskISS.php
Hi!
I am Spanish and liked your mod, but have a “/images/stories/fruit Not a directory” message in my web…
The directory exists! and it’s work in posts and another sites.
But if I try to intall this mod or random image mod, I obtain this message…
(sorry for my poor English)
could you help me? please!