Image Slide Show and resizing images.

May 11, 2008 · Filed Under ImageSlideshow 

Finally got the finger out and got around to implementing fully the resizing capability for ImageSlideShow. It is on view and in test on the demo site here. I still need to spend some time testing / tweaking it, just to make sure all is ok and that I can provide reasonably simple instructions on how to make it work.

Should be able to release it on the Joomla! extension site in the next few days. I will need to write up some instructions on how to configure it as it is not as straightforward as the rest of ISS.

Once it is released, I think I’ll actually get down to writing up a tutorial on how ISS actually works, walking through the PHP and Javascript required to allow it to do what it actually does. ISS has served me well in learning about PHP and Javascript which was the original intent,  so it seems good to wrap it up by revealing how it works.

The question then becomes what to look at next…  am toying around with taking some extensions which work on J! 1.x but have no current owner/updater and see what I can do with them. I do also want to get to grips with MySQL and CSS so maybe I’ll go in that direction.  Maybe I take this site from being a WordPress blog and actually put it on Joomla! 1.5.  Maybe Drupal is worth a look? We’ll see…

Maybe I’ll also get around to organising this site so it actually makes sense! and that people can actually easily find the download for ISS, just noticed I couldn’t find it myself! If you are looking for the current version it is here.

 

If you have any questions on ImageSlideShow, please post the question in my ImageSlideShow forum.

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2 Responses to “Image Slide Show and resizing images.”

  1. ewel on May 13th, 2008 7:44 am

    Well done! Now that resizing is possible, I would still love to see also automatic resizing by setting the width of the module in a percentage. Hardly any Joomla image slide show can do that yet, and with all the fluid width templates around it would be nice to have a slide show that works like those templates!
    PS J!1.5 works great, give it a try!

  2. grutz on May 13th, 2008 3:00 pm

    Hi Briask,

    I know of one mambot that was very useful for Joomla 1.0.x and that people have been clamoring for a 1.5 plugin version. It’s called multithumb.

    http://www.kreacom.dk/mambots/multithumb.html

    I don’t know that it has been abandoned, though. The author projected a possible April release, but has started a family and understandably has better things to do!

    This may be a situation where he might appreciate the assistance…

    -grutz