How to - Configure ImageSlideShow

April 12, 2008 · Filed Under ImageSlideshow, joomla · 20 Comments 

Image Slide Show for Joomla! 1.5 needs very limited configuration for it to work. for most purposes the only parameters that need to be modified are “Image Directory” and the “Height” and “Width” parameters. Below are listed all the current parameters and what effect they have on ISS.

ISS Params
 

  1. Image Directory : Set this to the location on your website where the images that you want ImageSlideShow (ISS) to use are located. ISS will use all the images (BMP, GIF, JPG and PNG) that are located in the location specified.
  2. Height in pixels : Sets a common height that ISS will attempt to display the images at.
  3. Width in pixels : Sets a common width that ISS will atttempt to display the images at.
  4. Transition Delay : Sets a delay, in miliseconds, between each phase of the transition between two consecutive images. A lower value will speed up transition but utilises more CPU cycles. A higher value will slow down transition but will use less CPU cycles
  5. Next Image Delay : Sets the period of time, in miliseconds, that determines for how long the current image will be displayed and when the next image will start to transition in.
  6. Slideshow title : Sets the “alt” tag on the image so that it displays the text when the cursor “hovers” over the image.
  7. URL : Sets the URL to which the browser will navigate to if the image is clicked. Works in tandem with “Enable Link?”
  8. Enable Link? : Has 3 options, “disable” which will not allow any action whn image is clicked. “Enable  (same window)” => navigate to the URL within the same browser window. “Enable  (new window)” => navigate to the URL by opening a new browser window.
  9. Display Sequence: Determines the sequence ISS will display the images. “Disable” will display the images in the sequence that the images were read from the source directory. “Shuffle” will load the images and then place them in a pseudo-random order. Pattern will repeat once all images have been displayed. “Sorted” will load the images and then perform a “natural” sort by file name. Natural sort will sort files alphabetically as a human understand i.e. “img1.jpg” is followed by “img2.jpg” and so on.Pattern will repeat once all images are displayed. “Totally Random” is just that, random pattern of images being displayed.
  10. Resize Images: If enabled will resize the images in the specifed directory to the size specifed. this does not modify the original images. ISS will create a resized copy of the image in a subdirectory of the directory containing the images. The sub-directory is called briaskThumbs, this directory must be created by you and the process running Joomla! must be given permission to write to that directory.  How you do that very much depends on the server environment that you are running Joomla! under and is not something I can answer in this short post.

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

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