Change in support method
Up until now I’ve been happy to provide support by either responding to comments or directly emailing people but have found with that I’m answering some of the same questions numerous times.
So I’ve introduced a forum at http://forum.briask.com. Please post your questions, issues, suggestions on that forum so that I can share information with all that use ImageslideShow for Joomla!
How to publish multiple copies of ImageSlideShow
Have had a numbers of question recently asking how to have multiple copies of ImageSlideShow displaying on one page. To do this follow the instructions below, these would also apply to any other Joomla! module (assuming that the module was written in a manner that allows multiple copies)
1. Install ImageSlideShow (see instructions here)
2. Configure the first instance of ImageSlideShow i.e. set the Title like this.
3. Click on Apply and you have published the first copy.
4. Click on Cancel which will bring you back to the Module Manager
5. To create a second instance, click on New and then select ImageSlideShow.
6. Click on Next and set a different title llke this 
You can also set different parameters for this instance if you wish.
Click on Apply and thats it! You now have multiple instances of ImageslideShow.
Enjoy! and if you have any questions
If you have any questions on ImageSlideShow, please post the question in my ImageSlideShow forum.
Minor update to ImageSlideShow
Following on from a number of comments left here on the website and some direct email, including helpful hints and tips, I’ve a minor update to ImageSlideShow to share.
It is a minor update but an important one. Unfortunately due to the way ISS has to work and my limited knowledge of Joomla, ISS would fail validation for XHTML due to how the internal CSS and javascript files were loaded.
David sent me a resolution to this demonstrating the use of the addStyleSheet and the addScript functionality of the Joomla JDocument class
$doc = &Jfactory::getDocument();
$doc->addStyleSheet(JURI::root(true) . '/modules/mod_briaskISS/mod_briaskISS.css');
$doc->addScript(JURI::root(true) . '/modules/mod_briaskISS/mod_briaskISS.js');
So that change has been made, tested and the updated version of ImageSlideShow is available from here .
If you have any questions on ImageSlideShow, please post the question in my ImageSlideShow forum.
ImageSlideShow for Joomla! 1.5.x
ImageSlideShow is now feature complete. Well, it is as complete as I’m going to make it for the moment.
It can be downloaded from here.
What is ImageSlideShow?
ImageSlideShow is a simple Joomla! module written in PHP and Javascript. The module displays a sequence of images from a specified directory either in order or in a random order. The slideshow has a simple transition between each image, the timing of which can be specified. ImageSlideShow also has the ability to create “thumbnail” versions of the images and to use them in the slideshow.
It is/was a project for me to learn PHP & JavaScript. Also proved useful in learning the framework behind Joomla 1.5 and generally how programming for the “web” world differs from my normal C# development efforts.
Image Slide Show and resizing images.
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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