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2010-08-01
Joomla: Simple Picture Slideshow
Written by Andreas Berger   
Sunday, 02 November 2008 18:22

The bretteleben.de "Simple Picture Slideshow" plugin for Joomla 1.5 is a - as the name says - simple plugin to display a slideshow in content items. The images get faded out, this effect works with current major browsers. You decide if the slideshow starts automatically on pageload or is started by clicking a link/button in the content item.

Features:

- supports .jpg, .png und .gif
- can be aligned in your content item left, right, centered, float left or float right
- as many slideshows per content item as you want
- every sldieshow can be configured individually (Parameter Overrides)
- optional show title and/or text with every single picture (Captions)
- optional show default title/text for the whole slideshow
- optional link every single image to a different target (Links)
- optional use a default link for the whole slideshow
- option to start on pageload or click
- optional control elements (start, stop, back next, counter)
- activate/deactivate and align (left/right) every single control element
- choose between text-links and buttons as controls

 

New in Version 1.5.2:

- default buttons get installed automatically
- image file names in Link- and Caption-code are caseINsensitiv
e

New in Version 1.5.0:

- additional options to align the slideshow: float-left, float-right
- paragraph-tags: the plguin removes paragraph tags
(<p></p>), directly surrounding the code
- the counter now works fine with slideshows of two images only
- fix bug in preload-URLs
- restructuring the source to prepare future updates

New in Version 1.4.0:

- optional position the control elements left or right
choose their sort order
choose for every single element if it gets shown
in addition a counter can be shown
- sort images alphabetic ascending or descending, sort by age (last change) ascending or descending or sort random
- the images ALT-text shows the title of the link - if links are activated
else it shows the title of a set caption (even if not activated!)
are neither links nor captions set, the filename of the image (without suffix) is shown

Installation and Usage

A step by step tutorial on installation and usage can be found at Howto Plugin .
The possibilities the code inside the article offers can be found at Howto Plugin Code .

Notice before update:
If you have modified the style sheet besps.css, save it before update, it gets overwritten.

Demo

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The second sample uses the following code (with parameter overrides):
{*besps}simpleslideshow|auto=0|sort=4|cfwd=>>|cbwd=<<|csort=-415|width=300|height=200{/besps*} - without the asterisks

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Limitations/Todo

The feature to load images after pageload works in a fire&forget-mode, will say, when showing the picture, the script does not check, if the dummy has already been replaced with the real picture. This will be one point to work with for future releases.

Compatibility

The plugin is tested successful with Joomla 1.5.6 and 1.5.15. Anyway, using it aside with one or another existing plugin/modul/component may bring to light problems i haven't foreseen.
I suggest a test run before using it on a live site and stand by for your questions and suggestions.

License

The plugin is licensed under the GNU Public License (www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).

update Version: 1.5.4

- solves the problem that Internet Explorer shows white spots on black (#000) parts of the image

Support

If you have questions or suggestions, please use the comment-function.

If you use this extensions, please post a rating and a review at extensions.joomla.org. Furthermore I appreciate everyone, supporting me with a link back to www.bretteleben.de on his/her website. The extension itself does not produce any hidden links, eastereggs or whatever.

If you need additional features or customizations for your project that exceed the scope of support offered through the comments, you are invited to submit your requirements specification and the planned budget by email (menu item "Contact" in the menu at the top).

Download

The ZIP-archive contains the plugin, by downloading it you agree to the terms of the GNU Public License. The ZIP-Archive can be used for both, upgrade and fresh installation.

Downloads:
FileLast Modified
Download this file (plg_besps_1.5.4.zip) plg_besps_1.5.4.zip2010-04-22
Last Updated on Monday, 12 April 2010 21:26
 
Comments (418)
How can I create a Slideshow galley using the simple image gallery?
418 Wednesday, 21 July 2010 07:53
Sunny

How can I create a Slideshow galley using the simple image gallery?

@Sunny
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:03
A. Berger

Hi Sunny!

I don't know if this is possible with the "Simple Image Gallery" (by joomlaworks.gr), I know that it is (at the moment) not possible with the "Very Simple Image Gallery" (menu at the left) and to see how this plugin - the "Simple Picture Slideshow" - works, have a look at the page "Plugin Howto" (menu at the left).

Best regards
Andreas

big thanks
417 Friday, 16 July 2010 06:35
michelle villasis

simply amazing plug in...thanks a lot

Error
416 Tuesday, 13 July 2010 12:38
Matt

Hi there,

Very nice plugin - thanks!

I do however get a JS error picked up by Firebug on this line:
pnext.style.removeAttribute is not a function


try{pnext.style.removeAttribute("filter");} catch(err){}

It loads up fine, but when I click on any of the buttons, the error is returned.

@Matt
Wednesday, 21 July 2010 21:17
A. Berger

Hi Matt!

Could you provide a link to the page please?

Best regards
Andreas

can i use this with mambo cms version 4.5.4
415 Tuesday, 06 July 2010 15:37
conor Wilson

I would like to use this slideshow on my website hompage, i use mambo cms version 4.5.4 and would like to know if it is possible to use it. I have downloaded the zip file above but in my administrator i dont know where to upload the plug in and what part of the zip file to upload as the mambo admimistrator doesnt correspond to the joomla one in the tutorial on this site. I hope you can help, it looks like a great plug in.


Many thanks in advance


Conor

shame
Monday, 12 July 2010 11:27
conor wilson

Thanks for your reply, thats a shame, it's a great looking extension, all the best

Conor
www.conorwilson.co.uk

@Conor Wilson
Tuesday, 06 July 2010 21:35
A. Berger

Hi Conor!

To be honest - I have no idea. I never used mambo. Asked to make a guess, I would say no because the plugin is 1.5 native and I suppose there are meanwhile a lot of differences between Joomla! and Mambo.

Best regards
Andreas

thumbnail auto-generation
414 Wednesday, 30 June 2010 02:18
Kathy

I love this plugin but I'm experiencing one problem. It seems to be making a thumbnail that appears in the slideshow all by itself. If I remove the thumbnail, it makes it all over again. Is there a conflict? I have RokStories running on the homepage.


http://longscabinet.com/kitchen/custom-kitchen-cabinet-gallery


Other than that, this is the best picture viewer I've found. Thank you.

@Kathy
Thursday, 01 July 2010 22:39
A. Berger

Hi Kathy!

As said, if RokStories causes the problem (the Simple Picture Slideshow does not generate thumbs), please check the support forum of the extension and/or the documentation if there is a possibility to exclude certain images from getting modified.

Best regards
Andreas

question
413 Tuesday, 29 June 2010 13:52
Peter Kiss

Dear Support,

How Can I change the color of the image titel and text. And the backgroundcolor of the image titel and text?Because light gray background color and black textcolor is not good for my pictures in the slideshow.

Thanks the answers!

slideshow
412 Saturday, 26 June 2010 18:31
wahyudi murcoko

it's oke my job

Followup on previous post
411 Wednesday, 23 June 2010 03:35
Bill H

Found the problem with the image not displaying: this extension conflicts with the EasyImageCaption plugin.  Disabling EasyImageCaption causes Simple Picture Gallery to work as expected.  I tried enabling both and changing the order of the plugins by moving Simple Picture Slideshow ahead of EasyImageCaption, but that did not work.


This is a major issue: we use EasyImageCaption extensively.  Any chance that the two extensions can play nice together?


Thanks!

Oops, I apologize for typing the wrong extension name!
Thursday, 24 June 2010 00:48
Bill H

Sorry about my hasty typing -- of course the correct name is Simple Picture Slideshow!

You can delete this post if you like, but not getting the name of such a fine extension right seemed pretty silly on my part....

Bill H

Followup to followup....
Thursday, 24 June 2010 00:41
Bill H

Perfect -- excluding the class in EasyImageCaption did the job!  Now I can play around with some other options.


I never even looked at the exclusiions in EIC, so your hint not only made Simple Picture Slideshow work, but I also learned more about EIC.  Thanks so much for your help.

@Bill H
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 20:46
A. Berger

Hi Bill!

This is my follow up :)

EasyImage Caption offers the possibility to exclude images within speciofic style classes. Try to exclude the class "besps_holder"

Best regards
Andreas

Everything works but images not displayed
410 Wednesday, 23 June 2010 03:18
Bill H

Installed the plugin, enabled with default plugin settings, inserted the code into an article, but an issue: whennthe article displays, the plugin finds the correct directory, takes an appropriate amount of time to load the image if it's a large one, leaves space for the image, displays the controls (and shows the correct number of images, e.g.e, on the first image shows "1/9" when there really are 9 images in the directory).  The controls even work, e.g., if I hit the "next" (sideways arrow) button, the controls show that the next image should be there, e.g., 2/9.  So everything seems perfect.  But the space where the image should be is blank.  No background color, regardless of how I set the background color in the plugin controls; no image.  I tried it with a couple different directories to ensure that it wasn't just some bad images, but no luck.

Note that the article does *not* display the plugin code, i.e., the bracketed stuff.
I'm using Jommla 1.5.18 with the ja_purity template.

Any ideas?
I rally hope we can get this working because the plugin is a great approach and looks like exactly what I need!

Thanks


 

@Bill H
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 20:44
A. Berger

Hi Bill!

Please provide a link to the page. I will have a look at it.

Best regards
Andreas

Problem im IE8
409 Tuesday, 22 June 2010 14:50
Hans Handtuch

Hallo, ein wirklich tolles Tool, das ich bisher gerne eingesetzt habe. alerdings zerschießt es die Top-Navigation im neuen JA Purity II-Template. Gibt es dagen schon einen Tipp?

@Hans Handtuch
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 20:35
A. Berger

Hallo Hans!

Nicht wirklich, weil das Problem bislang nicht aufgetaucht ist, aber wenn Du einen Link postest, dann schaue ich mir das gerne an.

Gruß
Andreas Berger

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