Simple Picture Slideshow Plugin FAQ & Troubleshooting

Written by Andreas Berger

Sunday, 28 March 2010 19:02

PROBLEM: Only the code {besps}folder{/besps*} is shown - usage in module position

If the frontend shows the code - {besps}folder{/besps*} (without asterisk) - instead of the slideshow, the first thing to do is to check if the plugin is activated. If it is and the problem persists, in most cases you are trying to display the slideshow on a module position instead of the context of the main content.
Not all extensions, that offer to display custom content on a module position, are supporting the whole functionality of the Joomla! framework and with it the functions the plugin needs to work properly.
Up till now two extensions are reported to offer the needed functionality:

One is the module "Module: Content with Plugins", listed at extensions.joomla.org under "News Display" > "Articles Embed".
The other is the module "Plugin in Module", listed at extensions.joomla.org under "Core Enhancements" > "Embed & Include".

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Last Updated on Monday, 12 April 2010 21:28

Comments (112)

Could not find folder C:\xampp\htdocs\joomla/

112 Monday, 09 January 2012 22:39

Marco

I'm trying to use the plugin but I receive only this Message:

Could not find folder C:\xampp\htdocs\joomla/folder

joomla 1.7 local with XAMPP

I try to change the folder but I receive always the some message.

Marco

@Marco

Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:57

A. Berger

Hi Marco!

Please post:

- the code you are using in the article
- the setting of the parameter "Image root"
- the path to the folder that contains the images

Best regards
Andreas

Several slideshows in the same article

111 Wednesday, 14 December 2011 13:10

Akil

Hello,

I would like to use in a single article several slideshows one below each other. Each has its source folder of images and captions. Everything works fine except the captions (besps_c). Only the caption of the last slideshow is taken into account and appears on the first slideshow.
Question: how to isolate the information for each slideshow ?
Thank you for your clarification.

Akil

Thanks

Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:00

Akil

It was clearly explained in the tutorial and i didn't see it : thanks for your patience ... and support.

@Akil

Wednesday, 14 December 2011 19:44

A. Berger

Hi Akil!

Make sure, that the code for the captions of the second slideshow has the first parameter set to "1", the code for the captions of the third slideshow to "2", and so on. This first parameter tells the plugin to which slideshow a caption belongs. The plugin numbers the slideshows, ordered by their occurrence in the article, starting with "0".

Sample:
{*besps}folder1{/besps*} ... slideshow 1
{*besps}folder2{/besps*} ... slideshow 2
{*besps}folder3{/besps*} ... slideshow 3
{*besps_c}0|pic01_folder1.jpg|myTitelA1|myTextA1{/besps_c*} ... a caption for the 1th slideshow
{*besps_c}0|pic02_folder1.jpg|myTitelA2|myTextA2{/besps_c*} ... a caption for the 1th slideshow
{*besps_c}1|pic01_folder2.jpg|myTitelB1|myTextB1{/besps_c*} ... a caption for the 2nd slideshow
{*besps_c}1|pic02_folder2.jpg|myTitelB2|myTextB2{/besps_c*} ... a caption for the 2nd slideshow {*besps_c}2|pic01_folder3.jpg|myTitelC1|myTextC1{/besps_c*} ... a caption for the 3rd slideshow
{*besps_c}2|pic02_folder3.jpg|myTitelC2|myTextC2{/besps_c*} ... a caption for the 3rd slideshow
... all without the asterisks

Best regards
Andreas

After gaving caption to the first image the slideshow stilled.Can't see next image

110 Saturday, 10 December 2011 08:17

sas

After gaving caption to the first image the slideshow stilled.Can't see next image

@sas

Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:06

A. Berger

Hi sas!

Please provide the code you are using in the article and - if any possible - a link to the page. I will have a look at it.

Best regards
Andreas

Sorry

109 Thursday, 08 December 2011 10:18

PAU

Sorry, my last comment is not for this section.

Each image from a gallery links to their own gallery

108 Thursday, 08 December 2011 09:57

PAU

Hello again

Another question, I'm trying to make a gallery that each image links to another subgallery (same image serie that the first one).

image 1 of serie 1, redirects to a full gallery of serie 1
image 1 of serie 2, redirects to a full gallery of serie 2

i don't know if i express correctly.

Thanks.

@PAU

Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:09

A. Berger

Hi PAU!

The plugin creates a gallery within an article. Create 1 article with your main gallery and another article for every single sub-gallery, link to them from the main gallery and it will work fine.

Best regards
Andreas

Hide images file names

107 Saturday, 03 December 2011 20:00

PAU

Hello

First of all congratulations for the plugin, is really useful and easy to use.
I would like you to help me hide or delete the names of the sildeshow pictures (filenames) when you put the pointer over them. I guess I have to change any line of any php file, but wich php file and line?

I am using joomla 1.5.23

thanks
regards

What is wrong ?

thancks

Wednesday, 07 December 2011 21:20

Pau

Perfect!! Thanks a lot!

@PAU

Monday, 05 December 2011 21:34

A. Berger

Hi PAU!

To prevent the plugin from using the image file names as tooltips, set the parameter "Show Captions?" to "No" (if assume you are not using captions because in this case the title line of the captions is used as tooltip) and add the code for an empty default caption as a second line of code to the code for the slideshow.

Sample:
{*besps}whateverfolder{/besps*}
{*besps_c}0|||{/besps_c*} ... without the asterisks

Best regards
Andreas

Conflict with Mavik thumbnail

106 Tuesday, 15 November 2011 12:07

William

Andreas

I love the slideshow plugin. I have Joomla 1.7 on a localhost and I have Mavik for the photo enlargement in my articles. I can confirm that when I turn on the Slideshow the thumbnails are no longer clickable in my articles. Also the Slideshow article shows all the photos in the folder(no slideshow). The Slideshow is important and I can look for another way to do this but if you could help I would appreciate it. Thanks

William

@William

Tuesday, 15 November 2011 23:24

A. Berger

Hi William!

You are right - thanks for reporting this. The two plugins don't play nicely together. The problem - I have to run further tests to put my finger at the reason.
In Joomla!1.5 it worked to move Mavik Thumbnails above the Simple Picture Slideshow (or any other image related plugin) in terms of sort order in the plugin manager to make sure they don't mix up or to exclude the CSS class of the second extension in the backend of Maviks Thumbnails but in J!1.7 there seem to be a problem with the plugin itself (PHP). I will check this out and report back as soon as I have found a solution but at the moment, I would suggest to use anotehr slideshow.

Best regards
Andreas

Is it possible to delay the start of a slideshow?

105 Monday, 14 November 2011 05:47

Heather

Hello Andreas,

Thank you for a wonderful plugin. I've used it to create a series of 3 slideshows side by side on the main page of a website. I was wondering if it is possible to delay the start of two of the slide shows. I would like them all to have the same amount viewing time, but to have the fade staggered about half a second in between. If I do this simply by placing .5 difference in view time, then the photos become out of sync after awhile.

I've got a test version of the page here:

http://doorsteps.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73

Thanks

@Heather

Monday, 14 November 2011 21:15

A. Berger

Hi Heather!

I'm sorry, but what you want to achieve is not possible with the plugin as is. The configuration you need for your scenario are three instances of the slideshow with identical settings but a different initial delay. And this initial delay would require an additional parameter not present in the plugin.

Best regards
Andreas

Margins beim Einbau der SPS

104 Saturday, 29 October 2011 07:40

Jens

Halllo,

erst mal ein dickes Kompliment für dieses Plugin. Es ist wirklich simpel zur verwenden und macht genau das, was es soll.
Leider habe ich noch ein kleines Problem beim Einbau. Ich verwende die SPS mehrfach auf einer Seite mit J.1.5.24, das Template ist mit Artisteer 3 erstellt.

Bei allen Beiträgen habe ich links den Text, rechts die SPS. Diese sollten im Beitrag obenbündig erscheinen. Leider entsteht aber auch oben ein Abstand zum oberen Artikelrand von ca. 15 px oder 20 px (geschätzt). Wie bekomme ich den weg ?

Habe schon mit Firebug gesucht, leider nichts gefunden. Die SPS und die jeeweiligen Bilder habe ich jedes mal exakt auf die gleiche größe gesetzt.
Die Slideshows sind im Artikel ganz oben als erstes eingtragen, an der Textformatierung kann es auch nicht liegen, da ich den Text probeweise entfernt habe, hat nichts gebracht.

Über eine Hilfe würde ich mich sehr freuen.

Links zur Seite:
http://www.augenoptik-ulm.de/brillen/sonnenbrillen.html
http://www.augenoptik-ulm.de
(Startseite mit einer weiteren SPS)

Vielen Dank
Jens

@Jens

Sunday, 30 October 2011 22:13

A. Berger

Hallo Jens!

Wenn Du als Ausrichtung "float-left" oder "float-right" auswählst, dann fügt das Plugin der Slideshow automatisch 10 Pixel Margin hinzu, damit sie nirgend am Rand "klebt". Wenn Du diese 10 Pixel oben entfernen möchtest, dann öffne das Stylesheet des Plugins /plugins/content/plugin_besps/besps.css und füge dem Selektor .besps_holder {} die Angabe "margin-top:0 !important;" hinzu. Für den rechten Rand geht das im Bedarfsfall analog.

Nachdem Du das erledigt hat, wirst Du feststellen, dass die Bilder immer noch nach unten und nach rechts versetzt sind. Um das auch noch zu beheben, mach einfach die Änderungen rückgängig, die Du am Plugin (besps.php) selbst vorgenommen hast. ;)

Gruß
Andreas

'besps_slideshow' ist undefiniert

103 Tuesday, 18 October 2011 08:02

Soxan

Hallo,

seit kurzen funktioniert bei mir die slideshow nicht mehr und da ich null ahnung habe hoffe ich das ihr mir helfen könnt. Ich habe Joomla 1.5.17 und verwende Simple Picture slideshow
Seite: www.famlehninger.at
ich hoffe ihr könnt mir helfen

Danke im vorraus

@Martin

Wednesday, 19 October 2011 20:17

A. Berger

Hallo Martin!

Wo Du die Erweiterung deaktivieren kannst, die Du aktiviert hast und welche Erweiterung Du da aktiviert hast kann ich Dir nicht genau sagen, aber wenn Du Dir den Quelltext der Seite ansiehst, dann ist dort das Stylesheet des Plugins nicht wie üblich mit "plugins/content/plugin_besps/besps.css" verlinkt sondern mit "plugins/content/plugin_besps/besps.css.pagespeed.ce.fVJ8EgKWCC.css" - und das JavaScript "plugins/content/plugin_besps/besps.js" überhaupt nicht.
Und nachdem Links wie der angegebene nicht durch Mutation oder puren Zufall entstehen, mutmaße ich mal ins Blaue, dass er von einer Erweiterung erzeugt wird.
Der Abschnitt "pagespeed" im Link gibt ja vielleicht eine vage Vorstellung, worum es dieser Erweiterung gehen könnte. :)

Gruß
Andreas

welche Erweiterung

Wednesday, 19 October 2011 08:00

Soxan

Danke für die schnelle antwort,
kannst du mir sagen welche erweiterung? ich hab eigentlich nichts umgestellt. wo kann ich diese erweiterung wieder deaktivieren?

Danke
Martin

@Soxan

Tuesday, 18 October 2011 22:36

A. Berger

Hallo Soxan!

Ich vermute, die Slideshow funktioniert nicht "seit kurzem" nicht mehr, sondern sie funktioniert nicht mehr, sei Du die Erweiterung aktiviert hast, die Stylesheets und Scripts zur Beschleunigung der Seite und zur Verbesserung der Bewertung in diversen Page-Speed-Reports cacht/packt/mit Fingerprint versieht und/oder was weiss ich noch :)
Dabei ist irgendwie vergessen worden, auch das JavaScript /plugins/content/plugin_besps/besps.js zu berücksichtigen. Und ohne das funktioniert die Slideshow nunmal leider nicht. :)

Also, die Erweiterung entsprechend konfigurieren und es sollte wieder klappen.

Gruß
Andreas