Image Block with Slideshow module

[mtense]

I needed and threw together a module that uses gallery2 images for a photo slideshow. Actually, I just extended rokSlideshow to pull from gallery2. Currently it is independent of jfusion, so you have to specify the path to the gallery2 installation as a parameter.

I posted the module http://www.mtense.com/joomla-g2-slideshow.

If anyone wants to give it a try and post the results here, I would appreciate it. I will try to help with any issues.

Best,
Aaron

[mariusvr]

great job! Looks really nice.

Thanks, Marius

[KyleG]

Is there any way you could make it link to the image (embedded in Joomla such as with Jfusion) so that you could click on the image currently displayed. The slideshow is cool but my users tend to like to click the images if they see one they like.

[mtense]

Is there any way you could make it link to the image (embedded in Joomla such as with Jfusion) so that you could click on the image currently displayed. The slideshow is cool but my users tend to like to click the images if they see one they like.

Yes, the slideshow javascript has support for linking the images. The main issue is that currently the module does not know anything about jfusion. I think a work-around may be to specify the jfusion URI as a parameter for the module. I will experiment with this and post back here later this week.

Long term I should make a jfusion specific module. I will do this once I have a chance to dig into jfusion more.

[mtense]

A new version has been posted that supports linking the slideshow images to either the image or the album within gallery.

Get it here: http://www.mtense.com/joomla-g2-slideshow

There are two new options for this.

1) Image Link specifies whether a URL should be associated with the image (none, album, image)

2) Embedded URL specifies the special URL to use to reach the gallery embedded in Joomla. For example, gallery integrated with JFusion would have an embedded URL like:

index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=19

Figure out the Itemid used in your jfusion integration and use it.

[KyleG]

2) Embedded URL specifies the special URL to use to reach the gallery embedded in Joomla. For example, gallery integrated with JFusion would have an embedded URL like:

index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=19

Figure out the Itemid used in your jfusion integration and use it.

Awesome! Thanks so much. I added it to my personal site already see KyleGeiszler.com. Not to be ungrateful but I have a another recommendation.

I found my Jfusion Itemid by looking in the imageblock jfusion module. I have to say it's got a great parameter interface for selecting the itemid without having to know it. If the same thing was available in your module it would save the end user from having to dig to find the itemid.

[Peter_AUS]

I finally got it working, though you can't have two instances of it running only the one, any way to make it work twice say in different module positions. I was thinking of having one for members images and one for Images of the Year 2009 but can't get the second one to work. Have a look at www.p4ptemp.com to see what I am meaning.

[Peter_AUS]

Does this module only work when jFusion is installed ? Reason I am asking, it works on my test bed which is a mirror of the real site, but when I tried it on the main site, it loaded but didn't show any images, though it says it is there, just not displaying.

[KyleG]

Does this module only work when jFusion is installed ? Reason I am asking, it works on my test bed which is a mirror of the real site, but when I tried it on the main site, it loaded but didn't show any images, though it says it is there, just not displaying.

Peter I just tried a complete uninstall of JFusion and tried to still get this module to work. I can't use the embed feature and use a wrapper (default Joomla wrapper) to pass the paramaters and work correctly. It will display the slideshow ok but when I clicked on the links I couldn't get it to work.

I reinstalled Jfusion and reconfigured everything at now it works again. I don't have much use for Jfusion honestly with frameless mode not working for me (see other post) and I thought this module was stand alone. Guess not.

[mtense]

There is no dependency on jFusion. Actually integrating this module with jFusion is manual through the embed parameter.

If someone would care to give me some hints on how to retrieve the jFusion settings, I will look into automating the integration (more).

I suspected that multiple instances would have a problem, but it should be relatively easy to fix. Check back for an update in a couple days.

Glad to be able to give back to the community. Cheers.