Slide.Show

New Post: This is serverside program?

zmb — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:59 GMT

Slide.Show is all client-side. My guess is that your config is wrong.

New Post: Totally lost using Slide.Show with master pages

zmb — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:47:57 GMT

The head section of your master page should look like this:

head runat="server">

<asp:ContentPlaceHolder id="cphhead" runat="server">

</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>

head>

When you create the content page, this will be in it:

asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="cphhead" Runat="Server">

asp:Content>

Now place the script block where you want the control to render.

New Post: "Minimal" setup and configuration

PandaWood — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:45:59 GMT

I also had some trouble with the QuickStart guide, I think it's not very well structured and assumes non-obvious knowledge.

The most basic beginning for example, lists bullet points of what is required and says "The first thing to do... is create an XML file".

Woa! I think first thing to do is create a new folder, name it something sensible, copy the 2 javascript files from SlideShow1.1.zip in and then create the XML file.

But such information is scattered amongst bullet points, Tip Windows and Steps... and can I also point out that no non-developer would understand what Slideshow.js is or where to get it from.

I was going to critique the document in a discussion here, but then thought I might just as well edit the Word document with my suggestions and send it.

I think there's a good chance of making the QuickStart half the size and twice as clear.

bumenot wrote:
Okay, I know I'm nowhere in the same web developing league as the average Slide.Show user, but Vertigo advertises this web application as something easy to implement. There are showcased examples of successful users who have setup the application in 30 minutes, but does this accurately represent what a person with a very elementary understanding of silverlight and xml might expect? I've worked at this thing for days now, and have thusfar been unsuccessful in achieving a suitable slideshow for my site.

Firstly, it seems as if the quickstart guide does not indicate the necessary files to upload. Following this guide verbatim results in a silver box,

New Post: Slide.Show Dynamic Images from Database (Solution)

atypoli — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:21:43 GMT

I followed your solution, but when i start Slide.Show, i only get the first image. I even saved the resulting xml, and loaded it statically, and it works that way. What could be the problem?

Thanks
Aty

New Post: Start slideshow with random slide

olafb — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:18:24 GMT

Yes, in SlideShow.js in class SlideShowControl change the function onDataLoad:

this.data.startalbumindex = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.data.album.length); // <- new line

if (this.data.startalbumindex != null && !this.isAlbumIndexValid(this.data.startalbumindex))

throw new Error("Invalid configuration: startalbumindex");

New Post: Totally lost using Slide.Show with master pages

MJKaz — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:46:14 GMT

zmb wrote:
The first 2 script blocks should be placed the head section of your page/content place holder. The last block should be placed where you want to display your control.

I'm guessing what you're calling my "page/content placeholder" is my master page, since the pages derived from master pages don't have head sections.

Yeah.

I tried that. It wasn't the first thing I tried, but when I did try it, it didn't show up on the page in question.

What else could I have screwed up?

New Post: Totally lost using Slide.Show with master pages

zmb — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:22:55 GMT

The first 2 script blocks should be placed the head section of your page/content place holder. The last block should be placed where you want to display your control.

New Post: Silverlight 2.0

ArthurB — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:55:38 GMT

To get the SilverLight to function in FireFox ver. 3 I had to replace the Silverlight.js file on a project site (which is currently using sample images) with the latest .js available -- which, for convenience, I picked up from the Slide.Show site. Then I went to look at the NBC Olympics pre-coverage which requires the SL ver 2 plugin. After installing that, Slide.Show now works as before except for the full-screen feature, which tries to load but doesn't -- in FireFox.

Everything else works -- galleries, the slides, etc. It seems to be another FF issue as all features are working in IE7.

New Post: Dotted line around border of album/transparent background

richlatham — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:49:57 GMT

I get a dotted line around the album when I set windowless to true in my Configuration.xml file.

<configuration width="540" height="405" background="Transparent" windowless="true" >

I want to have a transparent background and if I don't set "windowless" or set it "false", I get a black background, which doesn't look right on portrait style pictures. I haven't decided on what background to use on my web page, therefore I want to set it transparent in the slideviewer, rather than give it a specific value.

The dotted line disappears when you click outside of the album, but re-appears when you click on the album.

It's a minor gripe - could it be a CSS setting that I need to change?

New Post: Start slideshow with random slide

richlatham — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:35:59 GMT

Is there an easy way to start a slideshow with a random slide from the album, instead of the first (or say 5th)?

I know you can do this:

<data startalbumindex="0" startslideindex="4" .... in the Data.xml file,

but without altering the file on the fly, is there an easy way?

New Post: Is there a way to show the album view initially?

abteen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:03:47 GMT

THankS a lot

New Post: Start the slide.show control on Gallery

abteen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:43:44 GMT

yeah any way to do this?

New Post: Dynamically adjust size of Description and Navigation tray

richlatham — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:58:58 GMT

Hi

Is it possible to dynamically/automatically adjust the size of the Image Description and Navigation tray?

In my slideshows I have a transparent background and the description and nav tray fit perfectly over a landscape image, but don't look right with a portrait image as they overhang the edges of the image.

Thanks.

New Post: Adding links to images

tmsohk — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:48:34 GMT

Thank you for this useful link.

Now I have amended each slideshow image to be clickable and link to a new window with an URL.

I try to add one more thing, after popup new window, the slideshow will be paused.

I added code in the function:

onMouseLeftButton: function(sender, e)
{
if (this.titleTextBlock.Tag) window.open(this.titleTextBlock.Tag,"_blank");
slideshow.pause(); <----- new line I added
}

however, it is not working.

I've also tried:
SlideShowNavigation.pause();
SlideShow.SlideShowNavigation.pause();

All failed.

Does anyone know the correct way to do it?

Many Thanks!

whoisvaibhav wrote:
Here's How: http://blog.gadodia.net/customizing-vertigos-slideshow/

hinthoe wrote:
I am working on a project using Slide.Show as a foundation and I am trying to integrate some additional functions. One idea is if each slideshow image were clickable and clicking an image would link to a website and open in a new browser window. Ideally each image would have its own url assigned.

Does anyone know how to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

New Post: on click event if image is clicked in viewer

aspd — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:55:13 GMT

Hi. is it possible to have an onclick event so that if the user clicks on the image, it goes to another url?

New Post: Moving navigation tray down and slide description up

mamirian — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:02:48 GMT

Hi - I have tried to no avail to move the slide description up and off of the image, and the same for moving the navigation tray down. My client doesn't want his pics to be cluttered at any time, hover or not with text or anything so I want to be able to move these things. Changing the height of the slideviewer doesn't help because i need the height to be auto to keep the images all the same size. Any ideas? Every time I move something it seems to disappear from view. Any help would be appreciated, many thanks
Marisa

New Post: Totally lost

MJKaz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:11:28 GMT

I've searched the threads and haven't found an answer for this already, so I'll start the dialog.

I've been able to get my slideshow working in a simple html page, but as soon as I start trying to use master pages by inserting the following code inside my content placeholder I lose the slideshow viewer completely. Here's the code:

		<script src="Scripts/Release/Silverlight.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
		<script src="Scripts/Release/SlideShow.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			new SlideShow.Control(new SlideShow.XmlConfigProvider());
		</script>

I'd really like to use master pages with this, so does anyone have any idea what is wrong?

TIA.

New Post: Pause

ranmajen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:56:18 GMT

The idea is when clicking on the image of the slideshow, a new window to the original image page will be opened and the slideshow will be paused.

The part of opening a new window has been done. But how to pause the slideshow? What is the special code to pause?

New Post: Slide.show formats

olafb — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:00:20 GMT

tsjoe2 wrote:
I was just curious as to how i could setup the slide show like Vertigo's site show's it? Where the navtray is not there, but when you put your cursour down to the bottom, it appears.

Have a look at their config file http://www.vertigo.com/SlideShow/Main/Configuration.xml
The option fadeOpacity with the value="0" hides the navtray when the mouse is not over it.

New Post: Slide.show formats

tsjoe2 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:32:39 GMT

I was just curious as to how i could setup the slide show like Vertigo's site show's it? Where the navtray is not there, but when you put your cursour down to the bottom, it appears.