[Plugin: Frontpage-Slideshow] Adding slideshows to other pages

  • wpdv

    (@wpdv)


    15 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Jeff-

    Love the plugin!
    My unique ID is: 10874

    Is it possible to add your slideshow to other pages of my site and have different pictures displayed?

    I am trying to add an additional slideshow to my ‘Product Gallery’ page. I created a post and listed that post under category ‘Products’.

    I read another post about adding [fs category=products]. I followed these instructions and the slide show displays ok on my Product Gallery page, but with a picture from my home page. I would like it to use the pictures from my Product category posts. Is there anyway to do this?

    Thank you for any help you might be able to provide.
    -Patrick

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  • Plugin Author jeff_

    (@jeff_)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    You can add the slider to other pages by using the short code displayed into the plugin admin page. The steps to follow are :

    1. Configure your slider and click on “Preview” button
    2. Copy the shortcode (that can be very long ^^) that is displayed just on bottom the preview (don’t save it)
    3. Paste it into some article/page or text box on sidebar body or use the php snippet (as shown into the “How to use” section of plugin admin page)

    If I am not clear, let me know I’ll explain again

    Thread Starter wpdv

    (@wpdv)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Jeff-
    I have the slider displayed exactly how I want it in the Admin Preview window. I did not save. I copied/pasted the code (attached below) onto my Products page, but the slider that appears on my Products page is the same as the Home page’s slider…

    The code appears to be the same as home page’s slider code.

    Do I need to add anything else to this line of code to get it to display the Product slider?

    [FrontpageSlideshow fs_slides=5 fs_main_width=623px fs_main_height=275px fs_slide_width=65% fs_buttons_width=35% fs_placeholder_height=225px fs_button_normal_color=#c39957 fs_button_hover_color=#853f00 fs_button_current_color=#e9ddcd fs_ul_color=#e9ddcd fs_text_bgcolor=#e9ddcd fs_text_opacity=50% fs_main_color=#e9ddcd fs_font_color=#3b0902 fs_main_border_color=#e9ddcd fs_template=default]

    Thanks,
    -Patrick

    Plugin Author jeff_

    (@jeff_)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    it may be a bug I need to investigate on it (i dont see the category in options…) by now : try to add the following option :
    fs_cats=X where X is the ID (a number) of the category from wich to take posts. if the category ID is 8 the shortcode should be
    [FrontpageSlideshow fs_cats=8 fs_slides=5 fs_main_width=623px fs_main_height=275px fs_slide_width=65% fs_buttons_width=35% fs_placeholder_height=225px fs_button_normal_color=#c39957 fs_button_hover_color=#853f00 fs_button_current_color=#e9ddcd fs_ul_color=#e9ddcd fs_text_bgcolor=#e9ddcd fs_text_opacity=50% fs_main_color=#e9ddcd fs_font_color=#3b0902 fs_main_border_color=#e9ddcd fs_template=default]

    Thread Starter wpdv

    (@wpdv)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Jeff-

    We’re very close 🙂

    Let me know if this is correct method for determining ID… I went to the Product category and opened it into edit mode and looked at the url: http://…category&post_type=post&tag_ID=3.

    I inserted 3 into the code you supplied me.

    The Product slide is now working with the following error…

    Warning: join() [function.join]: Invalid arguments passed in /Users/myname/Sites/ckr/wp-content/plugins/frontpage-slideshow/frontpage-slideshow.php on line 46

    Warning: join() [function.join]: Invalid arguments passed in /Users/myname/Sites/ckr/wp-content/plugins/frontpage-slideshow/frontpage-slideshow.php on line 112

    Here’s line 46: $fscategories = join(',',$options['values']['fs_cats']);

    … and line 112: $fscategories = join(',',$options['values']['fs_cats']);

    Thank you so much,
    -Patrick

    Plugin Author jeff_

    (@jeff_)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    yep yep that was a bug that’s clear now 🙂 got to correct it… need time, I’m on it

    Thread Starter wpdv

    (@wpdv)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    Very good. Thank you

    Plugin Author jeff_

    (@jeff_)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    Tadaaa \o/

    I just committed a new release, wait for it to be added to auto update or, if you cannot stand by, download the new version there : http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/frontpage-slideshow/trunk/frontpage-slideshow.php and replace the /wp-content/plugins/frontpage-slideshow/frontpage-slideshow.php with it.

    With this release, the computed shortcode displays the fs_cats option : just list all categories IDs and separate them with a coma like
    fs_cats=5,8,256

    seems doing the job… let me know if you got something wrong

    Thread Starter wpdv

    (@wpdv)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    Works like a charm!!! Thank you very much Jeff.
    -Patrick

    Thread Starter wpdv

    (@wpdv)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Jeff-

    Minor problem…

    Settings>>> Frontpage Slideshow is blank.

    It says:
    Frontpage Slideshow – Option page
    How to use

    The slides are all working perfectly.

    Your thoughts?
    -Patrick

    Plugin Author jeff_

    (@jeff_)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    I got some very strong hosting perturbations and since it is not solved (and because the unique ID is retrieved from my server, so, by now, it cannot be retrieved) I cannot know exactly what is goin’on… I’ll tell you more soon.

    Plugin Author jeff_

    (@jeff_)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    seems to be ok now I’ll make a new release to avoid that kind of problem.

    Thread Starter wpdv

    (@wpdv)

    15 years, 8 months ago

    Sounds good.

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