This extension creates an image slideshow using Styles. This extension is highly customizable with many configuration options! Visit the website for specific details and a complete list of features. Vivid Content Basic and Vivid Content Premium are now available. 7-day free trial is available for both versions. Version 2.5.4 has been released. Style Manager - Easily install new Vivid Content Styles and remove or upgrade existing Styles directly from our server. Group Manager - Intuitive layout makes it easier to locate and modify Group parameters for all Styles - Improved text filtering parameter for images, title, introduction text and links - Three powerful Modes: -- Slide Mode --- Create slide using the Vivid Content Slide Manager --- Several display order options: Slide most recent, Random, Slide ordering, etc. -- Content Category Mode --- Uses content items from a content category. --- First tag is automatically used as the image. --- Several display order options: Content item most recent, Random, Content item ordering, etc. -- Image Folder Mode --- Uses images from any folder. --- Filetype filtering options --- Folder recursion Slide Manager - New Tab layout makes it easier than ever to create and edit slides - Quickly swap slide images - Browse for image on the server or upload images directly - Full-size image previews - Easily modify the groups of a large number of slides. Settings - Logically grouped settings: General, Group Manager, Slide Manager, Upgrade, Dynamic Image, Debug, etc. - Thumbnail image quality - Automatic image resizing - Image background padding color General - Automatic CSS compression - Caching integrated with the Joomla! content management system - Clean output Versatility - Easy upgrade from previous versions of the Vivid Content. - Easy to upgrade from Joomla 1.0.X Version to Joomla 1.5 Version Vivid Content Basic Styles Included: - Simple Content Slider Style - Google Maps Style - MP3 Player Style - Flash Style (Hundreds of parameters) - Light Weight Flash Slideshow Style - Image Slider Style - Flash Logo Scroller - Mootools Tabs Vivid Content Premium Styles Included: - Simple Content Slider Style - Google Maps Style - MP3 Player Style - Flash Style (Hundreds of parameters) - Light Weight Flash Slideshow Style - 3D Flash Simple Style - 3D Flash Extended Style - Image Slider Style - Flash Logo Scroller - Mootools Tabs Each Style has too many features to list here. Server Requirements - Minimum PHP 5.1.6 (5.2.X recommended) - Minimum MySQL 4.1.21 - PHP GD 2+ - Zend Optimizer engine - zlib Library Enabled (Optional for performance increase) See the website for complete information.