I really like this slideshow from jonDesign and I was actually going to create a module that uses it myself...guess I still might make one after trying this.
I had a big problem with this one. It wasn't cycling through images quite how I hoped for. The fade seems off - or rather it loads the image behind the one currently displayed to then fade the top one into the bottom one...bad if the images aren't all the same size...because naturally you can see the next one in line before it fades in anywhere that it's larger than the current image.
Then the images wouldn't center, they would actually load centered - but for some odd reason they would shift to the left on their way out.
I've tried various settings within the module parameters and did publish the mambot though I used this module in a module position and not within a content item...I'm unsure if the results would have been different inside a content item, but if I'm not mistaken this was designed as a module so I assume it should be able to be used as one.
Provided the problems get fixed, this module will actually be very good. The only thing I would like to see different is perhaps an unlimited amount of specified images so one can set descriptions and links for more than the 10 images. I know the XML is limited and it would have to be designed as component with a module...but I think that approach is better. Plus the mambot to allow publishing inside content items would then seal the deal so to speak positioning this slide show as perhaps one of the best for Joomla.
Owner's reply:
Hello tmaiaroto
Thanks for trying the module. What you are describing is indeed linked to the various options for image resizing. When images are not of the same size, the only valid option in the module parameters is to resize them both vertically and horizontally. If you don't do that, and you request at the same time centered images, then there is an unavoidable problem during fading as the two images are visible at the same time, in the same , but require a different position for that div.
The mambot is required to link the javascript.
You actually do not need a specific mambot to display a slideshow within content. I think I explain it in the doc, but simply put, you can use the standard mambot : {mosloadposition xxxxx}
xxxxx is an unused template position. Just publish your module to the xxxxx position and it will appear in your content wherever you put the {mosloadposition xxxxx} instruction
Note this is applicable to any module!
You are right about the number of images, the problem is that you have to make a real component to handle it, and at the time I did not know how to do that. There is also a newer version of the original Javascript to integrate!
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