*** Version 2.0.0 released Septmber 5th, available for Joomla! 1.0 and 1.5! Multiple slideshows, 8 templates, 2 slideshow engines! *** *** BRAND NEW exclusive site available now on http://www.frontpageslideshow.net - includes admin demos and site showcase! *** JoomlaWorks "Frontpage SlideShow" is the most eye-candy way to display your featured articles, stories or products in your Joomla! website, like Time.com, Joost, Yahoo! Movies, Empire Magazine or CNet do. The "Frontpage SlideShow" creates an uber-cool slideshow with text snippets laying on top of images. These "slides" are being rotated one after the other with a nice fade effect. The slideshow features navigation (either numbers or image thumbnails - check available templates) and play/pause buttons, so the visitor has complete control over the slideshow's "playback"! Further more, the newly released v2 adds multiple slideshows to any Joomla! website and introduces feature and performance improvements (compared to v1). This means more control and flexibility for your website's slideshows. Many popular websites feature similar implementations: http://www.joost.com/ http://www.cnet.com/ http://www.time.com/ http://www.empireonline.com/ http://msn.foxsports.com/ http://www.tnawrestling.com/ http://www.mlgpro.com/ http://www.gamespot.com/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ http://movies.yahoo.com/ JoomlaWorks takes Joomla! content presentation one step further with this new component/module combo! Spice up your site's frontpage by assigning existing content items, menu items or custom text to images that you upload through the component or browse directly on your server! The component's admin user interface is very clean and easy to learn. Additionally, the styling of the module which displays the slideshow, is entirely CSS based. That means you have full control over the layout of the slideshow and you can easily style it to suit your needs. Which means that the layout options are literally limited only by your imagination. "Frontpage SlideShow" uses unobtrusive Javascript in its core (no Flash here, at all!), which makes it very easy to customize and integrate in any design and offers SEO capabilities that flash-based alternatives simply cannot match! No other website will ever share the same looks as yours! See the "Frontpage SlideShow" in full action at the official demo site at: http://www.frontpageslideshow.net ...or check out these "real world" examples: http://www.tnawrestling.com/ http://www.joomlajunkie.com/ http://www.gazzetta.gr/ http://www.cinemad.gr/ http://www.golftipsmag.com/ http://www.danaoscinema.gr/ http://www.lacuria.com/ http://www.galwayindependent.com/ http://www.upsolute.com/ http://www.industrial-wlan.de/ http://www.ibsplc.com/ http://www.massivefps.com/ http://www.myself.gr/ http://www.rig-medics.co.uk/ http://www.monzalacitta.it/ http://www.augustism.com/ http://www.clintmagazine.com/ http://www.iesb.net/ http://www.euroadventure.net/ http://www.fiskersiden.no/ http://www.harmoniousliving.co.za/ http://www.trovaidea.it/ http://www.courtonnelameurdrac.com/ http://www.dansk-atletik.dk/ http://www.ciozone.com/ http://www.autumnwave.com/ http://www.whatboat.com/ http://www.projectmanagementlearningcenter.com/ ...and many more! The "Frontpage SlideShow" Component/Module combo from JoomlaWorks retails for 22 Euros and includes FREE upgrades AND FREE templates for series 2.x. We take support very seriously -like we already do with our very popular free extensions- and we will gladly help you setup your "Frontpage SlideShow" to fit your site for free. The component and module both rely on language files so you can easily translate them to your native language. Furthermore, additional language files will be included as they are gathered from our users. Enjoy one more fine release from the developers of the "AllVideos" Plugin, the "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin, the "AJAX Header Rotator" Module, the "Tabs & Slides in Content Items" Plugin and many more! *************************************************************** *** Version 2.0.0 (comp/mod) release - Changelog addition (September 5th, 2008) *** *************************************************************** Many new features and functionality is introduced and best of all, you are now able to host multiple slideshows on your website! Notable changes are: - Multiple slideshow possible via categorization. That means you can also utilize different FPSS templates per page. - Upgraded the jQuery based slideshow engine and improved stability and functionality. - Significant performance improvents. This will be bring a lot of joy to websites with hundreds or thousands of articles. - New module options allow for more control over animation and content display. - Thumbnails used in some FPSS templates are now resized images of the original slide image. Moreover, you can select to have a different thumbnail for each slide (multiple image uploading via the backend). - Added many content display controls as requested by users, among other the ability to disable links entirely or selctively. - Updated the jQuery library to the latest release (1.2.6). - Frontpage Slideshow is fully XHTML valid on all Joomla! and Mambo versions, tested on their default templates and others. *************************************************************** *** Version 1.7.2 (comp/mod) release - Changelog addition (May 2nd, 2008) *** *************************************************************** - Updated the jQuery library to the latest release (1.2.3). - Added sample content (slides) by default to help users see in action how the slideshow works after installing the component and module. - We have also changed some "default" settings in the module, again to make it easier for newbies to quickly setup Frontpage Slideshow. - Frontpage Slideshow is fully XHTML valid on all Joomla! and Mambo versions, tested on their default templates. *************************************************************** *** Version 1.7.1 (comp/mod) release - Changelog addition (February 28th, 2008) *** *************************************************************** Joomla! 1.5.x compatible version of Frontpage Slideshow v1.7.1 has been released. *************************************************************** *** Version 1.7.1 (comp/mod) release - Changelog (February 23rd, 2008) *** *************************************************************** This minor release adds more Global Content Display option in the component's configuration page, addresses javascript errors appearing in the administration when using IE7 and finally corrects a minor bug in the module. Thanks to all our users for the rapid feedback. ;) *************************************************************** *** Version 1.7 (comp/mod) release - Changelog (February 21st, 2008) *** *************************************************************** The features of the new version are: >>General - Cross platform, plays on Joomla 1.0.x, Mambo 4.5.x, Mambo 4.6.x. Native Joomla 1.5.x version is coming out shortly. - All technical issues mentioned in our forum for the past few months have been addressed. So soon we will be clearing up those "sticky" posts. >>Component - The User Interface of the component is redesigned. - Added permissions button on slide list (like on content items). You can now choose what slides your guests or members see. - The old configuration page is gone. A new one has been added to handle some "expert" features. The older layout settings are now moved to the module cause either way they were accessible by super admins only! This will provide even further flexibility and will make the update process easier. - The new slide edit page has one more "tagline" field (2 content fields in total). This new content field will provide more content options for even cooler FPSS templates. - Custom text will automatically override content item introtext. - Ability to select between WYSIWYG/pure text mode for the custom text option. - You can set content elements to appear on a per-slide basis. That means you can tell one slide to hide the "read more" button and the other to hide the "introtext" for example. Your content display options are not limited anymore! - Content item selection is now AJAX based. That means, it will not take ages for the "slide edit" page to load if you have 1.000 articles on your Joomla/Mambo site! Performance comes first now! - The upload feature has been expanded to allow the user to choose the dimensions of the uploaded image or have a fixed value added by default. >>Module - The module has been re-written from scratch for better performance and easier styling. New content display options have been added. All "logic" is now separated from styling. That means, if you want to create a new template, you just upload your CSS/images files inside modules/mod_fpslideshow/templates/ and the module will automatically "see" the new template, without you needing to hack core files. This makes it easy for us as well to release FPSS templates separately and thus enriching your experience! Soon, we will be posting a few topics on how to dig deeper into Frontpage Slideshow templating! - The moo.fx based slideshow engine has been taken out. The Mootools based one has been improved and (drum roll) a new jQuery based slideshow engine has been introduced as the default engine of Frontpage Slideshow. This means no more javascript conflicts with other Mootools based extensions or templates (you know which, haha!). >>Templates - The UNCUT template has been revamped. We hope you'll like it. See it on demo here: http://www.frontpageslideshow.net/content/view/14/31/ - 2 new templates (Movies and Sleek) are introduced with the new module. More will come soon as standalone packs to directly upload. *************************************************************** *** Version 1.1 (comp)/1.6 (mod) release - Changelog (May 18th, 2007) *** *************************************************************** >>Module More specifically, in v1.6 we have: - introduced the Mootools-based slideshow engine. This means ultimate compatibility (along with the moo.fx based engine) with all templates or other Joomla! extensions. You can choose which engine to use from the module's parameters. As you will notice, the Mootools engine offers some more configuration for a better slideshow. - New "text transition effect" for the Mootools engine (can be activated/deactivated). - New module option: "HTML tag cleanup", to make sure your slideshow will never break, even if you have HTML tags that are not closed properly, e.g. because you've set a WORD limit in the component's configuration page... - adjusted the code to be full XHTML/CSS valid. No need to move any code around! If your template validates, then your slideshow will too. Additionally, enabling the HTML cleanup option will make sure that your content it valid as well. - added 1 more template (JJ Rasper), increasing the total number of templates available to 6. Check out the new templates at our DEMO site at http://demo.joomlaworks.gr - both CSS and script files are less than 8-10kb (on average), for fast loading time. >> Component - Introduced new content display options. Now you can add custom (regular) links, links to content items or links to menu items. You can even insert custom text for use with the "regular" and "menu item" link options. So now you are not tied to your content items introtext! - Added direct image server browse feature. Not only do you have the option to upload (and automatically resize) images right from your PC/Mac, now you can use existing images from your server, with our new SERVER BROWSE functionality, integrated in the component. - Fixed minor styling issues to achieve maximum browser/site compatibility. - Fixed some bugs and reformed code for more strict server setups. - Added full compatibility for Mambo. - Fixed slide delay/speed issue. - Moved all module settings in the component. Which means that you install the module, publish it and forget about it! All settings are now controlled through the component only. *************************************************************** *** Product (component & module) Version 1.0 Changelog (January 19th, 2007) *** *************************************************************** "Frontpage SlideShow" Component/Module v1.0 released!