Random Image Plus
Version
2.4.1 (last update on Oct 20, 2010)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
23
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
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138528
Date Added
7 August 2007
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New version 2.0 !
Download it now below !
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Features:
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- IPTC Compatibility --- NEW ! ---
- Improved performance rather than basic "random image" module of Joomla 1.5
- Uses native Joomla! API. No more file needed
- Choose between differents mode to display the image or the link like "Squeeze Box" (like Lightbox) or "New window"
- Associate a link with the random image
- Define a text or an url for the link ! --- NEW ! ---
- Choose the size of the thumbnail (scale it or fix it !)
- Choose to recurse the directory which contains images in order to organize your files in different folders! (contrary to basic "Image random" Joomla's module)
- Permits many file extensions (jpg, png, gif...) allowed at once (contrary to basic "Image random" Joomla's module)
- Choose between two mode to filters the files : simple or expert (use of Regular Expression) --- NEW ! ---
- Debug mode available ! It helps you to setup your module by providing a list with files eligible to be displayed ! --- NEW ! ---
Great extension! The "Squeeze Box" is a great feature. Just some suggestion for some future versions.
- Would be interesting to have the option as a rotator image.
- If made as rotator in the future, it also would be wonderful to get to make each image get its own link and not only one link for all images.
Well, just a suggestion. Congratulations for great extension and thanks for sharing it.
- Would be interesting to have the option as a rotator image.
- If made as rotator in the future, it also would be wonderful to get to make each image get its own link and not only one link for all images.
Well, just a suggestion. Congratulations for great extension and thanks for sharing it.
Just what I needed for a rotating header. I love that it can use various formats at once - jpg, gif, png. Also it loads quickly, the dimensions can be precisely specified. Worked perfectly right out of the box.
I found this to be a great improvement on the standard module, allowing images from subdirectories to display. The only thing I wasn't entirely happy with was the way it resizes images. Having a mix of landscape and portrait images on my site, it created to much variation is size, and the proportions of the images were all wrong, when specifying a width and height. I have modified the code to allow you to specify height of portrait images and width of landscape, thus keeping the original proportions of the image.. If you're interested I'll send you the modifications..
Owner's reply
For sure, i'm happy to heard that the module fits to your need ! Any bug report is appreciate. Don't hesitate to send me a mail with your modifications, i'll take it in consideration. :)
I just downloaded this extension and made a modification in the mod_random_image_plus.php file on line 17. I did this because I didn't know what path to write in the folder parameter of the module, the complete path (http://ww..) ??
Well, I changed:
$folder = JPath::clean( $params->get( 'folder', JPATH_BASE . DS . 'images') );
For:
$folder = JPATH_BASE . JPath::clean( $params->get( 'folder', DS .'images') );
This way, we only need to add a relative path (/images/directory) to the site url like we used to on the regular mod_random_image.
Just a suggestion, but the module works really great.
Thanks!
Well, I changed:
$folder = JPath::clean( $params->get( 'folder', JPATH_BASE . DS . 'images') );
For:
$folder = JPATH_BASE . JPath::clean( $params->get( 'folder', DS .'images') );
This way, we only need to add a relative path (/images/directory) to the site url like we used to on the regular mod_random_image.
Just a suggestion, but the module works really great.
Thanks!
Owner's reply
I've implemented this ! Thanks for the feeback. If you find any bugs, report them please ! :)
Thx
Actually I was hoping for such a mod for a long time! This mod is really a good help for the ones who want to improve the basic Random Image mod capabilities.
The display modes allow you to have a very different look for your random image. In example, use the amazing Squeeze Box Mode to allow the user to display a full size image; he can then click on the cross button to close this preview and return back to the site.
It's useless to talk about the advantage offered by this mode in terms of organization; in fact, get rid of this mess you made by putting all your images in the same directory, because this mod allows you to create a clean arborescence.
You should really try this mod, but be carefull :it's addictive!
The display modes allow you to have a very different look for your random image. In example, use the amazing Squeeze Box Mode to allow the user to display a full size image; he can then click on the cross button to close this preview and return back to the site.
It's useless to talk about the advantage offered by this mode in terms of organization; in fact, get rid of this mess you made by putting all your images in the same directory, because this mod allows you to create a clean arborescence.
You should really try this mod, but be carefull :it's addictive!
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