SplashR
New in version 1.1 for Joomla 1.6/1.7 - By popular request - a Squeezebox modal option in addition to fullscreen splash.
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The module is under active development. I have a new version that will be released around April. There are still a few bugs to work out, and a few more features to add based on suggestions from users (like spoonbow here).
Dude, you look like Gregory House (House is one of my favorite shows)
I have been using SplashR on my Joomla 1.5 site and I'm now migrating to 2.5... well, I hit a snag and SplashR had a problem (which I later found out was my problem) - the important part was the support which spotted my problem.
Great work. Great extension. Great support.
Thanks
Only if you upload the file to your website, and point splashr to the URL. Unless your computer is a server, splashr can't display files located on it.
I published module on a specific page in various module position, I specified the URL of the page and nothing happens. I tried a few different things but just couldn't get it working.
I'm sure it DOES work >>> but you should really instruct people better, if not in the module, somewhere on your web site. PLEASE.
I wish you would have contacted me before hurting my reputation like this. Support questions for my extensions are answered immediately.
Yes, the module works, as the many positive reviews below indicate. Several also indicate my high level of support. Please contact me via my site so I can help you out and get rid of this blight in my reviews.
You probably have something misconfigured - it will be quick, I promise.
Great module... AND GREAT SUPPORT!!!
Just one suggestion: It would be even better if admin has option to lock out users from website completely, i.e. until they register or login. If I put login/register module inside splashr, then user cannot enter without having done either.
Still, I love it!
Interesting....
I may investigate that request in the near future. This extension needs a new revision with some fresh features.
Thanks for the suggestion.
One is stuck with the top bar wether one wants to have skip enabled or not and sometime the bar remains once the main site is entered.
I'd like to see that "bar remains" issue in action. Please contact me so I can get that issue resolved.
Works fine on my vanilla IE7 and IE8 test systems. You should contact me directly.
With a few little tricks to the article that I am using and it will be really cool.
You should add a commercial version with some bells and whistles.
I'm happy to add bells and whistles (suggestions?), but I don't do commercial versions. It's like a philosophy or something...maybe it's a syndrome :)
Seriously though, it gives me great pleasure to create useful extensions and provide them for free.... I benefit from donations, certainly, but I benefit more from the public code examples. My potential clients get to see examples of my work and the good reviews (thank you).
One more thing to add to the wish-list is to separate out the presentation and follow an MVC model, so that I've got a bit more control via HTML overrides. At the moment, if I want to make a change to the output HTML file, I have to edit code within the mod_splashr.php file itself which, next time I apply an update I'll have to remember to do again.
And I'm sure it's a typo, but the container div id is currently named 'slashpage' - unless those are kind of web sites you work on, obviously ;)
Overall though, a very nice extension to use.
Native Joomla SqueezeBox modal has been added in the J1.6 version.
trey
you'll need to use javascript to create your links because this is an iframe and href targets are deprecated.
...href="#" onclick="window.parent.location='/path/to/dest.html'"...
PS please Incorporate the Light Box effect
Lightbox version has been created, and will be released very shortly (after a little more testing)
Does what it says on the tin, and being able to have the content article without site styling is another nice feature.
Lightbox would be a nice addition but it works just fine as it is.
Yours is the second request I've had for Lightbox. I will be adding it to the next release.
Lightbox, not a bad idea. That may be an option in the next version.
As far as it not really being a splash, there isn't really a defined standard for what a splash is supposed to be. I chose this method because it is SEF (this method is invisible to search engines).
Annoy your users, not your PageRank.