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2010-07-10 18:50:12
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Hi There, I am trying image show pro before buying and am having a problem which will prevent me from buying it unless I can find a way around it. I am using Dreamweaver CS3 and have got image show pro working in a DW template but when I create a new web page from the template it won't let me save the changes so I am unable to setup different slide shows for different pages. So the question is can and how do i get Image Show Pro to have different shows for different pages. Thanks in advance for your help. Paul
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Andrei Rinciog [Extend Studio]
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2010-07-12 02:42:22
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Hello Paul,
We have a tutorial that covers how you can use ImageShow with Dreamweaver templates:
1. Create a slideshow in a dummy html page (where the rest of the HTML pages are). Let's call it creator.html
2. Open the DWT file, and just above the <head> copy the 3 lines of Javascript includes: (these are samples, you should use the ones from the dummy page)
<script type="text/javascript" src="includes/ImageShowPro/flash_detect_min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="includes/ImageShowPro/xtdProBanner5.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="includes/ImageShowPro/xtdProBannerLayout.js"></script>
3. Still in the DWT file, copy the rendering script where you need the slideshow to appear:
<!-- Banner xtdProBanner5 begin -->
<div id="xtdProBanner5" style="width:450px; height:450px; overflow:hidden;">
<img src="/extendstudio/afis2.gif"/></div>
<!-- Banner xtdProBanner5 end -->
<!-- Banner xtdProBanner5 rendering scripts start -->
<script type="text/javascript"> xtdProBannerLayout("xtdProBanner5","") </script>
<!-- Banner xtdProBanner5 rendering scripts end -->
<!-- BannerPro render begin -->
<script type="text/javascript" > render_xtd_ispro(); </script>
<!-- BannerPro render end -->
That's all. All changes you want to make to the slideshow (including adding pictures) should be done in the dummy html page (creator.html) and will be shown in all pages created from the template. Well, there is one exception, if you change the slideshow size you will have to change the sizes manually in the dwt file:
<!-- Banner xtdProBanner5 begin -->
<div id="xtdProBanner5" style="width:450px; height:450px; overflow:hidden;">
<img src="/extendstudio/afis2.gif"/></div>
<!-- Banner xtdProBanner5 end -->
If you need help with this let me know.
Regards,
Andrei Rinciog
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2010-07-13 17:25:54
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Hi Thanks for that. However I still have one question, do I have to have the same set on images on all the pages or can I create seperate sets of images, text, motion settings etc for each page individually, can this be do and if so how? Thanks again for your time.
Regards
Paul
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Andrei Rinciog [Extend Studio]
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2010-07-14 11:45:13
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Hello Paul,
Yes, you can do that but you will need to duplicate the javascript file from the includes folder for each ImageShow and you can change the pictures for each one.. But it will be a little more complicated to change effects and texts. I think that you would have to simulate the creation of each banner and than save the js file.
But, if you want the banner to have different images and effects, why do you need it in the template? You can simply add a different banner on each page where you need one.
Regards,
Andrei Rinciog
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post date:
2010-07-14 13:38:41
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Thanks for the reply. I have tried creating a new page from a template and then trying to put a new image show into the page that way but it would let me do it and gives me the following error message: Making this change would require changing code that is locked by a template or translator. The change will be discarded.
I have tried making the whole gage an editable region but still get the same error message and it won't allow me to make the changes.What do I need to do to achieve this?
Thank you for your help.
Regards
Paul
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Andrei Rinciog [Extend Studio]
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2010-07-15 05:02:57
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Hello again Paul,
The extension can't make modifications to the code in the page but it should be able to modify the javascript file for that banner. So, even if you get that error, you should see the modifications in the browser.
Regards,
Andrei Rinciog
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