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Hi,

I'm currently running the slideshow module of V1.
I wonder what the easiest way is, to upgrade it to an X2 slideshow?
I have been browsing the site and forum but can't find the answer.

Thanks,
Kris

Can someone tell me how to run the slideshow? I have no idea what URL I have to use to see my slideshow (not the gallery).

thanks,
Kris

Sorry, do you have a link to your "v2 slideshow" so I can understand what you are trying to replicate?

In general, you would simply need to disable a few options in the X2 gallery, it conforms strictly to a slideshow and doesn't display the menu or thumbnails. This can be done in the settings ...

You can also point what folder you want the slideshow to go to by either using swfaddress format "#/content/path/", or by using parameter "?startpath=content/path", or by setting it directly in the config.

Sure, here's the link to the main site and top right you can see a "Slideshow" link, pointing to the Imagevue V1 slideshow. Because of the improved audio control, I simply would like to upgrade this slideshow to the X2 I downloaded.

Hope you can help me out.

Thanks a lot in advance,
Kris

http://www.krisvdv.net/pixelpost/index.php

Ok, your slideshow is here:
http://www.krisvdv.net/photos/slideshow.php

Generally, you need to simply update your gallery, by updating all the files in that folder to the new X2 files(You can keep your content folder with images). Then, you will need to change a handful of settings in the admin so that it works as a pure slideshow. You will need to hide the menu, some controls, and thumbnails. I can assist you if you like ....

mjau-mjau wrote:Ok, your slideshow is here:
http://www.krisvdv.net/photos/slideshow.php

Generally, you need to simply update your gallery, by updating all the files in that folder to the new X2 files(You can keep your content folder with images). Then, you will need to change a handful of settings in the admin so that it works as a pure slideshow. You will need to hide the menu, some controls, and thumbnails. I can assist you if you like ....

Karl, it would be cool if you could assist me, otherwise it will probably take me all day to find everything out.

Can't I just upload all files to a new directory, point the X2 to the same image folder and keep the old one just in case as a backup? Should we start with that?

Karl,

I uploaded the entire new X2 "imagevue" folder to my server.
I think I now have to change to 777 permission on some folders/files?

Can we do a little chat session? I think we can solve this in a few minutes.
google chat via kris.vandevijver@gmail.com

Many thanks.
Kris

I added you to gtalk, waiting for your reply ...

A silly question that I'm sure has been answered before, but I haven't had any luck finding a response to this question in the fora, nor have I seen it addressed in the online help documentation.

I'd like to add a link to a directory with a slideshow already started. I've learned that I can open a picture directly by using a URL like href="http://www.mysite.com/gallery/#/content ... image.jpg/" . Is ther ea way that I can tell imagevue to do something like that, but have slideshow mode "turned on" by default when the user arrives at that gallery, rather than having him or her press the play button?

Apologies for the double post. It seems like what I'd like to do is probably possible; if it's not, just let me know. I dug around and discovered that with version 1 of ImageVue, one could point to slideshow.php, and that would start the slideshow automatically. I'd like to reproduce this functionality in the latest version (I'm using 2.1.1): provide the user with a link that starts a given gallery's slideshow -- and starts the slideshow *playing,* so the user doesn't have to find and click the play button. Any thoughts? Thank you!

I had to check myself if this was possible, and unfortunately it is not currently possible, unless you set the config item slideshow.autoplay=true. Then of course, this will globally affect your gallery.

So YES, you can start from a specific folder, or a specific image, but you can not currently set slideshow to autoplay through URL parameters(It would have to be set globally). This will be possible in a a future release we are working on, with extended URL parameters. More:
viewtopic.php?t=5226

mjau-mjau wrote:Ok, your slideshow is here:
http://www.krisvdv.net/photos/slideshow.php

Generally, you need to simply update your gallery, by updating all the files in that folder to the new X2 files(You can keep your content folder with images). Then, you will need to change a handful of settings in the admin so that it works as a pure slideshow. You will need to hide the menu, some controls, and thumbnails. I can assist you if you like ....

Watching this has been quite interesting. As usual, superb assistance.

So I found this capability an interesting aspect of the tool. Can someone explain why there is a difference between the display/audio found when you go directly to the slideshow versus selecting from the link in the website here "http://www.krisvdv.net/pixelpost/index.php" ?

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gadgetologist wrote:So I found this capability an interesting aspect of the tool. Can someone explain why there is a difference between the display/audio found when you go directly to the slideshow versus selecting from the link in the website here "http://www.krisvdv.net/pixelpost/index.php" ?

Well, first of all, one of the links was the old Imagevue V1 gallery, while the latest link is part of the new Imagevue X2 configured as a slideshow. I beleive the old gallery is simply pointing towards an empty mp3 folder. I also think the gallery owner is perhaps not using the old gallery anymore, but not remove the files ... Hence the link still working.

mjau-mjau wrote:I had to check myself if this was possible, and unfortunately it is not currently possible, unless you set the config item slideshow.autoplay=true. Then of course, this will globally affect your gallery.

Thanks for the reply! I'll look forward to the next release.