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WordPress Plugin: iSlidex

31 marzo 2010

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~ Jany

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Avvertimento Importante
iSlidex è attualmente alla versione 2.7

Anche le “Featured Images” (o “Miniature Articolo” in italiano) diventano slide!

iSlidex è un plugin per WordPress che mostra, con temi a scelta, immagini prese dagli ultimi post di una categoria scelta dall’amministratore del sito.

iSlidex visualizzerà sul vostro sito o blog, uno slideshow completamente automatizzato ed impostabile tramite il pannello amministrativo di WordPress.
Il plugin utilizza un sistema di ridimensionamento automatico delle immagini, abbinato ad una cache che memorizza le stesse in un formato compresso, per avere il minor impatto possibile sul server e renderne la visualizzazione immediata per i visitatori.
Abbiamo avuto un occhio di riguardo anche per il SEO, inserendo per le immagini gli attributi alt e title in modo automatico.
Potete anche scegliere se avere il titolo del post relativo alla slide che appare con il passaggio del mouse, in basso con una semi-trasparenza.
E’ infine disponibile anche un widget, del quale è possibile impostare separatamente tutti i parametri dalla stessa pagina di impostazioni, ma lo consigliamo solo a chi ha sidebar spaziose per rendere al meglio ;)

iSlidex è compatibile con WordPress 3.1+ e con tutti i maggiori browser: Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3+, Chrome 4+, Safari 4+, Opera 4+.
iSlidex utilizza jQuery.

Per la demo di uno degli stili disponibili, clicca qui.

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Scaricato 22,600 volte!

Istruzioni

1. Caricare la cartella islidex, una volta estratta dallo zip, dentro /wp-content/plugins/
2. Attivare il plugin dalla lista “Plugin” del pannello di controllo
3. Dal box “Impostazioni” andare sulla pagina impostazioni di iSlidex per settare categoria, numero di slide, misure (anche per il widget), temi ed effetti.
4. E’ possibile caricare il proprio islidex.css nella cartella del vostro template, per avere il massimo controllo dei css di iSlidex, l’importante è mantenere la stessa struttura div e id
5. Per impostare esattamente quale slide e thumb visualizzare nello slideshow, è possibile inoltre aggiungere nei post i campi personalizzati islidex_slide e/o islidex_thumb + il link diretto all’immagine

Post e Pagine

Usare:

[islidex]
<?php show_islidex(); ?> direttamente nel template o [php]show_islidex()[/php] direttamente nel post, se usate anche il plugin PHP Shortcode

Se nessuno dei codici sopra funziona, significa che o il vostro template o qualche altro plugin, stanno influenzando il normale funzionamento di WordPress e probabilmente anche di altri plugin. E’ logico che non possiamo prevedere il comportamento di tutti i plugin e template in circolazione, ma potete lasciare un commento spiegando esattamente il problema e cercheremo di aiutarvi.

Slideshow Personalizzati

Questa funzionalità è stata aggiunta per poter inserire slideshow con impostazioni diverse per pagine diverse, invece di usare solo quello principale settato dal pannello di amministrazione.

[islidex_custom cat=5 num=3 w=450 h=200 theme=1] in post e pagine
<?php show_customislidex(3,5,450,200,1); ?> da usare direttamente nel template
[php]show_customislidex(3,5,450,200,1); [/php] da usare nei contenuti, se usate anche il plugin PHP Shortcode

I parametri della funzione sopra riportati (3,5,450,200,1) sono solo un esempio, quindi sostituirli a seconda delle necessità e rispettando il loro significato e posizione:
cat = la categoria dal quale prendere i post, e quindi le slide
num = il numero di slide
w = larghezza dello slideshow, senza “px”
h = altezza dello slideshow, senza “px”
theme = numero del tema scelto (1 per Apple, 2 per Nivo, 3 per Piecemaker, 5 per Timeline)

Temi

Con la versione 1.8 sono stati introdotti temi per iSlidex, in modo che possiate scegliere il look migliore per il vostro sito. Potete comunque creare un file islidex.css da inserire nel vostro template, per avere un controllo maggiore dello slider.
Con le versioni successive verranno aggiunti nuoi temi, se ne avete creato uno che volete condividere, scrivete un commento a questo post!

I temi attualmente disponibili:
Apple

Nivo

Piecemaker 3D

Timeline

Greek

Shambix può creare qualsiasi tipo di plugin, tema e widget per WordPress, non a caso siamo tra i consulenti WordPress per l’Europa :) , quindi per qualsiasi richiesta basta contattarci!

iSlidex viene rilasciato con licenza GPLv2 ed è scaricabile gratuitamente dal sito ufficiale dei plugin WordPress.

FAQ

(inglese)

Controllare la pagina apposita su WordPress, oppure consultare il Forum.

Credits

Credits to TutorialZine for the Apple slider.
Credits to Brian Reavis for Captify.
Credits to Tim McDaniels for TimThumb.
Credits to Dev7Studios for the Nivo slider.
Credits to ModularWeb for the Piecemaker 3D slider.

Comments

good, I will try for my blog
thank’s

I would LOVE to see this as a post gallery plug-in – any chance of that happening soon?

Or do you know of a plug-in that looks like yours that is a gallery plug-in?

Due to the many requests we’ve had, we will probably extend iSlidex functionality to in-post gallery as well, in the next versions.
I can only think of NextGEN plugin at the moment, but you would have to create a separate gallery for every post, then add the gallery code in the post.

G R E A T N E W S !!

I HOPE IT IS SOON

KEEP ME POSTED, OK??

having a problem with that plugin. tryied to reinstall it hundreds of time – apart from a white space problem on line 1170 that everybody have , i have another problem. all files apart from php file are inactive! so i had to include path to css and js from headers.php

@ Yuri
What do you mean the files are inactive??
The whitespace issue doesnt occur on every website, however, we will look into that soon.

articolo impeccabile!tutto appare semplice quando lo scrivi te!

Ma sono l’unico Italiano o sono l’unico che sa poco inglese??
Comunque Veramente un ottimo plug-in!!!

@Jacob

Grazie!!! :)
Sappiamo di siti italiani che usano iSlidex, ma sei l’unico italiano che ha commentato ;)

MediaChandler, 20 gennaio 2011 - 09:25

Looks nice… we are gonna give it a shot!!

Great plugin! I’m using it as a slideshow and don’t want users to be able to click on the slide to go to the post, need it to just stand alone.
Any way to disable the slide linking to the post? THANKS!

@mel Thanks! To disable the links you would have to edit islidex.php manually I’m afraid. We might consider the option to disable links in next releases.

Yes, I’ve been poking around the php trying to find the right part to comment out myself… any hints? can i contact you directly via email about this? i’d be willing to donate to your cause in gratitude for the fix. thanks!

George Ntool, 2 febbraio 2011 - 18:45

Hi, i started to trying islidex. I like the apple theme but i cant find how i can modify the size of the thumbs (make em bigger) and more than 12, can you please help?

@mel Contact us at info AT shambix.com and we’ll see what we can do :)

@George You can make the thumbs bigger in the Apple theme, but the grey bar will not resize in height (the theme was specifically made to look in a certain way), so you’ll have to create a new thumb background bar too. What do you mean more than 12? you mean thumbs in a row? Have you tried adjusting the width? We can customize iSlidex for you for a fee, if you want.

Hello there,
I am using iSlidex on one project and maybe I missed something but is it possible to use custom fields in Pages to show images in the Carousel?
Thx

@Hugues As stated in the instructions, you just have to add the custom fields islidex_slide and/or islidex_thumb + direct link to the image, and it will be used inside the slider.
You can also add a “featured image”, if you prefer.
iSlidex works with all possible combination and this is the priority order (means that if image is not found in one method, iSlidex will look for an image with the next method):
1. Featured Image
2. Custom Fields
3. Any image inside the post
4. No image at all -> iSlidex will use a standard WP logo

Thx Jany. But somehow with the php code “show_islidex();” within my template page, it seems impossible to show any image using any methods (Features Image or custom fields). It works perfectly for Posts tho… But for Pages I am having a hard time even if I unselected any categorie from the dropdown menu in iSlidex configuration page.
So what should I do to be able to use iSlidex with Page (not Post). Any tutorial or external resources?
Thx for your time,

George Ntool, 2 marzo 2011 - 14:55

Hello, after one month and much work id like to ask something.
Id like to have 5 or more slides In the same time insted of one.
This is the link of the site to see how it is now.
I ve sent you an email, please keep me informed. Thank you so much.

@Hugues iSlidex is not meant to show pics from pages, that is why it won’t work, it can only show pics from posts in a category.
However, we could customize the plugin for your specific needs, for a fee. Please email us at info@shambix.com in case you want us to.

@George We got your email and replied! We can create a custom theme for you, just like you want it! :)

Thank you Jany I’ll check with my client and he’ll get back to you if he decides to add the functionnality.

Grazie per la risposta il mio tema è Black Label Studio Navy, mi interessava inserire il Piecemaker 3d nella homepage. Ho inserito solo il codice [islidex] come da istruzioni, è obbligatorio metterlo anche nel tema? Se si dove? Scusate ma di programmazione non capisco molto…

hai i tried piecemaker 3d slider for my website.
the problem is i can’t run see the sllider in IE7, Mozilla but in Google Chrome its running fine. Can u please help me to clear this problem…
Thank u.

Jany L. Martelli, 13 aprile 2011 - 20:15

@Sandy
iSlidex 2.5 works perfectly fine with Piecemaker in IE7,IE8,IE9, FF 3+, Chrome and Safari.
Try to use the standard WP theme and you’ll see.
Maybe your current theme is interfering with iSlidex theme, so try to see which CSS statements are causing the issue.

hi!
that’s some good stuff! thanks
but one simple and really important thing!
is there a way to show excerpt in the caption?!
I really need this!
should I place something in the codes?!
just let me know please!
Tnaks

and one more thing!
I really need the caption to be in “rtl” mode
I tried to do it by edditing CSS, but I failed! please help!

Jany L. Martelli, 19 aprile 2011 - 15:53

@ROver
Which template are you using?
Do you want us to customize iSlidex for you, for a fee?

Hello,
I am wondering if it is possible to put in either a custom caption or add a custom field such as to show the post excerpt?

Jany L. Martelli, 28 aprile 2011 - 23:56

@Ortixia
We could add that feature in the next versions, or we could do it right away for you, for a fee.
Contact us via email, if you’re interested.

This type of caption would be great : http://elegantthemes.com/preview/Aggregate/

For me, the caption with title only works on the first image.. after nothing appear

Jany L. Martelli, 30 maggio 2011 - 04:25

@Nico That’s a pretty sweet caption! :) We can do it for you, but for a fee. We don’t have much time to work on iSlidex for free these days, our clients need all of our time and energy. Let me know if you’re interested!

First off, great plugin. I’ve been looking and looking for something that behaves and functions like this and allowing for multiple galleries across a site.
One issue I’m having. I can use the code for the template:
and have it configured in the settings for my category, size, theme (Nivo)…works great everything is fine. But when I use the customized code:
, the slideshow shows up with no images and just the spinning loading icon. Any reason why it would do this?

Thanks!

ciao, ho difficoltà a far vedere islidex nel mio post. Per caso non funziona con il tema Photora Free
??

Jany L. Martelli, 1 luglio 2011 - 22:40

@Ron, please wrap your php code in these tags: [ cc lang="php"] your code[ /cc] (remove the space after [ )

@Mirko, qual è il problema esattamente? è possibile che alcuni template siano fatti un po’ male, o che abbiano librerie che vanno in conflitto con alcuni plugin. Puoi darmi il link alla pag che dici?

oops…sorry about the code.
Well I have the widget set up on one page using the Nivo settings. I get the black box with the spinning logo.
ON some other pages, I’m using the code for the custom slides:

<?php show_customislidex(1,4,300,300,2); ?>

same thing, just a black box with spinning loading icon
Seems to be a problem with Nivo slideshow for some reason. When I switch them to the other themes, they show up….Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ron

salve, ho istallato da poco questo plugin il mio problema è che se inserisco il tema apple le miniature mi escono in verticale, mentre il tema nivo mi decentra l’immagine a secodo del timo di monitor che utilizzo.
grazie

Jany L. Martelli, 4 luglio 2011 - 02:41

@Ron, don’t worry about the code. I believe that’s a bug, I have just pushed an update (2.6) for it, please get it and let me know if it works. Unfortunately we don’t have time to maintain the plugin actively, so I haven’t tested it. In case it doesn’t work, please do roll back to the previous version (2.5)

@Salvatore, pare che il tuo template stia interferendo con iSlidex, purtroppo capita, non è possibile prevedere tutte le casistiche. Usa FireFox con FireBug per capire quali regole del tuo css stanno dando noia ad iSlidex, altrimenti passami il link specifico e ci dò un’occhiata quando ho tempo.

islidex Widget not linking to posts problem.

DESCRIPTION
Widget links to page link that it is in rather than post link shown.

Seen in 2.5 and 2.6
FILE
islidex.php
FIX
Edit islidex.php
Edit function “widget” from line 1033.
Change 4 lines in each of the themes code and replace ” islidex_post” with “islidex_widget”.
For version 2.5
Lines for apple theme are are 1069,1075, 1084, 1091
Lines for novo theme are 1125, 1129, 1136, 1141

You can also get rid of the white space issues by editing the theme css files. e.g. islidex/themes/nivo/islidex_nivo.css

Enjoy

Andy

Also wanted to say THANKYOU to the developers for providin this plug in – a very nice piece of work!

Andy

I’m wondering, if there is a way to change the loading image slide. I looked in the image folder but it’s not there. Is it in the fla file? If so, is there a way to get that?
Thanks, I really love your plug-in! Thank you so much for making it so easy to add all that fun stuff!!

Bellissimo plugin!
Ho un problema però.. l’ho inserito nel template e fin lì tutto ok.
Ho provato a creare un articolo con i codici islidex_slide e islidex_thumb ma non mi vede le immagini.. al posto della thumb c’è il titolo dell’articolo e anche nella parte principale l’immagine non la prende..
Cosa sbaglio? :(

Thanks for this cool slider. Unfortunetely I do have a problem, a big one. I uploaded each photo I want the slider to display in seperate posts, all in the same category. I inserted (without spaces) in my template. I do see the slider but somehow it cannot find the photos and therefor the slider is ‘empty’.

Any ideas what the problem could be? Thanks in advance

Jany L. Martelli, 31 ottobre 2011 - 15:12

@Janja What loading image?
@Nur Hai messo i link diretti della slide e thumb come valori di quei campi? Se mi dai un link controllo
@Wouter Please do share your link so I can check what the issue could be.

Janja Watson, 31 ottobre 2011 - 16:13

When the website loads, it shows a grey slide with a script font saying: loading first image. I would like to change how that looks, if possible.
Thanks
Janja

Aaron Wahlquist, 5 novembre 2011 - 02:52

I am having trouble decreasing the bottom padding or margin of the iSlidex. I need to tighten up the information below he islidex. Awesome plugin BTW. I hope to use it with my other clients if I can get the particulars to work. Thank you for the free plugin.

Jany L. Martelli, 5 novembre 2011 - 02:54

@Wouter, this is a free plugin, we will help you whenever we have the time.
At the moment it looks like your slider is not finding any posts. Make sure you assign a category to islidex, with posts inside, that have at least 1 image uploaded inside each. Try with all the islidex themes and see if there is always the same issue.
@Janja, if you don’t tell us what template you are using, we cannot help you. If you are referring to Piecemaker, you will have to edit the fla files with Flash yourself, to change the loading frame look.
@Aaron, which template are you using? if it’s the Piecemaker, it DOES need padding around or it won’t display nicely, because of the rotation effect. Otherwise you can upload your own islidex.css to your template and it will override the default css.

Thank you for your reply Jany.

I have assigned a category to islidex and made a few posts in that particular category with 1 photo, yet it doesn’t display any photo. Somehow the path to the photos is wrong.

I tried all of the islidex themes on different wordpress themes but nothing works. Is there something I need to put in functions.php or something?

I’ll do my best to figure out what’s wrong. I hope you have some more ideas on how to fix this problem. Thank you for your time!

Best regards, Wouter

Janja Watson, 8 novembre 2011 - 02:28

Hi Jany,
yes I’m using the piecemaker but I can’t find the fla file in the folder. Where can I get that?
Thanks
Janja

Jany L. Martelli, 18 novembre 2011 - 03:21

@Wouter Please set up a permanent page where I can check your iSlidex, whenever I get some free time and hopefully identify the issue.
@Janja Then Im sorry, we probably didn’t include it in the latest release.

However, hopefully before the new year, we will release a new awesome version of iSlidex, with maybe more themes and updates for the Nivo AND the Piecemaker.
Also, we will add ability to link up slides to custom links, not just posts, and other stuff that our users have suggested.
Stay tuned for updates!

Hey Jany, sorry for removing the slider. I put it back and you can find it on http://www.wouterjongeneel.com/benjamin/

I’ve put the script that shows the slider directly in the template. I assigned a category to the slider and made 2 posts in that category, each with one photo in it.

Whenever you have free time and feel like taking a look, go ahead. Thank you so much for your help and I’m looking forward to your reply.

With kind regards,

Wouter

We are using this plugin (nivo) on one of our websites, but want to remove the dots under the slides… we went into the islidex_nivo.css and commented out the lines 399-428 and the dots are gone like we want, but in the top left corner of the slides now is a blue number, 0122, that shows up on the first slide and then for a split second in the same place with the same number on slides after they change. Any ideas on why this occurs? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

So I’ve had my web guy install this and we didn’t realize that if you have more then 13 images the thumbnails don’t follow you past the last one showing. Would you mind taking a look and see if there is something in the code that is preventing it or is that a limitation of the code. Very much appreciated and thanks for sharing it! http://www.fotoflare.ca/portfolio/

Hi,

Spent a fruitless day with iSlidex. Downgraded from 3.3.1 to 3.2.1, followed all possible troubleshooting advices. All frames show up but photos not correct linked. Using multi site blogs.dir. Photos are in correct mapp. Captions present. Please assist with new solution. I´ve done all the above and what is written in the readme file.

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