Image Slider update

[Mark]

Could Block Image Slider be updated to :

1/ To display video. (Constraints)

2/ Each Slide List item Conditionally for Country as well as language (Im thinking based on Cloudflare country headers or whatever else works better)

3/ permit multiple sliders in different locations, even alongside another. (because two can be made to fit width wise, but not functionality wise) Ideally instead of using pixel count, use, % of screen. Not exactly a priority but a maybe.

4/ Interact better with blogs or products so we can just select a blog or product to use and and it will dynamically use relevant pics and text from that, but where the text can be overridden.

5/ Expiry Date for a list item so after that date it is disabled (disable module if there's no other valid items in the list)

 

Or do we just keep as is and go buy one from the market if we want a good one?

Edited October 24, 2022 by Mark

[Obi]

On 10/23/2022 at 8:38 PM, Mark said:

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Or do we just keep as is and go buy one from the market if we want a good one?

Looks like you got your answer 😞

[the.rampage.rado]

28 minutes ago, Obi said:

Looks like you got your answer 😞

This is basic slider. Not everything can be implemented and come free with support, etc.

Revolution was good but it does not work under php 7.4 and later (lots of warnings and notices) and for 8 it will be a nightmare.

The developer is not interested in supporting thirty bees. 😕

[Obi]

1 hour ago, the.rampage.rado said:

This is basic slider. Not everything can be implemented and come free with support, etc.

Revolution was good but it does not work under php 7.4 and later (lots of warnings and notices) and for 8 it will be a nightmare.

The developer is not interested in supporting thirty bees. 😕

It's part of the core distribution - therefore it should be supported.

That is my opinion, but that and a couple of dollars MIGHT get you a coffee at one of the carry-out gas stations or maybe a truck stop if you have a discount card.

I also have a problem with it, I can't get it to display in the displayHomeTab/displayHomeTabContent hooks so that it will appear to the right of my left column and above the homepage "tab" content (I manually hooked via the database including the displayHomeTabContent hook but it still does not display).

If you have any ideas that might reduce my effort (like where/how to rewrite the hooks) I would appreciate it. I'm trying to set time aside today to dig into the module code, in the hope to figure it out. But I really don't believe I should have to waste time like this on such an essential module and use scenario. But then that is my problem with all of the free stuff, many of the essentials are tossed to the side in favor of other efforts... and I cannot afford any of the paid solutions, even though they are only marginally better. Even the intros/trials for those solutions are too costly for me, plus the constant UI changes and "new module" costs that nickel and dime you to death aren't worth the frustration or the price! (IMO)

The following is a depiction of what I want to do - this should have been easy-peasy right out of the box - but alas it is not...

[the.rampage.rado]

And it is supported. Regular (as much as possible) updates are made and bugs are fixed. But if we expect that this slider will be released for free and will have the functionality of a paid module with 300 kb of main php files and 500 kb of js derived from WP and many other systems.... I don't think this is realistic and should not be.

[Obi]

On 9/20/2024 at 2:56 AM, the.rampage.rado said:

And it is supported. Regular (as much as possible) updates are made and bugs are fixed. But if we expect that this slider will be released for free and will have the functionality of a paid module with 300 kb of main php files and 500 kb of js derived from WP and many other systems.... I don't think this is realistic and should not be.

Yeah, bloated code stats don't impress me - at all - so we're just gonna have to disagree on this one...

I just started working on an owl carousel plugin, not sure how far that will get before the end of the year as I have other obligations and projects, but hopefully I will have something far better than homeslider before the end of the year. I MIGHT even be convinced to give it away for free - we'll see.

PS: If someone has already done owl carousel for TB1.4 - I would love to not have to reinvent the wheel so to speak!

Edited September 29 by Obi