Custom Simplix site in Joomla 1.5 with RokSlideshow
-
-
- Glorious
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 489
- Thanks: 2
-
The combination of this template with 1.5 is great. I had no problems with the install or customization, and was very happy to find the
RokSlideshow had been prepared for 1.5
by Pieter van Horssen. Now if I can get RokFlow on this site!!! :
gnosticbooks.org
-
-
-
- brian fleming
- Sr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 108
- Thanks: 0
-
Very Nice - your best yet
Brian Fleming
-
-
-
- Jia Lu
- Jr. Rocketeer
- Posts: 47
- Thanks: 0
- the slideshow is very lagging though...
- dengzu.com
-
-
-
- Heather Claus
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 301
- Thanks: 0
-
I really like the look of this site. It is clean, and makes me interested in your topics. I do have a few suggestions, although I'll admit they are just my personal peeves, so take them as you wish.
The slideshow is a bit slow, but the thing I'd really like to see is some sort of border setting it apart from the background. It just makes a picture look more finished, and sets it off as something important, IMO.
Also, I love simplix. It has been my favorite template to customize so far, but one thing I do not like is that it has the pathway in the transparent section whether or not the mainbody is there. I really prefer the pathway to be in the mainbody area, since that is ALWAYS on the page, and the rest of the transparent area may not be. I also expect to see the pathway int he mainbody area.
One last thing (and this is really small, but I figure I'll mention it), why not show the pathway ONLY on pages that are not the home page. It is easy, just add this snippet of code:
<?php if ($option!="com_frontpage") mosPathway(); ?>
instead of the regular pathway code, and you are good to go. I see the pathway (breadcrumbs) as a way to get back home, but you don't need it when you ARE home. - --
Heather M. Claus
www.nookienotes.com/index.php <--- in development
-
-
-
- Glorious
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 489
- Thanks: 2
-
Thanks for all the feedback!
I agree with all of your comments about the homepage and slideshow. I was hoping to find a way to make the slideshow add a border but it does not, which means all photos need to have it added. :-\
I agree as well with the pathway issue: where do you add that code?
Thanks again!! ;D
-
-
-
- Heather Claus
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 301
- Thanks: 0
-
I agree as well with the pathway issue: where do you add that code?
index.php
Do a search for pathway, then replace that line with the one I gave you. Simple, yet effective.
As far as the border thing goes... It seems that you could do that with CSS, but even if you do it with each image, that is simple enough with a batch process in Photoshop, ya? - --
Heather M. Claus
www.nookienotes.com/index.php <--- in development
-
-
-
- Glorious
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 489
- Thanks: 2
-
Actually
it would have to be css, since the images are being panned and zoomed...
BTW, I tried that line of code and got this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDIF in /home/gnosticb/public_html/templates/rt_simplix_j15/index.php on line 363
- Last Edit: 17 years 4 months ago by Glorious.
-
-
-
- Heather Claus
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 301
- Thanks: 0
-
LOL! Panned & Zoomed. I totally looked past that.
Anyway, it sould like you tried to replace the if statement. You want the next line that actually calls the pathway:
<?php mosPathway(); ?>
- --
Heather M. Claus
www.nookienotes.com/index.php <--- in development
-
-
-
- Glorious
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 489
- Thanks: 2
-
I do not see any line of code like that. Here is the relevant section.
<div id="pathway"> <?php if ($show_breadcrumbs == "true") : ?> <jdoc:include type="module" name="breadcrumbs" style="none" /> <?php endif; ?>
-
-
-
- Heather Claus
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 301
- Thanks: 0
-
Ok, I just saw the 1.5 in your title. Duh.
Does this work:
<?php if ($option!="com_frontpage") : ?> <?php if ($show_breadcrumbs == "true") : ?> <jdoc:include type="module" name="breadcrumbs" style="none" /> <?php endif; ?> <?php endif; ?> - --
Heather M. Claus
www.nookienotes.com/index.php <--- in development
-
Time to create page: 0.064 seconds