Need help, Interesting Slide show !!

Rajdeep · #1 10-16-2008, 03:13 AM

Hi all,

I am attempting to setup slide show with some preselected products. When tested it is running fine on my local host.

When I am uploading it to X-cart in the home page (using e.g.: slide_show.tpl) a blank image box shows up where there is flickers but the actual images don't show up....

I have pasted the codes I tried below. Can someone suggest the error. It would be useful for lot many other users too.

Thanks in advance...

Codes:
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<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body>
<img src="{$ImagesDir}/scroller images/100048.jpg" name="slide" border="0" width="115" height="56" />
<script>

</script>
</body>
</html>
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Balinor, may I request you for help please...

balinor · #2 10-16-2008, 03:17 AM

You need to surround the javascript with {literal} tags:

{literal}Javascript here {/literal}

Rajdeep · #3 10-16-2008, 06:19 AM

Thanks Balinor for your prompt response as always...

Unfortunately the codes are still not working (reason of my delayed response). Was trying with some variations here & there...

Is there any other error in the codes below which I might have overlooked? Your inputs would be of immense help.

Thank you once again,

Regards,

balinor · #4 10-16-2008, 06:22 AM

Well you can't use Smarty in there, so instead of {$ImagesDir} use skin1/images/

Rajdeep · #5 10-16-2008, 07:38 AM

Balinor thanks again !

Weird it still shows no result in home page (customer/home.tpl) where I called this file just below the help.tpl

The file slide_show.tpl has these set of codes based on your inputs
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<html>
<head>
{literal}
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
{/literal}
</head>
<body>
<img src="skin1/images/scroller images/100048.jpg" name="slide" border="0" width="115" height="56" />
{literal}
<script>

</script>
{/literal}
</body>
</html>

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I am stuck there BOSS....

balinor · #6 10-16-2008, 07:40 AM

Are you trying to just put that code in? Because it doesn't work that way - you need to add the script in the head to the actual head of the site, which is in customer/home.tpl. Then you need to add the second part where you want it to show in the templates. Follow me? You don't add body, head, or html tags - those can only be in one place - customer/home.tpl

Rajdeep · #7 10-16-2008, 07:50 AM

Sorry Balinor if I sound dumb, though I understand what you mean but if I am not troubling you too much cud you let me know which part of the codes mentioned below I add in the home.tpl file & what of the balance codes I put in the said slide_show.tpl which has been called below help.tpl in the customer/home.tpl....

Please help me out of this silly thing....

balinor · #8 10-16-2008, 07:52 AM

Ok, open up customer/home.tpl and place this right before the </head> tag:

{literal}
<script type="text/javascript">

</script>
{/literal}

then put this part wherever you want the slideshow to appear:

<img src="skin1/images/scroller images/100048.jpg" name="slide" border="0" width="115" height="56" />
{literal}
<script>

</script>
{/literal}

Usually that would go on customer/main/welcome.tpl if you wanted it to appear on the home page.

Rajdeep · #9 10-16-2008, 07:58 AM

Thanks Boss,

while I try the way suggested by you, let me specify what we are doing currently with welcome.tpl

We are using the welcome.tpl for a Offer announcement with an 360 px by 145 px rectangle with 4 product images inside; each linking to an offer. We wanted to use the empty space below help.tpl (in our home page) to display additional offers in a flash like app.

So what do I do .....

balinor · #10 10-16-2008, 07:59 AM

Then put the second bit of code wherever help.tpl is - probably customer/home.tpl