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[kmjperformance]

This is all very cool! How would I go about placing something like this on an external webpage on my site and also, I only want to display the items from a certain category? I'm guessing I'm going to need to do some sql commands?

Thanks a bunch in advance!

[leannew]

Originally Posted by PhilJ

Here's a mod for featured products, based on this...
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/featuredcontentglider.htm

Thanks PhilJ great mod just one problem does not scroll through images in Frefox -just has a static image of 1 featured product only .Works great in IE .
Anyway to fix this as it is very cool

[chris.barber]

I had a look at Phils demo page in IE and Firefox and it is working great in both.

[shopccp]

Has anyone tried this for xcart-gold 4.2?

[Learner]

Originally Posted by gfiebich

I wanted a way to jazz up the Featured Items display on my store's homepage without using Flash or orther plugins. The Conveyor Belt Slideshow javascript found on DynamicDrive.com fit the bill. The trick was to build the image array from the Featured Items in X-cart. Here are the steps to get this working:

1. Open skin1/customer/products.tpl and find

   {if $usertype eq "C" and $config.Appearance.products_per_row ne "" and $config.Appearance.products_per_row gt 0 and $config.Appearance.products_per_row lt 4 and ($featured eq "Y" or $config.Appearance.featured_only_multicolumn eq "N")}

   and replace that with

   {elseif $usertype eq "C" and $config.Appearance.products_per_row ne "" and $config.Appearance.products_per_row gt 0 and $config.Appearance.products_per_row lt 4 and ($featured ne "Y" and $config.Appearance.featured_only_multicolumn eq "N")}

2. Now, just above that, paste

   {if $featured eq "Y"}
   {literal}
   
   
   {/literal}

3. Copy the code from DynamicDrive: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex14/leftrightslide.htm
   and paste it just between the {literal}s.
4. In the code you just got from DynamicDrive, find

   leftrightslide[0]='[img]dynamicbook1.gif[/img]'
   leftrightslide[1]='[img]dynamicbook2.gif[/img]'
   leftrightslide[2]='[img]dynamicbook3.gif[/img]'
   leftrightslide[3]='[img]dynamicbook4.gif[/img]'
   leftrightslide[4]='[img]dynamicbook5.gif[/img]'

   and replace it with

   {/literal}
   {section name=product loop=$f_products}
   
   leftrightslide[{counter}]='{include file="product_thumbnail.tpl" productid=$products[product].productid image_x=$config.Appearance.thumbnail_width product=$products[product].product tmbn_url=$products[product].tmbn_url}'
   
   {/section}
   {literal}

5. That's it - modify the variables in the DynamicDrive script as needed and feature some items in the store admin.

A couple of notes: I wasn't able to get this code to function both at the home-level and in subcategories (has to do with the $productid variable format changing), the thumbnail images are aligned=bottom, the images scroll right to left (negative numbers in the settings don't have the expected results). If you have questions about the code, please don't paste any of the DynamicDrive script in your message as that would violate their TOS. This was done in X-Cart Gold 4.0.17.

happy modding,
-Glen

Hi
Thanks gfiebich for your such fine codes.Is it possible to see on Recommended products list on product page?If possible how?

Thanks to all again.

[just_me]

gfiebich,
Thanks for helping me some "bells and whistles" to my xcarty.

I got the links to the thumbs working also.
If you added the align center feature, the slideshow rotation sequence disappears leaving a gap on the left before beginning a new rotation slideshow in some IE browsers. Removing "align center" from the table properties fixes this.

[spyderwoman]

I cant seem to get the toggle buttons to center. Any Ideas?
https://www.greenpeanursery.com/cart/home1.php

[spyderwoman]

Thanks Just Me, I now have my buttons aligned and it works in IE thanks to you but now my box is off center... Any ideas?

[spyderwoman]

Sorry, but does anyone know why this doesnt work in IE? Google and Firefox seem fine but there is a missalignment in IE
https://www.greenpeanursery.com

[Total Supply]

The images seem to appear alright in both IE and Firefox however the speeds vary a lot. In IE the images stagger very badly does anyone know a fix for this?