slideshow: no page refresh + number of pictures unknown

Friday 20 February 2009 11:31:18 am

Hi Victor Dujardin,
i think that you have just to make the pagination on the picture. so you don't need javascript for this.

try this code:

{def $page_limit = 1
		$classes = array( 'your_class_name' )
		$children = array()
		$children_count = ''}


{set $children=fetch_alias( 'children', hash( 'parent_node_id', $node.node_id,
							      'offset', $view_parameters.offset,
							      'sort_by', $node.sort_array,
							      'class_filter_type', 'include',
							     'class_filter_array', $classes,
							     'limit', $page_limit
							  )
					 )
						  
       $children_count=fetch_alias( 'children_count', hash( 'parent_node_id', $node.node_id,
										 'class_filter_type', 'include',
									        'class_filter_array', $classes
									      ) 
						)
	}
	     {foreach $children as $child }
		     {node_view_gui view='line' content_node=$child}
              {$child.data_map.your_attribute_name image_class=imagelarge}
	      {/foreach}
	      
	    {include name=navigator
		      uri='design:navigator/google.tpl'
		      page_uri=$node.url_alias
		      item_count=$children_count
		      view_parameters=$view_parameters
		item_limit=$page_limit}

use the:

$node.node_id 

if you are in an override template
good luck

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The practice is when everything works and nobody knows why.
If the practice and theory are met, nothing works and we do not know why.

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Tuesday 24 February 2009 5:11:12 am

Hi victor,

you said that:

...I know about pagination but in a block, doesn't seem to be possible. 

what means block for you?

if you are not in an override template, make this in your template :

{def $picture=fetch( 'content', 'node' ,hash(node_id, the_id_of_your_node))}

and after replace

$node
by 
$picture

i think this can help you.

The theory is when we know everything and nothing works.
The practice is when everything works and nobody knows why.
If the practice and theory are met, nothing works and we do not know why.

Albert Einstein

Tuesday 24 February 2009 9:09:20 am

Hi Victor,

if You want to tranfer variables from eZ template Code to javascript,
I suggest to define an array in the template like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
   var imagearray = new Array(
   {foreach $block.valid_nodes as $valid_node}
      "{$valid_node.data_map.image.content.image_class.url}",
   {/foreach}
   );
//-->
</script>

(depending "image as attribute identifier" and "image_class" as valid class defined in image.ini)

The javascript to scroll all images in this array is best placed in the foot of the page.
Then it will be called after the array has been created.
Also it is more performant, if the includes of javascript files are bein included inn the foot of a page.

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Tuesday 24 February 2009 10:17:14 am

ps: "And I am not on a specific node" is wrong.

The frontpage you are editing / displaying is the node.

It has an attribute where the complete "ezflow" magic lives.

You can pass down other variables from the node template all the way to the block template if needed.
In particular this can be helpful to avoid fetching the same data many times.

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