[Plugin: Portfolio Slideshow] multiple slideshows on one page?

Hi Mason,
There is currently no way to put two slideshows on the same page. The programming gets a lot more complicated to do that, and I haven’t quite figured it out. I’ve been getting better at jQuery, though, I’ll add it to the list of features I’d like to add.

Cheers,
Dalton

No worries, I think I can work around the issue, but yes that would be a nice feature to have for future releases.

thanks!

Hey Dalton Rooney, mtgentry,

Have you managed to make multiple galleries? This is one of the most wanted feature for WP default gallery alternatives!

Please let me know, how it is going.

BR,

Sergey

Hi Sergey,
I have a big plan to clean up the javascript code in the plugin, which will allow me to add the multiple galleries feature. (I already did it in my Haiku plugin, for example, although that one is a bit simpler). It’s a big job, though – I don’t yet have an ETA for when it will be ready. Hopefully before the end of the year.

Cheers,
Dalton

I think it is pretty easy to implement the function.

The user shall simply add an ID to the shortcode:

[portfolio_slideshow id=”1″] and the plugin shall assign the ID to JS.

What do you think?

Yes, but each slideshow already has an ID which is based on the Post ID, which is necessary for index pages. Plus I don’t want users to have to think about this stuff – if they forget to add an ID they will wonder why it’s broken and email me. : )

So I need to implement an ID system which is compatible with both single pages & index pages. It’s just incrementing a static variable – you’re right, not so hard.

But I really want to move the javascript to an external file as well. Each individual slideshow has it’s own list of options which need to be accounted for, so I need to get the options from PHP into the JS, and I haven’t decided on the best way to do it.

OK, you talked me into it. I went ahead and switched the slideshow IDs to a static incrementing variable and moved a few things around. 0.5.9 now has multiple slideshow/page support! I just uploaded it to the repository, give it a try and see what you think.

Next up is really cleaning up my javascript, though. It’s just too messy with all of the inline scripts& re-declaring everything for each iteration of the slideshow.

Thank you very much Dalton!

How many slideshows can I use? Any number?

I also played with some styles of your slideshow in order to align navigation to the right, it is OK in the first slideshow, but the second one is wrong – still aligned to the left. Don’t think it will be hard to realign it myself, however it’s pretty weird, since both of the appearances shall be one and the same.

Thank you very much again for the great plugin.

Sorry, it was the matter of my cache, both slideshows are aligned perfectly.
Thanks!

Yeah, I think it should support any number of slideshows. The images *must* be on attached to the current page/post though. This is because of a missing feature in WP. Technically I can grab attachments from other posts but there’s no way to sort them, so I’ve turned that off for now.

OK, glad to hear that it was just a cache issue!

Cool, it can support any number of slideshows now! Now it’s the best slideshow plugin for WP!

Grats!

According to the readme

“Multiple slideshows per post/page

As of 0.5.9, you can insert multiple slideshows per post/page, by including different attachment ids in your shortcode. Example:

[portfolio_slideshow include=”1,2,3″]

[portfolio_slideshow include=”4,5,6″]

This example will create two slideshows on the page with two sets of images.”

I’ve installed the plugin, configured the slideshow features and styled it successfully, the sideshow works and is beautiful! Now I am trying to add a 2nd slideshow to a page and can’t seem to get past the “include=”1,2,3” addition to the shortcode.

the code for the single slideshow (the one that works)
<div class="sensesSlide">[portfolio_slideshow]</div>

Of course, I started by adding all attachment IDs, instead of testing it with a few.

<div class="sensesSlide">[portfolio_slideshow include="1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18"]</div>
<div class="sensesSlide">[portfolio_slideshow include="19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27"]</div>

That didn’t work, so I went with something simple, like this:
<div class="sensesSlide">[portfolio_slideshow include="1,2,3"]</div>

And the slideshow is still no longer visible. Thoughts?

using WP3.0.2
Portfolio Slideshow v0.5.9.2

Are you sure those attachment IDs are images that were actually uploaded to the page you’re inserting the slideshow on? This is a little confusing, maybe the documentation needs to be clearer, but it only works with images that are attached to the page you’re on. It’s a limitation with WordPress’ query sort features.

Dalton

Thank you for the prompt reply.

I am positive the files are uploaded to that page. However, I am not clear on Attachment IDs. A thumbnail rollover (ff or safari) does not show attachment id. A search for attachment id tells me the same thing, that a rollover of the thumb in the add media popoup interface will reveal it, but i do not see an ID in the status as you do when you determine a post id. I cannot find it in the resulting html either.

I used “1,2,3” in the shortcode, but I think that is referring to the sort order. They are the only numbers I could find that are associated with the images I’ve uploaded.

I have checked the rollover status of the thumbnails in 5 locations – 2 each in page specific gallery and the “media library”, both with the “show” on and “hide” on. I even tried it with the thumbnail found in the image editor. I copied the image location from the editor and saw a number that looked interesting, but it is indeed random.

postid=2085&rand=37397

I believe this is the issue.