Major Additions - [DBTech] vBSlider v3 (vB3)

vBSlider: What is it?
vBSlider is a professional slider mod, allowing administrators to show the latest threads and custom-defined content in a jQuery based slider.

Uses

vBSlider can be used on the Forum to promote your latest content, as well as custom content.

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Differences between Pro and Lite

Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com

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Translations may be available @ http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forums/91-Translations
Support for translations handled by the translator in its respective threads only.

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Complete Feature List (Lite)

General Settings

• Option to display version number in widget footer
• Option to not load jQuery, if it is already being called by another modification
• Option to select which version of jQuery to load
• Default image for CMS content items that do not have an associated image (a default DragonByte Tech image is provided) [vB4.x only]
• Default image for Forum content items that do not have an associated image (a default DragonByte Tech image is provided)
• Default image for Blog content items that do not have an associated image (a default DragonByte Tech image is provided)
• Default image for DragonByte Gallery content items that do not have an associated image (a default DragonByte Tech image is provided)

Multiple Slider Instances

• Ability to create and insert virtually unlimited sliders across your forum
• All settings below are customised on a per-instance basis

CMS Options (as a Widget on CMS pages) [vB4.x only]

• Option to select how many articles from the CMS you want to display
• Option to select which CMS sections you want to include/exclude from the slider
• Option to select how many threads from the forum you want to display
• Option to select which forums you want to include/exclude from the slider
• Option to select how many blog entries from the blogs you want to display
• Option to select which blog categories you want to include/exclude from the slider
• Option to select how many [DBTech] Gallery images you want to display
• Option to select which [DBTech] Gallery instances you want to include/exclude from the slider
• Option to select how many custom content items you want to display
• Option to select how many characters of the content item you want to display

Forum Options (as a Widget on Forum Home, vB3 & vB4)

• Option to enable or disable the widget on Forum Home
• Option to select location for the widget on Forum Home (above or below forums)
• All of the other options listed for the CMS [vB4.x only]

Customisation

• Stylevars available for both the CMS and Forum versions, so that you can match each one to your specific design [vB4.x only]
• External CSS file available so you can match the slider to your forum [vB3.x only]
• Ability to define a maximum width and height for the slider (in StyleVars for vB4, in CSS for vB3)
• Fully phrased to allow for customization for different languages

Additional Feature List (Pro)

General Settings

• Option to move Copyright location from below slider to site footer
• Option to change the default image for CMS content items that do not have an associated image (vB4 Only)
• Option to change the default image for Forum content items that do not have an associated image
• Option to change the default image for Blog content items that do not have an associated image
• Option to use IMG tags inside the content types to allow for external images to be used inside of the slider

CMS [vB4.x only] and Forum Options (as a Widget on CMS/Forum pages, CMS is vB4 Only)

• Option to select how long each content item displays before transitioning to the next slide
• Option to pick the location inside the slider for the content
• Option to pick the text alignment of the content

Custom Content Options

• This gives you the ability to create your own content items to display to your users
• Ability to define a title for the content
• Ability to define a message for the content. Message can include HTML formatting
• Ability to define a link if you want to provide additional information in a separate location
• Ability to define a link to an image for the content item
• Option to pick the location inside the slider for the content
• Option to pick the text alignment of the content
• Option to enable/disable on the CMS [vB4.x only]
• Option to enable/disable on Forum Home
• Option to enable/disable site wide
• Option to select the target location for the link to open in
• Option for 'banner-only', so if no text is in the message area, the content slider doesn't show
• All of the above options are definable for each custom content item

Customisation

• Ability to define the width of the content area when located on the left or right side (in StyleVars for vB4, CSS for vB3)

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This mod displays a copyright notification at the bottom of the widget which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage

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[DragonByte Tech]

Update

Hotfix: PHP 5.4 Compatibility fixes


This does not guarantee the mod is error free on PHP 5.4, but it will take care of the reported errors. Thank you all for your reports



Fillip

[rockerzteam]

How do I get VbAdvance CMPS to work with vbslider.

Just read that the CMS module is only supported in VB4!

[rockerzteam]

How hard is it to code a widget for 3.0.1 on vb 3.8.7?

[DragonByte Tech]

vB3 does not have widget support.

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

Changed Features:

• A fresh copy of the jQuery library is now only downloaded if one has not been downloaded previously. Requires updating of all other affected DBTech mods to take full effect.

Fillip

[keharris53]

Hello, I've installed this and have used the auto display to place it after the navbar (v3.8.4). I have a jquery.js script in the forum root clientscript directory and I've placed this line in the headinclude <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/jquery.js"></script> above the other script entries. What else is required to make this visible? Thanks.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by keharris53

Hello, I've installed this and have used the auto display to place it after the navbar (v3.8.4). I have a jquery.js script in the forum root clientscript directory and I've placed this line in the headinclude <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/jquery.js"></script> above the other script entries. What else is required to make this visible? Thanks.

You do not need to manually deploy jQuery in order to use our products


Fillip

[keharris53]

Hi Fillip, if by that you mean I can use a url link to the library, otherwise I'm not sure what you mean. Whether I use a link to the script or access the library from an outside source like Google, I still have the problem of launching the slider. It doesn't appear. I believe that by placing the code above in the headinclude pointing to the script, the slider should be visible unless I'm missing a step somewhere. Do I need to identify the script version? If so, where? There is no place for that in the options. Thanks.

Okay, I think I got it. The jquery is being accessed remotely, possibly via the product (xml) file perhaps? That being the case, it doesn't resolve the actual problem being that the slide is not appearing on my forum. I've removed the line entry in the
headinclude.

Also for those interested, in the xml product, line # 1507 has the wrong url for the easing demo, which you link to in the "Manage Instances" settings option in the ACP. At the bottom of the configuration file is a section entitled Transition Easing. That link takes you to a demo. The url in line 1507 of the product should be: <a href="http://jqueryui.com/easing/" target="_blank">...