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Awkward Showcase (FREE)

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This extension is based on Joakim Strandell's Awkward Showcase jQuery plugin. Original code here.

I have to say I really do like this slider - lots of really nice features! And I mean lots!

Things to look out for:-

A debug tool to trace your mouse co-ordinates to help find X and Y values for Tooltip placement!
Auto play option.
Dynamic height facility - see demo slide 4!!!!
Transition delays and other transition options.
Tooltips (5 allowed per slide) and linkable!!!
Navigation variations.
Thumbnail positioning options - horizontal, vertical, inside the slide or outside the slide.
Captions.

Have fun but PLEASE READ THE HELP FILE BEFORE you contact me for support.

Demo available from my demo site. Extension available from the main WWB extension site and the demo site. See links in signature.
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Better hold of for a while...........found 25 errors when validating the page and a couple of issues in IE.

Sorry!

EDIT: Went off a bit premature didn't I!!!! Fixed the validation errors (not uploaded a new version yet as IE is still a problem).
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Apologies! :oops:

All fixed now. Version 1.0.0.1 now available from both locations. Validation errors fixed, IE issues resolved and Help PDF updated. :)

Phew! :roll:
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Love the extension. Well done Paul. :D
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There's still something wrong with the script as it is killing my browser
I think there's a looping issue somewhere
Viewing this on your demo pages,Paul

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haakoo,

Give me a clue - what's happening, what are you seeing, what IE version?
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Awesome Paul....!!!!
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Paul,using IE9.

Have to kill the browser with taskmanager
Usually it's a looping script that makes this happen

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Haakoo,

Can you to two things please:-

[a] Refresh your IE browser, do a forced Ctrl+F5 as I made several updates late last night, and one this morning.

Go to the original authors demo pages and see if the same is happening on his pages.
Go here.

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I looked at your site this morning and this afternoon it still persists
The original author/code site doesn't bog down the browser nor does it when testing your ext. in wb
So it's just a guess where it is coming from,maybe a conflict scripts on your page

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Haakoo,

Ah ok, so it's just the demo page that is a problem for you. I'll have a look at that...there is a lot happening on that page. (Rollovers, chat script, a couple of events, Google Adsense, layer events plus the extension stuff.

The trouble is I don't have any problems with IE9 and everything appears to work as expected. No lag, no displacement, smooth operation. What version are you using? Do you have any IE tools to dig deeper (do you even want to??). Difficult for me to fix an issue I can't duplicate or see myself.....
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Paul it's working fine now

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28/05/12 (13:09) : Add to properties to control the positions of the navigation buttons.
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Goodmorning Paul,
can you help me please? I have some photos 600X400 px, i use the extension inside an inline frame 824X620 px.
when i preview it the arrow right dosent appear, i have set the dimension of the extension at 600X400...
what am i doing wrong? or how can i move the arrows closer to the photos?
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Stamjoe,

Can you upload the pages so I can see what's happening?
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Hi Paul,

Using your excellent Awkward Showcase, and getting my head round how it works.

I setting it up it on http://www.angelauren.co.uk/gallery.html and it looks like its just the job for my client.

I'm using the Tooltip to give the details of each painting, but want to avoid users accidentally clicking on the Tooltip Cross (or double tapping on a tablet) and linking/opening a new tab/page - albeit the same page.

I can't see a way to have a link that 'does nothing' - but then I'm no expert!

Any suggestions, please
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Don,

I wouldn't use the +icon to display the painting details - I would use captions. Why make the customer work?

The tooltip +icon is meant to be used to provide extra or special information and is there to allow the visitor to hover to see that extra information and, CLICK to get even more by visiting the link you set. Think of it as an enhanced information provider not as the primary information giver. So the tooltip is designed purposely to have the ability to link to a new page and there is no option not to have a link....thus I wouldn't use it the way you are.

If anything I would show a caption of the painting name, method, size and price and make the +icon link to a purchasing page so the +icon becomes a "buy now", or if you are unable to do that then make it go to a contact page of some kind to make further enquiries.
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I understand what you say, but the idea of using a tooltip in this case is that the info' is NOT immediately visible - perhaps letting the viewer 'like' the picture before he sees how much it costs, etc.

I seem to have found a solution that works for me, by setting the AllToolTip Target Windows to Same Window, and the link to an 'empty' Page in this Project - so the page just reloads

I should have spotted this before posting, but with a new extension it takes time to find all the options.

Thanks for your reply, anyway. OOOOOOOPS!

Just tested this and had not realised that as it reloads the page, it goes to the first picture rather than staying on the one where the tooltip was clicked - so back to the drawing board! :evil:



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Don,

If you want to use Awkward for this I suggest using the caption but have it delayed and then use the tooltip to link to a BUY page or a CONTACT page.
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Paul,

Many thanks for the suggestion - using Captions instead of ToolTips, I could not find 'Delayed' but, with How will captions appear set to Hover looks like the way to go for me.

I can't get the caption to disappear on an Ipad, but that may just be my own 'finger trouble' and not a big deal anyway.

I could not find any setting for the caption width - although the full width I have at present will do if it not adjustable.

Just to check - is there a way to check that I have the latest version, just in case there is a later one that DOES have a Delayed setting?

Your help with this is much appreciated. Don
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Don,

My mistake - the delayed caption was a setting I was trying to implement but could never get the JS to work, so I never released it. When I checked earlier I must have opened that version not the live version.

You might have more options available to you using Camera Slideshow?
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Hi Paul,

Me again with a couple more queries:

I am displaying pictures using the Awkward Showcase at http://www.angelauren.co.uk/index.html

as on this page Image
Some of the pictures are square, and some rectangular, but the thumbnails are all rectangular.
Not a big problem, but is there any way that the thumbnails can reflect the large view shape?

Also - again not a big deal - but as shown for the second picture, I tried reducing the thumbnail height for one of the rectangular pics, but got the grey area (arrowed). Is there any way to change this to white ?

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Don,

I am sure the thumbnail background probably could be changed but I don't have the time. I am happy to fix bugs but at the moment I am not adding to or enhancing any of my extensions.
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Paul,

OK - As I said, no big deal

Does the same situation apply to the thumbnail shape ? :?
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Yep.
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This is for Adendum or anyone who might know...

Is there an easy way to make Awkward Slideshow loop instead of playing once?
Also, does anyone know if there is an easy way to change the nav arrow images?

...or, does anyone know of a similar extension that permits these mods?

Thanks in advance!

PS: I found a thread on the autoplay stopping problem. Perhaps Adendum could update the extension file with this fix and rebuild it?

1.- Open "jquery.aw-showcase.js"

2.- Go to line 226, it should be:

if (myInterval) { pause_loop = true; clearInterval(myInterval); }

3.- Replace it with:

if (myInterval)
{
if (options.stoponclick) { pause_loop = true; }
clearInterval(myInterval);
}

4.- Save.
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