Builds an xml playlist for the JW image rotator

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sjscosta Reply #1, 18 years, 1 month ago

I need to build an xml playlist for the JW image rotator from a directory of images or flash files.
I use to AUtoSlides snipped (http://modxcms.com/AUtoSlides-1753.html), but doesn´t work sad

How do I do?

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ronaldlokers Reply #2, 18 years, 1 month ago

What steps did you take to install the snippet and what part does not work?
Can you show us a example of the document that has to output the xml file?

with regards,

Ronald Lokers
'Front-end developer' @ h2o Media

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sjscosta Reply #3, 18 years, 1 month ago

I create a new snipped with autoslides name, in the next I create a new template with this code:

<div id="container"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this rotator.</div>

<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/templates/Group/plugins/main_banner/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject(’assets/templates/Group/plugins/main_banner/imagerotator.swf’,’rotator’,’933’,’300’,’7’);
so.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always");
so.addParam("wmode","transparent");
so.addVariable(’height’,’300’);
so.addVariable(’width’,’933’);
so.addVariable(’file’,’assets/templates/Group/plugins/main_banner/teste.xml’);
so.addVariable(’rotatetime’,’3’);
so.addVariable(’kenburns’,’true’);
so.write(’container’);
</script>

In the file teste.xml it’s this code line:
[[autoslides? &dir=`assets/templates/Group/main_banner` &extensions=`jpg,png,gif`]]

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ronaldlokers Reply #4, 18 years, 1 month ago

Quote from: sjscosta at Aug 25, 2008, 07:26 AM

I create a new snipped with autoslides name, in the next I create a new template with this code:

<div id="container"><a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this rotator.</div>

<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/templates/Group/plugins/main_banner/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject(’assets/templates/Group/plugins/main_banner/imagerotator.swf’,’rotator’,’933’,’300’,’7’);
so.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always");
so.addParam("wmode","transparent");
so.addVariable(’height’,’300’);
so.addVariable(’width’,’933’);
so.addVariable(’file’,’assets/templates/Group/plugins/main_banner/teste.xml’);
so.addVariable(’rotatetime’,’3’);
so.addVariable(’kenburns’,’true’);
so.write(’container’);
</script>

In the file teste.xml it’s this code line:
[[autoslides? &dir=`assets/templates/Group/main_banner` &extensions=`jpg,png,gif`]]

You just created the file "teste.xml"?

You should paste that line of code into a MODx document and then change the alias to teste.xml and you have to turn on friendly url’s. Then you have to change this line:

 so.addVariable('file','assets/templates/Group/plugins/main_banner/teste.xml');

to this:

 so.addVariable('file','teste.xml');

with regards,

Ronald Lokers
'Front-end developer' @ h2o Media

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sjscosta Reply #5, 18 years, 1 month ago

I modify this line but doen’t work
Appears one message: "waiting for answer from the localhost" and not show nothing sad

I’m to begin to despair :’(

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ronaldlokers Reply #6, 18 years, 1 month ago

Quote from: sjscosta at Aug 25, 2008, 08:03 AM

I modify this line but doen’t work
Appears one message: "waiting for answer from the localhost" and not show nothing

I’m to begin to despair :’(

Did you turn on friendly url’s in your modx installation and did you test it with other pages to see if it is working? Just try http://addresstoyourmodx/thisurliswrong.html, then you should get the 404 page you defined in your modx installation (if you just installed it you will get document id 1 as page)

with regards,

Ronald Lokers
'Front-end developer' @ h2o Media

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Eoler Reply #7, 18 years, 1 month ago

Quote from: sjscosta at Aug 25, 2008, 08:03 AM

I’m to begin to despair :’(

MODx document that serves XML needs to have Page Settings/Content Type field set to text/xml

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ronaldlokers Reply #8, 18 years, 1 month ago

Quote from: Eol at Aug 25, 2008, 08:14 AM

Quote from: sjscosta at Aug 25, 2008, 08:03 AM

I’m to begin to despair :’(

MODx document that serves XML needs to have Page Settings/Content Type field set to text/xml

*ouch*

I forgot that detail rolleyes

with regards,

Ronald Lokers
'Front-end developer' @ h2o Media

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sjscosta Reply #9, 18 years, 1 month ago

I don’t understand :S
I went see this and my url id it’s 1 and I’m not use the friendly urls.
When I use the wrong url I go for the page 404

What do I do ?

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ronaldlokers Reply #10, 18 years, 1 month ago

Quote from: sjscosta at Aug 25, 2008, 08:33 AM

I don’t understand :S
I went see this and my url id it’s 1 and I’m not use the friendly urls.
When I use the wrong url I go for the page 404

What do I do ?

then you can’t use "teste.xml" because you have to activate friendly urls! You should link to "index.php?q=<pagidofthedocumentwiththesnippetcall" instead (example if the document has id 2: index.php?q=2)

with regards,

Ronald Lokers
'Front-end developer' @ h2o Media