Support/Comments for AUtoSlides

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Brief Description:
Builds an xml playlist for the JW image rotator from a directory of images or flash files

BTW, you have an extra ?> in the AutoSlides.txt file.

Cool I use the player a lot this will come in handy !

Big bump (does nobody use this code??)

How can I use this snippet without making a document to create the xml file? Or how can I use it to dynamicly change the folder he should use to make the xml file from?

I want to use something like this for a site that has a different xml file for everypage, so I think in need to have something like http://site.ext/slideshow.xml?folder=[*id*]
So that it will change the path to the folder. How could I arrange this?

Basicly I want to use a different folder for every document, based on the ID. And then create a image rotator for the specific page. Is AUtoSlides what I need, or is there something else I should use?

Hi,

I am new to modx, but not to the jw player. It was great to see your snippet but I had a bit of trouble getting it to work. Probably due to my own lack of understanding, but I thought I’d mention it here in case anyone else has the same problem (ie. is as thick as I am!), or in case I am completely wrong and there is a better way of doing things!

The problem I had was in accessing the xml file. I set up everything OK and tested that the player was working by feeding it a pre-prepared xml file, so I knew the images were in place, the flash object is working etc.

I set up a page in modx, used a blank template and inserted a call to the snippet. When I view this page directly (using index.php?id=24) it displayed the xml so I knew it was working) However when I tried to run the player in the page it just didn’t find anything. the reason was that I had copied the example code which had the file param set to "/sitemap.xml" - eventually i realised that i had to change that to say "index.php?id=nn", then it all worked.

Hope this helps someone!

Jan

JannieB: thanks for posting you findings. it is sure to help some one

eventually i realised that i had to change that to say "index.php?id=nn"

Just to note that if you have SEO friendly URLs on you could use the alias rather than the page ID.

Tiny details make the difference =)
Removing a slashbar from the image url did it for me:

I had to edit the snippet code from



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