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    I have read the installation instructions but it still seems a little vague. Can anyone please help explain the process to setting this up?

    Regards
    DS
      www.PawsForWildlife.co.uk
      www.Borntobrick.co.uk
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      So far I have added this to my header:

      <!-- jQuery library (served from Google) --><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script><!-- bxSlider Javascript file --><script src="/assets/js/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js"></script><!-- bxSlider CSS file --><link href="/assets/css/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.css" rel="stylesheet" />


      I then added the following html:

      <ul class="bxslider">
        <li><img src="/assets/images/730_200/tree_root.jpg" title="Funky roots" /></li>
        <li><img src="/assets/images/730_200/hill_road.jpg" title="The long and winding road" /></li>
        <li><img src="/assets/images/730_200/trees.jpg" title="Happy trees" /></li>
      </ul>


      I uploaded the 2 js files to assets/js folders and added the two images to assets/images folder as per the css. It's step 3 I don't understand. How do I make the call and where do I put it?

      Step 3: Call the bxSliderCall .bxslider() on <ul class="bxslider">. Note that the call must be made inside of a $(document).ready() call, or the plugin will not work!$(document).ready(function(){ $('.bxslider').bxSlider();});

      Regards,
      DS
        www.PawsForWildlife.co.uk
        www.Borntobrick.co.uk
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        You can put step 3 in the head below the other script stuff:

        <!-- jQuery library (served from Google) --><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script><!-- bxSlider Javascript file --><script src="/assets/js/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js"></script><!-- bxSlider CSS file --><link href="/assets/css/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        
        <script>
        $(document).ready(function(){
          $('.bxslider').bxslider();
        });
        </script>

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          Thanks Shonna. I downloaded the full document, but it did not state how/where to upload other than the php files. But at least one (manifest.php) and 2 vehicle files are not uploaded anywhere, I figured they were only neede for the download process?
            www.PawsForWildlife.co.uk
            www.Borntobrick.co.uk
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            Your CSS file is not where you are referencing it: href="/assets/css/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.css"

            Try it: sub.domain.com/assets/css/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.css

            Obviously changing "sub.domain.com" for the real url
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              Well something seems to not be working....I have a basic template to work to as was testing the slider, here is the full code anyway:

              <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
              <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
              <head>
              <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
              <meta name="keywords" content="[[*meta-keywords]]" />
              <meta name="description" content="[[*meta-description]]" />
              
              <title>[[*pagetitle]]</title>
              
              <style type="text/css" media="all">
              	@import url("[[++base_url]]assets/templates/Pawsforwildlife/css/layout.css");
              </style>
              [[*Pawsforwildlife-css]]
              <!-- RSS -->
              <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="[[++site_url]][[~16]]" />
              
              [[*Pawsforwildlife-js]]
                <base href="[[!++site_url]]" />
              
              <!-- jQuery library (served from Google) --><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script><!-- bxSlider Javascript file --><script src="/assets/js/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js"></script><!-- bxSlider CSS file --><link href="/assets/css/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.css" rel="stylesheet" />
              <script>
              $(document).ready(function(){
                $('.bxslider').bxslider();
              });
              </script>
              
              
              </head>
              
              <body>
              
              	<div id="wrapper">
              		[[$Pawsforwildlife-banner]]
              		[[$Pawsforwildlife-navigation]]
              
              <ul class="bxslider">
                <li><img src="/assets/images/Eulemur-mongoz---male-(7).jpg" title="Funky roots" /></li>
                <li><img src="/assets/images/Eulemur-mongoz---male-(7).jpg" title="The long and winding road" /></li>
                <li><img src="/assets/images/Eulemur-mongoz---male-(7).jpg" title="Happy trees" /></li>
              </ul>
              		
              		<div id="content">
              			[[*content]]
              		</div>
              		[[$Pawsforwildlife-footer]]
              	</div>
              </body>
              </html>


              If anyone can spot any daft errors please let me know as I can't get the slider working (I am aware all images are the same). It just shows the three images one on top the other? (verticallt aligned)

              Regards,
              DS
                www.PawsForWildlife.co.uk
                www.Borntobrick.co.uk
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                Will that be the same for all the images, etc?
                  www.PawsForWildlife.co.uk
                  www.Borntobrick.co.uk
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                  Try this - but the bxSlider CSS file is still not where you are referencing it

                  <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
                  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
                  <head>
                  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
                  <title>[[*pagetitle]]</title>
                  <meta name="keywords" content="[[*meta-keywords]]" />
                  <meta name="description" content="[[*meta-description]]" />
                  <link href="[[++site_url]][[~16]]" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" />
                  <base href="[[!++site_url]]" />
                  <link href="assets/templates/Pawsforwildlife/css/layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
                  [[*Pawsforwildlife-css]]
                  <!-- jQuery -->
                  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
                  <!-- bxSlider-->
                  <script type="text/javascript" src="assets/js/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js"></script>
                  <link href="assets/css/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
                  <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
                  $(document).ready(function () {
                      $('.bxslider').bxSlider();
                  });
                  </script>
                  <!-- / bxSlider -->
                  </head>
                  <body>
                  <div id="wrapper">
                    [[$Pawsforwildlife-banner]]
                    [[$Pawsforwildlife-navigation]]
                    <ul class="bxslider">
                      <li><img src="assets/images/Eulemur-mongoz---male-(7).jpg" alt="" title="Funky roots" /></li>
                      <li><img src="assets/images/Eulemur-mongoz---male-(7).jpg" alt="" title="The long and winding road" /></li>
                      <li><img src="assets/images/Eulemur-mongoz---male-(7).jpg" alt="" title="Happy trees" /></li>
                    </ul>
                    <div id="content">[[*content]]</div>
                    [[$Pawsforwildlife-footer]]
                  </div>
                  </body>
                  </html>
                  [ed. note: iusemodx last edited this post 12 years, 5 months ago.]
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                    You don't need the "/" before assets - you are using the base href tag

                    You are cross mixing HTML5 with XHTML - HTML5 is not downwards compatible
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                      <!-- jQuery library (served from Google) --><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script><!-- bxSlider Javascript file --><script src="revolution.pawsforwildlife.co.uk/assets/js/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js"></script><!-- bxSlider CSS file --><link href="revolution.pawsforwildlife.co.uk/assets/css/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.css" rel="stylesheet" />
                      <script>
                      $(document).ready(function(){
                        $('.bxslider').bxslider();
                      });
                      </script>


                      Have just amended my code to this, still no change. I have little to no knowledge of JS so appreciate the help
                      DS
                        www.PawsForWildlife.co.uk
                        www.Borntobrick.co.uk