| Simple Image Rotator: Rotate images and banners with style! |
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| Friday, 13 April 2007 | |
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The "Simple Image Rotator" module offers a simple (yet eye-candy) image rotating mechanism (or slideshow in plain English) for the Joomla! masses! It's a light-weight alternative to Flash image rotation scripts (it's only 3KB!!), which are sometimes difficult to implement and heavy regarding filesize (not to mention the EOLAS -click to activate- issues in Internet Explorer!). You can even switch the module in "banner" mode and that way you can use it to rotate all published banners, defined inside Joomla's Banner Component! The "Simple Image Rotator" module offers a simple (yet eye-candy) image rotating mechanism (or slideshow in plain English) for the Joomla! masses! It's a light-weight alternative to Flash image rotation scripts (it's only 3KB!!), which are sometimes difficult to implement and heavy regarding filesize (not to mention the EOLAS -click to activate- issues in Internet Explorer!). The module borrows the nice effects from such scripts, but uses javascript to auto-"magically" rotate images from any given folder! It can also resize any images that exceed the rotator dimensions, set in the module parameters. Just remember you can only use one instance of the module per page. This means you cannot publish the module twice on the same page, but you can easily "copy" it in the backend to display different image sets on different pages. It's actually a simple to use module, which adds to the overall look of your Joomla! website. Unlike the "AJAX Header Rotator" module (also by JoomlaWorks), which uses jQuery, "Simple Image Rotator" is only 3kb in total and does not conflict with other extensions that use moo.fx or mootools (like SIG Pro, Frontpage Slideshow etc.). So, as a javascript image rotator, it will offer maximum compatibility with your other extensions. A nice little feature has also been added to the "Simple Image Rotator" module that really seperates it from the crowd. You can switch the module in "banner" mode and that way you can use it to rotate all published banners, defined inside Joomla's Banner Component! Moreover, this means you can even use the default Joomla! banner component to actually CONTROL the images of the rotator, adding unique links and controlling where these links open. Now that's pretty cool, right? See the module in action in the exclusive DEMO SITE at: http://demo.joomlaworks.gr The "Simple Image Rotator" module is released under the GNU/GPL license and can be downloaded for free from: http://www.joomlaworks.gr/ |
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