Joomla Image Slide Show Module
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Product Guide
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Product Features - mmSlideShow
Images Directory
The mmSlideShow module allows you to select a folder from your Joomla's "images" directory and it will automatically load and display any image in that directory to the slide show.
Simply upload your photos or images to a folder using Joomla's Media Manager and your ready to publish photos with mmSlideShow.
To make things even easier, you could of course use your favourite FTP client such as FileZilla and drag and drop image files directly to a folder on your server.
To update the slide show simply replace, delete or upload new images and photos to the same folder, refresh your website page and your done!
There is no limit to the number of image folders you can have and thus no limit to the number of mmSlideShow modules you can publish. Simply duplicate the existing mmSlideShow module and configure the parameters accordingly to create and publish a new slide show.
Content Plugin
With mmSlideShow's Content Plugin, you will be able to embed any slide show to any article or story on your website. Simply add the mmSlideShow plugin code and the module ID number and the slide show will be embedded.
There are many possibilities for how you could use mmSlideShow on your website with the power to embed slide shows in content.
The mmSlideShow Content Plugin not only helps you to embed slide shows into your content but also has the function to resize your images and photos in proportion to the width of the slide show.
This becomes very handy for when you do not have the time to resize all your photos to a specific width and height dimensions.
Stylish Skins
The modern and stylish skins that mmSlideShow is bundled with will enhance your website look and feel. In combination with customizing the CSS for your template and or the skin it self you will always have the ability to integrate mmSlideShow having the same colour look and feel as your existing website.
Skin: mmaster
This skin has a minimalistic approach to the design look and feel. It has clean straight lines with thumbnails and button icons being centered. This skin along with the colour options for the buttons could no doubt fit into any Joomla template colour scheme and design.
Skin: mmaster-dark
This skin is simply a darker version of mmaster skin, with the lines having a darker look and feel giving it a more bolder style.
Skin: player
This skin frames the thumbnails in a grey gradient "player bar" to give the thumbnails more impact and prominance. The play/pause button sits on the left hand side for quick access and the next and previous buttons are conveniently situated beside the thumbnails.
Skin: player-dark
This skin is simply a darker version of player skin, with a black gradient "player bar". This skin would mostly suit websites that have a dark look and feel.
Flexible Options
mmSlideShow comes with an array of options that will give you the power to control the look and feel of the slide show via the module parameters.
The power to control the overall slide show width and height and the ability to assign the default CSS or one of your own. It could not be any more simple to quickly integrate an amazing slide show into your website.
Module Parameters
- Directory [select directory]
- Select Skin [player dark/mmaster/player/mmaster-dark]
- Select Color [black/red/green/purple/pink/blue/navy/yellow/orange]
- Include CSS [Yes/No]
- Slideshow Width [specifiy (pixels)]
- Slideshow Height [specifiy (pixels)]
- Auto-resize images [Yes/No]
In combination with mmSlideShow's content plugin which has the added functionality of resizing images based on the specified width. You are assured that any images you upload to your slide show will be automatically resized to fit into the specified width of your slide show.
Advanced Parameters
With the advanced parameter options mmSlideShow becomes even more powerful in the way you control how the slide show can look.
The option to turn on and off the play/pause, the previous and next buttons even the thumbnails can be switched off to not show.
Setting a desired thumbnail width and height is also possible with mmSlideShow as well as the number of thumbnails you wish to display.
Advanced Parameters
- Show Play/Pause [Yes/No]
- Show Previous/Next [Yes/No]
- Show Thumbnails [Yes/No]
- Thumbnail Width [specify (pixels)]
- Thumbnail Height [specify (pixels)]
- Number Of Thumbnails [specify]
- Paginate Thumbs [Yes/No]
All these options and more make mmSlideShow the ideal slide show product for your website.
Animation and Transitions
With mmSlideShow you have the power to configure an array of animation and transition options.
If you want to disable the slide show's automatic play on load, no problems! simply select the rotation type to "Manual" and your done!
Getting bored of a particular transition? No worries, simply change it and select a multitude number of possible animation, transition and direction combinations and you have a different effect that you can specify per slide show.
Other Parameters
- Animation Type [Scroll/Fade/FadeNScrol]
- Animation Direction [Left/Top]
- Animation Transition [Linear/Quatdratic/Cubic/Quartic/Quintic/Sinusoidal/Exponential ..etc]
- Animation Ease [No ease/easeIn/easeOut/easeInOut]
- Thumbnail Height [specify (milliseconds)]
- Animation Duration [specify]
- Rotation Type [Auto/Manual]
- Rotation Interval [specify (milliseconds)]
Clearly the best option for a slide show product is mmSlideShow. The power and control over your slide shows is made extremely easy with the flexible options available in mmSlideShow.
