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• luisq
  
  Community Member
  7 posts
  

  Adding a php slideshow

  6 September 2008 at 5:31pm

  Hello there,
  I'm trying to add a slideshow to my site that I got online. I got it to make it appear on the place that I want it using this code:

  mysite/code/HomePage:

  class HomePage_Controller extends Page_Controller {

     function Content() {
      return str_replace('$slideshow', $this->slideshow(), $this->Content);
     }

     function slideshow() {
      return include('slideshow.php');
     }

  }

  so by that I'm able to show it (include it) on the part that I want. But when it comes on the site, it appears all the way to the top, and it only appear a number 1 where it suppose to be the slideshow. You can look at it here:

  http://sitesimpleonline.com

  I try to change the styles of the div, add a new div and put it inside, try everything with CSS but I think that it's not the problem =(

  Any help, comments, manuals, etc will be REALLY appreciated!

  THANK YOU very much!!!

  Last edited: 6 September 2008 at 5:31pm

• simon_w
  
  Community Member
  191 posts
  3 SilverStripe Sites

  Re: Adding a php slideshow

  6 September 2008 at 9:15pm

  What you could do is wrap the contents of slideshow.php in a function, which you can call. Instead of using echo/print/printf in that function, you'll want to return all output. Depending on how you do this, you may need to append the output to a variable and then return the variable, or, if there's only one output call, change it to return;

  Then change the slideshow() method to something like:
  

  function slideshow() {
  include_once('slideshow.php');
  return slideshowFunc();
  }

  Last edited: 6 September 2008 at 9:23pm

• luisq
  
  Community Member
  7 posts
  

  Re: Adding a php slideshow

  7 September 2008 at 7:34am

  Thanx simon but didn't make it, the slideshow has to many prints, echos, returns and to many files taht are being include = (

  So I'm trying to use a simple <iframe>, but for some reason SS doesn't like iframes and makes a mess of the page this is what I'm using:

  <?php
  /**
  * Defines the HomePage page type
  */

  class HomePage extends Page {

  }

  class HomePage_Controller extends Page_Controller {

     function Content() {
      return str_replace('$slideshow', $this->slideshow(), $this->Content);
     }

     function slideshow() {
         $show = '<iframe src="http://sitesimpleonline.com/demoslideshow.php">';
        return $show;
     }
  }
  ?>

  any suggestion??? =P

  Thnx again!

• simon_w
  
  Community Member
  191 posts
  3 SilverStripe Sites

  Re: Adding a php slideshow

  7 September 2008 at 9:28am

  The iframe needs to be closed, so replace

  <iframe src="http://sitesimpleonline.com/demoslideshow.php">

  with

  <iframe src="http://sitesimpleonline.com/demoslideshow.php" />

  You may also want to specify the width and height of the iframe.

• luisq
  
  Community Member
  7 posts
  

  Re: Adding a php slideshow

  7 September 2008 at 9:36am

  Thank you very much simon!
  for some reason this didn't worked:

  <iframe src="http://sitesimpleonline.com/demoslideshow.php" />

  but like this it did (even though it's not correct...)

  <iframe src="http://sitesimpleonline.com/demoslideshow.php"></iframe>

  but "the end justifies the means" lol

  Thanx again!