In my status report I am getting the message "Flex Slider must be version 1.8 or higher, but lower than version 2.0. Please consult the README.txt for installation instructions." but when I consult the README.txt it doesn't mention version numbers.

It appears as if I downloaded the 2.0 library, everything is working fine except fades in IE8 or stuttery.

Can someone expand on this message in the status report?

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caschbre’s picture

caschbre CreditAttribution: caschbre commented

For the longest time I couldn't get this module to work and it's because of this very issue. I had downloaded the 2.x flexslider library but never saw the status report warning. This sounds like an issue with documentation at this point.

@Elijah... go to the link below and download the 1.8 version and add it to your libraries folder.

https://github.com/woothemes/FlexSlider/downloads

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deep-silver CreditAttribution: deep-silver commented
Assigned: Unassigned » deep-silver
Status: Active » Needs review

If you are using the latest flexslider v2.1, open module/flexslider/flexslider.install
on line 167 replace
if (!($matches[1] == 1 and $matches[2] >= 8)) {
with
if (!($matches[1] == 2 and $matches[2] >= 0)) {
Done!

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Elijah Lynn
Location Portland, Oregon
CreditAttribution: Elijah Lynn commented

I am actually using 2.0 and it works great except for IE8.

What is not supposed to work about it in >= 2.0?

minorOffense’s picture

minorOffense CreditAttribution: minorOffense commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (works as designed)

The module's 1.x branch is designed to work with FlexSlider library 1.8.x

The FlexSlider library 2.x has new options, renamed options and all new styles. Upgrade to the 2.x branch of the module to take full advantage of the latest FlexSlider library.

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nodecode CreditAttribution: nodecode commented

FYI I also mistakenly installed FlexSlider 2.1 library with 7.x-1.0-rc3 but I like it better than 1.8. I'm not trying to sew confusion or recommend it to everyone, just stating my individual experience.

Maybe I'm not using the unsupported options or something. I've installed the FlexSlider module and the FlexSlider Views Slideshow module with "Next/Previous controls" disabled. Works great for me, even with ie8 except maybe for some minor styling i could care less about.

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laevensv@gmail.com CreditAttribution: laevensv@gmail.com commented

Here you can find the different versions of the flex slider library
https://github.com/woothemes/FlexSlider/downloads