Prevent Preload of all Thumbnails?

You don't really want to prevent pre-loading the images, you just want them not to be visible. Make sure that the CSS is getting loaded. I have load views_slideshow_singleframe/views_slideshow.css in hook_init() on every page (I have singleframe slideshow blocks on every page, and I use block caching). As long as I load the CSS in hook_init(), I never see all of the slides displayed on top of one another. If I don't load the CSS in hook_init(), I DO see all of the slides displayed on top of each other until the JS gets executed. Maybe this module should be loading the CSS in hook_init() instead of when generating the block.

You need to create your own module. At a minimum you need to:

1) Create a folder with the name of your module in sites/all/modules.

2) Create a file called modulename.info, with contents like this:

; $Id$
name = Module name
description = A description of what your module does.
core = 6.x

3) Create a file called modulename.module, with contents like this:

; $Id$

/**
 * Implementation of hook_init().
 */
function modulename_init() {
  // Load Views Slideshow CSS
  $base = drupal_get_path('module', 'views_slideshow_singleframe');
  drupal_add_css($base .'/views_slideshow.css', 'module');
}

4) Enable your module like any other.

For more info take a look here: http://drupal.org/node/206753

subscribing

isn't this a bug?

it's not a major issue. but i'm just confused as to why everyone should create a new module instead of working on an actual fix.

subscribing.

Marking as critical to get a look before release.

js and css is now loaded in hook init. Try the latest dev release and tell me if there is still an issue.

Marking fixed from lack of response.

I am facing the similar issues. I am using views_slideshow-6.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz but it did not solve the problem. Please have a look at the screenshot.

Arnie

I can see your issue, but I'm not quite sure how to fix it. I specifically set the images that are flashing to display: none. So either your css isn't loading fast enough, or something in the script is causing it. I don't see this on any of my test sites so it seems it may be with the loading speed of your css. Not sure how to fix it though.

I'm marking as fixed.