Experimental project

This is a sandbox project, which contains experimental code for developer use only.

Overview

Slideshow Block can be used to create a slideshow of images within a block on any and/or every page of a site. Powered by Views and jQuery, slideshows can be customised for each individual page to play automatically, display a single image or be hidden altogether depending on the needs of the page.

Slideshow Block was created for a specific site - the EU-funded Marrying Cultures research project - and a working demonstration can be seen in the header of each page on this site.
This module could be used to create a customisable header across a site, or an changeable advert area in a sidebar, or any other area of dynamic content that needs to be displayed on more than one page (although currently content must be images).

Although other modules exist that integrate slideshows pages, Slideshow Block allows for per-page customisation so that a specific image can be used for one part of the site, a different one for another, a rotating slideshow elsewhere, and many other options.

Requirements

Known problems

  • Panels pages are currently unsupported (but support is in development).

Although the module is fully functioning and stable for use on production sites, there are some minor bugs that are still being fixed and features to be added. The module currently only allows for image galleries, but there could be many more different ways of using a per-page customisable block. Please do use the issue queue for questions or comments if you notice something not working as expected or if you have a feature request.

Project information