BT Simple Slideshow
Joomla Module
User Manual
Version 1.0
Copyright 2014 Bowthemes Inc. | support@[Link]
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................2
INSTALLING AND UPGRADING .....................................................................3
System Requirement ...............................................................................................3
Downloading ...............................................................................................................3
Manual Installation ..................................................................................................3
Module Upgrading ....................................................................................................5
Uninstalling .................................................................................................................5
SETTING.................................................................................................................7
Gallery Manager ........................................................................................................7
Image Management..................................................................................................8
CUSTOMIZE MODULE .................................................................................... 14
CONTACTING BOWTHEMES........................................................................ 15
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Introduction
BT Simple Slideshow is a FREE perfect slideshow module for Joomla 3.x and 2.5. It
allows you to easily display images with many animation types on responsive
websites. You can upload images from local computer or mobile devices and fully
configure with a lot of options. Also the module supports swiping to change slide on
mobile devices. Let show your images in the most professional way!
Related Topics:
Extension demo: [Link]
Extension detail: [Link]
Support forum: [Link]
Product Features
Responsive support: This extension is fully responsive on smartphones, tablets,
and desktops and supported images in different ratio.
Image uploading support: Uploading multiple images at once is easy by drag and
drop or select to upload up to 10 images.
Convenient sorting: You easily sort images by dragging.
Cropping support: Size of image and thumbnail is changed flawlessly with
cropping function.
Image detail support: You find easy to insert images link, caption and
description
Swiping support: The module supports swiping to perfectly change image on
mobile devices.
Cross-browser support: IE9+, Firefox 2+, Safari 3+, Chrome 8+, Opera 9+
Detailed user guide and great support: This extension came with the detailed
manual and great support.
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Installing and Upgrading
System Requirement
Server requirements
PHP 5.0 or above with GD library is enabled. Please follow this
link to check it
MySQL 5.0 or above
Joomla 2.5.x or above;
Client requirements
Firefox, Internet Explorer 9+, Google Chrome
Downloading
BT Simple Slideshow is a free extension, you can download it here and became Bowthemes
member to have best supporting. Register here
Manual Installation
Please follow these steps to install the product:
Step 1: Go to Extension Manager
Step 2: Open Upload Packing File (on Joomla 3.x) tab
Step 3: Browse the install package and click Upload & Install button
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Illustrated image of successful installation:
Module Upgrading
Upgrading of this extension to newest version can be easily done by following again
installation steps above. But we recommend you to back up your changes of source code
and language files in this module before starting any upgrades.
Uninstalling
For uninstalling the product, please follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to Extension Manager
Step 2: Click to Manage tab
Step 3: Choose Module style
Step 4: Mark checkbox of the module
Step 5: Click Uninstall button
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Setting
Back-end access: Choose Extension Manager from the main menu. Click Module Manager
and start searching the product by using keyword: BT Simple Slideshow or using Joomla
filter to quickly find.
The parameters are divided into the following areas:
Gallery Manager
Slideshow Configuration
Advanced Options
Gallery Manager
The module allows you to upload images directly from your local computer by dragging
and dropping images or clicking Select Images button to browse and select images.
Maximum number of images of single upload is 10 and image size has to be smaller than
2MB.
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When you drop or finish choosing images, loading progress will run
Image Management
BT Simple Slideshow control panel allows users to take some actions on the images:
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Set each images position by dragging and dropping image.
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Click Edit to change image title from its original name, enter link and description.
You can use HTML tags for images title and description to create some great text.
For example:
This is default style for slideshow
You can add this HTML code to images description:
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<div class="slideshow_over_desc">
<div class="small-title">Startting up your business</div>
<div class="border_bg"></div>
<div class="big-title">How to start your own business</div>
<div class="sub-title">Ready download bt arise</div>
<div class="main_desc">You take care of your business, we'll take care of the fine print.
</div>
<div class="ss-buttons">
<a class="download-bt" href="#">Download</a>
<a class="preview-bt" href="#">Preview</a>
</div>
</div>
Then add some CSS rules, you will have this slide
To delete an image your can click Remove button under each image, or click
Delete All for removing all.
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Slideshow Configuration
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Name
Description
Module Width
You can set this parameter by a number of pixels (ex:
800px) or "auto" for full width
Module Height
You can set modules height by a specify number of
pixels (ex: 400px) or percentage relative to the width
(ex: 50%)
Crop Image
Set it by Yes to crop all uploaded images with specified
dimension
Image Quality
Control your cropped images quality. It helps you
optimize images size. 80 is recommended
Crop width
Set width of cropped images by a number of pixel but
only digits without px
Crop height
Set height of cropped images
Thumbnail Width
Set width of thumbnail images that is used for
Thumbnail pagination
Thumbnail Height
Set height of thumbnail images
Show navigation
Show/Hide next & previous arrow buttons
Show pagination
Show/Hide dots pagination
Show pagination thumbnail
Show thumbnail preview when users hover pagination
Interval
Set a number of milliseconds between the end of the
sliding effect and the beginning of the next one
Effect
Choose one or multiple effects that are played when
slideshow changes image
Effect Duration
Set time of the effect in milliseconds
Pause On Hover
Pause the slideshow when users hover it
Allow Portrait
If you dont want to crop images and want to display
images in different ratio, you can set this parameter by
Yes.
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Advanced
There are only 2 noticeable parameters, they are Load Jquery and Module Class Suffix.
Name
Description
Module Class Suffix
This parameter is used when you want to customize
style of the module. It adds a suffix to class bt-cameraslider to create a new.
Example: you enter _abc you will have class bt-simpleslideshow_abc and you can create your own style with
this class.
If you want to add new class (not suffix), you only need
to enter your class to the textbox with a space character
at lead.
Example: with your_class, you will have bt-simpleslideshow
Auto Load Jquery
The module is a program to detect loaded jQuery on your
site, if there is one jQuery loaded, the module wont load
its own file.
But if the module needs to be always loaded its jQuery,
you can set the parameter by Yes and vice versa
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Customize module
Override layout and style
Same with any other modules, BT Simple Slideshow allows users to override its style and
layout, please follow these steps to override it:
1st: After install the module, create mod_bt_simple_slideshow folder in templates/
your_template/ html folder.
2nd: Open folder /moduels/mod_bt_simple_slideshow/tmpl copy file [Link]
and 2 folders: css and images to just created mod_bt_simple_slideshow folder. We
will work with copied files in new folder for next steps.
3rd: Change soure code of copied [Link] file to change modules layout.
4th: Finally, change or add some CSS rules in file /css/[Link] to change style of
modules elements
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Contacting Bowthemes
All Bowthemes products include forum support, email support and ticket support.
Please refer your membership package to select the compatible kind of support, as we may
be able to solve the problem without delay.
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Email support: support@[Link]
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If you encounter any issues with Bowthemes extensions and templates, email us at
support@[Link] and we would like to answer your questions.
This document is proprietary and confidential. No part of this document may be disclosed in any
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