a different slideshow per entry/page

[hansfn]

Yes, mixing portrait and landscape images doesn't work very well. It's all about the call to timthumb.php - look at the generated HTML source code and see extensions/slideshow/widget_slideshow.php. Maybe adding "fit=1" to the URLs work? Please play with the timthumb.php parameters and tell me if you succeed.

[amorph]

Thanks for the tip. Now I get thumbnails that don't stretch, but they need to be cropped (zc=1). Doesn't seem to matter if 'fit' is 0 or 1, as long as it's set; that made the difference, for some reason. Since I tried all combinations my conclusion is that there's no easy way to logically shrink an image to fit within the frame. Maybe I'll use the gallery extension for that stuff.

[hansfn]

We have just update timthumb.php to the latest version available - do you end on the same conclusion if you use PivotX Latest from http://pivotx.net/files/unstable-development/ And do you recommend changing the timthumb.php parameters used by the slideshow extension?

[amorph]

With the new version the default settings don't create any stretches with my system. It zooms and crops, and that's it, so no changes needed.

[Harm10]

I think

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[[ slideshow folder=$entry.title ]]

or

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[[ slideshow folder=$page.title ]]

depending on the type of entry you are one, should work. The folder still has to be under images\.

[hansfn]

Those are good suggestions, Harm, but using the title can cause problems with special characters, space and such. It's better to use the uri - $page.uri or $entry.uri

[Harm10]

Those are good suggestions, Harm, but using the title can cause problems with special characters, space and such. It's better to use the uri - $page.uri or $entry.uri

As always, Hans, you are right!