Dynamic SlideShow - Setup Basic Questions + Dynamic Video - can/how to do?

#1

Hi,
I have searched thru the various docs and topics and cant easily find information on setting up a dynamic slideshow. I want to display different slideshows depending on various factors. I have a query which will return the link(to appropriate folder that contains the jpeg/png images in the assets folder) along with title and description. I’m not sure what the image binding is? Do i need child slides (under Slideshow) as placeholders for the dynamic content??

I think i need some really basic info on what structure the slides need to be and then what the dynamic slideshow settings are.

Would really appreciate any guidance on where i can find out this info?

I also want to do something similar for video but cant see anything for dynamic or database driven video and any pointers here would also be appreciated.

Best Regards,

Nigel

#2

All you need to do is to:

  1. Select Dynamic Slides checkbox
  2. Select your dynamic data source (server connect > query)
  3. Bind the images, title, description etc - whatever you need for your slides:

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the image binding is the path to your image.

#3

Thanks - I have a variable number of images depending on the context - is the image binding to the folder with all the images or?

#4

No, ima binding is the binding which returns the path to your image.

/some_folder/some_image.jpg

i.e. depends on how you store the images in the db.

#5

Hi Teodor, thanks for your help …I’m still struggling a bit - i think , from what you said that the query needs to return links to each page needed in the slideshow. If correct then which of the images do i need to bind with or how do i indicate their are more than the one image binded to?

thanks

#6

That’s is done automatically… that’s why you select a slides source (your query). It just loops through all the records returned and creates the slides automatically.

#7

Ahh got it thanks, i need to re-structure a few things but will try it over the weekend.

Is there anything similar for videos so that you can play a video based on returned query?

Many thanks,

Nigel

#8

You can put the video component in a repeat region and have dynamic video URLs the same way. The video player will be repeated on the page.

#9

great thanks

#10

Hi @Teodor,
I followed steps, but images do not show up. Please can you check.

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#11

Hi, can anyone else help me?