silverstripe-flexslider

A module for Silverstripe 3.0 that uses the FlexSlider 2 library to create sliders. Sliders can be created from within the cms or by instantiating a new FlexSlider Object in php.

Requirements

Silverstripe 3.0

Features

create sliders in the cms (also configure flexslider options in the cms)
create sliders of existing objects
multiple sliders per page
comes with a shortcode to embed cms defined sliders inside the website content

Install

download the module and unzip it. Make sure the folder name is "flexslider".
run /dev/build
add to your mysite/_config.php: Object::add_extension('Page', 'FlexSliderExtension');

Usage

a) embedding a slider that was setup in the cms

Sliders that are setup in the cms, can be output right from the template. For example in Page.ss: $FlexSlider(2,960,450) This will output the slider with the id=2 in your page. The values for width (960) and height (450) in this example are just to scale the images in the slides. All images of slider 2 will be cropped to these dimensions. The slider itself will by default use 100% of the avaialble width in the template. So make sure you set some styles in your css, like .flexslider_2 { width: 400px } or wrap it in an additional element, like <div class="slider_wrapper">$FlexSlider(2,960,450)</div>

b) using the shortcode

Sliders that are setup in the cms, can also be displayed by using a shortcode. Shortcode example: [FlexSlider id="2" width="400" height="300"]. This allowes the website administrator to create and embed sliders everywhere. Unlike a) this shortcode will also add style="width: 400px" to the html

c) make a slider of already existing objects

Lets say you already have many products in your database (with an image). You can output them in a slider by adding a function in your Page.php, like:

` public function productSlider() {

$productSlider = new FlexSlider();
$productSlider->ID = "allProducts"; // a cheap trick to identify this slider. will be added as class="flexslider_allProducts" to the template
$productSlider->setDatalist(Product::get());
$productSlider->setFieldMapping(array(	"Picture" => "Photo",
										"Title" => "Created", 
										"Description" => "SlideDesc",
										"InternalLink" => "URL"       // function URL() must return a Page Object. Or use ExternalLink which must return a string
								));
// optional
$productSlider->setImageWidth(119);
// optional
$productSlider->setImageHeight(100);
// optional
$productSlider->setOptions(array("animation" => "slide",
                                     "easing" => "linear",
                                     "direction" => "horizontal",
                                     "reverse" => 0,
                                     "animationLoop" => 0,
                                     "slideshow" => 0,
                                     "slideshowSpeed" => 7000,
                                     "animationSpeed" => 400,
                                     "randomize" => 0,
                                     "showControlNav" => 1));
// optional
$productSlider->addExtraClass("employees");

return $productSlider;

In your template file you just need to call $productSlider

Changelog

v1.0.1 (2012-10-08) : Bugfixes, resetted some CSS values that is used in the simple-theme

v1.0.0 (2012-10-06) : initial version

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