Slideshow

choqokat · Mar 10th, 08, 12:47 pm

wait a minute!

i came here because the gallery slideshow stinks. why don't photos sets automatically slideshow if you click the link? instead i always link to slideshow search...

**GardenOfDarwin** · Mar 10th, 08, 1:04 pm

Hi choqokat! I moved your post to it's own thread so that it will get the attention it deserves.

I agree that the slideshow is a little bit non-intuitive. It brings you to a search because it doesn't automatically know what you want to see in a slideshow - you have to tell it. That's what the search is for - you define the parameters for the show in the search function, then you can view your slideshow.

Hope that helps!

Susan

choqokat · Mar 10th, 08, 1:16 pm

i really don't think this should have been moved. the search function is kinda obvious, so my opaque question pertained to getting the slideshow to work *automatically* for ikeafans.com 2008. just sayin'.

**GardenOfDarwin** · Mar 10th, 08, 1:22 pm

Ah...I see. Still, the fact remains that the slideshow has no idea what you want to see a slideshow OF until you tell it. It's like saying that the DVD player ought to automatically play a movie when you turn it on. It doesn't know what you want to see until you put something in...same thing.

Susan

**GardenOfDarwin** · Mar 10th, 08, 1:23 pm

Would some explanatory text at the top of the search make it clear that that's why you get the Search page when you click on Slideshow?

Susan

**GardenOfDarwin** · Mar 10th, 08, 1:27 pm

Ok...wait a minute. It's time for my mid afternoon coffee..... You want SETS to run as a slideshow when you click on slideshow. That might be doable, since it's already pre-defined. My apologies for seeming as dense as a rock. No promises, but I'll check with the powers that be about how that code is defined...

Susan