use 2-3 blocks

here's a hack to achieve multiple blocks- if you do this you'll have to re-setup your initial couloir block- but that's not too hard.

I removed the 'path setting' in favor of a default, which you can set to taste. This is because the multiple blocks have paths like this:
slideshow block 1 path = files/couloir_slideshow1
slideshow block 2 path = files/couloir_slideshow2

So here's the hack:
copy the following code to couloir_slideshow.module, replacing the same bit, starting at line 194
(don't copy the < ? php ? > tags- they're just for highlighting)

<?php

function couloir_slideshow_block($op='list', $delta=0) {
 
  // listing of blocks, such as on the admin/block page
  $block = array();
if ($op == "list") {
      for ($i=1; $i <= variable_get('couloir_slideshow_number', '1'); $i++) {
        $blocks[$i]['info'] = t('Couloir Slideshow '.$i);
      }
	return $blocks;
  } else if ($op == 'view') {
// Set default path
$imagepath = 'files/couloir_slideshow'.$delta;

?>

just below this delete a few more lines, #204 & 210
$settings[imagepath] .... &
$imagepath= variable_get('couloir_slideshow_imagepath', 'files/couloir_slideshow');

then at about line 263, replace $form['couloir_slideshow_imagepath'] with

  $form['couloir_slideshow_number'] = array(
    '#type' => 'select',
    '#title' => t('Number of Slideshows'),
    '#description' => t('The total number of Slideshow (blocks) you want.'),
    '#default_value' => variable_get('couloir_slideshow_number', '1'),
    '#options' => drupal_map_assoc(array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)),
  );

if you already have a slideshow running, remember to rename that image folder to: your_default_path1

hope this helps someone

Justin,

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. One change I made that might help others. If you are running multistes change the line:

$imagepath = 'files/couloir_slideshow'.$delta;

to

$imagepath = conf_path() . '/files/couloir_slideshow'.$delta;

And you're set :)

Any chance these changes will make it into the next version of the module?

Dominic

I have slightly modified the changes done by Justin to allow you to still choose a file path and then append the slideshow number to the end of the folder. These changes have been added to version 5.x-1.3. However, you will still need to modify the code as stated by Dominic if you want to apply the mulitisite setup.