Diaporama doesn't show on internet explorer

Hello!

I also have the same problem with IE vs. Firefox.

But first of all, thank you so much for this module - it's very easy to use and is exactly what I was looking for. I am running Drupal 6.8 on Apache with MySQL 5.0.67 and PHP 5.2.6. My browser of choice is Firefox (running 3.0.5) and casually test my website with Microsoft IE 7.0.5730.13 for quick browser compatibility checks.

A few weeks ago I installed and configured the diaporama 6.x-1.0 module with no problems. I have 14 photos in a single gallery, all sized at 640 x 480. The module worked great. In fact I have already received user compliments on how nice the photo slideshow feature works (thanks!!).

When I was notified of the 6.x-1.1 update, I installed it (seemed to run with no problems) and without editing the flash slideshow content, everything seemed to work fine in Firefox. However when I viewed the slideshow in IE v7, instead of the flash content all I saw was a box (appeared to be the same 640x480 size) with a disabled scroll bar. I tried closing the browser, reloading the page, emptying the cache, etc.

A bit puzzled, I reverted back to the 6.x-1.0 release, and again without changing the content at all, now it works again in IE v7 (the flash slideshow now appears and works fine, instead of the empty box with the disabled scrollbar). Also it worked fine in Firefox.

Next, I went back and re-installed 6.x-1.1 and this time edited the content (perhaps it needed to be touched with the new code?). I trivially altered some of the settings (how long to pause between photos), saved the content, and tested. Worked fine in Firefox, but received the big empty box in IE v7. Is there some other IE content setting that I should check?

I then reverted back to the 6.x-1.0 release again, edited the content again with the 1.0 module (restoring the trivial changes, such as how long to pause between photos, etc.), and everything works fine in both Firefox and in IE v7.

Not sure if any of the above helps with some diagnosis, but I thought I would share this story in case you can think of something that changed between 1.0 and 1.1 that would manifest itself in IE but not in Firefox. I don't know how those things work under the hood but I thought maybe someone might be able to spot something.

At your convenience please advise if there's anything that you'd like me to try or adjust on this side, as I very much enjoy this module and would like to help.

Thank you again for the module and I wish you and all of the great Drupal People out there a safe and happy New Year!

Cheers,
Steve

Hello,
I have exactly the same problem, diaporama works fine with firefox and not with IE. After reading your post I have installed the version 6.x-1.0 and now it's working with IE and Firefox. I use it at the moment with easyphp on my computer.
Thierry.

A quick look at the HTML being generated points to the problem. The <OBJECT> tag is missing the following text (clause?):

classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

I verified this by creating a drupal page, posting the modified HTML into it, and voila it works in IE now. Firefox and company don't use the <OBJECT> tags, only IE does. That's why it only failed in IE.

On the other hand, I also noticed a typo in the <EMBED> tag which is used by the other browsers. PLUGINSPACE= should be PLUGINSPAGE=. That isn't part of this problem of course, but it should probably be fixed as well.

Yes, including :

classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"

in diaporama.module file it works.

I dont think that is the great solution but waiting for patch or module update...

Thanks for all comments.

I resolve problem adding classid to.

I attach patch for both diaporama 5.x-1.6 and 6.x-1.1.

Warning : javascript features like menus are hidden behind the diaporama on IE (see http://drupal.org/node/282740)

There is an error on patchs so i post them again

sorry folks...i'm a php newbie. where do i insert the 6.2 patch

Place the patch in the diaporama module directory.

Then type:
patch < file.patch

See http://drupal.org/patch/apply

thanks GoZ. i want to echo swbaker's sentiments

"But first of all, thank you so much for this module - it's very easy to use and is exactly what I was looking for."

this is really a slick module and i will probably use it in many websites to come. thanks to all that contibuted to it for sharing your hard work.

thanks GoZ for such nice stuff

i am facing some problem while applying patch with UnxUtils

i get the err msg

H:\21_dec\drupal_modules\diaporama-6.x-1.1\diaporama>patch.exe < diaporama-6.200
90109.patch
patching file `diaporama.module'
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
Hunk #1 succeeded at 742 with fuzz 1.

Sorry atul.bhosale, i don't know UnxUtils.

I have the same problem with IE and I have tried to apply the patch. I believe however that there is some error because it is marked me this error:
Hunk #1 FAILED at 742.

Hi,

Could you please explain where excatly in the diaporama.module file you include this : classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000". (I'm no programmer).

I have the same problem with IE and haven't understood yet how to apply a patch.
Also, would it be possible to have the module version updated with the integrated patch?

Thank you !

Hey guys. Thank you the module . Burt I have the same problem diaporama does not work with Internet Explorer.

Could you please explain where excatly in the diaporama.module file you include this : classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000". (I'm no programmer).

reply soon

You can find last files with IE correction on http://blog.fclement.info/content/diaporama-hack-ie.

Replace sites/all/modules/diaporama/diaporama.module by the file of your drupal version.

Hack will be added to next release.

i have tried everything humanly possible to make this module work on internet explorer on my site. trying to add the patch gives me the hunk1 failed at 742 and adding the classid tag does nothing for my site i have removed and added the invetable commas on the classid tag but still nothing happens.. see the attachment. plz help i need to submit this website as soon as possible. im doing it as a project in uni.

the site looks like this...

Have you tried files of my precedent comment ? http://blog.fclement.info/content/diaporama-hack-ie

dude thanks it worked perfect...thank you

hey guys... after installing the new diaporama,module, it worked for a while until i uploded images into the gallery and it just went crazy after that... diaporama still works on firefox, google chrome and opera, but now its just blank on ie.. its not even showing the blank texted area, its just blank... wat could have gone wrong again?

Error has been fixed with 6.x-2.0-beta1

great!, thanx for the patch
testing it now.

some feedback.. the patch did the trick well done guys.

I don't have IE6 to test the new version. Someone can check it for me ?
Thanks