This preview does just show the node titles of the nodes which will be shown in the slideshow

Thanks for testing the module.

This is a cashing issue.
At one installation I also have this issue when I change settings in the configuration of the module.
On another installation I don't have this issue
No solution yet, other then clearing the cache, after a change in the configuration.

Edit:It seems that: views 6.x-2.6 has more caching options. On the installation where I have to clear the cache each time views 6.x-2.6 is installed, on the other an older version.
Which version of views do you use?

When you clear the cache at:

administer > site configuration > performance

the slideshow should be shown.

Do you also use the ddblock module?

Hope this helps you further, please let me know.

PS.

Please use the latest dev version (september 2) and the latest downloads from ddblock.myalbums.biz for the themes and export package (preprocess functions)
That version has now support for a scrollable pager.

When you enable the debug messages in the views_slideshow_ddblock configuration page, you can see the CCK field names generated.

In the preprocess functions is described what to change.

To remind you:
This development version is for testing purposes, not for customisations or production yet.
Better to test with the delivered export package and theme package. (also they need to be tested)

I did not test the module with the 6.x-3.x-dev version but with the views 6.x-2.6 version.

Hope this helps you further, please let me know.

No, the warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/jb27/public_html/moove/includes/form.inc on line 1200." is another issue which I fixed but not released yet.

It's a bug in the default setting for a multiple choice checkbox. (only gives a warning when settings are initially set. After the settings from the page are set it is ok.)

When you go to the page to clear the cache:

Administer > site configuration > performance
and you have the slideshow enabled here and you clear the cache you should see the slideshow and not the preview text.

I see you have the debug lines enabled now, so I will post in the next post the names of the fields you need to have in the preprocess functions

Attached the adjusted preprocess functions:

Thank you for now.

I have to solve this caching issue first before further testing can be done.

Also on my new install with latest version of Drupal and required modules, I only see the slideshow on the
administer > site configuration > permissions page when I clear the cache.
All other pages I see the preview.

Found out that the slideshow always shows on the
administer > site building > modules page

Maybe one step closer to a solution,
and at least you should be able to see the slideshow at this page.

With the devel module I can also see that on this page candidate template files are recognized which in necessary for the views slideshow: ddblock module to function.
On other pages the candidate template files are not recognized.

What I see in your image is the block.tpl.php, You need to go one level deeper in the block to the view.

The result of my devel templater information for a page which does not work is in
Themer_information1.png

The result I get on the admin/build/modules page, which works, is in
Themer_information2.png

When you place

  drupal_rebuild_theme_registry();

At the first line of the preprocess function

function [***your_template_file***]_preprocess_views_slideshow_ddblock(&$vars) {
  drupal_rebuild_theme_registry();
  $settings = $vars['views_slideshow_ddblock_slider_settings'];
  // for showing debug info
  ...

The slideshow should show up.
I know this is not the solution, but at least the module can be tested further.

Hope with this the slideshow shows up.

Tested the views_slideshow_ddblock module with the acquia_slate theme (6.x-1.4).
Also works.

Please download the latest export_file package, with new preprocess functions: drupal_rebuild_theme_registry() function added and fixed scrollable pager bug ('-' instead of '_')

Created an example using the vsd-upright60 theme with scrollable pager at: http://themes.myalbums.biz/content/vsd-upright60-scrollable-pager

Can you see the slideshow here?

Probably found a solution by defining the preprocess functions called:

See the attached patch

Some other experiences with this bug.

I don't have the issue in Drupal 6.12.
It is introduced in drupal 6.13
Now that I upgraded to 6.14 I don't have the issue anymore.

I saw in the release notes of Drupal 6.14 that some caching patches have been rolled back which where applied in Drupal 6.13.

I don't know if these are related to this issue.
Still have to find out the exact causes of the issue to be sure.

Hopefully others can confirm these experiences.

same problem

http://almajdtv.net/site

installed drupal-6.13 and the modules I used:

views_slideshow-6.x-2.0-beta1
views_slideshow_ddblock-6.x-1.x-dev
imageapi-6.x-1.6
imagecache-6.x-2.0-beta10

cck-6.x-2.5
filefield-6.x-3.1
imagefield-6.x-3.1

I upgrade to drupal-6.14 but no change I have still see the error

@hades666evil

Thank you very much for looking into this.

The code added in the function views_slideshow_ddblock_theme

/**
 *  Implements hook_theme().
 */
function views_slideshow_ddblock_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
  return array(
    'views_slideshow_ddblock' => array(
      'arguments' => array('view' => NULL,
                           'options' => array(),
                           'rows' => array(),
                           'title' => ''
      ),
      'template' => 'views-slideshow-ddblock',
      'file' => 'views_slideshow_ddblock.theme.inc',
      'preprocess functions' => array(
        'template_preprocess',
        'template_preprocess_views_slideshow_ddblock',
      ),
    ),
    'views_slideshow_ddblock_pager_content' => array(
      'arguments' => array(
        'views_slideshow_ddblock_pager_settings' => NULL,
        'views_slideshow_ddblock_content' => NULL,
      ),
      'template' => 'views-slideshow-ddblock-pager-content',
      'file' => 'views_slideshow_ddblock.theme.inc',
    ),
  );
}

to add the file and preprocess arguments came from another views issue with caching where the preprocess function are not called.

I tested the module with Drupal 6.12 where I never encountered this issue.

Surely the drupal_rebuild_theme_registry(); has to go. No question about that, but for the meantime it helps a little, so that other functionality of the module can be tested.

I don't understand:

"Move all the content from the template_preprocess_views_slideshow_ddblock function in views_slideshow_ddblock.theme.inc to the beginning"

Can you explain more detailed what changes you made, so I can replicate your changes?

Thanks again

#25

Thanks

Replicated your changes on my testserver and can confirm the slideshow always shows up now, even in the preview of views.

I post a question in the development forum for help on this.
(It works, but it doesn't make sense to me)

I just want to give more input so you have more to work off of:

These are the configurations I have tried with:

Drupal 6.13 Views 6.x-2.6
Drupal 6.14 Views 6.x-2.6
Drupal 6.13 views 6.x-3.x-dev
Drupal 6.14 views 6.x-3.x-dev

On each setup the slideshow was in a Pane that displays on just my home page.

When I first go to the site, or navigate to the home page from another part of the site the "preview" shows up. Once I refresh, the slideshow does in fact show up.

Just some more input, but it seems like you've figured out where the issue is!

Here's to hoping for a quick fix! :)

Is there any progress on this? I have the same problem, except I don't get anything on refresh. I just allways get "This preview does just shows the node titles of the nodes which will be show in the slideshow".
It then shows the node titles that i have in that content type.

Any help would be appreciated. I love the idea of this module.
thanks.
dvbii

There is no progress yet on this issue. I searched a lot for similar issues, found one I think and posted a reply if the poster still has the same issue:

Views2 preprocess functions problem

and I posted an issue in the development forum (I though this was the place to reach developers)

Preprocess functions not always called in views_slideshow_ddblock module

But no answer on that yet

I find it still difficult how to contact the drupal experts, and I don't want to post the issue in more places on drupal.org If someone has a better suggestion how to get more attention for this issue please let me know.

Still testing, solving issues myself and adding additional functionality.
Will soon release a new dev version.

Any help appreciated with this issue. Without a solution for this, there will not be a Release candidate for this module.

I have the same issue, drupal 6.14 and views 2.6.
subscribing.

Further experriences

I made the code in the views-slideshow-ddblock.tpl.php different then the code in the copy of this file in the theme.

After the cache is cleared the slideshow shows up, so the preprocess function in the module is called and the candidate template file is used.

When the slideshow is not show (second reload after the cache is cleared) -> "From theme: This preview does just shows the node titles..." is shown, which means the code in the template file in the theme is used (overriding the template file in the module, which is expected).

Code in module for views-slideshow-ddblock.tpl.php

<p>From module: This preview does just shows the node titles of the nodes which will be shown in the slideshow</p>
<?php foreach ($view->result as $row): ?>
  <?php print $row->node_title; ?>
  <br />
<?php endforeach; ?>
<p>template files: <?php foreach ($template_files as $template_file): ?>
  <?php print $template_file; ?>
  <br />
<?php endforeach; ?></p>

<p>used template</p>
<?php print $views_slideshow_ddblock_slider_settings['custom_template']; ?>

Code in theme for views-slideshow-ddblock.tpl.php

<p>From theme: This preview does just shows the node titles of the nodes which will be shown in the slideshow</p>
<?php foreach ($view->result as $row): ?>
  <?php print $row->node_title; ?>
  <br />
<?php endforeach; ?>
<p>template files: <?php foreach ($template_files as $template_file): ?>
  <?php print $template_file; ?>
  <br />
<?php endforeach; ?></p>

<p>used template</p>
<?php print $views_slideshow_ddblock_slider_settings['custom_template']; ?>

In the code I try to print variables like

• the array template_files with the candidate template files
• $views_slideshow_ddblock_slider_settings['custom_template'] a variable used to choose a ddblock theme

which should have been added by the preprocess function in the module. They are not available which suggests that the preprocess function in the module is not called again. Only the first time after clearing the cache.

I think this is a similar experience as given in #22.

Hope this helps further to come to a solution.

Further experiments:

I moved the preprocess functions from the views_slideshow_ddblock.theme.inc file into the views_slideshow_ddblock.module file and it seems to work now:

Also commented the file array values:

function views_slideshow_ddblock_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
  return array(
    'views_slideshow_ddblock' => array(
      'arguments' => array('view' => NULL,
                           'options' => array(),
                           'rows' => array(),
                           'title' => ''
      ),
      'template' => 'views-slideshow-ddblock',
      //'file' => 'views_slideshow_ddblock.theme.inc',
      //'preprocess functions' => array(
      //  'template_preprocess',
      //  'template_preprocess_views_slideshow_ddblock',
      //),
    ),
    'views_slideshow_ddblock_pager_content' => array(
      'arguments' => array(
        'views_slideshow_ddblock_pager_settings' => NULL,
        'views_slideshow_ddblock_content' => NULL,
      ),
      'template' => 'views-slideshow-ddblock-pager-content',
      //'file' => 'views_slideshow_ddblock.theme.inc',
    ),
  );
}

the

      'preprocess functions' => array(
        'template_preprocess',
        'template_preprocess_views_slideshow_ddblock',
      ),

is not needed (added this earlier as a suggestion to solve the issue)

Those are great news Philip.
I am happy that you find good solution, not olny some workaround.

I am looking forward to new version (dev or maybe now RC? :)

Thanks for your work and have a nice day.

Igor

post edited
as now working

Committed to next dev release 18-OCT-2009

Hi,

I have the same issue in Drupal 6.12 w/ views 6.x-2.6
All I get:

"This preview does just shows the node titles of the nodes which will be shown in the slideshow"

I followed the installation readme file although the installation procedures is difficult, hard to follow.
Cleared catch in dtatabase.

Not working unfortunatel although I really liked the demo.

Best regards,
Gabor

#36

I think the bug is solved and you should not get the message anymore when your custom ddblock templates and preprocess functions in your template.php file are ok.

Please post a support request and attach your template.php file, the result of the debug messages when you enable them in the configuration page for the slideshow block and a link to the Internet site if possible, so I can help you better.

I use Drupal 6.14, and Views 6.x-2.6, and just downloaded the 6.x-1.x-dev of this module,
just got this message thread posting about.

I had a SingleFrame views_slideshow and just cloned my view to see how the DDBlock option would look. and i get this message on Views Preview and the actual View/path. I had the debug mode set, but it doesnt output anything

do i need my own views-slideshow-ddblock-cycle-block-content-[TEMPLATENAME].tpl.php or there are default templates that can test and see how it looks right?

#29 armyofda12mnkeys

Have a look at the Views slideshow: Dynamic display block tutorial.

Theme files and other files can be downloaded from http://ddbock.myalbums.biz/download.

Hope this helps you further, please let me know.

PS.
Yours question is more a support request and should have it's own post.
When you have more question/issues please make a separate post

Hi,

Same problem here, view preview and block just show : "This preview does just shows the node titles of the nodes which will be shown in the slideshow"

Information:

- Drupal 6.15

- Modules:
- cck-6.x-2.6
- views_slideshow-6.x-2.0-beta2
- views_slideshow_ddblock-6.x-1.x
- views-6.x-2.8
- jquery_update-6.x-1.1

- Template file: (attached)

- Theme: AD The Morning After

- Theme directory
ad_tma/
-custom/
-modules/
----views_slideshow_ddblock/
------views_slideshow_ddblock-cycle-block-content-[theme-name].tpl.php
------views_slideshow_ddblock-cycle-pager-content-[theme-name].tpl.php
------images/
------[theme_name]/
--------views_slideshow_ddblock-cycle-[theme-name].css
--------images/

- No debug error (debug option is activated)

- Cache cleared

Best regards,
Javier

I have the same problem in 6.19 (6.x-2.x-dev). Marking this as active again.

Make sure the preprocess functions are removed from the template.php file when upgrading from version 1
Please create a new issue and give the information requested in other replies on this issue.