I installed the module following the docs and nothing showed up so I went searching the issue queue. #710666: Images not showing...seems like the ddblock-cycle-block-content-upright40.tpl.php not being found (Fixed) sounded like a possible match so I found the code it pointed to and confirmed that the theme function was coming back empty (aside from wrapping markup). Since I was asked to file another issue for the same problem, here I am.

To answer the questions... The site is under construction so I'd rather not give out the address. I tried saving the source but it's an unreadable mess. Not sure what you're hoping to find there, anyway... It prints the title of the block and that's it.

Michelle

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ppblaauw commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

You can have a look at the troubleshooting part of the faq for the advanced ddblock slideshow.

When you can not find the answer there, can you attach the information asked for in the FAQ.

Hope this helps you further, please let me know.

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michelle
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Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (won't fix)

There's nothing in the FAQ about this. I don't see the FAQ asking for any information, either. I'll keep debugging for a while. If I can't figure it out, I'll just use something else. I'm not getting paid for this site; it's for a charity. I'm not going to spend tons of time trying to make a decorative module work.

Thanks anyway,

Michelle

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ppblaauw commented

Just let me say this.

Have a look at your permissions at your filesystem if the ddblock template can be read. (This is what I wanted to see in your source code of the page with the ddblock slideshow, if the css file for the ddblock template is there).

You can also uncomment the drupal_set_message debug lines in the preprocess functions for the module in your template.php file, to see if they are called.

But if you don't want to give more info, I can not help you further.

Just use another module, there are a lot of slideshow modules for Drupal as you know.

Good luck with your helping a charity Internet site for free. (curious at the result)

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michelle
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I've been doing some debugging and it seems that the problem is in ddblock-cycle-block-content.tpl.php. It doesn't do much of anything unless $ddblock_pager is set. I thought maybe that was the problem since I wasn't using a pager. But turning a pager on didn't make that variable get initialized so I don't know where to go from there. I've checked the variables going into the template and the only pager related one is $ddblock_pager_content.

I'm not a noob; I've been using Drupal nearly 5 years and have 3 modules of my own. This is the second time I've tried DDBlock and both times I've come away baffled trying to get it to do anything at all despite following the instructions and digging into the code myself. I've talked to others that have had problems with it as well. It's a shame because this one is fairly unique out of all the cycle modules as far as the end result goes but I'm giving up again. Obviously some people are getting it working because it's got decent usage stats but they must just know something I don't, I guess.

Thanks anyway,

Michelle

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ppblaauw commented
Status: Closed (won't fix) » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Michelle, I know who you are and that you help a lot of people on drupal.org and in IRC.

I help anyone to make the ddblock module work, but I need more Information to do so.

You can also send the page source and a link to the internet site via my contact form if you don't want to publish it in public.

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Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (won't fix)

Thanks for the offer and I'm sorry if I came across as harsh. I'm just frustrated because I thought putting up a simple slideshow would be easy and not suck up my whole night. This is a brand new site with only a couple other modules and stock Acquia Prosper for a theme. Nothing there to conflict, I followed the instructions, files are public, the template is getting all the image files in the content variable so it's correctly reading the directory, the CSS files were there and it was loading the .tpl. It's just not printing anything beyond the block title. I tried getting the page source but it stripped out all the white space when I saved it. No clue why.

Anyway, I already uninstalled ddblock. You're a nice guy and I appreciate your willingness to keep helping even when I get testy. :) But they need this site done by Sunday so I just need to move on at this point.

Michelle

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johnsea commented
Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-1.0-rc4
Component: Code » Miscellaneous

I am having similar problems. I can get the image to the page by using image assistant and preview the image. But the image dissapears when I go to the site. From the html source page it shows href = "../../../../../../img_assist/properties/8" title="My Image"

I am new to Drupal but have some experience in website development. I have searched for solutions and tried with no luck. I am wondering how the problem can be diagnosed. Is there an error log I could setup and debug? Any direction would be appreciated

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axiom3279 commented

I believe the issue is fusion and drupal subtheming, look at this node: http://drupal.org/node/677730. I am having the same problem, just started looking into it today.