Nivo Slider Problems

Hello all,

Presently, I am using "Nivo Slider" and have run into some problem. I attempted to change the photos in the slider. According to instructions:

1 To replace the photo, drag a photo file from Windows Explorer and drop it onto one of the large images below. Actually, while in Xara, I've gone to "Insert" and place photos onto each empty space on the slider. There are spaces for 4 photos. It appears I can only get 3 images onto the slider panels even though there are spaces for 4 images. I just can't seem to get the 4th image/photo placed. Any suggestions?
Finally, are there other sliders that will work with Xara Web Designer Premium 15 that are not too complicated. Thank you all.

bob

There might have been a glitch of some sorts, so perhaps this helps: delete the slider and start anew (I always drag & drop the images from Explorer).

Good Saturday Morning Boy,

I sure do appreciate your sincere and quick response. Tell me please, when you say you drag and drop images from Explorer, how do you do that? All of my images and photos are on my computer drives G or F. How and why do you places images on Explorer and not your computer hard drives?

Also, has anyone used "Movavi's Slideshow Creator" or other such Slideshow creators? I would want to use it for my wife's Real Estate Education website and other business oriented websites. Can they be easily used with Xara in particular. I also wonder if it can produce slideshows the full width of the browser. Is it easy to use and does not require any code work? I am looking now to see what the cost is and whether it's worth the purchase and how it can be used for our Real Estate website.

Thank you again all.

bob

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Originally Posted by musicmanrobert

Hello all,

Presently, I am using "Nivo Slider" and have run into some problem. I attempted to change the photos in the slider. According to instructions:

1 To replace the photo, drag a photo file from Windows Explorer and drop it onto one of the large images below. Actually, while in Xara, I've gone to "Insert" and place photos onto each empty space on the slider. There are spaces for 4 photos. It appears I can only get 3 images onto the slider panels even though there are spaces for 4 images. I just can't seem to get the 4th image/photo placed. Any suggestions?
Finally, are there other sliders that will work with Xara Web Designer Premium 15 that are not too complicated. Thank you all.

bob

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Bob, Nivo is the one when you import shows a set of wind turbines. To confirm, check here: https://www.xara.com/uk/web-designer...er/||undefined.

Select it and a pop-up Widget > Edit should appear.
If not, double-click the image.
If not, right-click on the image and pick Open Widget.
This gets you into a sub-page, where after edits, you must select Ctrl+S to save your changes.

By all means follow the Instructions but the simplest approach is to right-click on the image on one of the four picture pages.
Use the Replace photo > With file option. This opens an Import file dialog window, from where you can navigate to a pick a fresh image.

If you Duplicate any image page you can extend the Nivo presentation to 20+ slides.

I think you have confused "Explorer" with Internet Explorer. Windows Explorer is the desktop file management system that allows you to have an F:\ or a G:\ drive on your PC.
You would never store an image into Internet Explorer unless you had access to a cloud storage web page.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by musicmanrobert

Good Saturday Morning Boy,

I sure do appreciate your sincere and quick response. Tell me please, when you say you drag and drop images from Explorer, how do you do that? All of my images and photos are on my computer drives G or F. How and why do you places images on Explorer and not your computer hard drives?

Also, has anyone used "Movavi's Slideshow Creator" or other such Slideshow creators? I would want to use it for my wife's Real Estate Education website and other business oriented websites. Can they be easily used with Xara in particular. I also wonder if it can produce slideshows the full width of the browser. Is it easy to use and does not require any code work? I am looking now to see what the cost is and whether it's worth the purchase and how it can be used for our Real Estate website.

Thank you again all.

bob

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Bob, no I haven't used it. It says download for free but then there is a buy button with a price tag of £30.
It will require code work and probably the ability to FTP to a storage location.

With the exception of the Xara Slideshow Widget, all Xara's slider keep you images as part of your design file.
None of them are complicated to use; they have limitations.
To overcome them, I use a Xara presentation site with very small code added for automatic transitions and replay and render this into an Embed a Widget placeholder on the main site.
The logic of all of this is to achieve total Xara flexibility of animations, rendering, text and any other available Xara features (I.e., not just images).
What I have never checked is stretching such a placeholder to cover the screen width.

Stick with Nivo for the present.

Acorn

Good Saturday Morning Acorn,

Thank you so very much for my confusion regarding Explorer. I've often wondered about that but did not want to appear too ignorant. Thank you so very much sir. I also want to thank you for the other information you provided me. I had no idea Nivo Slider could be extended to support 20 images. That is indeed great news. However, I understand it's limited in other areas. As noted, I do want to start using a more sophisticated slider that can be used if/when I decide to do other websites. I very much appreciate the time you spent providing me this very important info. Everyone here is just plain wonderful.

bob

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Originally Posted by musicmanrobert

Good Saturday Morning Acorn,

Thank you so very much for my confusion regarding Explorer. I've often wondered about that but did not want to appear too ignorant. Thank you so very much sir. I also want to thank you for the other information you provided me. I had no idea Nivo Slider could be extended to support 20 images. That is indeed great news. However, I understand it's limited in other areas. As noted, I do want to start using a more sophisticated slider that can be used if/when I decide to do other websites. I very much appreciate the time you spent providing me this very important info. Everyone here is just plain wonderful.

bob

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Bob, dig back into TG as I modded the Nivo Slider to "improve" it - https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...S-placeholders & https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...-Slider-Widget. I am sure there are cleaner methods around.

Acorn

Dear Acorn,
What can I say but, I went to the link you provided above and WOW! I had no idea all this was available to me using Xara Web Designer Premium 15. Based on your suggestion, I will stick with Nivo Slider for now because it would seem to do all I need right now. There is so very much to learn. Thank you and thank you again.

bob

Hello Acorn,
Thank you for all the help you've been to me. I note that when I open my "Content Catalog" from my copy of Xara Web Designer Premium 15, I can't find the "Photo Slideshows & Galleries" shown on the above link you provide. Maybe I missed it, but don't think so. Could I be missing an Update. My update service is good til 26/05/2019. If I'm missing an update how do I go about updating my copy of Xara? Thanks so much.

bob

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Originally Posted by musicmanrobert

Hello Acorn,
Thank you for all the help you've been to me. I note that when I open my "Content Catalog" from my copy of Xara Web Designer Premium 15, I can't find the "Photo Slideshows & Galleries" shown on the above link you provide. Maybe I missed it, but don't think so. Could I be missing an Update. My update service is good til 26/05/2019. If I'm missing an update how do I go about updating my copy of Xara? Thanks so much.
bob

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Bob, try the Local designs gallery navigation, Components > Image Resources > Photo Slideshows & Galleries.

Using the on-line approach, Insert > From Content Catalogue, Search Nivo from All.

Acorn

Good Monday Morning Acorn,
I've been putting words like "Slider" or "Photo Gallery" as a search term thinking that would produce what I was looking for. I may never have discovered what I was looking for had it not been for you. Thank you very much.

bob

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Originally Posted by musicmanrobert

Good Monday Morning Acorn,
I've been putting words like "Slider" or "Photo Gallery" as a search term thinking that would produce what I was looking for. I may never have discovered what I was looking for had it not been for you. Thank you very much.

bob

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Bob, "slider" should have worked for you.

What I consider a serious fail by Xara in its Online Content Catalogue is that in viewing search results, you have no idea where in the tree structure any found item might exist. This makes it far harder to look in the collection at a particular level as you don't know the level the item is on. One can click slowly down the tree to hit on the right folder (level) or even right-click the Properties and interpret the Address (URL):
[[http://downloadsv16.xara.com/web/cat...048X&filepath=components/imagecomponents/slideshows/xarainfo/widget_nivoslider.png]]

Acorn

Yes sir Acorn,

You're very right. One would thank that putting in a certain catagory in the search window would produce what's being looked for. Sometimes, great minds don't think about the small things that could make stuff easier. Thank you again for taking of your time to put me on the correct path Acorn.

bob

I have developed my first website and so far I am working to improve in. Any suggestions here will be welcomed. Here is my present problem, please visit the website at: www.newpathwaysconsultants.com
There on the first page you will note a slider featuring and oriental gentleman holding a rather large sign. I tried putting some wording on this sign. I can see the words when I'm through, but once I preview the webpage I no longer see the words. I've tried everything I know to get the words to show up when the website is published, but that has not happened. I need help with this if it's possible to do at all. Thanks so much.

bob

How about just bringing the photo into Xara, create text above the sign & export as a photo & place that in your slider Bob ;)

Mr. E. Bramhill,
I'm sure it's a simple matter to you, but as you can see, I never gave the process you mention here a thought. I kept trying to put text on the sign while the gentleman was still in the slider. What you say here and your advice gives me great joy sir. Thank you so much. This is another wonderful learning experience. Thank you again sir.

bob

Glad to of been of assistance Bob :)

Dear Mr. Bramhill,
Thank you for your patience sir and again I appreciate your help. The process you describe above seemed simple enough but I am still having trouble with that particular photo and putting text on it. I opened a new page in Xara and imported that photo. I put text on it then exported it to my computer G drive that included the photo and the text in that blank poster he was holding. I then went back to my G drive to "Imported" the photo as you suggest, but, low and behold there was just the plan photo without text. I've got to be doing something wrong sir. What you described seemed so simple. Thank you so much for your patience and I'll keep working on it sir.

bob

Bob, in a nutshell:

Place a filled-in text area over your image.
Select both and use Ctrl+Shift+C (Arrange > Create Bitmap Copy).
Click the Create button.
Replace original image with text-added one.

You can use Text Inside but a bitmap copy is still required.

Acorn

Good Thursday Afternoon Sir,

I was just preparing to send you another note letting you know after much head scratching and pacing back and fourth, I was still stumped regarding how to place text on the photo and getting it up on the website. I just could not, even with your earlier instructions, figure out how to achieve what you did. Believe me sir, I tried hard to do it before getting back to you on this. Let me try your latest instructions. Again, I can't thank you enough.

bob

Does this help Bob?

Dear Mr. Egg Bramhill,

I was shocked that you would go to this much trouble to assist me. Actually, I was just slow getting back to the earlier instructions you provided. These last instructions just adds icing to the cake. Mr. Bramhill, you are so good to all of us who come here for advice, even those of us who are a little slower. I will work on getting this on our website today. Thank you so much Mr. Bramhill. :)

bob

Good Saturday Afternoon Mr. E. Bramhill,

I want to again thank you for your leadership and wonderful assistance. I was finally able, following your directions, to get the gentleman plus text onto the slider. What I finally had to do was delete everything and start over again inserting photos into the slider. I did learn that all photos had to be installed from 1 thru 5. I thought all I had to do was select a particular photo and that photo would be replaced. Not so, they would be replaced in order. That was also a learning process. So far the website is working OK and I thank you and all here who took the time to reach out to me with helpful advice.

bob

My pleasure Bob :)

I think he means (file) Explorer (Ctrl/E) not Internet Explorer.

I need some help with Nivo Slider (please). I have the slider up and working fine on my index page. Now I want to change the photos, something I want to do regularly to keep the interest up. I am sure all I should do is to double click the (first) picture and the edit widget should start - but this doesn't work for some reason. I try right click to edit but it is not on the menu.
There is a small box that says Widget Edit but if I click that it goes into edit text mode. I have 11 photos on the slider at present.
I note that there is no Nivo tab at the top and I am wondering if I designed Nivo on a new blank site and imported it into my site and if so would this stop me from being able to edit it?
So how do I edit/delete/add new ones or do I delete the slider and start all over again?

Xara Web Design 15 32 bit.

Hey there!

I notice that when putting images in the Nivo widget, (and others like it) the images end up with a much lower resolution.

Am I doing something wrong? Also, is there a way to make the picture fit into the window if it doesn't' have the correct aspect ratio for the widget?

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Hey there!
I notice that when putting images in the Nivo widget, (and others like it) the images end up with a much lower resolution.
Am I doing something wrong? Also, is there a way to make the picture fit into the window if it doesn't' have the correct aspect ratio for the widget?

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Braden, you have two problems.

The first is fixable but a bit techie.

Double click on the Nivo front image to open the control pages.
Select any of the current images.
Open the Names popup (utilities > Names).
Select any of the images. You should see a Name WTag:scaled(600):image.
Rename this Name the once to WTag:scaled(2400):image. This will keep the image the same width but will set the intrinsic width to 2400px.

The height is fixed as a scale of the width (600:400 or 2400:1600).

Your second problem cannot be fixed other than cropping to the above ratio.

Acorn

Great!

Now, it is possible to remove the block text boxes commonly found on the slider widgets?

I like Nivo because it doesn't have that, but its aspect ratio is unchangeable, as far as I know.

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Originally Posted by Braden

Great!
Now, it is possible to remove the block text boxes commonly found on the slider widgets?
I like Nivo because it doesn't have that, but its aspect ratio is unchangeable, as far as I know.

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Braden, I probably shouldn't say that I despair but if you actually read my Post you would get the answer to your fixed aspect ratio problem: it is fixed aspect.

That said, you can change the size of the page the photo is on, unlock and relocate the Caption Bar & Text and then change the photos to a different aspect ratio to the height of the page.
I found this works but is far too messy for production use.

Read through these Posts for your third (and possibly further problems): https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...-Slider-Widget & https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...ng-radio-icons. The other unspecified sliders probably generated a new image by grouping the text with the photo. Each has its own approach and unless you are able to deconstruct them, you will find it hard to alter. I have published many alternatives in TG that overcome all these but they are demonstrations as I am not in the business of trying to customise them to every request. There are many, many commercial and free sliders out there, you just have to look.

Acorn

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Now, it is possible to remove the block text boxes commonly found on the slider widgets?

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Likely depends on the Xara slider widget; you can for the Slideshow 2 Widget (chequered box transition) and for the Nivo Slider Widget (maybe others too).

Open up the Widget Page & Layer tab, look for the text column and rectangle objects on the MouseOff layer, delete them. Do this for each slide, or duplicate the page of one you have changed and delete the others. Test it with a couple of slides to check it works first, load your slides, save and close the Widget.

Exercise some caution because you may cause the widget to change its behavior or fail.