Portrait AND Landscape Photos in Slideshow

[CarolinaMoon]

I have been only using landscape oriented photos in my homepage slideshow. I was curioius if there is any way to change my code to accept landscape AND portrait oriented slideshow photos. I realize that I can put vertical photos in the slideshow but they are fitted into the landscape frame with black space on either side. Is there a way to have both types of photos in the slideshow and the rrame is appropriately put around each type of photo? Thanks in advance.

www.kenleyphotography.com (http://www.kenleyphotography.com)

[~Jan~]

Maybe something is weird on my computer, but with Firefox your slideshow wasn't working. I saw the first image (boy w/ pink lips) for a LONG time and then finally another came up, then nothing. :scratch

[CarolinaMoon]

Hey Jan, yeah...that's another problem I have but haven't taken the time to figure it out. I appreciate you taking a look.

[~Jan~]

Oh okay. So back to the original question...I have a mixture of photos in my slideshows, and the black on the sides just blends into the backgrounds.

[CarolinaMoon]

I have a gray frame around my slideshow images. I guess if I deleted the frame, this could solve the problem. I wonder if there is any way to keep the frame but have the picture adjust to the picture. :scratch

[denisegoldberg]

I have been only using landscape oriented photos in my homepage slideshow. I was curioius if there is any way to change my code to accept landscape AND portrait oriented slideshow photos. I realize that I can put vertical photos in the slideshow but they are fitted into the landscape frame with black space on either side. Is there a way to have both types of photos in the slideshow and the rrame is appropriately put around each type of photo? Thanks in advance.

www.kenleyphotography.com (http://www.kenleyphotography.com)
You're using the old slideshow. If you switch to the flash slideshow, you could use the border parameter. That provides a border that hugs the photos, but it's flat - and you're currently using a beveled frame. That's a very different look. The type of frame that you're using you could also be used with the flash slideshow (see Andy's www.moonriverphotography.com (http://www.moonriverphotography.com) site for an example) - but I don't know of any way of having a frame like the one you're currently using with different orientation photos, unless you make a frame that floats in the display area and doesn't actually touch the photos. Seems like there should be a way though, doesn't it?

In case you want to change, doc on the new flash show is at http://wiki.smugmug.com/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow.

--- Denise

[CarolinaMoon]

Denise, thank you for the suggestion.

To be honest, it has been a while since I even looked at my customization code and I am not too sure what to delete in order to add the new flash slideshow code you suggested. Any help? Thanks.

[denisegoldberg]

Denise, thank you for the suggestion.

To be honest, it has been a while since I even looked at my customization code and I am not too sure what to delete in order to add the new flash slideshow code you suggested. Any help? Thanks.
The old slide show doc is in this thread - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=28348. If you look at the code & doc you should be able to recognize the old code that should be removed if you're going to switch to the new. There's a chunk of javascript, and there are the slide show parameters.

What I did when I switched was to add the code for the new slideshow to my javascript and create an html-only gallery that I could use to experiment with the settings for the new slide show. That way I could play without disrupting my site. After I had the parameters the way I wanted them, I replaced the old show with the new on my home page. (Before I did that I made a copy of old code, just in case I needed to go back.)

If you need help, there's a sticky at the top of this forum for requesting help with the new flash slideshow (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=73247).

If you want to see an example of the slideshow with the border generated by the slide show, you can take a look at my home page.

--- Denise

[CarolinaMoon]

I have looked over my code and I am nervous about deleting lines that should be deleted. If anyone out there could help me get started with the change out to the new Flash slideshow I would really appreciate it.

www.kenleyphotography.com (http://www.kenleyphotography.com)