Q: How can I use this plug-in with Twenty Ten/Eleven theme?
A: The best idea is to create a child theme indeed, someone already tried it: http://blog.duncanmoran.net/archives/1436
Q: How can I set the order of the pictures?
A: First rename the pictures like this: 01-pic, 02-pic, 03-pic and finally upload them.
Q: Why when I refresh the page then the rotation does not start from first picture even if shuffle images is turned off?
A: Because the plug-in calculates a time frame where every picture should be positioned based on the swap rate and the total amount of uploaded pictures and then this time frame is assigned to this picture in this moment.
Q: Images never load, “Loading images…” stays always there, what happened?
A1: Did you install recently a plug-in? If yes try to isolate it, most probably it is its fault due to wrong inclusion of jQuery script. Its author should fix this referring to WordPress documentation: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script
A2: If did not help then probably you have selected Slide effect and you did not read that your images should be bigger than the div so: reduce the div dimensions and/or reduce the speed of this effect.
A3: If still did not help then probably you loaded too big images (the file size) and takes too long to load all of them.
Q: When feature XYZ will be added?
A: I don’t know, remember that this is a 100% free project so answer is “When I have time and/or when someone help me with a donation”.
Q: Can I help with a donation?
A: Sure, visit the donation page or contact me via e-mail.
Q: Can I hack this plug-in and hope to see my code in the next release?
A: For sure, this is just happened and can happen again if you write useful new features and good code. Try to see how I maintain the code and try to do the same (or even better of course), I have rules on how I write it, don’t want “spaghetti code”, I’m Italian and I want spaghetti only on my plate.
There is no guarantee that your patch will hit an official upcoming release of the plug-in, but feel free to do a fork of this project and distribute it, this is GPL!
Q1: I have found a bug what can I do?
Q2: Something does not work as expected, why?
A: The first thing is to download the latest version of the plug-in and see if you still have the same issue.
If yes please write me an email or write a comment but give as more details as you can, like:
- Plug-in version
- WordPress version
- MYSQL version
- PHP version
- exact error that is returned (if any)
after describe what you did, what you expected and what instead the plug-in did 
Then the MOST important thing is: DO NOT DISAPPEAR!
A lot of times I cannot reproduce the problem and I need more details, so if you don’t check my answer then 80% of the times bug (if any) will NOT BE FIXED!
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i uploaded 20 via ftp to the desired image path.
Stoo:
Why not using the plugin uploader? Anyway please read the FAQ and provide more info.
I’ve read the FAQ and provided no assistance. Hopefully I expected you to know the problem.
I’m using the latest edition of plugin and wordpress.
I re-uploaded one image, but still no images were shown. I chose to upload the 20 pictures via ftp because of the plugin uploader took too long, point click etc.
Hi, the latest plugin works fine for me in WP 2.7.1. but
with older plugin i has the blogtitle layered in front of cimy.
Now with new version it doesnt work anymore.
cimy z-index 1
blogtitle z-index 2 or what ever doesnt work!
any hint?
http://k-studio.de/
Cris:
I can’t understand which version of the plug-in is not working with what? Any screenshot?
ok:
http://i29.tinypic.com/5yxfk8.jpg
i have tried many combinations with z-index but nothing works.
see code with firefox addon firebug:
(with the title)
mpf. sry. no code allowed here
div id=”cimy_img_id”
div class=”mid” (there is the blogtitle)
Now WP 3.0 with Cimy 2.0.2
Cris:
Ah now I understood, with plug-in v2.0.x your blog title is always covered by the background? Have I understood right?
I need to investigate why and if there is a solution.
Yes, right!
Your image rotator works fine where the code is placed, however, I thought the goal was to rotate the image that is used on the Twenty Ten theme? If I upload images, and then place the required HTML code, the images are rotated correctly at a location above the Twenty Ten header image. How do I make it so that the Twenty Ten header image is the one that is rotated (using the images I have uploaded)?
I managed to find this after quite a bit of searching, and it worked perfectly using your plugin:
http://blog.duncanmoran.net/archives/1341
Hi, do you know how I could set permission for editors to have access to this plugin?
Dear Marco Cimmino
Greetings!
Thanks for plugin “Cimy Header Image Rotator”.
Follow the link for the Portuguese version of Brazil.
I hope it is helpful to those interested.
hug
Leonardo
http://rapidshare.com/files/407707819/pt-BR.rar
Don’t know it this would be the problem. But I’m using it as a full background on a homepage. I got the same problem as you got, when I used a different div id name then “cimy_div_id” Because I wanted an id that suited the css of the website more, first I thought maybe I overlooked something in the html/css. But tested it out by putting one image in the div and then it worked.
So I changed the id name to the standard “cimy_div_id” and then it worked again.
Or it could interfere with other plugins?
that answer I gave was a comment on Cris problem
Paul:
This plugin is meant for every theme and not Twenty-ten. It can work on it as well, you need to delete some code and add mine.
Leonardo Kfoury:
Thank you.
CHM82:
Maybe you used an ID that has some definitions in some other css files?
Marco,
thanks for your answer. It might be. But I got it working for some time right now. And happy with it. Still wondering though if it would be possible to make it accessible for editors to upload images. In stead for only the administrator.
Thanks for plugin “Cimy Header Image Rotator”. It works almost completely except via IE7.
My site has drop-down horizontal navigation menu and these child menus behind Cimy Header Image Rotator section once they over the slideshow.
It should be z-index problem but I couldn’t hack your plugin
Could you advise me?
I would like to make the full navigation menu on the header image.
Blackads:
Yes has been reported that z-index might be wrong, unluckily I have no time in the near future to fix it, maybe in a month. A patch is also welcome.
All right, I’m looking forward the future updating. Thank you.
Great plugin – works fine once you manually create the images folder on the server. Is there any way to link the individual images to different URLs? We’re willing to donate some $$ for your help. Thanks!
Kenneth:/wp-content/Cimy_Header_Image_Rotator/
Yes should work with:
http://
And yes donations are always welcome!
Hello Marco – haviong problems getting the cimy-header-image-rotator to work. I have created a directory called Cimy_Header_Images in wp-content and loaded images.
You mention in the plugin to copy the code in your theme (in my case = Twenty Ten) where I want the image rotation. What you dont say is where and in what php file. Do you mean the header.php file under templates in the twenty ten theme?
If so, where in the header.php file do I place the code.
I have tried placing the code in the general raea of the header and have found that the images show below the original header and not over the original where I want it to be.
Can you assist please?
Ken Bird:
Yea sure, make a donation first then you’ll get personalized help.
OK – your suggestion for a contribution is pperfectly acceptable.
By the way, I managed to find a way through by deleting some code in the header.php file. The rotating banners work fine.
Great plugin.
Thank you for a great plugin. It’s easy to use and well designed.
Blackads and Marco I found a fix for the IE7 z-index issue. it a two step fix and I used it to fix the new default Twenty Ten theme.
1. Open up the file ‘jquery.cross-slide.js file in the image rotator plugin file. Find line 237 “left: 0,” and insert “zIndex: 1,” on a new line just after the left. This gives the printed image a Z-index of 1.
2. Go to you CSS for the theme you are working on and give the menu style (#access in Twenty Ten) a Z-index of 100 and Relative Position.
This method has worked for me. I am interested to know if it will work for others.
-mike
Michael G:
Thanks a lot, I will try to apply the fix as soon as I’m free with other works.
Marco,
Not a problem at all. Happy to help. Thank you for putting so much time into making this plugin.
Getting a border even with border set to zero. Any help?
Alan N:
Is there other css files that can interferer? You can debug using Firefox extension called Firebug
Hi Marco,
Nice plugin. Works as claimed so thank you.
Could you articulate this answer a bit? That is, I use the script for my header but, I’d like to link every image to my home page so users can make it home quickly.
How would I incorporate this code for that purpose as I didn’t understand the reference to the http:///wp-content/Cimy_Header_Image_Rotator/
Thank you very much!
Jerry:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
Hi there, just want to ask is there any option to make this plugin to auto resize displayed pictures ?
Maybe someone have done this ?
peace…
LOCOSP:
No there is not, but you can sponsor this feature.
Marco
Suggestions?
Images are not showing up ….
Permissions are set to 777
I’ve read the rest of your site for clues.
I put in main footer widget the following source:
Loading images…
#cimy_div_id {
margin: 1em auto;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 916px;
height: 182px;
}
Parker:
Please read the FAQ too then, seems you missed that as you miss lot of information here.
Plus: browser version? Is JavaScript enabled? Have you uploaded images through the plugin?
Marco,
I’m a Newbie just beginning to design my site and I wanted to let you know how awesome and easy to install the Cimy header image rotator was. Works like a charm. I had tried using the jQuery Cycle Plugin but on numerous occasions the images would all load at once and stack on top of each other. I saw your plugin on another site a decided to give it a try. Thank you again Marco. As soon as I finish typing this I am sending my appreciation by Paypal.
Question: How do I get the plugin to only show up on my blog’s homepage? I am using the thesis theme. Is it just a question of adding this statement:
if (is_front_page()) and if so where would I put it. Marco I am a total Newbie
so reply like you are speaking to a kindergartner.
Latrissa G:
Well where to put it depends where did you put the code to initialize the plugin.
I would say:
if (is_home()) {
here is the code to inizialize cimy header image rotator.
}
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_home
Marco,
Thanks for your prompt response. I put the code in the thesis open hook plugin
after header which is equivalent to adding thesis_hook_after_header in thesis
custom_functions.php file. So Marco it’s right below my header looking great but I only want it to appear on the home page and not throughout the site. I’m
not clear on the how , where and what code I need to add or change to get it to show up on only the home page.
Latrissa G:
It is very hard to help you if you don’t say WHERE you want to show it. Every theme is different and have different files.
Usually if you want it on the header then header.php, or sidebar.php if on a side etc. So it depends.
The code is very simple, you can get it from the admin panel of the plugin, plus you have to add the IF I told above.
I can’t be more specific if you are too generic too.
I don’t even have cimy installed on this page, but it is throwing errors in IE8
It is on Bluehost.com with the latest php/mysql and WordPress 3.x
The home page where it is installed throws no errors, but sub pages do, where it is not active do throw the errors:
http://www.usedgunspa.com/new-guns/
Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0)
Timestamp: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:41:45 UTC
Message: crossSlide: container element does not have its own width and height
Line: 44
Char: 3
Code: 0
URI: http://www.usedgunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/cimy-header-image-rotator/js/jquery.cross-slide.js?ver=3.0.1
jefferis peterson:
Seems the case also for Firefox 3.6.10 I will take a look.
Edit:
Yep, fixed for next version.
I have this great plugin working on my own web design site and on two client sites. I think there may be an issue if you end up with too many (say more than 10) images on rotation and/or have your rotation set too low (that is, under 30 second). I had issues with bandwidth overage this past month; it spiked tremendously once I had a total of about 25 images in rotation. I cut it down to 10 and set the rotation rate to half a minute, where before it was 5 seconds, and things seem calmer now. Just wanted to give you a heads up on that.
Yes, the images that were in the rotation queue were the files pulling the most bandwidth this month so I know that was the culprit.
Great plugin, though. I plan to monitor my clients’ sites to make sure that something similar doesn’t happen to them.
Joni Mueller:
Thanks for the donation, but please read as well the FAQ and tell missing information.
Hi, I’m having a really strange problem. The banner works fine when I view the page logged in as the admin. However, when I vew it not logged in as the admin, nothing shows up. I just installed the latest version of WP a week ago and just downloaded the latest version of the plugin today. I have PHP 5. What could be the problem? Here’s the url… http://1to1marketing-inc.com/Bickimer/
Thanks!!
that was probably a very dumb post… i just need to change the permissions to the image folder right? sorry, I’m new to web design and wp
tim:
I can’t see the JavaScript even loaded from home page, don’t know what is preventing it, for sure something you have installed or modified or you didn’t properly added the right code in the right place, but I can’t tell without looking into what you have done.
Hi there!
I was wondering if it’s possible to have two instances of this plug-in running at the same time? That is, I would have a main page with rotations of images size 500×500 then another page with rotations of another set of images sized 200×200.
Kersheys:
this has been asked many times in the comments, I asked for donation, but nobody so far wanted to sponsor this new feature.
Be the first!
I shall consider, when I have the chance. Much thanks for this fantastic plugin.
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