Download Dynamic Header Images 1.5.1
by Lonnie on Jan.22, 2009, under Joomla, Programming
The Dynamic Header Images module has beem moved to it’s own page which can be found right here
The module has also been converted to donationware, and there are two upcoming releases!
Roadmap
1. Support fort Virtuemart (custom header images per department) (1.5.2)
2. A re-write of the logic, this will allow you to have a default image by section and category rather than having to have an image for every article. (1.6)
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Download Dynamic Header Images 1.5.1 Released! | Lonnie Knows Everything
February 25th, 2009 on 1:26 pm[...] Today I’ve released the latest version of the Oneduality Dynamic Header Images Joomla module (say that 5 times fast) .. there are a number of enhancements that increase the usefulness and possibilities of the module, primarily, a modification that will allow you the ability to load more than one instance of the module on a page, as well as change the type of images you’re using .. for full details and to download it, click here! [...]
February 5th, 2009 on 5:58 am
thx… i will try it.
February 12th, 2009 on 9:53 am
Works perfectly, thanks.
February 18th, 2009 on 8:26 pm
Works great, but does it link to a menu via a menu itemID?
February 19th, 2009 on 8:10 am
it doesn’t currently look at the itemid variable that is linked to menus, it’s linked to the content id which I figured would be sufficient…
I could however provide an option to check for itemid first, then if no file is present, use the content id … I wrote this basically to suit my needs and I never needed that :)
Let me know what order you think is best..
February 25th, 2009 on 11:40 am
What about the ability to specify the file type (gif, png, jpg), I could see where transparent images could be beneficial with this module? Also, is it possible to have multiple Dynamic Image modules, or is it currently restricted to only one per page? I have a site where I could see the use for multiple dynamic images in my template.
February 25th, 2009 on 12:00 pm
Actually that’s a great idea.. I think I’ll work on a new version of the module with the following enhancements
1. Allow you to specify a prefix for the images, right now it defaults to header, if I let you say “image1″ for example, you could then have multiple instances on a page without issue.
2. Allow you to specify the extension, then you can use any kind of graphic
3. Allow you to specify the default header image name.
I’ll work on this today
February 28th, 2009 on 9:05 am
sorry i am amateur
what i must put in index.php file instead of a sample photo?
how i can use it
March 4th, 2009 on 6:42 pm
You would load the module in your template as you would any other module, you might want to refer to the joomla 1.5 documentation on how to load modules into your template … The basics though:
Where you see “odheader” you would replace it with the position you have asigned the module .. if you assigned the module to a position called “header” you would use:
March 9th, 2009 on 12:18 pm
Installation file not found:
March 9th, 2009 on 12:28 pm
Very strange, the zip file seems normal, I can extract it just fine … I extracted it and re-zipped it and now it’s working perfectly .. please try again ..
with nearly 400 downloads, I’m surprised nobody has said something sooner, it’s possible that not everyone was affected by the issue, whatever the issue may have been.
March 22nd, 2009 on 4:55 pm
Hi Loonie, I’m trying to use the module to change the main header.jpg images for different pages. I’ve uploaded and installed and named images etc. but doesnt seem to load the module? My template is TechLine_de_Template-j15-003
March 26th, 2009 on 9:33 am
Are you actually loading the module into your template? you have to edit the source code of the template in order to put the module in the proper location, assuming you’re using it for headers and not for some other purpose.
Let’s say that you installed your module into a position called “header_image” .. you would then need to edit your template and put something like this in the right place in the code.
Also insure that your module is pubished, this is an insanely common issue … even for me, and I’ve been doing this for a long time!
March 30th, 2009 on 10:07 am
Hey I want have a diffrent header with
every page and i’ve download
Download Dynamic Header Images 1.5.1
but I still dont understand how to change is
am i missing something?
Bye Jeff.
March 30th, 2009 on 10:18 am
The module can do that very easily :)
1. You first install the module and publish it, assign it to a position and preferably make sure it’s the only module in that position.
2. You must have some basic knowledge on loading modules into your template file ..
http://docs.joomla.org/Jdoc_statements this page on docs.joomla.org contains the information relevant to this task, you will want to look at the module section of this.. essentially you would look for the html in your template pertaining to the image for the header, and replace it with the jdoc:include tag .. the name portion of this tag is the name of the position you’re using.
Whenever I use this module I called it something like “dynamic_header” and then the jdoc:include just references that name ..
When you’ve added it to your template and all that, and you first view the site.. you’ll get an error message letting you know the image it’s trying to load, this is there to help you .. create your header image with the name it suggests and then move on to the next page and continue, when you’re done with that, you will then probably want to create the default image.
May 5th, 2009 on 10:31 am
I’ve updated the main posting to include some screen shots that may be helpful