Issue with mod_gk_image_show

Using mod_gk_image_show on the home page

The dates in the module are of no use on my site, and are confusing for our users.
To remove them I changed the following -
pagination_date=true;
show_info=true;
to
pagination_date=false;
show_info=false;

This removes the dates, but
1. The mouseover on the bottom 4 links does not work, when you move the mouse over the four titles they do not change to white as in the demo, also users cannot select one of the four as per the demo. Could you please advise how to fix this issue thanks.

2. The spacing above the Title of the article is gone and it is flush to the top of the transparent rectangle. Do i edit this in .css directly or should i edit the following parameter in the module settings
text_position=246;

Thank you.

It is a silly bug that affects all Gavick templates that use the GK ImageShow module on the home page to display the main articles when these come from K2. Joomla articles have correct dates, K2 articles show date of current day.

You can see this issue in Gavick demo for Financial Business template. Since the articles are coming from K2, the admin of this module does not allow K2 articles to link properly, and the date is always wrong. Always. Every single article shows the date from today instead of the date it was written. Considering that K2 is used as the main content in these templates, it is not good that the main homepage module for displaying articles on the homepage (ie image show) cannot accept the dates from K2.

At least perhaps you can provide for a way to remove this date without affecting the functionality of the module. See first message in this thread. Or better, allow K2 articles also, not only Joomla, in the dropdown menu for selecting links for GK ImageShow

Can somebody please help with this issue?

It is a silly bug that affects all Gavick templates that use the GK ImageShow module on the home page to display the main articles when these come from K2. Joomla articles have correct dates, K2 articles show date of current day.

You can see this issue in Gavick demo for Financial Business template. Since the articles are coming from K2, the admin of this module does not allow K2 articles to link properly, and the date is always wrong. Always. Every single article shows the date from today instead of the date it was written. Considering that K2 is used as the main content in these templates, it is not good that the main homepage module for displaying articles on the homepage (ie image show) cannot accept the dates from K2.

At least perhaps you can provide for a way to remove this date without affecting the functionality of the module. See first message in this thread. Or better, allow K2 articles also, not only Joomla, in the dropdown menu for selecting links for GK ImageShow

Can somebody please help with this issue?

+1 for that

Hi

Yes GK Image Show is not supporting K2 yet. Please show me Your sites so I'll be able to tell You how to remove date entirely.

I have replied by email, thanks very much teitbite.

One last thing. Wishlist perhaps, but obviously of much value to Gavick templates would be a Slideshow module that actually grabs info automaticaly from K2 or Joomla articles.

I absolutely appreciate these templates but this particular issue with the slideshows not automatically grabbing data from articles has stopped me from using Gavick templates on more than one ocassion. If I could use other slideshows that permit this functionality in conjunction with Gavick templates, I would, but most give javascript conflict errors and none have Gavick design.

Please help us to use your templates more often. News Show Pro is so well done, so you guys obviosuly know what you are doing, why this issue with the slideshow module? Such a drag for a real life portal to have to redo manually the contents for slideshow when the modules could just grab the data automatically same as News Show Pro does. Imagine how much work this saves in the real world, where the complete contents of the slideshow might require updating once or twice every day.

Just a thought

Hi

Please add this code to override.css (remmeber to allow using of this file in template settings):

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.gk_is_info,
.gk_is_tab span {
display:none;
}


I'll let programmers know that this functionality is requested.

Hello

Thank you, but this code does not solve the problem.

Removing the date is possible simply by adjusting the module settings. It can also be done via .css
but there is the same result. (Also this code removes only the dates from the bottom row of links not the date for the article shown) I can achieve the very same effect by doing what i posted in the very first message of this thread.

Module settings-
change
pagination_date=true;
show_info=true;
to
pagination_date=false;
show_info=false;
This removes all dates. The css you posted removes only 1.

The problem is that no matter what method is used to remove dates, the 4 article titles on the bottom row no longer have the rollover effect and no longer allow selection as they should do.

This is not a request for any form of modification, it is a request for the module to be at least workable. Both solutions for removing dates, via .css or via the module settings, cause the module to not function properly.

I have attempted using css to fix the mouseover and selection problem but i dont fully know how the mouseover area works, it seems there is some form of mask or area defined for mouseover, but when you make edits like removing dates, the height of the module becomes shorter but the area defined for the mouseover does not change, therefore since it is now lower than it was before removing dates, it does not work.

How can i adjust this area so that it is where it should be? Its a little hard to describe, better to just go to my site and check it out. Try rolling over the bottom row of titles, they dont light up, nor do they allow selection since removing dates. Tested with and without dates, if there is more than one line for the article title in the bottom row of 4 titles, the second line does show mouseover effect, so it proves it has soemehing to do with the positioning of the mouseover area.

Thank you.

Hi

Ok. I see a weak point in my code. The value was overwritten in other place this is why only one date was remove. But lets try to simply hide it. Should leave module functionality untouch.

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.gk_is_text .gk_is_info,
.gk_is_tab span {
    opacity:0;
}


or

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.gk_is_text .gk_is_info,
.gk_is_tab span {
    text-indent:-9999px;
}


Hi

Thanks for your efforts. they are appreciated, since the site is about to go live and this is the one detail preventing this.

However, i have tried both codes. The first removes both dates, the latter removes the one article date but leaves the bottom row dates visible. In both cases, the result is unacceptable, althought functionality for the mouseover and selection remains, the effect of removing the dates this way is there are big empty gaps where the dates should be and it looks quite frankly unprofessional and sloppy at best. I have left the code active in case you wish to see this on my site.

Surely there must be a method for displacing the mouseover area when the dates are removed?
It should be possible with css but as i said in a previous message, i am unable to figure out what values to edit.

Hi

Do not worry about the look. Please just show me the site with this change. Unfortunately I've lost Your mail and do not remember the site's address

Hi

Please try with this code, the best effect I believe:

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.gk_is_text .gk_is_info, .gk_is_tab span {
    display: none !important;
}

.gk_is_text h4 {
    padding: 10px 20px;
}