tveit data

Wintube is "Youtube for the desktop". Integrated multi-threaded download manager, ability to convert videos to DivX/MPEG, playlist support, hardware acceleration (uses VLC as playback engine), search, "TV mode" support (Automatically plays back related videos, creating a television like experience.)

Screenshot:

Status: Internal beta
Release date: Summer 2008
License: GPL

tvcountdown.com counts down the days, hours and minutes left until your favorite show airs. It's updated frequently.

This module for Joomla! shows a slideshow using images from whereever you choose (put in the url of the image). It was developed to serve as a banner rotator. You can put links on the individual images, and also assign individual delays. Based on Smooth Slideshow by Jonathan Schemoul.

Demo
Download v1.5.0 (recommended)
Download v1.4.0
Download v1.3.0
Download v1.2.0
Forum

Download old version v1.1.1b

Version 1.4.0 (1 Nov 2007)

• Added pre-loading of files in order to get it working with Internet Explorer. (Which seems to not load the pictures, if not pre-loaded for some reason). If you don't want to reconfigure the modules, you can extract the mod_smoothrotator.php-file and replace it on the server (usually resides under /modules).

Version 1.3.0 (30 Oct 2007)

• Removed the black background smoothrotator defaults to when empty. (May be seen when loading the page).

Version 1.2.0 (29 May 2007)

• Added parameter for link target. Use _BLANK for new page etc. (Leave it blank if you don't want to change target)
• Changed "Image" to "Image url" in order to avoid confusion.

Version 1.1.1b (16 Dec 2006)

• Changed all the starting tags of the PHP code to the long ones, instead of the short ones. (In case your server doesn't have the short-tags option enabled on PHP.). Download this new version if you haven't gotten it to work. (Ps. I believe this is a rather exotic problem)

Version 1.1.1 (15 Dec 2006)

• Changed some code so that it will work if Joomla! is installed in a sub directory (version 1.0 and 1.1 was hard coded to path /modules/. In other words: It worked only if Joomla! was installed on the root of the server).

Version 1.1 (15 Dec 2006)

• Added ability to put multiple smooth rotators on a page. (Remember to change the id number on each one).

Troubleshooting

• Make sure you have the latest version
  Go to Installers -> Modules. Verify that the Version on the module is 1.1.1b.
  (Note: I forgot to update the version on the 1.1-update.. But you should get the 1.1.1b anyways, because of the path issues).

• The rotator only shows up black? What's wrong?
  This usually happens when you add a image with the wrong url. Verify the image by pasting it into the address-bar of your browser just to be certain. Try using an absolute url (http://www.yourdomain.com/images/image.gif), just in case the relative position isn't correct. Note: If you've added two rotators and forgot to change the id number of one of them, the settings of the first one will override the settings of the second one. If you've checked everything I've written and it still doesn't work, please send me a link to the page so that I can investigate. espen.tveit@gmail.com

• It doesn't show up?
  Make sure you have set the published setting of the rotator. Try changing the position (user1, user2, user3) of the rotator, just to make sure that the template doesn't hide it in some way. (Maybe the template doesn't implement the given position?).
  • If you've added more than one
    Try using the same position for them. If they stack up on the same position and work fine then you know they work.
• It's stuck on the first image?
  Currently unverified, waiting for a reply on a comment regarding the issue. Meanwhile I assume this to be the problem.

  JonDesign's Smooth SlideShow (which is what I use) uses a library called mootools. It seems that other components that uses moo.fx conflicts with the library used. The component currently known to cause the mod_smoothrotator to stop at the first image is called RokLatest. I will see if it's possible to find the offending objects/variables/functions, but meanwhile you'll have to choose :P

How do I upload these images? What are the urls?

Go to the Site menu -> Media Manager in the admin-interface.

Upload the images you want on the banner. Click on them afterwards, and the url will show in a text-box marked with "Image/Url Code".

Eg.

You then extract the http://www.tveitdata.com/demo/images/rotator/demo3.gif part of this and put it in under "Image #" (where # is the number) on the settings of Smooth Rotator module.

Example of settings

How do I add multiple rotators?

Go to Modules -> Site Modules. Check the check box on the left side of "Smooth Rotator". Click "Copy" (button on top right), and another copy will appear. Change the id number of the new copy, and change the other settings.

How do I change the CSS of the smooth rotator div that is placed on my page?

If your id # is 1, add this to your CSS:

#rotator1 {
/* your CSS code */
}


grooWe.net is the result of my experimental P2P spiders doing data collection on the net. It's in wiki-form, so it's easy to add/remove recommendations. Music videos and myspace player for almost every artist.

I've created a small game called Marbles. This was mostly to prove to myself that programming in C++ using SDL was within my reach. The objective is to take out as large clusters of marbles as possible. The larger the cluster, the more score you'll get. You also get a bonus score if you wipe out a whole color.

Grab it while you can:
Windows version (installer)
Linux version at kde-apps (including directions on how to compile the source)