1. • CommentAuthorspasmoid
   • CommentTimeFeb 3rd 2010 edited

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   At the moment, you can get the slideshow to start with the ability to select slideshow items (images) using startWithNavigationWindow

   However, I have an instance where there are multiple sub-albums in the root album/contents element, and I want the ALBUM selector to come up when the slideshow starts.

   Is there anyway to do this in the XML config file or with flash vars?

   Can I do it with the JavaScript or Actionscript API?

   ps. I need my slideshow to be idiot-proof. 90% of users are not going to spontaneously know how to navigate their way to selecting albums. I can startWithAlbumID be restarting the slideshow using some kind of JavaScript/HTML method but it is not elegent and is a complete waste of the monoslidhow capability to do a much better job. In the case of my monoslidshow.php script, it also means I can automatically add albums without the need to cater for HTML/JavaScript elements.

2. • CommentAuthorLYNAMA
   • CommentTimeMar 18th 2010

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   I had the same problem.
   It was a lot easier in the older version with the 'startWith = "albums"' in the <preferences> tag.

   I played around with different things, and eventually got it working. The trick seems to be that you wrap your sub-albums around with a parent <album> tag, and give it an ID (I have called my 'main' in the sample below). Then use the startWithAlbumID in the <configuration> tag and start with that wrapper album ID.
   Example XML for this is as below;

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <album id="main">
   <configuration startWithNavigationWindow="true" startSlideshowOnAlbumSelect="true" onAlbumEnd= "showNavigation" startWithAlbumID="main">
   </configuration>
   <contents>
   <album id="a" thumbnail="albumThumbnail-1.jpg" itemPath="images" thumbnailPath="thumbnails">
   <contents>
   <image source="P1.jpg" />
   <image source="P2.jpg" />
   <image source="P3.jpg" />
   </contents>
   </album>
   <album id="b" thumbnail="albumThumbnail-2.jpg" itemPath="images" thumbnailPath="thumbnails">
   <contents>
   <image source="P4.jpg" />
   <image source="P5.jpg" />
   <image source="P6.jpg" />
   </contents>
   </album>
   </contents>
   </album>

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