[ANN] Carousel turns One-Dot-Oh

waltd · April 19, 2010, 10:05pm

That is really odd. What version of Attention FX do you have there?
Click one of the buttons that has it and look in the Actions palette,
lower right corner and tell me what the number you see there is.

Walter

On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:53 PM, tobiaseichner wrote:

I added the “Attention FX” action to two of your buttons - and here
is the timeout error again and animation refuses to work (also on
the other buttons).

So it seems that this is an incompatibility between these two actions.

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tobiaseichner · April 19, 2010, 10:19pm

It’s version 1.0.5.

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David_McCallum · April 19, 2010, 10:41pm

I am jumping in with a different error

“FWOutput:fwMove” cannot make its child a parent

And this on a page that is unchanged apart from the revised actions!

David

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Taro_Yamamoto · April 20, 2010, 2:02am

Is it possible to get links to the previous version of Carousel. The one released on April 18th is definitely broken. It is so difficult to use that it makes no sense whatsoever. Thanks.

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waltd · April 20, 2010, 2:10pm

There are new versions of the Actons on the Forge. Announcement here: http://freewaytalk.net/thread/view/69250

Walter

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tobiaseichner · April 20, 2010, 2:27pm

I updated the action, removed all files from the site folder and created a new page - same result: No animation at all.

Safari shows me an error message at the console, maybe it helps:

TypeError: Result of expression ‘Effect.SmoothScroll’ [undefined] is not a constructor.

It was found at glider.js at line 85. And that’s the header of the version of glider.js I have (guess it’s part of your action):


/**
 * @author Bruno Bornsztein 
 * @copyright 2007 Curbly LLC
 * @package Glider
 * @license MIT
 * @url http://www.missingmethod.com/projects/glider/
 * @version 0.0.4
 * @dependencies prototype.js 1.5.1+, effects.js
 */

No luck, unfortunately

Have you tried the project I sent with the new version… did it work on your side ? Could you reproduce the error overall ?

Tobias.

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tobiaseichner · April 20, 2010, 2:36pm

And another (or the same) issue found at a different project I tried to open and generate pages of:

The file :Library:Application Support:Freeway 5:Actions:Protaculous.fwactionb:Contents:Resources:Actions:glider.js was not found and will be skipped.

Anyway, it seems that all trouble points to an issue with glider.js ?

Tobias.

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tobiaseichner · April 20, 2010, 2:49pm

Ignoring the error message that glider.js was not found at the intended location, led to the previously noticed timeout error. Clicking that away as well, the second project is working (Carousel is animated).

However when creating a new page, the timeout error reoccurs, so this isn’t considered error free as well. But it appears to be random behaviour - I tried creating a new page five times now - two timeouts, three fine.

Nevertheless the first project (the one I sent you) still has no animation at all.

By the way, just to have a safe haven… do you mind to make the original (pre-trouble) version of the action available for download as well ? (Unfortunately I have updated it without keeping a backup)

Tobias.

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waltd · April 20, 2010, 2:50pm

The problem points to your copy of the Action trying to load the file
from a different location. which means categorically that you have
ended up with a mixture of the old and the new in a single Freeway
document.

Try a brand new document, and see if the problem follows. If it
doesn’t, then you will need to keep pulling apart the old document
until you find every last case where a Scripty Action was applied –
trust me, it’s in there somewhere – because the Action does work, and
appears to work well with others, too.

If the problem does repeat, then that indicates that you have not
managed to get rid of the other version(s). This can happen when you
download the same file more than once – Finder will rename the
downloaded file, and Freeway does not manage Action files entirely
based on their Action names-- it also considers the filename.

Open up your Edit / Actions dialog, and see how many instances of
Protaculous you see. Then do the same for the other “Scripty” Actions:
Attention FX, Transition FX, Sound FX, and the other Actions in
Protaculous and my various ScriptyFoo Actions. Somewhere there is
another version of the same Action which is “masking” the correct
behavior.

Walter

On Apr 20, 2010, at 10:36 AM, tobiaseichner wrote:

And another (or the same) issue found at a different project I tried
to open and generate pages of:

The file :Library:Application Support:Freeway
5:Actions:Protaculous.fwactionb:Contents:Resources:Actions:glider.js
was not found and will be skipped.

Anyway, it seems that all trouble points to an issue with glider.js ?

Tobias.

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tobiaseichner · April 20, 2010, 3:20pm

Okay. The glider.js-not-found error appears only once. It can be clicked away and seems not to reoccur for that specific project file (even when adding new or updating existing pages). Animation also works

So it can be considered that this is just a one-time thing during actions update. Problem solved.

However the first project (with “Attention FX” assigned to items also using “Carousel Tab”) still has no animation. Removing all “Attention FX” actions from that page, the animation works.

So there is one issue with the combination of these two actions.

Tobias.

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waltd · April 20, 2010, 3:29pm

I have identified that problem, and am working with Softpress to
resolve it right now. At the moment, it appears that the only sensible
position is to roll back to the previous version (I have enabled all
of them) and wait until I release another version that fixes things
definitively.

The issue is happening because your page is getting two copies each of
Prototype and Scriptaculous, and the order of attachment is causing
any part of Prototype that’s been “extended” in glider.js or
lightwindow.js to be re-set to the original defaults, which then fail
to care about the calls made to Prototype from those respective
libraries. If you view your sites in Firefox with Firebug on, you’ll
see a whole raft of exciting errors that Safari is kindly keeping mum
about.

Walter

On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:20 AM, tobiaseichner wrote:

Okay. The glider.js-not-found error appears only once. It can be
clicked away and seems not to reoccur for that specific project file
(even when adding new or updating existing pages). Animation also
works

So it can be considered that this is just a one-time thing during
actions update. Problem solved.

However the first project (with “Attention FX” assigned to items
also using “Carousel Tab”) still has no animation. Removing all
“Attention FX” actions from that page, the animation works.

So there is one issue with the combination of these two actions.

Tobias.

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jan_smoot · April 29, 2010, 4:38pm

Walt,
I was just adding a simple carousel with tabs and am getting a javascript error [in Funcation addclassname] on the first tab. Am using tab version 0.7.2 I see you have a new version, but lots of comments about problems. I am also using Transition FX on this page.

I will continue without the tab feature for now, but would like to include.

Thanks a lot.
Jan

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waltd · April 29, 2010, 5:12pm

Please do update to the very latest version. You’ll find you cannot
download 0.7.2 any more, I withdrew it and replaced it with a version
that works.

Walter

On Apr 29, 2010, at 12:38 PM, jan smoot wrote:

Walt,
I was just adding a simple carousel with tabs and am getting a
javascript error [in Funcation addclassname] on the first tab. Am
using tab version 0.7.2 I see you have a new version, but lots of
comments about problems. I am also using Transition FX on this page.

I will continue without the tab feature for now, but would like to
include.

Thanks a lot.
Jan

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jan_smoot · April 30, 2010, 4:24am

Walt,
Thanks. The latest version, 0.7.3, seems to be working fine. I see in my Insert Action Item a Carousel Text Tab. This part of a new version. What does this do? Also have seen questions about using rollovers - this feature work now?

Thanks so much for the updates.
Jan

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waltd · April 30, 2010, 4:30am

Carousel Text Tab works somewhat like the love-child of the Text
Rollover Action and the Carousel Tab Action. It creates a text link
that navigates to a particular pane of your Carousel, just like the
image-based Carousel Tab Action.

Also, rollovers are working now, for Buttons and Tabs.

Walter

On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:24 AM, jan smoot wrote:

Walt,
Thanks. The latest version, 0.7.3, seems to be working fine. I see
in my Insert Action Item a Carousel Text Tab. This part of a new
version. What does this do? Also have seen questions about using
rollovers - this feature work now?

Thanks so much for the updates.
Jan

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jan_smoot · May 1, 2010, 3:13am

Walt,
Thanks a lot for the update. Maybe when you have a free afternoon you could do a revision of your carousel instructions page and show us all the bells and whistles! I am using the .active suggestion with a square gif, but more interesting tabs/buttons would be nice.

Appreciate all you do.

Jan

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JDW · May 1, 2010, 7:34am

Carousel will be dazzling when the current REWIND functionality is replaced by a LOOP feature. If I were more code savvy I would certainly have followed Walter’s previous advice in this thread and implemented already. But alas, I must wait for the more technically inclined to accomplish that for us.

–James Wages

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JDW · May 3, 2010, 7:54am

Since we’re on the subject, how does Apple do the fade and switching of multiple graphics on its top page? Here’s an example from Apple Japan:

Clearly they aren’t using Flash. This would be something I’d like the option to do with Carousel.

–James Wages

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waltd · May 3, 2010, 11:55am

They are using Scriptaculous. You can do the same thing with
Transition FX in Freeway.

Walter

On May 3, 2010, at 3:54 AM, JDW wrote:

Since we’re on the subject, how does Apple do the fade and switching
of multiple graphics on its top page? Here’s an example from Apple
Japan:

Apple（日本）

Clearly they aren’t using Flash. This would be something I’d like
the option to do with Carousel.

–James Wages

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Taro_Yamamoto · May 3, 2010, 1:42pm

Carousel Tab action still doesn’t work. I also wonder how is better to download this action. It seems to be a part of the package. Why then all elements of Carousel action posted separately?

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