DreamSlider Release Notes

DreamSlider is one of the most powerful slider plugin made for web designers. With DreamSlider, you can organize any type of web content into a beautiful and user-friendly slider.

Change list

01.00.05 (01/25/2012)

• 1 new template BS-Tandis added to module.
• Added a new feature to support Right to Left Setting and view.
• Added a new feature to crop image.
• Enhanced module performance by cacheing an instance of produced style in server.
• Enhanced media player youtube player.
• Fixed issue with home directory name where home directory is a custom name instead of portal ID
• Fixed issue with fade effect

01.00.04 (10/18/2011)

• 1 new template CS-Roya added to module.
• Fixed issue with disabled introtext.
• Fixed issue with border none value which cause a JavaScript error in IE8.
• Fixed issue with round corner which cause a JavaScript error in IE8.
• Fixed issue with uploading html file in template file manager.

01.00.03 (09/01/2011)

• 3 new templates, BS-Yas, TS-Yas and RS-Yas added to module.
• Enhanced JavaScript to reduce conflict with other scripts.
• Fixed issue with adding image from URL.
• Fixed issue with Applying template via templates management area.

01.00.02 (08/20/2011)

• Enhanced datetime format for IPortable interface.
• Fixed issue with tooltip styles.
• Fixed issue with blank link for BS-Borna and CS-Homa templates.
• Fixed issue with Template update error.
• Fixed issue with Evaluator which caused Unhandled Error.

01.00.01 (08/10/2011)

• 2 new templates, BS-Nina-I and BS-Nina-II added to module.
• Fixed issue with Image quality option.
• Fixed issue with disabling controller.
• Fixed issue with introtext decimal width or height.

01.00.00 (08/01/2011)

• Independence:
  Dream Slider works on its own i.e. independent from any kind of Java script framework.
• SEO Friendly:
  Dream Slider can actually boost your SEO rankings. The content of each slide is neatly organized in your code and is automatically indexed by search engines.
• Cross-browser support:
  Each template of Dream Slider has been tested carefully in all browsers so that they will work perfect each and every one of them.
• Full CSS and HTML Customization:
  Fully customize your Dream Slider to match your website’s design. Customize your templates with CSS and HTML. You can also use available tokens to show customized content in DotNetNuke version.
• W3C Valid XHTML & CSS:
  The code in DreamSlider has been tested for W3C compliance
• Various Templates:
  Templates determine the arrangement and appearance of Dream Slider. Currently, there a multitude of templates designed for Dream Slide, and over time there will be more.
• Custom Templates:
  Though Dream Slider is supplied along with tens of attractive templates, sometimes you may need to have a new template. Given the fact that Dream Slider comes with HTML and CSS files, by editing those, designing any template is almost possible.
• Free Minor Version Upgrades:
  Get FREE minor version upgrades! You’re secure in your purchase for all future updates and feature additions within a minor version (currently 1.x)
• Move, fade and both Transitions:
  Being aware of Dream Slider’s different usages as well as users’ tastes, there have been 3 transitions implemented for changing slides. You can choose from 3 different modes of “move”, “fade”, and “both” which is a combination of first two.
• 31 move Effects:
  There are 31 moving effects in order to change slides.
• Vertical and Horizontal Orientation:
  Vertical orientation provides you with a new dimension. You can choose vertical orientation, as well as horizontal, in order to display the content of your slide.
• Slide and Stack Layout:
  Apart from the slide layout of the slides, which will show in a chain of slides, one after another, stack layout has also been designed to display slides one over another, like a stack, which will go away, one by one, while changing slides.
• Forward and Backward Directions:
  This option allows you to move and change your slides backwards or forwards. Simply by choosing one of the directions, you can decide for your slides to change in a forward or backward direction.
• Transition Delay:
  You can determine the time for a slide change based on mille seconds. The more you set the time for slide change, the more it will take for the transition effect.
• Slide Interval:
  If you want your slides to be displayed longer, or the opposite, you can easily set the time by this feature based on mille seconds.
• Preload Duration:
  Using this feature you can decide to show the message or display a “loading” image before the actual loading of the slide takes place. The time is set based on mille seconds.
• Progress bar:
  With this feature you can see the display duration of a slide in a graphical way.
• Start Item:
  You have a special plan for your slides, or in case you want to start your slide show with a specific slide, by using this feature you can determine which slide to begin the slide show with.
• Auto Play:
  This feature allows you to automatically animate the slides on your Dream Slider when users visit your website. This feature is appropriate for header sliders.
• Repeat Slides:
  Sometimes it is needed to show a specific slide for a number of times, not once. In such cases you can determine the number of times for a slide to be repeated.
• Mouse Click or Mouse Hover:
  Sometimes you need to change a specific slide by simply moving the mouse over navigation button. This feature has also been implemented in Dream Slider.
• Pause on Mouse Over:
  Help your website visitors enjoy reading the content of Dream Slider.
• Main Navigator:
  This feature contains navigation buttons, and it shows up by hovering mouse on the slide. Also, this feature enables users to change the slide through those navigation buttons.
• Introtext:
  Use this feature when the need for displaying extra information for your slides urges. Introtext is a box that can contain text, image, or even a link. Introtext can be used with 4 different entry directions and 31 moving effects as well as the capability to be set for specific length, width, background color, border color, and background color transparency.
• Slide Progression API:
  The DreamSlider JavaScript core comes with a slide control API to control your DreamSlider externally by your own custom navigation elements. Design your own backward, previous, play, pause, next and forward buttons, separate navigation and use the Slide Progression API to control your DreamSlider.
• Call Back API:
  Run functions before and after animating between slides on your DreamSlider. Run your own custom animations, reactions, and process after moving to specific slides.
• Any number of Controller buttons:
  Thought this feature it is possible to implement limitless numbers of controller buttons, i.e. pause, play, previous, next, etc., wherever you want in the Dream Slider.
• Mouse Wheel:
  Enhance the experience of your DreamSlider by allowing users to seamlessly scroll through slides.
• Link:
  Through this feature you can link each slide to a URL, page or file.
• Round Corners:
  Use this feature to round up one or even all four corners of a slide in Dream Slider. There are 19 luring patterns for rounding slide corners.
• Tooltip:
  Tooltip is a common graphical user interface element. It is used in conjunction with a cursor, usually a mouse pointer. There are a lot of settings to use tooltip the way you want it.
• Graphical User Interface:
  Build your DreamSlider without having programming knowledge or even touching any code! Integrate your DreamSlider into your DotNetNuke powered website with the DreamSlider DotNetNuke module.
• Random Show:
  You can experience full dynamism of Dream Slider by choosing Random Show. Combing this feature with a limited number of slides enables you to display different contents in Dream Slider each time Dream Slider loads.
• Limit Slides:
  Suppose that you have 20 slides, for instance, and you want to display only half of them. You can use this feature in such cases.
• Image Quality:
  Based on your need, you can choose among low, normal, and high quality for your images. Just beware that the more the quality of an image, the more size it will have.
• Transparent Image:
  Dream Slider’s strong image processor provides you with the opportunity to change the size of “gif” and “png” files, while keeping image transparency.
• Crop, Fit and None Image Transform:
  In case you want your images with a certain with and height, or in case you want your images to changes size while keeping its original width and length, you can easily decide by using this feature.
• Image Server Cache:
  By enabling this feature, a copy of the picture will be stored on the server after its production according to the defined measures. This feature will also accelerate the loading speed.
• Image Client Cache:
  By enabling this feature, a copy of the picture will be stored on the client machine and from then on, the picture will be loaded from the user’s computer. This feature will also accelerate the loading speed.
• Backend Localization:
  All Backend and Frontend static texts can be localized on your favorite language.
• Content Localization:
  Each slide can be configured to show for All Locales or a Specific Locale. This allows you to present different content for each Locale (Language).
• Import / Export:
  Supports DNN iPortable Interface which allows you to quickly export / import module from one website to another.
• Custom Tokens:
  You can create your own templates using more than 60 tokens for HTML file and 20 tokens for CSS file.
• Role Based Security:
  Each slide can be configured to be visible to specific Security Roles. Determine the visibility of slides for certain security roles.
• multiple file upload:
  We have used a flash uploader in order to upload pictures, which give the opportunity to upload one or multiple pictures. You can watch the upload process in graphical method.
• Publish date:
  Sometimes it is significant to show a specific slide at a specific time. Using this feature allows you to determine the exact starting and finishing time of any slide, for the content of the slide to be shown at those specified times.
• Content Management:
  You can exploit Dream Slider to display a text, as well as an image. There is a strong editor used in the DotNetNuke version of Dream Slider for this purpose.
• Add Existing Module:
  Display one or more Modules within each slide. Combine both Text / HTML and Modules within same slide. Either stack Content/Modules one below another or wrap modules within Text / HTML like a Module Wrapper.
• Media Player:
  Videos, Music Players and any sort of media can all be placed inside the slides of DreamSlider. Within the DotNetNuke version there are a lot of settings for playing media files.
• Template Management:
  DotNetNuke version of Dream Slider includes template management which enables you to manage templates online. You can import, export, upload, delete, and edit existing files within the templates.
• Search Integration:
  Each slide can be optionally configured to be shown within DNN Search Results. Search results guide the users to appropriate slides on the module.