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[ctogramm Friend ctogrammJoin date: February 2007Posts: 7Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#120368

Problems with JA Newsflash:
(1) Randomizer goes into an infinite loop when there is only one newsflash item in the database.
(2) First newsflash item is never displayed when RG_EMULATION is off.

Here is my solution:
(1) Modify the randomizer code (ja-newsflashloader.php line 271) like this:
[PHP]
srand ((double) microtime() * 1000000);
$countdown = 5; // you can replace 5 with a number of your choice
while ($countdown–) {
$flashnum = rand( 0, $numrows-1 );
if ($flashnum != $curnews) break;
}[/PHP]
(2) $splitter is defined before including globals.php. As a result it gets unset by unregisterGlobals() in globals.php.
Solution: move the line
[PHP]$splitter = md5(“JA Flashnews”);[/PHP]
below the line
[PHP]require( ‘globals.php’ );[/PHP]
in ja-newsflashloader.php (i.e. from line 22 to below line 25).

[ShannonN Friend ShannonNJoin date: July 2006Posts: 1947Downloads:0Uploads:9 Thanks: 16 Thanked: 172 times in 49 posts]

#220497

ctogramm;16025Problems with JA Newsflash:
(1) Randomizer goes into an indefinite loop when there is only one newsflash item in the database.
(2) First newsflash item is never displayed when RG_EMULATION is off.

Here is my solution:
(1) Modify the randomizer code (ja-newsflashloader.php line 271) like this:
[php]
srand ((double) microtime() * 1000000);
$countdown = 5; // you can replace 5 with a number of your choice
while ($countdown–) {
$flashnum = rand( 0, $numrows-1 );
if ($flashnum != $curnews) break;
}[/php](2) $splitter is defined before including globals.php. As a result it gets unset by unregisterGlobals() in globals.php.
Solution: move the line
[php]$splitter = md5(“JA Flashnews”);[/php]below the line
[php]require( ‘globals.php’ );[/php]in ja-newsflashloader.php (i.e. from line 22 to below line 25).

Cool Thanks for that , However warning to members who use this modification, if it breaks your site ctogramm provides the support to fix, don’t blame JA 🙂

[ctogramm Friend ctogrammJoin date: February 2007Posts: 7Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#220500

If I have to become an unofficial tech support rep for JA, I demand a free 1-year membership extension 😀

[Khanh Le Moderator Khanh LeJoin date: November 2013Posts: 1884Downloads:41Uploads:31 Thanks: 44 Thanked: 203 times in 131 posts]

#220603

Thank you for the great fix, ctogramm. 😀

[ShannonN Friend ShannonNJoin date: July 2006Posts: 1947Downloads:0Uploads:9 Thanks: 16 Thanked: 172 times in 49 posts]

#220608

ctogramm;16045If I have to become an unofficial tech support rep for JA, I demand a free 1-year membership extension 😀

Hey I have no probs with that however then you will answer every request for coding and css ok 🙂

[dpk Friend dpkJoin date: June 2006Posts: 129Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 19 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#222163

I have made these changes, and I still have these problems:

-module content changes only when you move to a new page; does not rotate itself
-module will not display all newsflash content–with 3 newsflash items active, only the first 2 are displayed

[frixos Friend frixosJoin date: June 2007Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#222268

Hallo to everybody. I am new to JA and and I have a problem which may sound silly. I cant get any newsflash to appear through JA Newsflash. Is there something specific i need to do, cause i think i tried everything. In what position do i place the module???

[benehem Friend benehemJoin date: November 2006Posts: 23Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#224200

Great solution!

THX a lot !!!

[lisas Friend lisasJoin date: June 2007Posts: 5Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#224458

I’ve made the changes suggested in this thread and they helped, but I am still getting errors related to JA_newflashloader.php The website is 76.12.25.35. Can someone please help me? It seems as though others have this same problem and it was mentioned that it might be a permissions problem. I don’t think that’s the issue but would be willing to check that out if I knew where to go to fix it. I set the permissions when I installed Joomla to the recommended settings.
Thanks for any help you can provide. I’d really like to be able to use this feature of the template. I have gotten everything else to work.
Thanks,
Lisa

[cybatek Friend cybatekJoin date: August 2007Posts: 38Downloads:0Uploads:4 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#227439

Hello Lisa – I noticed you don’t have the newsflashloader running at your site. I presume this means you didn’t get a suitable answer?

I’m dealing with a moderately related issue where the JA newsflash mod doesn’t ‘roll’ through it content items – it just shows a single item.

Not exactly your problem, but same sort of MOD.

http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/ja-newsflash-ajax-doesnt-roll-through-content-items/

If it’s any consolation – your site looks nice as it is. 🙂

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