1 <h2>Slick Carousel</h2>
3 <p>Slick is a powerful and performant slideshow/carousel solution leveraging Ken<br />
4 Wheeler's Slick carousel.<br />
5 See http://kenwheeler.github.io/slick</p>
7 <p>Slick has gazillion options, please start with the very basic working<br />
8 samples from <a href="http://dgo.to/slick_extras">slick_example</a> only if trouble to build slicks. Be sure to read<br />
9 its README.txt. Spending 5 minutes or so will save you hours in building more<br />
10 complex slideshows.</p>
12 <p>The module supports Slick 1.6 above.<br />
13 Slick 2.x is just out 9/21/15, and hasn't been officially supported now, 9/27.</p>
18 <li>Slick library: <br />
20 <li>Download Slick archive >= 1.6 from https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/</li>
21 <li>Extract it as is, rename "slick-master" to "slick", so the assets are at:<br />
22 <em>/libraries/slick/slick/slick.css</em><br />
23 <em>/libraries/slick/slick/slick-theme.css</em> (optional if a skin chosen)<br />
24 <em>/libraries/slick/slick/slick.min.js</em>
28 <li>Download jqeasing from https://github.com/gdsmith/jquery.easing, so available at:<br />
29 <em>/libraries/easing/jquery.easing.min.js</em><br />
30 This is CSS easing fallback for non-supporting browsers.</li>
31 <li>Blazy.module, to reduce DRY stuffs, and as a bonus, advanced lazyloading
32 such as delay lazyloading for below-fold sliders, iframe, (fullscreen) CSS
33 background lazyloading, breakpoint dependent multi-serving images, lazyload
34 ahead for smoother UX.</li>
37 <p> Important! Enable Blazy first before updating Slick Alphas,<br />
38 otherwise a requirement error.</p>
43 <li>Fully responsive. Scales with its container.</li>
44 <li>Uses CSS3 when available. Fully functional when not.</li>
45 <li>Swipe enabled. Or disabled, if you prefer.</li>
46 <li>Desktop mouse dragging.</li>
47 <li>Fully accessible with arrow key navigation.</li>
48 <li>Built-in lazyLoad, and multiple breakpoint options.</li>
49 <li>Random, autoplay, pagers, arrows, dots/text/tabs/thumbnail pagers etc...</li>
50 <li>Supports pure text, responsive image, iframe, video carousels with aspect ratio. No extra jQuery plugin FitVids is required. Just CSS.</li>
51 <li>Works with Views, core and contrib fields: Image, Media Entity.</li>
52 <li>Optional and modular skins, e.g.: Carousel, Classic, Fullscreen, Fullwidth, Split, Grid or a multi row carousel.</li>
53 <li>Various slide layouts are built with pure CSS goodness.</li>
54 <li>Nested sliders/overlays, or multiple slicks within a single Slick via Views.</li>
55 <li>Some useful hooks and drupal_alters for advanced works.</li>
56 <li>Modular integration with various contribs to build carousels with multimedia lightboxes or inline multimedia.</li>
57 <li>Media switcher: Image linked to content, Image to iframe, Image to colorbox, Image to photobox.</li>
58 <li>Cacheability + lazyload = light + fast.</li>
63 <p>Install the module as usual, more info can be found on:<br />
64 http://drupal.org/documentation/install/modules-themes/modules-7</p>
66 <p>The Slick module has several sub-modules:</p>
69 <li>slick_ui, included, to manage optionsets, can be uninstalled at production.</li>
70 <li><a href="http://dgo.to/slick_media">slick_media</a>, to get richer contents using Media entity.</li>
71 <li><a href="http://dgo.to/slick_video">slick_video</a>, to get video carousels using Video Embed Field.</li>
72 <li><a href="http://dgo.to/slick_paragraphs">slick_paragraphs</a>, to get more complex slides at field level.</li>
73 <li><a href="http://dgo.to/slick_views">slick_views</a>, to get more complex slides.</li>
74 <li><a href="http://dgo.to/slick_extras">slick_extras</a> contains <strong>slick_devel</strong>, if you want to help testing and developing the Slick, and <strong>slick_example</strong>, to get up and running quickly.</li>
77 <h3>OPTIONAL INTEGRATION</h3>
79 <p>Slick supports enhancements and more complex layouts.</p>
82 <li>Colorbox, to have grids/slides that open up image/video in overlay.</li>
83 <li>Photobox, idem ditto.</li>
84 <li>Responsive image, in core, to get truly responsive image.</li>
85 <li><a href="http://dgo.to/media_entity">Media Entity</a>, to have richer contents: image, video, or a mix of em.</li>
86 <li><a href="http://dgo.to/video_embed_field">Video Embed Media</a>, idem ditto.</li>
87 <li><a href="http://dgo.to/paragraphs">Paragraphs</a>, to get more complex slides at field level.</li>
88 <li>Mousewheel, download from https://github.com/brandonaaron/jquery-mousewheel, so it is available at:<br />
89 <em>/libraries/mousewheel/jquery.mousewheel.min.js</em></li>
96 <p>To create optionsets, go to:</p>
98 <p><em> admin/config/media/slick</em></p>
100 <p>Enable Slick UI sub-module first, otherwise regular "Access denied".<br />
101 They will be available at field formatter "Manage display", and Views UI.</p>
103 <h3>VIEWS AND FIELDS</h3>
105 <p>Slick works with Views and as field display formatters.<br />
106 Slick Views is available as a style plugin included at slick_views.module.<br />
107 Slick field formatter included as a plugin which supports core: Image, Text.</p>
109 <h3>PROGRAMATICALLY</h3>
111 <p>See slick.api.php for samples.</p>
113 <h3>NESTED SLICKS</h3>
115 <p>Nested slick is a parent Slick containing slides which contain individual child<br />
116 slick per slide. The child slicks are basically regular slide overlays like<br />
117 a single video over the large background image, only with nested slicks it can<br />
118 be many videos displayed as a slideshow as well.<br />
119 Use Slick Paragraphs or Views to build one.<br />
120 Supported multi-value fields for nested slicks: Image, Text, VEF, Media entity.</p>
124 <p>The main purpose of skins are to demonstrate that often some CSS lines are<br />
125 enough to build fairly variant layouts. No JS needed. Unless, of course, for<br />
126 more sophisticated slider like spiral 3D carousel which is beyond what CSS can<br />
127 do. But more often CSS will do.</p>
129 <p>Skins allow swappable layouts like next/prev links, split image or caption, etc.<br />
130 with just CSS. However a combination of skins and options may lead to<br />
131 unpredictable layouts, get yourself dirty. Use the provided samples to see<br />
132 the working skins.</p>
134 <p>Some default complex layout skins applied to desktop only, adjust for the mobile<br />
135 accordingly. The provided skins are very basic to support the necessary layouts.<br />
136 It is not the module job to match your awesome design requirements.</p>
138 <h4><strong>Optional skins:</strong></h4>
140 <p><strong>- None</strong><br />
141 It is all about DIY.<br />
142 Doesn't load any extra CSS other than the basic styles required by slick.<br />
143 Skins at the optionset are ignored, only useful to fetch description and<br />
144 your own custom work when not using the sub-modules, nor plugins.<br />
145 If using individual slide layout, do the layouts yourself.</p>
147 <p><strong>- Classic</strong><br />
148 Adds dark background color over white caption, only good for slider (single<br />
149 slide visible), not carousel (multiple slides visible), where small captions<br />
150 are placed over images, and animated based on their placement.</p>
152 <p><strong>- Full screen</strong><br />
153 Works best with 1 slidesToShow. Use z-index layering > 8 to position elements<br />
154 over the slides, and place it at large regions. Currently only works with<br />
155 Slick fields, use Views to make it a block. Use Slick Paragraphs to<br />
156 have more complex contents inside individual slide, and assign it to Slide<br />
157 caption fields.</p>
159 <p><strong>- Full width</strong><br />
160 Adds additional wrapper to wrap overlay video and captions properly.<br />
161 This is designated for large slider in the header or spanning width to window<br />
162 edges at least 1170px width for large monitor. To have a custom full width<br />
163 skin, simply prefix your skin with "full", e.g.: fullstage, fullwindow, etc.</p>
165 <p><strong>- Split</strong><br />
166 Caption and image/media are split half, and placed side by side. This requires<br />
167 any layout containing "split", otherwise useless.</p>
169 <p><strong>- Grid</strong><br />
170 Only reasonable if you have considerable amount of slides.<br />
171 Uses the Foundation 5.5 block-grid, and disabled if you choose your own skin<br />
172 not named Grid. Otherwise overrides skin Grid accordingly.</p>
174 <p><strong> Requires:</strong><br />
175 Visible slides, Skin Grid for starter, A reasonable amount of slides,<br />
176 Optionset with Rows and slidesPerRow = 1.<br />
177 Avoid variableWidth and adaptiveHeight. Use consistent dimensions.<br />
178 This is module feature, older than core Rows, and offers more flexibility.<br />
179 Available at slick_views, and configurable via Views UI.</p>
181 <p>If you want to attach extra 3rd libraries, e.g.: image reflection, image zoomer,<br />
182 more advanced 3d carousels, etc, simply put them into js array of the target<br />
183 skin. Add proper weight, if you are acting on existing slick events,<br />
184 normally < 0 (slick.load.min.js) is the one.</p>
186 <p>Use hook_slick_skins_info() and implement \Drupal\slick\SlickSkinInterface<br />
187 to register ones. Clear the cache once.</p>
189 <p>See slick.api.php for more info on skins.<br />
190 See \Drupal\slick\SlickSkinInterface.</p>
192 <p>Other skins are available at http://dgo.to/slick_extras<br />
193 Some extra skins are WIP which may not work as expected.</p>
197 <p>To create Slick grid or multiple rows carousel, there are 3 options:</p>
200 <li>One row grid managed by library:<br />
201 Visit <em>admin/config/media/slick</em><br />
202 Edit current optionset, and set<br />
203 slidesToShow > 1, and Rows and slidesperRow = 1</li>
204 <li>Multiple rows grid managed by library:<br />
205 Visit <em>admin/config/media/slick</em><br />
206 Edit current optionset, and set<br />
207 slidesToShow = 1, Rows > 1 and slidesPerRow > 1</li>
208 <li>Multiple rows grid managed by Module:<br />
209 Visit <em>admin/structure/views/view/slick_x/edit/block_grid from slick_example</em><br />
210 Install the Slick example sub-module first.<br />
211 Requires skin "Grid", and slidesToShow, Rows and slidesPerRow = 1.</li>
214 <p>The first 2 are supported by core library using pure JS approach.<br />
215 The last is the Module feature using pure CSS Foundation block-grid.</p>
218 The total amount of Views results must be bigger than Visible slides, otherwise<br />
219 broken Grid, see skin Grid above for more details.</p>
221 <h3>HTML STRUCTURE</h3>
223 <p>Note, non-BEM classes are added by JS.</p>
226 <div class="slick"><br />
227 <div class="slick__slider slick-initialized slick-slider"><br />
228 <div class="slick__slide"></div><br />
229 </div><br />
230 <nav class="slick__arrow"></nav><br />
233 <p>asNavFor should target slick-initialized class/ID attributes.</p>
235 <h3>BUG REPORTS OR SUPPORT REQUESTS</h3>
237 <p>A basic knowledge of Drupal site building is required. If you get stuck:</p>
240 <li>consult the provided READMEs,</li>
241 <li>descriptions on each form item,</li>
242 <li>the relevant guidelines from the supported modules,</li>
243 <li>consider the project issue queues, your problem may be already addressed,</li>
244 <li>install slick_example.</li>
247 <p>If you do have bug reports, we love bugs, please:</p>
250 <li>provide steps to reproduce it,</li>
251 <li>provide detailed info, a screenshot of the output and Slick form, or words to identify it any better,</li>
252 <li>make sure that the bug is caused by the module.</li>
255 <p>For the Slick library bug, please report it to the actual library:<br />
256 https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick</p>
258 <p>You can create a fiddle to isolate the bug if reproduceable outside the module:<br />
259 http://jsfiddle.net/</p>
261 <p>For the support requests, a screenshot of the output and Slick form are helpful.<br />
262 Shortly, you should kindly help the maintainers with detailed info to help you.<br />
265 <h3>TROUBLESHOOTING</h3>
267 <li>When upgrading from Slick v1.3.6 to later version, try to resave options at:<br />
269 <li><em>admin/config/media/slick</em></li>
270 <li><em>admin/structure/types/manage/CONTENT_TYPE/display</em></li>
271 <li><em>admin/structure/views/view/VIEW_NAME</em><br />
272 only if trouble to see the new options, or when options don't apply properly.<br />
273 Most likely true when the library adds/changes options, or the module<br />
274 does something new. This is normal for any library even commercial ones, so<br />
278 <li>Always clear the cache, and re-generate JS (if aggregation is on) when<br />
279 updating the module to ensure things are picked up:<br />
280 <em>admin/config/development/performance</em></li>
281 <li>If you are customizing template files, or theme functions, re-check against the latest.</li>
283 <li>Slick release is similar, or later than Blazy.</li>
286 <h3>KNOWN ISSUES</h3>
289 <li>Slick admin CSS may not be compatible with private or contrib admin<br />
290 themes. Only if trouble with admin display, please disable it at:<br />
291 admin/config/media/blazy</li>
292 <li>The Slick lazyLoad is not supported with Responsive image. Slick only<br />
293 facilitates Responsive image to get in. The image formatting is taken over by<br />
294 Responsive image.<br />
295 Some other options such as Aspect ratio is currently not supported either.</li>
296 <li>Photobox is best for:<br />
297 - infinite true + slidesToShow 1<br />
298 - infinite false + slidesToShow N<br />
299 If "infinite true + slidesToShow > 1" is a must, but you don't want dup<br />
300 thumbnails, simply override the JS to disable 'thumbs' option.</li>
301 <li>The following is not module related, but worth a note:<br />
303 <li>lazyLoad ondemand has issue with dummy image excessive height.<br />
304 Added fixes to suppress it via option Aspect ratio (fluid | enforced).<br />
305 Or use Blazy lazyload for more advanced options.</li>
306 <li>Aspect ratio is not compatible with Responsive image or multi-serving<br />
308 However if you can stick to one Aspect ratio, choose 'enforced' instead.<br />
309 Otherwise disable Aspect ratio for multi-serving images.</li>
310 <li>If the total < slidesToShow, Slick behaves. Previously added a workaround to<br />
311 fix this, but later dropped and handed over to the core instead.<br />
312 Brought back the temp fix for 1.6+ as per 10/18/16:<br />
313 See https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/issues/262</li>
314 <li>Fade option with slideToShow > 1 will screw up.</li>
315 <li>variableWidth ignores slidesToShow.</li>
316 <li>Too much centerPadding at small device affects slidesToShow.</li>
317 <li>Infinite option will create duplicates or clone slides which look more<br />
318 obvious if slidesToShow > 1. Simply disable it if not desired.</li>
319 <li>If thumbnail display is Infinite, the main one must be infinite too, else<br />
320 incorrect syncing.</li>
321 <li>adaptiveHeight is no good for vertical.</li>
326 <h3>CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STATUS</h3>
328 <p>A full release should be reasonable after proper feedback from the community,<br />
329 some code cleanup, and optimization where needed. Patches are very much welcome.</p>
331 <p>Alpha and Beta releases are for developers only. Be aware of possible breakage.</p>
333 <p>However if it is broken, unless an update is explicitly required, clearing cache<br />
334 should fix most issues during DEV phases.</p>
336 <li>Prior to any update, always visit:
337 <em>/admin/config/development/performance</em></li>
338 <li>Hit "Clear all caches" button once the new Slick is in place.</li>
339 <li>Regenerate CSS and JS as the latest fixes may contain changes to the assets.</li>
340 <li>Have the latest or similar release Blazy to avoid trouble in the first place.</li>
345 <p>- Bug fixes, code cleanup, optimization, and full release.</p>
347 <h3>HOW CAN YOU HELP?</h3>
349 <p>Please consider helping in the issue queue, provide improvement, or helping with documentation.</p>
351 <p>If you find this module helpful, please help back spread the love. Thanks.</p>
353 <h3>QUICK PERFORMANCE TIPS</h3>
355 <li>Use lazyLoad "ondemand" / "anticipated" for tons of images, not "progressive".
356 Unless within an ajaxified lightbox.</li>
357 <li>Choose lazyload "Blazy" for carousels below the fold to delay loading them.</li>
358 <li>Tick "Optimized" option on the top right of Slick optionset edit page.</li>
359 <li>Use image style with regular sizes containing effect "crop" in the name. This
360 way all images will inherit dimensions calculated once.</li>
361 <li>Disable core library "slick-theme.css" as it contains font "slick" which
362 may not be in use when using own icon font at:
363 /admin/config/media/slick/ui</li>
364 <li>Use Blazy multi-serving images, Responsive image, or Picture, accordingly.</li>
365 <li>Uninstall Slick UI at production.</li>
366 <li>Enable Drupal cache, and CSS/ JS assets aggregation.</li>
369 <h3>AUTHOR/MAINTAINER/CREDITS</h3>
371 <p>Slick 8.x-1.x by gausarts, and other authors below.<br />
372 Slick 7.x-2.x by gausarts, inspired by Flexslider with CTools integration.<br />
373 Slick 7.x-1.x by arshadcn, the original author.</p>
375 <p>- https://www.drupal.org/node/2232779/committers<br />
376 - CHANGELOG.txt for helpful souls with their patches, suggestions and reports.</p>
380 <p>See the project page on drupal.org: http://drupal.org/project/slick.</p>
382 <p>More info relevant to each option is available at their form display by hovering<br />
383 over them, and click a dark question mark.</p>
385 <p><strong>See the Slick docs at:</strong><br />
386 - http://kenwheeler.github.io/slick/<br />
387 - https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/</p>