jimboeejit Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Evening all...Im just starting out with websites and ive run into a problem I can upload images ,change products etc but i cant change the main image in top centre of homepage. it is a gif file that changes appox. 6 images i want to change those images but cant find the way to do it can anyone advise/help? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Butter Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 It sounds like you are talking about the homepage slider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Hi, Thanks for your reply its on this site www.orchardmotorsport.com the big gif in middle below title how do i chnge the images? they are a gif file.. i have a new one made but cant get to folder to change it Thanks again jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Butter Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 So you don't have access to ...../store/images/uploads/orchard_gif.GIF via FTP, cPanel, or FileManager? What skin is this and what CC version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 its cc3 and curvy blue skin i can access most if not all...im new to this site and its a mess..lots of things need changed before the owner upgrades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Butter Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I know nothing at all about v3, but if you have access to most files - do you have access to the uploads file? Perhaps it's a file permission issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 This file:http://www.orchardmotorsport.com/store/images/uploads/orchard_gif.GIF is an "animated" GIF image. The "animated" GIF is an "interesting" effect, popular many years ago, but now more of an irritant. (Just like <blink>.) To change the internal image set, you will need to use a graphics program that knows how to handle animated GIF files. There are several free online GIF editors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 thank you for your reply i hae new gif already prepared but my problem is i cannot access the folder to change the original to new gif i can access and change everything else..products etc but not the gif the whole site needs a revamp to 'modernise' it but small steps first lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (It's been awhile since I worked with CC3.) In admin, (File Manager) Upload Images, a File Uploader popoup will allow you to get the image up to your site. Then, in (Documents) Homepage, you are given an editor for the Homepage contents. I believe the animated GIF's link is in the Homepage document. Select the image, then click on the editor's "Insert/Edit Image" tool button. This brings up a dialog window of the image link's properties. You can change the link's filename here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 okkkk... now ive found where the files go and if im correct it is just a matter of changing name of image and updating... so i done that...updated...and it will not show on website.. i have made the gif at 552x390 can someone please advise?... i have attached screenshot of editor file in 'homepage' document (all i did was change orchard_gif to neworchard_gif but had to change back as it did not show on site) forgot to add... i did upload the new image to server successfully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 This image at your site does not exist: /store/images/uploads/neworchard_gif.GIF Please verify the image exists at this location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 sorry.,,i dont understand.. i uploaded as per your instructions it said uploaded successfully. it shows in the list of images when i click on 'manage images' would it be a folder location error? or something else? Thanks Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 To verify, please use a utility that shows you the contents of the folders of your site. Your hosting control panel should have some sort of File Explorer. Or you can use an FTP utility to access your site. Make sure the image file neworchard_gif.GIF exists in the folder /store/images/uploads/. My next concern is that, according to the image you posted above, CC3 is not giving you a full featured Editor. What I see is the typical HTML <textarea> form element. The Editor gives you a WYSIWYG representation of the contents. However, making the edit manually in the actual source should also work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 thank you i will be at the pc concerned within the hour. could you also just confirm that the gif i have to make is at size 552x390? i know theres a limit to file size of 1.5mb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Technically, you can make the image any size you want (within reasonable limits, for file size). You have this HTML: <p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 552px; HEIGHT: 390px" alt="" src="/store/images/uploads/orchard_gif.GIF" width="292" height="390"/></p> In the above HTML, there is both a style attribute with width and height properties, as well as <img> tag attributes for width and height. Fortunately, the properties in the style attribute takes precedence over the tag attributes. So, the HTML is instructing the browser to show the image, regardless of it's original dimensions, at 552x390 pixels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Hi again i have attached pics of what i have done but still no gif change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Almost there! Unfortunately, it seems your server's filesystem is incredibly lettercase sensitive. The actual filename ends in ".gif", but you are coding for ".GIF". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 almost lol the file original is called... orchard_gif the new file is called... newfrontorchard.gif the only thing i changed was 'orchard_gif' to 'newfrontorchard' then updated at bottom so how do i cure this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 When you are editing the Homepage document: From: src="/store/images/uploads/newfrontorchard.GIF" To: src="/store/images/uploads/newfrontorchard.gif" Note the lettercase change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 ill try that.. original says orchard_gif.GIF i already tried newfrontorchard.GIF so i will change it to newfrontorchard.gif and let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboeejit Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 well....all i can say is...thanks...a lot that was the issue...file extension was .GIF in original i changed to .gif and hey presto...sorted.. now i have a few gifs to make so i can change regularily and then to venture into a newer version of CC Thank you again for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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