Slide Show Plugin

This plugin converts a topic with headings into a slideshow.

Introduction

There is already a defacto standard for presentations, why this plugin? This plugin makes sense for organizations that do already have lots of content in Foswiki: It is easy to create a web based presentation that contains many links to related content. The plugin does not try to compete with the bells and whistles of the other presentation program, but the markup of Foswiki and other plugins like Foswiki:Extensions/ChartPlugin, Foswiki:Extensions/GaugePlugin, Foswiki:Extensions/SpreadSheetPlugin, Foswiki:Extensions/FoswikiDrawPlugin can be used to create appealing presentations.

Any topic with headings can be converted into a slideshow. Each slide starts with a "---++" heading. There are two modes to view a topic:

You can start the presentation by clicking on the "Start presentation" button.

Syntax Rules

How to Create a Slideshow

How to Create Your own Slide Template

To create your own template topic, copy the "Default Slide Template" section below into your own slide template topic and customize it to your needs. It can be activated as the default template in the plugin's TEMPLATE setting, or per slideshow with the %SLIDESHOWSTART{ template="MyOwnSlideTemplate" }% setting.

Example

This is a short example of a slideshow. You should see a "Start presentation" button if this plugin is installed:

Start Presentation

Slide 1: Silly Sample Slideshow


By John Doe

London, 29 Sep 2007

Slide 2: Agenda

Slide 3: Silly Introduction

Comments

Slide 4: Silly Feature

Slide 5: Silly Conclusion

This text is not part of the slideshow

SlideShowPlugin Global Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preference settings. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, i.e. %SLIDESHOWPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

Default Slide Template

The part between the rulers defines the default format of a slide:


Foswiki Slide Show %SLIDETITLE% %SLIDENAVNEXT%

%SLIDETEXT%
%SLIDENAVALL%  Slide %SLIDENUM% of %SLIDEMAX% COPYRIGHT © 2024 by the contributing authors


Plugin Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this plugin. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the plugin on the server where Foswiki is running.

Plugin Info

Copyright: Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Peter Thoeny, peter@thoeny.org and TWiki Contributors; 2008 Foswiki Contributors
License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
Plugin Version: 16 Dec 2008
Change History:  
16 Dec 2008: Foswiki version
02 Aug 2008: Fixed corruption of preview
29 Sep 2007: Added VarSLIDESHOWSTART and VarSLIDESHOWEND to have them listed in System.Macros
12 Feb 2007: fixed construction of view urls (TWiki:Main/MichaelDaum)
19 Nov 2006: 12011: Preserve URL parameters in slideshow (suggested by TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert); changed logo in default template to T-logo; fixed warning errors introduced by 1.005
16 Mar 2005: 1.005 Crawford Currie prepped for Dakar, and fixed multiple evaluation bug
21 Nov 2004: 1.004 Added support for %SLIDECOMMENT% template keyword (TWiki:Main/ArthurClemens); added benchmarks
21 Mar 2004: Internal change: Fixed unofficial function call
14 Dec 2002: Added %SLIDENAVALL% template keyword; added HIDECOMMENTS setting
23 Nov 2002: Added %SLIDENAVLAST% template keyword; using print Skin for presentation mode
19 Nov 2002: Added "Start presentation" and "End presentation" buttons; added %SLIDENAVFIRST%, %SLIDENAVPREV%, %SLIDENAVNEXT% template keywords
17 Nov 2002: Initial version
CPAN Dependencies: none
Other Dependencies: none
Perl Version: 5.008
Plugin Home: http://foswiki.org/Extensions/SlideShowPlugin
Support: http://foswiki.org/Support/SlideShowPlugin


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