Main page banner slider animated

[marino]

Hei guys.
I'm trying to change the main page banner but the banner sould be animated.
So i have created an animated banner uploded it and when i check it in the storefont i was there but i didn't do anything.
It was not animating.
I have use the animated banner in other websites and it worked well just here it seem not to be working.
Can abantecart even play .gif files? Or i'm a doing something wrong?

Please help. 

[abantecart]

What do you mean by animated banner? Animated image?

Did you add banner to banner block and layout?

[marino]

I want to add .gif, animated banner.
Design->Banner Manger->Banner 1 , there is origanally a picture or .jpg.
A want to add insted of the .jpg, an animated banner or .gif like a commercial for another page.
I don't want to add a banner block coz i think the original is okey. Or do i need to make a new banner block via layout?

[abantecart]

If you are editing existing banner that is already working and visible on storefront, you do not need to create new block.
How do you upload banner to the site? Do you use resource library or regular FTP? Do you see banner in admin?

[marino]

I have uploaded the banner via resource library and i see the banner in the admin panel. And i see this uploaded banner in the storefront but it is not animating.

[abantecart]

Can you please post URL?

[marino]

I cant post the URL since i am directly uploading to the dashboard.
Here is a picture.

[abantecart]

Thank you for posting the screenshot. This does not help though.

Can you please post the actual image you use? I will try to work with it on my side

[marino]

Oh, sorry.
I have send you a PM since i could not post the download link here.

[abantecart]

I think I know what is happening. When any images is added to resource library, it will be re sized to generate thumbnails. This breaks your animated image.

What you can do is upload your image with FTP to any directory on your server and add HTML resource library or create HTML banner with inclusion of your image using web path. www.domain.com/image/banner2.gif or just /image/banner2.gif

[marino]

I understand.
Now i have done exactly what you said but now when i do this i get only the path in the storefront.
Take a look a the screenshot. So on the right side should be the banner, but now it is giving me the path without displaying the banner.

[marino]

Wait. It's working.
I have changed the Type to Text Banner and in the Banner HTML-code field i just made a <img src="domain.com/banner2.gif"></img> and it's working great.
I would like to know now if this i legit or will this cause some other problems?

I have again tried your method, so i changed the Type back to Graphic banner and it worked but only if i don't put in the direct link of the banner in the HTML resource library but make it like <img src="domain.com/banner2.gif"></img>.
Again is this okey?

[abantecart]

Yes, you can use HTML based approach. That is why we have flexibility built in to allow different options.

[marino]

This was a great idea!
Good job guys.
Thank you for your support.