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Block Carousel for Cycling through Stacks?

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So i need a little push in the right direction. I know what i want but not quite sure how to go about it.

What im looking to create is a Custom Carousel Block - except it allows me to choose from my list of stacks. Allowing me to display one stack for [x] seconds in an area.

I have experience block building and packaging so im not worried about that part. I'm more confused about how blocks & stacks are being stored & called. i was hoping someone could help me with putting together a controller & view.php.

In short i need my custom block to do these 2 things:
- access my list of stacks & allow me choose from them
- cycle through my chosen stacks
 
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
JohntheFish
You could build that from Magic Tabs. Put a stack in each tab (or any combination of blocks) select a transition, use a Magic Tabs Autoplay to cycle through the tabs as a slide show, create a template that hides the tab headers or shows them as nav appropriate to the slideshow.
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/magic-tabs1/...
https://demo.c5magic.co.uk/addons/magic-tabs/auto-play...
aaronStark replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks, ill check into this for the future since it looks like a nicer/fluffier version what i ended up creating.

I ended up making a simpler custom block w/ just the needed functionality. Its mostly done now except for a few tweaks. Took a look at the core dashboard stack single_page and a few others for reference.

Thanks for the quick reply though, ill probably have more questions in the future.
JohntheFish replied on at Permalink Reply
JohntheFish
I have added a 'No-Tabs' template to Magic Tabs v7.2.2 without visible controls: https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/magic-tabs1/... , So custom tab templates are no longer needed to make a slide show without tab controls showing. Demo at
https://demo.c5magic.co.uk/addons/magic-tabs/no-tabs...