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Hello,
a customer of mine has a request.
Maybe somebody knows if this is possible with an existing add on or maybe there's a developer who can build it?

Customer would like to have a block that can have a flash or image as a background.
On top of that, he would like to add several headline texts that fade in and out and are also hyperlinked.

Thanks.
maartenfb
 
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stromberg
Hi Maarten!

Have you looked at the "scrapbook slideshow" addon? -> http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/scrapbook-slideshow/...

As far as I can see it allows you to cycle through the contents of a scrapbook. So you would put different blocks (= content blocks with text/ links in your case) in a scrapbook and choose this when you put this slideshow block on your page.

You can see a demo here: http://www.sixeightmedia.net/services/concrete5-development/scrapbo...

You would then need to place a standard Flash/Image block and the slideshow block on your page and overlay them by using CSS (z-index property). I haven't tested this myself, I suppose it could be problematic with a Flash background.
There's a caveat, though: Overlaying both blocks will make probably make them ineditable, but you can probably work around this by overriding those styles while in edit mode:
<?php if ($c->isEditMode()) { ?>
<div style="RESET YOUR POSITIONING HERE">
<?php } ?>
[Place your editable area where you'd put the image and the slider block here]
<?php if ($c->isEditMode()) { ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

You would have to put this code inside the page type file inside your theme and probably create a new one for this purpose.

There are some more "Slider" addons in the marketplace, you should probably take a look at them, too.

Hope this helps a little and was not too confusing. Please post back if you have more questions!

Cheers!
stromberg