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 TWiki: 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 TWiki and other plugins like
TWiki:Plugins/ChartPlugin
,
TWiki:Plugins/GaugePlugin,
TWiki:Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin,
TWiki:Plugins/TWikiDrawPlugin 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:
- Normal topic view mode: Headings and text is shown in the usual TWiki rendering, representing the outline of the slideshow. This mode is useful to print handouts.
- Presentation mode: Each heading with text is shown as a slide; the format is based on a slide template. Navigation buttons are added to go to the "First", "Previous", and "Next" slide. Slide navigation is quick because it is done with anchor jumps to the same page.
You can start the presentation by clicking on the "Start presentation" button.
Syntax Rules
How to Create a Slideshow
- Start with
%SLIDESHOWSTART%
- Use the optional
template parameter to specify your own slide template topic, e.g. %SLIDESHOWSTART{ template="MyOwnSlideTemplate" }%
- Create the slides. Start each slide with a
"---++" heading and add text like paragraphs, bullets, tables and images.
- Hint: Make sure to keep each slide short enough so that you do not need to scroll to see all text of a slide during the presentation.
- Note: You can use any heading level you like, but use the same for all slides.
- End your slideshow with
%SLIDESHOWEND%
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.
- Use an HTML table that defines a slide. For example, create one row for the slide title, another one for the slide text.
- These keywords can be used:
| Keyword | What it means |
%SLIDETITLE% | The heading of the slide |
%SLIDETEXT% | The text of the slide |
%SLIDECOMMENT% | The comment of the slide (optional; appended to slide of missing) |
%SLIDENUM% | The current slide number |
%SLIDEMAX% | The last slide number |
%SLIDENAV% | The navigation buttons for "First", "Previous", "Next" slide |
%SLIDENAVALL% | The navigation buttons for "First", "Previous", "Next", "Last" slide |
%SLIDENAVFIRST% | The navigation button for "First slide" |
%SLIDENAVPREV% | The navigation button for "Previous slide" |
%SLIDENAVNEXT% | The navigation button for "Next slide" |
%SLIDENAVLAST% | The navigation button for "Last slide" |
- Only text between
%STARTINCLUDE% and %STOPINCLUDE% is used for the template.
Example
This is a short example of a slideshow. You should see a "Start presentation" button if this plugin is installed:
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Silly Sample Slideshow |
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Slide 1 of 5 |
COPYRIGHT © 2024 by the contributing authors |
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Agenda |
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- Silly Introduction
- Silly Feature
- Silly Conclusion
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Slide 2 of 5 |
COPYRIGHT © 2024 by the contributing authors |
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Silly Introduction |
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Slide 3 of 5 |
COPYRIGHT © 2024 by the contributing authors |
Comments
- This text is not shown in the slide if HIDECOMMENTS is set to on.
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Silly Feature |
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- it's foo bar
- more foo bar
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Slide 4 of 5 |
COPYRIGHT © 2024 by the contributing authors |
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Silly Conclusion |
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Slide 5 of 5 |
COPYRIGHT © 2024 by the contributing authors |
This text is not part of the slideshow
SlideShowPlugin Global Settings
Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write
%<plugin>_<setting>%, i.e.
%SLIDESHOWPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%
- One line description, is shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
- Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
- Debug plugin: (See output in
data/debug.txt)
- Default template for slides:
- Hide text starting with a
---+++ Comments heading:
Default Slide Template
The part between the rulers defines the default format of a slide:
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%SLIDETITLE% |
%SLIDENAVNEXT% |
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%SLIDETEXT%
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%SLIDENAVALL% |
Slide %SLIDENUM% of %SLIDEMAX% |
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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 TWiki is running.
- Download the ZIP file from the Plugin Home (see below)
- Unzip
SlideShowPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content: | File: | Description: |
data/TWiki/SlideShowPlugin.txt | Plugin topic |
lib/TWiki/Plugins/SlideShowPlugin.pm | Plugin Perl module |
lib/TWiki/Plugins/SlideShowPlugin/SlideShow.pm | Plugin Perl module |
pub/TWiki/*.gif | Various button image files |
- TWiki 4.0 and up: Run the configure script, and enable the plugin in the {Plugins} section.
- Test above example if the installation was successful.
Plugin Info
Related Topics: TWikiPreferences,
TWikiPlugins
This topic: TWiki
> SlideShowPlugin
Topic revision: r7 - 2008-08-02 - TWikiContributor
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