slideshow2 vertical thumbnails

**tmikk** · 01/28/2011, 19:49

Great work on slideshow2 extension! I had no problems getting it up and running.

I would like to place the thumbnails vertically next to the image as is displayed on this slideshow2 example page: http://www.electricprism.com/aeron/s.../example5.html . From the page header I see that they use the following CSS code to make this work:

.slideshow-thumbnails {
height: 300px;
left: auto;
right: -80px;
top: 0;
width: 70px;
}
.slideshow-thumbnails ul {
height: 500px;
width: 70px;
}

I understand that to change the styling of the slideshow in Contao, I would need to create a new template based on slideshow2_css_standard.tpl file and then modify it. How could I implement the above CSS in the template to make the thumbnails appear vertically?

Thanks!

**schlauchbagmachine** · 02/04/2011, 15:08

Well you just go to templates and create a new slideshow2_css_standard.tpl.
There you overwrite or add the CSS code and then you should see if it works.

**tmikk** · 02/15/2011, 16:38

It is the template css code that I would be interested in seeing in case someone has already changed it to show the thumbnails vertically.

Also, I have not been able to change the slideshow2 to use a different css template. I created a new template, changed its name, but it does not show up in the selection list for selecting a template. This is a separate issue however. I will create a new post about it.

**tmikk** · 02/15/2011, 16:56

Looks like I am able to select a new template if I have it in the root of the template folder structure. I had it in a subfolder. I will email the developer about it.

**mechaflash** · 02/15/2011, 16:59

I would also think you could specify .slideshow-thumbnails ul (or li) to display as a table column. I believe that will force it into a vertical line of thumbnails.