while i m installing the simple image gallery module in joomla it says that the xml file is not for module. i m installing the module from the www.joomlaworks.gr simple image gallery module please tell me how i will install this this i s very urgent ofr me regards
Try installing it to the mambo area (in the install menu) if that dosnt work then re download it and finaly here is the xml file that i get when i download it. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <mosinstall type="mambot" group="content"> <name>Simple Image Gallery Plugin</name> <author>Fotis Evangelou - George Chouliaras (JoomlaWorks)</author> <creationDate>08/12/2006</creationDate> <copyright>This extension in released under the GNU/GPL License - http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</copyright> <authorEmail>joomlaworks@gmail.com</authorEmail> <authorUrl>http://www.joomlaworks.gr</authorUrl> <version>1.1</version> - <description> - <![CDATA[ <style type="text/css" media="all"> <!-- .extension_container {padding:0px 0px 4px 0px;} .extension_container ul, .extension_container ol {margin:4px 16px;padding:0px;} .extension_container ul li, .extension_container ol li {margin:2px 8px 2px 0px;padding:0px;} h1 {clear:both;margin:0px 0px 12px 0px;padding:0px 0px 1px 0px;color:#C64934;font-size:17px;border-bottom:1px dotted #505050;} .title {margin:4px 0px;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;} .red {color:#C64934;} --> </style> <div class="extension_container"> <h1><a target="_blank" title="Visit JoomlaWorks!" href="http://www.joomlaworks.gr">"Simple Image Gallery" Plugin v1.x (by JoomlaWorks.gr)</a></h1> <a target="_blank" title="Visit the official project website!" href="http://www.joomlaworks.gr"><img style="float:right;background:#fff;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:2px;margin:0px 0px 2px 8px;" src="../mambots/content/plugin_jw_sig/logo.gif" border="0" alt="Logo" /></a> Adding image galleries inside your Joomla! articles (content items) is now super-easy and simple with the "<b>Simple Image Gallery</b>" Plugin from JoomlaWorks. Just add for example <b class="red">{gallery}myphotos{/gallery}</b> inside any article and all images existing in the folder "<b>myphotos</b>" will be "automagically" presented as <b>an image gallery</b>, with stylish shadows on each thumbnail and "lightbox" popups to display the original images (when the user clicks on a thumbnail)! The thumbnails are generated on the fly using PHP, which means that the original images are resized and resampled, too! <br /> <br /> See the "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin in action in our exclusive demo site <a target="_blank" title="Visit the official AllVideos Plugin website!" href="http://demo.joomlaworks.gr">HERE</a>! <br /> <br /> So, now, a) you don't need to have an additional gallery component to display a few images, b) you don't need to tell your visitors "to see our photos from Paris click here" and c) you focus more on content writing and less on administering the images! The plugin is ideal for news portals wanting to display some product images, for example, inside their articles. The potential of this plugin is actually only limited by your imagination! <br /> <br /> Future releases will feature more control over the galleries created as well as different representations! <br /> <br /> <b>Have fun!</b> <br /> <br /> <h1>USAGE INSTRUCTIONS</h1> The concept is simple. You want to add image galleries inside your articles (content items)! So, create a folder anywhere inside <b class="red">images/stories/</b>, for example call it <b>summer_trip_to_italy</b> and upload there all your images. Now create a new content item (or open an existing one) and simply insert <b class="red">{gallery}summer_trip_to_italy{/gallery}</b>, where you want your image gallery to appear. It doesn't have to be at the end of your article, it can be anywhere you insert it inside your content item. That's it! Fire up your favorite browser, navigate to your content item et voila! An image gallery inside your content item!<br /> <br /> You can have as many galleries as you want inside each content item, but for performance purposes try to only add one at a time (unless you're having only 2-3 images per gallery). If you want to create a gallery from subfolders inside <b>images/stories/</b>, simple add them like this: <b class="red">{gallery}folder/subfolder/othersubfolder{/gallery}</b>. In other words, write the path to your target folder without any slashes at the beginning or the end of your path (it's added automagically!).<br /> <br /> Don't forget to adjust the width and height of each thumbnail. Decreasing the width means you are adding more thumbnails in each row of the gallery. So, experiment before going public. Also, set the image quality of the created thumbnails. Low quality means better loading times. <b class="red">For performance issues, prefer not to use more than 16-20 images per content item</b>.<br /> <br /> <h1>CHANGELOG</h1> Version 1.1 (released on December 8th, 2006) <ol> <li>Minor code changes.</li> <li>Thumbnails now stretch to fill entire available content width.</li> <li>Thumbnails align as if they existed in a table. Don't worry, we've kept the divs, no tables here!</li> <li>Fixed broken shadow frame for images whose height is bigger than their width.</li> <li>Fixed PNG thumbnail preview.</li> <li>Added slideshow mode to the popups. Now the user can browse through the images without the need to close one image to open the next. The user navigates through images by clicking the "next" and "previous" buttons appearing on top of the image (on the right and left hand sides of the image respectively).</li> <li>Removed the image "filename" from the preview popup window. Instead we added the option for you to insert a nice message like: "You are browsing images from the article...". Type this message in the parameters.</li> </ol> <br /> <h1>CREDITS</h1> The "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin from JoomlaWorks uses "<a target="_blank" title="Slimbox" href="http://www.digitalia.be/software/slimbox">Slimbox</a>" (developed by Christophe Beyls), which is a "Mootools" implentation of the famous "Lightbox" script. "Slimbox" generates the nice popups that display original images in a gallery.<br /> <br /> <h1>FOR INFO, UPDATES, REQUESTS & CONTACT</h1> Check out <a target="_blank" title="Visit JoomlaWorks!" href="http://www.joomlaworks.gr">JoomlaWorks.gr</a>, the official website of this Joomla extension and home to other popular ones, like the <b>AllVideos Plugin</b>, the <b>AJAX Newsflash Module</b>, the <b>Ultimate PNG Fix Plugin</b> or the <b>Tabs In Content Items Plugin</b>.<br /> <br /> <a target="_blank" title="Visit JoomlaWorks!" href="http://www.joomlaworks.gr">JoomlaWorks.gr</a> is <u style="color:#C64934;font-weight:bold;">the</u> place to read interesting articles or find useful tips and tutorials for the Joomla! CMS and web design/development in general. At <a target="_blank" title="Visit JoomlaWorks!" href="http://www.joomlaworks.gr">JoomlaWorks.gr</a> you can always download the latest software updates as well as post comments, requests or even discuss the extension.<br /> <br /> <div class="star">Please show your support by rating or commenting on this extension at the official Joomla! Extensions website <a target="_blank" href="http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewowner/user_id,1596/Itemid,35/">HERE</a>.</div> <b>Thank you for your support!</b><br /> <br /> <strong style="color:#C64934;">This extension is released under the GNU/GPL license.</strong><br /> <br /> <i>(Last update: December 8th, 2006 - version 1.1)</i><br /> <br /> </div> ]]> </description> - <params> <param name="th_width" type="text" default="200" size="5" label="Image thumbnail width" description="Adjust the maximum image thumbnail width in pixels." /> <param name="th_height" type="text" default="200" size="5" label="Image thumbnail height" description="Adjust the maximum image thumbnail height in pixels." /> <param name="@spacer" type="spacer" default="" label="" description="" /> <param name="th_quality" type="text" default="80" size="5" label="Image thumbnail quality" description="Adjust the quality of the generated image thumbnail. Values range from 0 to 100, with 100 giving the best possible result. Values between 60 to 70 should be OK, too! Remember: the lower this value is, the lower the size of the generated thumbnail will be." /> <param name="message" type="text" default="You are browsing images from the article:" size="40" label="Popup window display message" description="Insert here the text that will be displayed on the preview popup window, next to the content item title." /> </params> - <files> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig.php</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/closelabel.gif</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/loading.gif</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/logo.gif</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/mootools.js</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/nextlabel.gif</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/prevlabel.gif</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/shadow.gif</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/shadowAlpha.png</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/showthumb.php</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/sig.css</filename> <filename mambot="plugin_jw_sig">plugin_jw_sig/slimbox.js</filename> </files> </mosinstall> Code (markup):
I believe I've had that error occur when I was in fact trying to install a component, for example, as a module. Are you certain that your trying to install a module and not a component?
mosinstall type="mambot" Looks like he's trying to install a mambot as a module, based on that XML file above
Also I have had this three times today. What I did was extract it and I found that inside was another a zip file. I don't think it can upload a package with a zip file contained in it already.
Above code clearly says its a mambot, not a module. provide me the direct link to the file i will help you out.