Sliding Youtube Gallery

Version 1.7: 19 July 2026

• Rebuilt the module with a Joomla 5 service provider, dispatcher, namespace, and helper architecture
• Removed jQuery, bxSlider, Fancybox, Font Awesome, grayscale plugin, and all associated legacy assets
• Added a dependency-free JavaScript carousel with horizontal, vertical, and responsive grid layouts
• Added separate desktop, tablet, and mobile visible-video settings
• Added arrow, pagination, pointer-drag, touch-swipe, and keyboard navigation
• Added autoplay, continuous ticker, looping, pause-on-hover/focus, and configurable timing
• Added a responsive YouTube modal with privacy-enhanced mode, optional video autoplay, Escape close, and focus restoration
• Added thumbnail fit, height, gap, border, radius, accent colour, and grayscale controls
• Added clear Videos, Layout, Playback, Navigation, Appearance, Video Popup, and Advanced parameter groups
• Added language files, contextual escaping, parameter validation, lazy loading, visible focus states, and reduced-motion handling
• Added compatibility mapping for existing slide data and legacy layout, count, height, timing, colour, and display parameters
• Added a reproducible version 1.7 installation package build

Version 1.6: 26 November 2025

• Added Joomla 4, 5, and 6 compatibility updates
• Added PHP 8 support
• Replaced Timthumb image processing with the Joomla Image class
• Improved navigation positioning and image-path handling
• Applied code optimization and security improvements

Version 1.2

• Added PHP 8.1 support
• Integrated the Joomla Update System
• Migrated slide management to Joomla Subform
• Added the Additional CSS option
• Optimized and updated the codebase

Version 1.5: 12 December 2023

• Added Joomla 5 support without requiring the Backward Compatibility plugin

Version 1.4: 10 February 2023

• Changed module parameters
• Adjusted jQuery loading behavior

Version 1.3: 26 October 2021

• Added Joomla 4 support