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  • Posted by deliwasista 1 year ago. There are 6 posts. The latest reply is from byron.
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  1. deliwasista
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Hi there, just trying to get your gallery up and running and feel like im the only one in the room who doesnt get it lol. Please excuse ingnorance in advance, ive spent most of today trying to get this up and running.. its now after midnight and im going a bit potty - and now I think im just making it worse the more I try and fix things.

    So. Ive got the latest version of Wordpress, and now also Shadowbox via your link. I would like a simple gallery display with thumbnails running in rows. No links, no "add photos". When you click on the thumbnail it goes thru to the slideshow. Or when you click "view as slideshow".

    Ive managed to upload photos to the WP media section then transfer over to my gallery.

    1) What file do I modify to change the colors of the layout?

    2) When I click my images they dont open the slideshow they just reload my page

    3) When I click the slideshow link it opens shadowbox but is empty and says there are no images to show.

    4) Ive found how to remove the "add photos" link, but how do I get rid of the text / file name above each pic? I just want little thumbnails with no text on them or above them. Currently I have ()

    5) is there a list somewhere of all the shorthand options and what they control?

    6) should they be written with = then a backtag? eg no_form='true'

    Currently I have '[photosmash id=7 form=std piclens_true no_form=true]'

    and now I have spread some of my confusion.. I shall go to bed! :P lol...

    kind regards

  2. byron
    Key Master
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Hi Deli,

    Sorry this has been such a trial!

    1) You can edit your style.css to change the colors. If you need to override something that won't go away, you can add !important to the css rule...ex:

    .photosmash_gallery {
    background-color: #fff !important;
    }

    2) Can you post a link so I can take a look at that? Not sure what the problem would be.

    3) I'll take a look if you can post a link.

    4) Go to Gallery Settings...you should be able to choose one of the caption settings to fix that.

    5) Unfortunately, no. You can view this in the file bwb-photosmash.php. Look for the function shortcodeGallery, the list of variables at the top are the list of things that can be added to the shortcodes.

    6) As long as it's all one word, the single quotes or double quotes aren't needed. ex: no_form=true (is ok) no_form="true" (is ok) gallery_name=My gallery (not ok) gallery_name='My Gallery' (is ok).

    Cheers,
    Byron

  3. deliwasista
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Hi Byron,

    thank you so much for your speedy reply :) ive slept it! and once i have the screaming mini mes off to school will have another go.

    In the interim my link is 'www.thegoat.co.nz/gallery'

    Sorry in advance if ive messed up your lovely plugin :) bit of a noob!

    Kind regards
    Delia

  4. byron
    Key Master
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Hi Delia,

    It looks like you're displaying the gallery with the gallery_viewer layout. This might be selected in Gallery Settings or you might be calling it in your shortcode like layout='gallery_viewer'. Try switching to gallery_view_layout or Std_Widget or std. See which one of those is the best fit.

    Hopefully that will fix it for you.

    Byron

  5. deliwasista
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Hi Byron,

    Thanks! ive switched to "Std_Widget" and now things seem to be less confusing. The brackets have now gone from above my images which is great (In the gallery viewer layout I had 'No caption' selected.. but ended up with empty brackets).

    Im off to have a go at making something like your demo. I know your time is very precious - can you think of any other links / similar people posts that may be useful for me to try set things up I would love to see them.. is there a "set up for idiots" guide? lol.

    Kind regards from chilly Auckland
    Delia

  6. byron
    Key Master
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Delia,

    If I could give you about 15 degrees F from here, I think we'd both be a lot more comfortable! It's been close to 100 all weekend.

    Unfortunately, you're further along than the beginners guide goes.

    I see you've got some other posts (I'll try to hit them tomorrow!)...let me know if you hit any more snags.

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