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I am having trouble controlling the order of photo presentation with the masonry layout. The photos have different aspect ratios and it seems that Backlight re-orders them for a clean presentation. However I would like to control the order in which they are placed. Is there a way to do this?
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Masonry orders images left-to-right into columns, then top-to-bottom looking to fill empty space with the next image. This is how all masonry layouts work. If you want very precise ordering, then you should use the classic grid layout.
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Is there a way to use the classic grid layout and squeeze the photos together so that there are no spaces between them (achieve the look of the masonry layout)?
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you can try setting margin to 0. Then set the cell width so that it won't be larger than the width of any thumbnails. You'll want to base this off of what the width will be of any vertical thumbnails.
If you make any changes to the thumbnail width/height settings, you'll need to republish the thumbnails.
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The two layouts are stylistically distinct. If you want the masonry type layout, then you need to accept the way that it arranges images to fill vacancies; it's not random, and it does use your images in the order your provide them. It then arranges them one after the other, in the order they are provided, left-to-right and top-to-bottom, in that order.
To explain it more visually, let's say you have five columns; the first image is twice as tall as the others, and the others are the same size. It would order images like this:
01 02 03 04 05
01 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14
15
Let's try another, where 01, 03 and 06 are the same height:
01 02 03 04 05
01 06 03 07 08
09 06 10 11 12
13 14 15
Hopefully that helps to clarify the ordering of images.
When the 1.2 update lands, you will also be able to choose the "Justified" layout, demonstrated here:
http://campagnapictures.com/galleries/demonstation/
Perhaps that will be more to your liking.
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Thanks everyone for the help and suggestions. Mentioning the "Justified" option brings up more questions but I will hold off (and let you work on it). Much appreciation for the great product.
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