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#1 Re: PHPlugins (CE4) » dynamic mastheads for CE4 » 2015-07-21 17:09:48
Matt and Rod, thank you for your kind words. Really appreciated.
We've recently moved house and been quite involved in the Nepal earthquake work so the website rebuild got put on hold and I'm just picking up the pieces again. There are a lot of galleries to go back online with some great pictures in. Hopefully now I'm on a roll they should start appearing over the next week or so.
Thank you for all your hardwork on the plugins and the amazing support you provide us. There are only so many hours in the day and I'm not as good with code and stuff as I would like to be so the support is priceless. Keep up the great work!
Nick
#2 Re: PHPlugins (CE4) » dynamic mastheads for CE4 » 2015-07-21 06:50:29
Rod, thank you. I do not know what we would do without your prompt and always helpful replies.
Because I want the Masthead, and indeed whole site, to be as minimalist as possible so that the photographs can speak for themselves, after playing around a bit I have followed your advice to follow Matt's advice and kept the integrated plate small. I started off with 244, but playing around with padding and font size, I seem to be able to get away with 280px wide although that has only so far been tested on Apple devices and 'phones.
Thank you once again for your invaluable help.
Nick
#3 Re: PHPlugins (CE4) » dynamic mastheads for CE4 » 2015-07-20 07:05:51
Problem with Dynamic Mastheads on Smartphones (at lease my iPhone 6)
I have meticulously followed Matthew's tutorial for implementing dynamic mastheads (http://ce3wiki.theturninggate.net/doku. … _mastheads) and activated having enabled custom CSS and Rod's update for CE4 (http://ttg-tips-and-tricks.barbeephoto. … heads-ce4/) replacing "html .logo" with "html #masthead .mantle h1" but I am still losing the last letter on the right hand side of my title on my iPhone 6: www.summitphotographs.com
Everything else seems to be working fine on tablets and browsers.
Any thoughts where I can look for the solution?
Thank you.
Nick
PS I have only implemented the dynamic masthead so far in Pages, not in any of my galleries.
#4 Re: General » Identity » 2015-07-18 04:59:36
Rod, thank you very much.
An important lesson in that when Use Graphic Identity Plate is not selected you cannot change the ID plate role and have to turn Use Graphic Identity Plate on, change the role and then turn it back off again. I had not realised that, presuming that because the menu items were not alterable they were not relevant.
Thank you.
Nick
#5 Re: General » Identity » 2015-07-17 04:55:43
Sorry, here's the screenshot:
#6 Re: General » Identity » 2015-07-17 04:49:18
Thanks Rod,
Yes, there is a title. Is there anyway that I can attach a screen shot of the Identity panel settings - probably easier than explaining?
There is an example of the ID plate in which the subtitle will not appear at: http://summitphotographs.com/galleries/ … itle_test/
The rest of the site has a graphic ID plate. I was just trying out the text version because the graphic ID plate will not scale to my satisfaction on a smart phone display and looks less crisp and sharp compared to the rest of the text on the site when seen on a retina display.
I feel that I am missing something obvious but I cannot work out what it is.
Best wishes,
Nick
[img]Screen Shot 2015-07-16 at 20.43.21.png[/img]
#7 General » Identity » 2015-07-16 05:50:34
- NickM
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Sorry if I am being slow, but can anybody shed some light on why the subheading is not visible in the identity when using text (instead of a graphic ID plate). I have searched the forum and can find nothing on it and changed every possible border and padding but to no avail. I feel as though I am missing something glaringly obvious.
Thank you.
Nick
#8 Re: CE4 Gallery » Opinions Needed and Questions on Highslide Gallery » 2014-11-02 05:15:47
Rod, I've been through the files in the gallery and cannot find where the padding sits.
Can you point me in the direction of what I need to edit to increase the padding?
Cheers,
Nick
#9 Re: CE4 Gallery » Opinions Needed and Questions on Highslide Gallery » 2014-10-28 07:05:16
Thanks Rod,
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with customising css and am not sure where to alter the code to increase the padding. I'm quite happy to have a go if you can give me a recipe: what to write and where, but otherwise don't
have the time to sit down and learn all about hacking css at present. I have an exhibition coming up in 2 weeks and my major priority at present is to get the new website up and running before then.
Any suggestions?
Nick
#10 CE4 Gallery » Opinions Needed and Questions on Highslide Gallery » 2014-10-28 02:26:24
- NickM
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Currently rebuilding my website and nearing completion I think, but I am unsure about the final look for the large image view of the gallery. I have put up 3 galleries on my site to illustrate the problem:
Lofoten Test Gallery 01: http://summitphotographs.com/galleries/ … allery_01/
Lofoten Test Gallery 02: http://summitphotographs.com/galleries/ … allery_02/
Lofoten Test Gallery 03: http://summitphotographs.com/galleries/ … allery_03/
My preferred style when viewed on a desktop / laptop is Gallery 02 because I like the even width of the frame all the way round. The problem is that there is no room for image information. If the caption is included, as in Gallery 01, it deepens the lower frame border which I think ruins the balance of the large image view. I guess one option is to remove the frame all together as in Gallery 03, but for me the text is then too close to the image, again spoiling the simple, lean effect I am aiming for. When viewed on a tablet the caption in Galleries 01 and 03 appears on the lower UI Background but disappears when you tap on the picture.
So, now for a few questions:
Is there anyway of replicating the effect that you get on a tablet on the desktop / laptop setting by putting the caption text on the lower UI background, leaving the image free to view in an equal width/depth frame?
If not, is it possible to increase the space between the lower edge of an unframed image (Gallery 03) and the caption so that the caption is not so close to and doesn't crowd the image? The picture will obviously be slightly smaller as a result.
Any other suggestions or ideas out there as how to work round this one?
Next, is there anyway of changing the font size and style for the caption?
Finally, and on a completely different tack, can anybody tell me why the thumbnails in portrait mode on the masonry gallery look significantly less sharp than the thumbnails in landscape mode? I appreciate that it is because they are bigger, but is there anyway to work around this?
Thank you for all help and suggestions!
Nick
#11 Re: CE4 Auto Index » Help! Autoindex not showing thumbnails » 2014-10-25 22:04:24
Thanks Rod. I'm getting there! The aim is to keep it as minimalist as possible so that the pictures speak for themselves.
Nick
#12 Re: CE4 Auto Index » Help! Autoindex not showing thumbnails » 2014-10-23 08:05:15
Rod, I owe you a beer!
Thank you.
Nick
#13 CE4 Auto Index » Help! Autoindex not showing thumbnails » 2014-10-23 07:44:14
- NickM
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Hi,
I have finally bit the bullet and, having been able to set aside a couple of weeks, rebuilt my website: www.summitphotographs.com using CE4. The previous two iterations have been built using TTG plugins and this is the best yet, by a VERY long way - thanks Matt!
However, I have been slowly going insane for the last two days and have brain overload from trying to work out why I cannot get gallery thumbnails to come up in Autoindex. I am sure that there is a very good reason for why I cannot get it to work, and I am sure that the answer is somewhere in this forum too but have tied myself in knots trying to work out why.
Could somebody point me in the right direction of the answer or give me a clue as to why I cannot get it to work, please.
Many thanks,
Nick
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