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#276 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Updating from very early TTG » 2019-02-24 12:37:38

Hi Dennis,

There's no need to buy the add-ons all at once. I'd start with Backlight 2 alone, start building and get comfortable, then pick up the add-ons as your needs expand. As you'll be making such a large jump to the latest iteration, I think this would help you to better manage the learning curve.

#277 Re: Backlight Support » Select text in popup window » 2019-02-24 12:27:30

For text to be selectable within the Fancybox modal, you need to disable touch.
https://fancyapps.com/fancybox/3/docs/#faq-5

#278 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Client Response » 2019-02-20 15:50:13

A web view of the client's selections would be of minimal value, if any at all. Your DAM software is where you'll actually work with the images they've selected, and so that's the place to look at them. This is what makes the comma-separated file lists so valuable for each piece of feedback.

#279 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Link works but not directly » 2019-02-20 15:45:08

Clicking links are throwing mixed content errors:

Mixed Content: The page at 'https://www.fotograafdonald.nl/' was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure resource 'http://www.makeamemory.nl/'. This request has been blocked; the content must be served over HTTPS.

Also, you should switch off that frameset stuff, or talk to your host about putting a stop to it. Backlight is not designed to be used with a frameset. No telling what problems may result.

#280 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Installed 2.0.7 but... » 2019-02-19 05:24:10

dbfoto wrote:

No file wants to move in an album.

Not entirely clear on what you mean by this. Are you unable to drag images in Backlight's publisher view of albums? Or are the changes not reflected in the client-facing album? Or is something else seemingly amiss?

#281 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Publisher Resizing Photos on Upload? » 2019-02-19 04:51:37

Regardless of the software being used, I typically export JPEGs at 2560-pixels on the long side, and 85% quality. I haven't done any research, but I haven't taken any issue with the results.

In general, I find that the pixels you start with, the better the down-sizing goes. Also, if you can cut your images by a clean 50%, you get better results. So exporting at 2560px works out nicely if your galleries are running images at 1280px.

#282 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Publisher Resizing Photos on Upload? » 2019-02-17 08:19:53

Yeah, equivalence is probably impossible. Lr does its own compression under-the-hood and uploads the resulting JPEGs directly to your site, and we're not privy to what goes on during that process. Backlight sizes images using -- and Ben may correct me if I am mistaken -- the GD Graphics Library that is usually available with standard-config Apache/PHP hosting packages.

#283 Re: Backlight 2 Support » No more Magnific Popup in Backlight 2 possible? » 2019-02-17 08:15:02

Markus wrote:

I had also thought of Fancybox in this context. Can I use it - as with Magnific Popup - to create the Image Galleries on-the-fly?

Should be able to. Off the top of my head, something like this ought to just work:

<div class="custom-gallery">

	<a href="image01.jpg" data-fancybox="custom-gallery">
		<img src="thumbnail01.jpg" alt="Caption 01" />
	</a>

	<a href="image02.jpg" data-fancybox="custom-gallery">
		<img src="thumbnail02.jpg" alt="Caption 02" />
	</a>

</div>

This will not pick up on your album designs, though; it will just do the default Fancybox thing.

#284 Re: Backlight Showcase » New Backlight 2 Site » 2019-02-09 17:35:22

Looks great, Amitai! Nice work with the site, and good to revisit some of your imagery.

#285 Re: General » Throwback CE3 CRG emai lissue » 2019-02-06 17:23:11

That would be a form-to-email issue. That would also be why we stopped using it, and starting rolling our own scripts. You may or may not find their articles helpful:
https://formtoemail.com/developersupport/

One of them is "Not receiving email"

#286 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Meta Description ? » 2019-02-06 17:19:31

Not keen to put PHPlugins into the open graph implementation. That's an idea too fragile for my liking.

#287 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Meta Description ? » 2019-02-06 13:23:13

Daniel Leu wrote:

How about a simple phplugins function that overwrites the value currently used? This way, one could even include the album title, if desired.

For clarity, are you suggesting a PHPlugins hook to replace the page's TITLE element in the document head?

The title could easily be replaced via Javascript, using document.title via the existing PHPlugins hook for scripts.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc … ment/title

I don't know whether one approach or the other would yield greater SEO benefit. Google is supposedly good about parsing JavaScript for SEO. Supposedly ...

#288 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Meta Description ? » 2019-02-06 13:13:27

rod barbee wrote:

You can use it for stand alone pages (pages that are not albums). Say you had a page dedicated to showcasing your publications. Add an empty album to it that contains an album title and description.
The metadata then appears in the og:title and og:description meta tags.

Somehow I had missed that was a thing people were doing. Seems kludgy to me. =/

#289 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Vegas Slideshow questions » 2019-02-06 13:03:40

If you're trying to see it embedded on the Home page, then you'll need to clear the cache. Better to view the actual album while designing.

#290 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Captions Cutting Off Bottoms of Photos in Slideshow » 2019-02-03 08:05:17

Okay, I think there's a numbers mismatch between the size of captions and the image area, since the recent Fancybox update. I'll look into it.

#291 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Shipping costs in the cart module » 2019-02-03 07:27:48

Funny, because the cart is primarily developed by Ben, an Australian. We've also made explicit efforts to tailor the cart for our European customers. So can you be more specific in how it's not serving your needs in that region?

#292 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Captions Cutting Off Bottoms of Photos in Slideshow » 2019-02-03 07:21:42

I had a peak at your galleries and I'm not seeing the issue.

#293 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Menu's » 2019-02-03 07:13:49

The short answer is no. Backlight 2 is designed with the intent that menu items will appear in the slide-out menu at mobile display sizes.

#294 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Update FontAwesome in BL 2 » 2019-02-03 07:12:23

I see the script tag in your page source, so it appears that the PHPlugins function is not suffering any problem.

#295 Re: Backlight Showcase » CE4 upgrade to Pangolin » 2019-02-03 07:05:21

pideja wrote:

... Making these updates is really easy in Backlight 2.

big_smile

#296 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Update FontAwesome in BL 2 » 2019-01-26 11:52:14

All naming conventions are different in FA5, as compared to FA4.7, meaning that you will not be able to replace preexisting UI elements in Backlight. I simply wouldn't bother, were I you.

#297 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Upload images » 2019-01-25 15:12:12

IE11 is more than a bit outdated; it's obsolete. Edge is also being replaced by a Chromium-based browser, Microsoft has announced.

Download Chrome.

#298 Re: Backlight 2 Support » album image upload broken » 2019-01-25 15:09:46

I am not aware of any issues between Backlight 2 and the current version of Safari.

#299 Re: Backlight 2 Support » reCAPTCHA Error » 2019-01-23 13:03:38

Backlight 2 supports reCAPTCHA v2.

#300 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Fancybox navigation arrow appearance » 2019-01-23 12:35:24

Of course, let it be known that enacting styling rules based on screen width does not guarantee the device will have gesture support. I strongly advise against hiding your navigation. Or that your user will have the physical faculties necessary to use gestures, even if the device supports them.

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