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#376 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Does anyone know how to just update the metadata only in an album? » 2018-10-28 06:40:08
Just because you haven't taken the time to learn the software, doesn't mean it's been released in anything remotely resembling a "beta" state.
#377 Re: Backlight Support » Change desktop navagation to vertical » 2018-10-28 06:38:22
You need to have at least a 2-column layout for the page, else there's no place for the vertical menu to appear.
#378 Re: Backlight Support » Social Media sharing » 2018-10-28 06:37:37
Did you mess with the Fancybox init script? There's a 'buttons' option that should be defined there, and I'm not seeing it in your gallery. Should be the next option after the line "baseClass : 'fancybox-pangolin-album'," and before the "loop" option. Looks like you've deleted this.
#379 Re: General » To Lightroom or not to Lightroom » 2018-10-22 04:37:57
As he says, Backlight 2 -- at last! -- does not require Lightroom. Everything can be done in Backlight's admin, in your web-browser.
#380 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Removing Thumbnails Button from Slideshow Photo Presentation » 2018-10-22 04:35:04
There's no reason !important wouldn't work in Chrome. Trying clearing the browser cache. And it's not an oversight here; near as I can tell, it's just something Fancybox does. I have to assume there's some reason for it, or a context in which it is important.
#381 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Use of PHP Includes Viable? » 2018-10-22 04:15:12
DonWa2,
You should be able to use any valid PHP in PHPlugins files. If you're attempting to add PHP to the page content through Backlight's admin, that's not going to work.
#382 Re: Backlight Support » How to edit paths to published galleries » 2018-10-22 04:10:14
Odd. If you're re-published the albums, then I assume you've updated the site address in the TTG Publisher settings?
#383 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Album Template » 2018-10-17 09:45:47
After making changes to image sizes in your template, you will need to re-upload/publish your images.
#384 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Full Screen button on Galleria page not working » 2018-10-14 05:07:13
Lucky day. My buddy just stumbled into the room with an iPad, and I asked if he'd updated it to iOS12, and sure enough, he has. So I got a look at this, and do exactly as above, but set Fullscreen API: OFF. Apparently, it's ON by default.
I don't know what other implications this has, but it does allow Galleria's full-screen button to work. And it also puts this issue squarely into Apple's court. Of course, this will be no consolation to visitors who have not made this change, but there's literally nothing else I can do about it. So, yay.
#385 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Full Screen button on Galleria page not working » 2018-10-14 04:23:52
Just did a Google. My iPad is living in South Korea presently, while I am in San Francisco, so I can't test this. But on ye old iPad, go:
Settings => Safari => Advanced => Experimental WebKit Features => Fullscreen API: ON
#386 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Full Screen button on Galleria page not working » 2018-10-14 04:19:45
Sounds more like an Apple issue to me, but if the Galleria authors could find a workaround, that'd work too. I wouldn't hold my breath on the latter, though. They haven't breathed a word since the last 1.5.7 update in May 2017. Entirely unclear to me whether Galleria is still being worked on (which is fine; I think it's stable and there's not much work to be done). From what I've seen poking into Galleria's code, though, its full-screen relies on native browser full-screen methods. There's nothing magical to it. So if it's not working on Apple's Safari on iPad, then I feel pretty confidently that it's a matter of the iPad lacking support for the standard full-screen API (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc … screen_API).
#387 Backlight 2 Customization » Create a custom image loop w/ PHPlugins » 2018-10-11 11:02:45
- Matthew
- Replies: 1
I cannot find the thread in which this was originally asked about, but here's some stuff you can do in Backlight 2, using the new PHPlugins functionality, to create a custom image loop.
/* DELETE THIS LINE
// Create a custom image loop for albums
function album_top()
{
if ($this->hasAlbum()) {
$photos = $this->album->getPhotosForPage();
foreach ( $photos as $photo ) {
$th_path = $photo->getURL('thumbnails'); // thumbnail src
$th_h = $photo->getThumbnailHeight(); // thumbnail height
$th_w = $photo->getThumbnailWidth(); // thumbnail width
$ph_path = $photo->getUrl('photos'); // photo src
$ph_h = $photo->getPhotoHeight(); // photo height
$ph_w = $photo->getPhotoWidth(); // photo width
$ph_id = $photo->getItemNumber(); // photo number
$ph_page = $photo->getSingleURL(); // link to photo page
$orientation = $th_w === $th_h ? 'square' : ( $th_w > $th_h ? 'landscape' : 'portrait' );
$img_alt = $photo->getFilename();
$img_caption = $photo->hasMetadata(Photo::$PHOTO_CAPTION) ? $photo->getMetadata(Photo::$PHOTO_CAPTION) : '';
$img_title = $photo->hasMetadata(Photo::$PHOTO_TITLE) ? $photo->getMetadata(Photo::$PHOTO_TITLE) : $photo->getFilename();
echo '<p style="margin-bottom: 1.5rem">';
echo '<img src="'. $th_path .'" alt="'. $img_caption .'" /><br />';
echo $photo->getFilename();
echo '</p>';
}
}
return false;
} // END /**/#388 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Upgrade anxiety » 2018-10-10 14:31:15
Thanks, guys!
Nola, Backlight 2 is the most painless upgrade process we've ever been able to offer. Some people have had issues, but those are problems we've solved, and I think those issues are relatively few. They just get amplified here in the forum, by the nature of this being a support forum -- a place where people come specifically to get help with problems.
Also, I think the upgrade from Okapi to Pangolin is very worthwhile. Roll with Okapi in the meantime, but you should definitely try to find some time to play with the Pangolin templates as you're able.
#389 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Wp-Theme Multi-Language??? » 2018-10-10 14:27:30
Thanks Oliver. I've created a ticket and will be sure to take a look at this soon.
#390 Re: CE4 Gallery » replacement of TTG CE2 Horizon 3.2.1 » 2018-10-08 04:30:09
The "Web Templates" folder is where your designs are saved as presets. Nothing here is mandatory for using the plugin, as these are only design presets.
The plugin itself is the .lrwebengine file, and goes into the 'Web Galleries" folder.
Beyond that, I can't speak to compatibility with the most recent versions of Lightroom. We don't support the CE2 plugins any longer, and I have misplaced my copies of the files.
The Horizon style of gallery -- horizontal scroll-bar gallery -- has not aged well with the modern internet. Mobile devices tend to be used in a vertical orientation, and horizontal scrolling has always been an anti-pattern in interface design. The most suitable replacements would probably be any of ...
http://theturninggate.net/galleries/01- … as-inline/
#391 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Cart problem with PayPal » 2018-10-08 04:22:43
After updating, did you clear the template cache? If not, use that item in the Designer menu, or click the link from the main dashboard.
#392 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Thumbnails in Pangolin Theater pages » 2018-10-08 04:15:25
Glad to hear we've landed upon a solution that works for you. Might be we need to take a look at the path-finding for custom thumbnails.
#393 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Backlight 2 installation - Database update failed » 2018-10-08 04:12:39
TFu, please email me in private. I'd like to get a conversation going between you, me and Ben about whether we can resolve the issues with your host. If not, then you and I can discuss a case exception for a refund off-forum.
#394 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Thumbnails in Pangolin Theater pages » 2018-10-07 05:18:30
Hm. I'm not entirely sure, as I haven't looked at this particular implementation in a long time.
What I typically like to do with custom thumbnails is create a "Custom Thumbnails" album, drag my images into it and publish them as I would any other album. In settings, I hide this album from display and from search. Images in this album should then appear in the Cover Image list, and should be usable. I think this is far simpler adding thumbnails via FTP, and it keeps thumbnails consolidated in a single location that's easy to manage.
#395 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Wp-Theme Multi-Language??? » 2018-10-07 05:11:28
In what ways is it not working in the WP theme? Personally, I operate in a single language, so I'm less asking for bug reports here, and more for experience reports. What are you expecting, and in what ways are those expectations not being met?
#396 Re: Backlight Support » Quality of downloads » 2018-10-07 05:05:23
I wrote this article about the pointlessness of DPI some years ago. Still holds up, and I think it worth a look.
http://ce4.theturninggate.net/2012/02/2 … ith-truth/
The Quality slider maps to Lightroom's Quality slider for JPEG export, when using Lightroom's Publish Services. When using the web-based publisher in Backlight 2, then we expect you would have prepared your JPEG files before uploading, and so it serves no purpose.
For more information on Lightroom's Quality settings, see this excellent article by Jeffrey Friedl.
#397 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Enable Cookie Acceptance Notice » 2018-10-06 14:53:47
Looks like you've got it working now.
In testing the cookie implementation on your site, you can remove the cookie after accepting it very easily. Open the browser's console (usually by pressing Cmd-Opt-J), and type:
deleteCookie('allowCookies')
Press Enter, then refresh the page and the cookie notice should display anew.
#398 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Slight bug in phplugins-pangolin-sample.php... » 2018-10-03 10:17:46
Thanks! We appreciate the appreciation, and thank you also for the excellent typo spotting. I'll fix that for future distributions. I'm glad to hear you're finding good use for the new features. 
#399 Re: Backlight Support » Problem on Mobile using Google Chrome » 2018-10-01 04:50:21
Well, I don't have your phone. But I'm not seeing any issues with the cart in Chrome on my iPhone.
#400 Re: Backlight 2 Support » Album Set Description » 2018-09-29 11:24:14
It should probably be there. We'll ticket it for a look.