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#26 Re: General » Center the navigation items » 2014-01-28 01:53:28

Thanks for the compliments, Rod, I appreciate it.
Looking at your website there was this spontaneous reaction on my side: "This exactly how I want my pages to behave!"

So for the (near) future there's some work left:
- improving the resizing of my pages; I tried resizing my website in the browser on my iMac and to my surprise things changed, almost the way they do at your webpages, only not quite that perfect. A funny thing happens (though not on the way to the Colosseum): when looked at on iPhone the menu is left-margined, both in portrait and in landscape view. On iPad however, there's portrait-view holding the device portrait-wise (logical), with left-margined menu, but landscape-view when I turn the iPad a quarter of a circle, thus getting a nicely centered menu!!?? This gives me the feeling that I have been "almost there!" What do you think?

- another weird thing happens, also on desktops, when you click on the photo-icon (= entering 'galleries') and after that click on a gallery (at the moment only one, as I'm still in trial). The photo-icon changes a bit, as do all the others. I really didn't see that one coming! I checked my pages- and my galleries-template in LR, but I'm still without a clue!

So, like I said a while ago: you solve one thing, two others appear! Best thing to do is keep on smiling, you're right about that.
That's what I intend to do!

Huub Martens big_smile

#27 Re: General » Center the navigation items » 2014-01-28 00:55:45

Well, Rod, as you can see on www.humarts.nl I've given up the struggle. This may seem ungrateful to you and Matthew, but, being sick at home, suffering from a severe sinusitis,  I simply am too tired of searching and trying. I've decided to stop with the multi-level dropdown-galleries-menu, because the real shit hit the fan when I tried to implement that, totally destroying the looks on both iPad and iPhone. I do not know if there's a way of getting multi-level galleries using a grid, but for now it has been enough. What happen was, that I have been focusing on looks, while the goal is being busy with content: photo's or photo-shows! I know that creating a nicely looking set of webpages takes quite some time and energy, but for now I quit.
Once again, thank you (and Matthew) very, very much for your ongoing efforts to get me further on the road. It is obvious that I have learned a lot, "trailing-and-erroring" and not in the least because of the excellent support from the TTG-guys.
And ..., don't worry: I'll be back!! mad

#28 Re: General » Center the navigation items » 2014-01-27 17:37:34

First: I have NO collapsable menu's in my galleries installed! The reason: it shows a square of about 4 horizontal lines on the displays of both the iPad and the iPhone, thus reducing the space for other elements.
Strangely enough, it has worked for a while without collapsible menu's. On iPad it looked pretty good, with nice rounded buttons in (one!) line, on iPhone the same buttons, but in two lines. As I expect to reduce the menu-items in the future, things could only be better shown.
But..., like I said, for some reason the design is destroyed.

After your reply I have been experimenting with the Viewport-Sizer, reading as much documentation as I can. Following the instructions, the smallest size I am to achieve is 898 pixels, on my 1920 pixel-wide screen on iMac. Maybe I'm doing something incorrectly, so I will give it a few more efforts.

#30 Re: General » Center the navigation items » 2014-01-27 03:01:20

Yes, I always save my templates, but I have forgotten to check the looks on iPad and Iphone.
So, you already know what has happened: I saved a template with some mistakes in it.
Now it is quite a problem to find out how to restore it.
Strangely enough I had succeeded in creating something good, especially on iPad, even with the us of 'padding!'
It's hard to tell quickly where the wrong parts reside.

#31 Re: General » Center the navigation items » 2014-01-26 20:07:45

Well, anyway, now I've been trying to put things back like it was, no result. In a browser on a computer it looks nice, I like the adding of the linear gradient in some parts of the screen. But, alas, on iPhone and iPad it looks like shit (excusez le mot) and I cannot get it back right.
So there's one of my experiences in doing this kind of things: you solve one problem, you encounter one or more others. Very time-consuming, that's a fact.

#32 Re: General » Center the navigation items » 2014-01-26 19:17:20

I mean in formatting the navigation container / items.

#33 Re: General » Center the navigation items » 2014-01-26 16:42:00

OK, that's a clear answer!
Did I understand correctly, reading the threads, that you do not advise to use "none" along with "left-margin" and "padding?"

#34 General » Center the navigation items » 2014-01-26 03:09:25

HuMarts
Replies: 20

Why is it not possible to center the navigation items in the navigation container, once you've chosen for "Muliti-level menu's?"
Is it
- "still not possible, yet to come in the (nearby?) future?"
   or
- or simply not possible, for reasons far beyond my understanding?

#35 Re: General » Integration not perfect yet? » 2014-01-24 23:56:11

You're right, Rod, in Chrome and IE there seems to be no problem. So the "looks" of the pages are almost ready. I have chosen for a rather sober environment, that's what I like on photo-sites. On the other hand, I do not have many choices: my skills are not that high to make really flashy sites. Talking on sober: I even doubt if I will keep the the blurred page-background.
Thanks again for the useful advice!

#36 Re: General » Integration not perfect yet? » 2014-01-24 22:10:42

Hello Daniel, Rod and Matthew!

The favicon-problem is solved. All I had to do is "Refresh Safari!"
I got this solution from someone in the Apple-community.

Anyway, I am very grateful for the time and effort you guys spent on helping a guy like me.
I'll probably need more help in time to come ..... roll

Huub

#37 Re: General » Integration not perfect yet? » 2014-01-24 19:59:00

Forget the last reply! I don't know what I did right, but now the Polaroid-icon shows up everywhere!
I get the feeling this might be a specific iMac and/or Safari-problem.
In that case I'm lost ... tongue

#38 Re: General » Integration not perfect yet? » 2014-01-24 19:22:14

Another thing occurs. When I click on the "Galleries"-tab and after that on one of my galleries, the Polaroid-icon disappears, being replaced by a tiny blue kind of world-globe.
Does that ring a bell to some of you?

#39 Re: General » Integration not perfect yet? » 2014-01-24 18:37:11

OK, thanks Daniel and Matthew! Seems everybody can see the favicon, except me! hmm
Strange, but also funny!
@ Matthew: typing Shift-CMD-R shows no reaction and change!?

#40 Re: General » Integration not perfect yet? » 2014-01-24 02:31:20

@ Matthew: On my iMac the hard refresh is <CMD>-<R>, which I tried, without the desired result. Thanks anyway for your effort.

@Rod: I moved the favicon to the root www.humarts.nl, then I changed the address in http://www.humarts.nl/favicon.png. Did not work. I tried /favicon.png, also without any result.

I noticed something funny furthermore: when I use the tab "Galleries" and then click on one of my galleries, the Polaroid-favicon disappears and is replaced by a tiny icon, kind of a small world-globe. Maybe this is of any use for the both of you?

#41 Re: General » Integration not perfect yet? » 2014-01-24 00:54:08

I entered this location in the Favicon Address of the Page Setup section: http://www.humarts.nl/resources/images/favicon.png.
On the server, that's where the file favicon.png is placed.

#42 General » Integration not perfect yet? » 2014-01-23 21:51:53

HuMarts
Replies: 15

Over the last week I've been trying to integrate my TTG Pages and Galleries design. Thanks to excellent documentation and fine help coming from this forum, I move forward step-by-step.
PHP, CSS, it's all a bit confusing sometimes, but adequate help keeps me on the road!
Which means I encounter new problems, like this one:
I've read how to format and where to put my own favicon. Yet all I see, keep seeing, is the default Polaroid-favicon. I am sure I have read the manual well and put in things properly. But for some reason the default favicon keeps appearing from some (hidden?) place.
What am I doing wrong?

#43 Re: General » Problems with similar background » 2014-01-23 06:14:08

Hi Rod,
Well, what do you know: the problem seemed to be that I do not know/realize the difference between a server path and a URL.
I changed my input within Galleries in "/public/sites/www.humarts.nl/phplugins" and the trick was done! From now on all my exported galleries will no longer give me this problem.
Thank you very, very much for your help, I really appreciate it! smile
Best regards,
Huub Martens.

#44 Re: General » Problems with similar background » 2014-01-23 05:32:12

@ Rod: I did that in the Galleries-module in LR: checked "Enable PHPlugins" and directing to http://www.humarts.nl/phplugins
Seems correct to me. Or ...?

@ Daniel: Do you mean I have to delete the PHPlugin-fodloders in my Galleries-folders (3, at the time)?
Where do I put the line <link rel="stylesheet" href="/phplugins/css/custom.css" />

Thanks guys, for your help, gives me a bit more energy not to give up!

#45 Re: General » Problems with similar background » 2014-01-23 04:55:07

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the quick answer!
I deleted two lines in the phplugins-file to activate custom.css. I wonder how you can see this,by just looking at my site,but that's probably because I'm too new at this.
Huub

#46 General » Problems with similar background » 2014-01-23 04:24:06

HuMarts
Replies: 8

Guys,
Being new on TTG CE3 I started with much enthusiasm to make a site with Pages and Galleries. I have come pretty far, for a 61 years old amateur, thanks to excellent documentation on your side!
However, I  do not succeed in creating the same page background in Pages and Galleries. I did all I could understand in custom.css, enabling this, adapt phplugins.php, mark "Get shared resources", without the wanted result.
What happens is: I can see my background image when I enter my site, but when I switch over to the Galleries-tab, and then enter a Gallery, the background changes in the red color I put in it in, creating my Gallery-template (red, just to recognize where it came from).
I hope I made clear enough what I'm dealing with. Feel free to visit www.humarts.nl to see what I mean.
Any suggestions?
Huub Martens,
Helmond, Holland.

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