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#51 General » Reinstalling Lightroom » 2016-01-28 05:49:22

Leuvenaar230
Replies: 2

Hi

I'm facing problems with the lightroom update to go from 6.3 to 6.4.
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/ … s-ccm.html

I need to reinstall the program, but i'm afraid i'm losing my settings for my website.

What would be the advice to do before uninstalling lightroom to make sure i can keep using TTG for my website?

Thx!

#52 Re: General » Preview in browser doesn't work » 2016-01-24 17:31:28

OK, it's normal then. Thx for explaining.

#53 General » Preview in browser doesn't work » 2016-01-23 19:22:49

Leuvenaar230
Replies: 2

Hi,

Simple question: when i try the button preview in browser, lightroom is calculating quite some time and when ready, nothing happens. What could be the problem? I'm up to date with LR6.3 and also with TTG. Thanks!
Steven

#54 Re: CE4 Stage » Small questions » 2015-10-07 01:49:30

I turned off my web work for one week and got the title problem fixed in 5 minutes, time is helping sometimes also ;-)
Only the sharpness is still a problem, i played with the resolution to no avail, i guess that i'll have to accept it. Though, i will consult some friends to find a solution.

#55 Re: CE4 Stage » Small questions » 2015-10-01 17:07:16

rod barbee wrote:

1. underneath my page there is a box around my description. Is it possible to remove it?

If you use Image Captions you'll get the box. If you just use Image Titles, you'll get the title without a box.
If you use both, the title, without a box, will be above a boxed caption.

I think you can remove the box background and border with custom css. Looks like the selector is

.ttg_content p

Since it's being applied with inline styling you'll probably also have to use !important


2. Images look good to me

3. Imagine i want to add a blog page. Can i do it all with the TTG blog module and adding a blog title in the phplugin file?

you'll need to install WordPress in a sub-folder. Mine is in the 'blog' sub-folder.
And yes, just add the navigation item in the navigation section of your phplugins file.

1. When i use image titles and turn off the image captions, everything disappears, no title, no box.
Concerning custom css, in which file do i have to look and adapt? This must be somewhere in the stage export file? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/998 … .58.16.png

2. Strange you don't notice any difference, even my wife can see the website image sharpness is poor compared to the dropbox image. (macbook pro retina, late 2013)...

#56 CE4 Stage » Small questions » 2015-10-01 02:27:04

Leuvenaar230
Replies: 5

Hi,

My home page is working and i've managed to adapt little things, however, there are a few things i can't solve:
1. underneath my page there is a box around my description. Is it possible to remove it? http://www.stevenlefebrefotografie.be/index.php I see this website, http://www.jimsweeneyimages.com , so i think it is possible.

2. I have the impression that the quality of my images tend to be soft. It's strange, when i export from lightroom to dropbox everything seems perfect https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/998 … 015-15.jpg, but when i upload via publisher they change to a soft image. I've even tried to export at 84% jpg quality to no avail. See the second last picture to compare http://www.stevenlefebrefotografie.be/g … r_spaniel/

3. Imagine i want to add a blog page. Can i do it all with the TTG blog module and adding a blog title in the phplugin file?

Thanks for your answers.
Steven

#58 Re: CE4 Stage » How to make a homepage full screen flip? » 2015-09-27 16:15:52

Hi,

thank you, this was helpful. However, my joy was short. When i published my pictures, i saw what i expected to see, but when i wanted to show it to my wife, it didn't work anymore. When i went backwards, i saw in the browser that this was the url http://stevenlefebrefotografie.be/galle … s-gallery/
So when i go to my site www.stevenlefebrefotografie.be i have no full screen flip.
What's did i wrong? I followed all the steps letter by letter.
Thank you for your reply.
Steven

#59 CE4 Stage » How to make a homepage full screen flip? » 2015-09-27 03:17:57

Leuvenaar230
Replies: 3

Hi

A full screen flip with publisher is piece of cake, but how do you set up a home page like http://georghofmeyr.com ?
Please let me know step by step what i have to do. I'm afraid of making a mess of my server...
Thanks,
Steven

#60 Re: CE4 Client Response Gallery » I don't see this at the moment in lightroom, how updating? » 2015-09-14 16:08:21

Hi Rod,

Seems like CRG doesn't make part of the CE4 web pub bundle.
I mailed Matt to explain why i thought i should have received the CRG file. (it's all about communication)
Steven

#61 Re: CE4 Client Response Gallery » I don't see this at the moment in lightroom, how updating? » 2015-09-13 16:05:26

rod barbee wrote:

the zip folder you downloaded should contain the .lrwebengine file and a folder named crg/ (which contains the application and lib directories.

http://ce4.theturninggate.net/docs/doku … nstall_ce4

Well, these are the files i can download, no CE4-CRG.lrwebengine file to find in the list.
Schermafbeelding%202015-09-12%20om%2019.41.02.png

These web engines are installed:
Schermafbeelding%202015-09-12%20om%2019.41.51.png

#62 CE4 Client Response Gallery » I don't see this at the moment in lightroom, how updating? » 2015-09-13 02:58:34

Leuvenaar230
Replies: 5

Hi,

Great to see things are getting better and better.
One part of the update is however strange. I don't see a file called CE4-CRG.lrwebengine at the moment between all my .lrwebengines [img]/Users/Steven/Dropbox/Schermafbeelding 2015-09-12 om 19.41.51.png[/img]. Is that a normal? The file is also not listed in the update mail I received with all the zip files [img]/Users/Steven/Dropbox/Schermafbeelding 2015-09-12 om 19.41.02.png[/img]
Can I live without, or should i have and install the file as described underneath? Everything is working, this i like searching for something that doesn't exist...

To update to CRG 6.1.1:

Replace the CE4-CRG.lrwebengine, and restart Lightroom
Replace the ttg-be/crg/application directory
Replace the ttg-be/crg/lib directory
Log in as admin to ttg-be/crg/admin

Steven

#63 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-05 02:25:41

rod barbee wrote:

you can add screen shots here on the forum if you like. That way, Matt, who is the expert on all of this, will also see the problem.

But what you're seeing on your Video index page is due to the fact that you've not provided a thumbnail or a Title and Description.
on Album Title and Description: http://ce4.theturninggate.net/docs/doku … album_info

For the thumbnail you can just add an image to the filmstrip for each video page you're creating in Stage. Then export and upload the thumbnails/ folder as well as the autoindex.xml file

I'll take a rest for a couple of days since it's working now and will have a look at this after the w-e. Great to have a happy ending :-)

#65 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-05 00:22:02

Applause! http://www.stevenlefebrefotografie.be/Video/Naikabis/
The navigation was the bottle neck...

One question:
- on my iphone, I see a still image of my video, on my laptop, i see a question mark. Is it possible also to have a still image on the laptop?

#66 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-04 16:05:51

Rod, see my email with screen shots and some files. That explains my situation better.

#67 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 23:39:39

rod barbee wrote:

So far everything correct?

No

i did export an autoindex, called it video and dit put it on top of my site, visually under de folder TTG-BE

Put it in the root of your site, not under ttg-be/
the target for the new 'video' menu item will then be /video/

I guess the language is playing a role too here... I understand "root" as on top of my domain which is (same level as the ttg-be folder):
stevenlefebrefotografie.be >video

Higher is not possible.

If i can have your email address, i'll mail a print screen of my server.

#68 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 23:18:21

rod barbee wrote:

I guess I'm not understanding what you want then.

The best way to include multiple videos on your site it is to create a video "gallery" using autoindex as the container for all the videos.
Upload each Stage video page to the autoindex folder and there you have it: a gallery of videos.
(if using Publisher you'd need to create a second Publisher instance aimed at the 'video' folder)

If you wanted a drop down in the navigation that contains links to your videos (is that what you're referring to as "tabs"?), that's a different and more complicated prospect. But totally doable.

So if you can be a little more clear about what you want, we can be more precise in offering suggestions.

Well, i did export an autoindex, called it video and dit put it on top of my site, visually under de folder TTG-BE. I did export stage and put the whole folder in video. In summary, yes i want a gallery for all the videos. So far everything correct?

#69 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 22:47:29

I guess i'll give up today, it's not my cup of tea, thanks anyway for trying.

#70 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 22:29:42

rod barbee wrote:

not sure what you mean.
did you want a link that takes you to an autoindex page that houses your videos (as described in that post) or did you want the links to the videos to appear in a drop-down from the main navigation menu?

Since i can post only 1 video in an album, i wanted one tab where all my videos can sit together.

#71 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 22:01:32

rod barbee wrote:

since you're using phplugins to manage your navigation, the only place to add a menu item is in the phplugins file. What you have for menu items in Lightroom makes no difference.

OK, and how do i tell my videos that they have to appear in the video tab?

#72 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 20:30:30

Great, indeed.

Now i'm facing a new problem... I followed your instructions of this post http://community.theturninggate.net/top … tem-video/
So far so good, i can post a video via you tube: http://www.stevenlefebrefotografie.be/g … -in-actie/

But, i want the video's to be under the videos tab. I created some code in the phplugin file. Now my question, using phplugin, if i want an extra menu, do i need to create that in the code or via the navigation in lightroom? I remember that i've deleted earlier blog and service there http://community.theturninggate.net/post/32775/#p32775 post 11.

Thanks for your help, again. One day the work will be finished ;-)

#73 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 14:44:01

rod barbee wrote:

the only possibilities are that you did not enable multi-level menus in the Site Info > Navigation section of your Stage template or you've not enabled, or haven't correctly enabled phplugins.
the source code leads me to believe you've enabled the drop downs in the navigation section. So that leaves the implementation of phplugins.

Just checking --

is the phplugins.php file located at

http://www.stevenlefebrefotografie.be/phplugins/phplugins.php

the one that's configured for multi-level navigation?
(do you have any other phplugins.php files anywhere?)

If that's so, then in your Stage template (the one you've named "CE4-Stage7"), the section on phplugins should look like this:

steven-phplugins.jpg


your template isn't showing the nav drop downs either so I'm guessing that the CE4-Stage7 template is not phplugins enabled.

feel free to create a user template of your Stage set up and email it to me. I'll take a look. You could also email your phplugins file too if you want.

Hi Rod,

First of all thanks for your time spending on my problems. Now it's working. The problem was probably that there were a few spaces at the end of the server path (from copying it from somewhere else). I deleted them, exported again and voilà, everything OK. It's a pity I haven't found this earlier myself. I'm learning ;-)

#74 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 04:20:15

rod barbee wrote:

Do i need to adapt the phplugins.php file from the stage export and delete the first and the last line of // SITE-WIDE "DROP-DOWN" NAVIGATION MENU w/ AUTO INDEX DROP-MENU?

No, you just need the same server path to phplugins. In your case that would be:

/customers/d/3/e/stevenlefebrefotografie.be/httpd.www/phplugins

In stage everything was correct and I uploaded the whole folder as described earlier (ttg-be...)

But to no avail... when i go to http://www.stevenlefebrefotografie.be/g … _centraal/ my drop down menu is gone...  Other possible solutions?

#75 Re: CE4 Stage » basic question... need help » 2015-09-03 03:14:58

rod barbee wrote:

that image is a 24MB CR2 so I'm not going to download it wink

One thing that can mess up a Galleria slide show is captioning in an image. see documentation:
http://ce4.theturninggate.net/docs/doku … a#captions

as to the navigation, did you enable phplugins and include the server path to phplugins in the Stage template?

Well, i deleted a bunch of information in the caption, and then it worked.

For the navigation, i did enable phplugins and completed the server path in Lightroom (the same like in pages/gallery). Do i need to adapt the phplugins.php file from the stage export and delete the first and the last line of // SITE-WIDE "DROP-DOWN" NAVIGATION MENU w/ AUTO INDEX DROP-MENU?

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