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#826 Re: Backlight Support » Getting started with Galleria - got an error... » 2018-01-16 07:17:46

That's a strange error; something Matt will have to look at. As Rod suggested, I would try different thumbnails settings.

Oh, which setting did you use that created this error?

#827 Re: Backlight Support » Using an image as a link » 2018-01-16 02:15:06

hjrw wrote:

I think that I have it!

Check out this link !!!

http://caddinfo.com/photo-now-backlight … -selector/

Thanks to Rod and Michael Richards

Your pano selector page uses full-sized images instead of smaller ones that are just 1000px wide. This slows down loading the images and doesn't really provide a benefit since clicking on an image shows your nice slider.

#828 Re: Backlight Support » Alternate Cover Image choices for Albums » 2018-01-14 07:18:14

You can put this image into the custom-thumbnails directory so it won't appear in the gallery. The documentation dates back to CE4, but applies to backlight too: http://ce4.theturninggate.net/docs/doku … album_sets.

I have a custom-thumbnails gallery in /galleries that is managed from Lr Publisher (disable search and indexing). This gallery uses a custom template that has the images sized according to my needs. If I need a new thumbnail, I just put the image in there, publish it, and then select it from the target gallery. This is really smooth and easy to use.

#829 Re: Backlight Support » Album Set Template Change Item Styling » 2018-01-12 07:25:20

For album sets, try following:

.the__albumSet figure:hover {
    background-color: red;
}

There a global body classes that you can use to target a particular page, or pages using the same template, if needed.

#830 Re: Backlight Support » Possible to make an album the Top Level Gallery » 2018-01-10 11:27:40

Yeah, you need to have a top-level directory that will contain your album or albumset.

#831 Re: Backlight Support » need help with installation Backlight+Pages » 2018-01-10 04:02:49

rod barbee wrote:

Sounds like you installed correctly. Your are right that the .htaccess file (included with the Pages module) does not belong in the backlight/ folder.

According to Wappalyzer, your site is running on CentOS operating system. I don't know if this is compatible or not. If it's a version of Linux, then it probably is. This will be something for Ben to look at. He's in Australia and if he has any sense he's sleeping right now. So give him some time.
He may ask for FTP access as well as Backlight admin credentials.

Rod, CentOS is fine. It is a standard Linux distribution.

#832 Re: Backlight Support » need help with installation Backlight+Pages » 2018-01-10 03:59:02

Thijs wrote:

I uploaded the entire folder to the part www of my domain. Except for readme.txt and TTG-Publisher.lrplugin, as indicated. The directory www of my domain contains the files accessible from the web. Is my understanding correct that this the root? (sorry I am a newbie)
Afterwards I only manually copied .htaccess to www/backlight

In order to try to solve it I moved .htaccess to and from www and www/backlight but that did not make any difference

The index.php (currently renamed old index.php) is in the directory www

The .htaccess file from the download belongs into / and not /backlight.

Please check that the server side directory /backlight/data is writeable: http://backlight.theturninggate.net/doc … irectories

#833 Re: Backlight Support » CE2 to Backlight » 2018-01-06 06:24:10

pideja wrote:

Hi Rod,

Do you think the same procedure applies for a Publisher based CE4 site?

CE4 Publisher based site migration is built-in into Backlight! All albums and albums sets are migrated, same for the cart.

#834 Re: Backlight Support » Wordpress Pangolin theme posts seem to lose responsiveness » 2017-12-21 22:09:19

markh wrote:

Daniel, it isn't there anymore because I fixed it. Using Rod's idea about wrapping the embedded code in a responsive grid and changing some width settings in the code did the trick.
Mark

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#835 Re: Backlight Support » Wordpress Pangolin theme posts seem to lose responsiveness » 2017-12-20 08:36:19

I don't see what is not responsive with the blog.

Generally, if there is an issue with Wp based pages, I would first disable all plugins and see if the issue persists (yep, clear template cache and browser cache, just to be safe)! If the issue still persists, report back, if the issue is solved, re-enable one plugin after the other (yep, same story about cache), and once the miss-behaving plugin is identified, report back.

#836 Re: Backlight Support » Vertical navigation - width » 2017-12-09 08:40:08

rod barbee wrote:

It's a good option. Particularly because it should behave better with the existing Backlight styling.

And much easier to use and update!

#837 Re: Backlight Support » Vertical navigation - width » 2017-12-09 04:32:07

pideja wrote:

But, strangely, now it's the image that has gone way out in right field!

Not that strange since you told it in your custom css file to be there!

.main__column > .content {
    left: 120px;
}

#838 Re: Backlight Support » Vertical navigation - width » 2017-12-08 06:01:24

pideja wrote:

Using the Firefox Inspector, I could easily reduce the size of the logo-image to half its size. Should I place the script you suggest in CSS?

UPDATE: As soon as I inserted the script into "backlight.css", the logo-image returned to it's initial size while the css script did nothing to reduce the pallet size.

You are missing a closing bracket.

.page__pallet {
    width: 100px;
    min-width: 100px;
    max-width: 100px;
} /* <----- */

#839 Re: Backlight Support » Secondary masthead not initially drawn » 2017-12-08 03:57:16

It works for me! But the image for the secondary header is big ~660k. It is too big for what it should be. It took a while on my phone to load it! I opened it in Ps and it shows as 16-bit. Once I cropped it to the text area and changed it to 8-bit, it comes in at 40k.

#840 Re: Backlight Support » custom template » 2017-12-07 02:07:45

pideja wrote:

1-  why won't the imported template (BWRAO) won't load;

I don't know what you mean by "won't load". It is listed as one of the page templates.

pideja wrote:

2-  why is the default template presently used (Acceuil) is not indicated as such in Backlight/Designer/Templates/Page Templates

Because it is not set as the default template: Backlight > Designer > Templates > Acceuil > Edit Properties

#841 Re: Backlight Support » Custom BL PHP for WordPress? » 2017-12-06 06:44:38

charlie.choc wrote:

What I do is look at the URL  ( $_SERVER[REQUEST_URI] ) as you mentioned. There may be a better way but I don't know it either.

I have a function that is based on the same technique:

function page_match($gallery) {
   if (substr($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], 0, strlen($gallery)) == $gallery) {
      return 1;
   }  else {
      return 0;
   }
}

This function returns 1 for subpage matches too, eg, page_match('/blog'). This works well for my purpose.

#842 Re: Backlight Support » Feature Request: Backlight menu behaviour change » 2017-12-06 02:20:22

For my site, I modified the menu handling. With a combination of CSS and maybe some jquery you can disable or modify the appearance of the sub menus as I did.

#843 Re: Backlight Support » Page Meta Description » 2017-12-04 03:40:27

charlie.choc wrote:

I just tried using phplugins to add the meta description and keywords to pages using the ttg_head hook at it seems to work but I won't be able to see how it affects search results for a while.

But then it would be nice to have the twitter and open graph fields set as well.

Maybe the easiest might be to have a ttg_meta hook that can replace the default settings. This way one can target specific pages from phplugins and add whatever one desires.

Maybe even easier, if Backlight would not set empty fields, they could then be easily added with the existing ttg_head hook. I don't know what's happening if the same metadata field is set twice, first without content and then a second time with content.

#844 Re: Backlight Support » Can't update this collection error » 2017-12-03 05:53:31

hjrw wrote:

Question 2.  If I get a minimal hosting configuration from, say Bluehost, can I FTP my website back to GoDaddy and have it work?  Or does it need to be created on the hosting server?

Yes, this should work.

But going this route, you might want to try WAMP or MAMP first. This way you publish to a local server on your machine and then you can FTP everything to your GoDaddy server.

But this sounds like a lot of work and wasted time. Honestly, I would just bite the bullet and move your site to Bluehost or another recommended host. Then you can try to get your money back from GoDaddy, specially with the feedback that they don't support modsec on your package.

#845 Re: Backlight Support » Can't update this collection error » 2017-12-02 06:50:58

hjrw wrote:

I noticed that I still have several CE4 Publisher instances installed in LR.  Could this be an issue?  I thought that the various instances were independent

You can have CE4 Publishing Services along Backlight Publishing Services. I have them as well. They both you the same TTG Publisher plugin.

#846 Re: Backlight Support » Can't update this collection error » 2017-12-02 06:49:41

hjrw wrote:

I am able to upload to the server using the Web module and the Verizon hotspot

So initially you got an error and now it works? Did you change anything?

#847 Re: Backlight Support » Can't update this collection error » 2017-12-02 04:37:31

Just curious, do you post from a laptop? If yes, it might be interesting if you went to an internet cafe and tried to post from there. This way you might circumvent GoDaddy's denial-of-service prevention for a bit by having a different IP address and likely a much slower connection.

#848 Re: Backlight Support » How do I get Backlight Updates 1.2.3 and 1.2.3 Release 2 » 2017-12-02 03:16:13

oceanman22 wrote:

Thanks for your help. I got it now. Was having a senior moment there.

Jim

smile

#849 Re: Backlight Support » How do I get Backlight Updates 1.2.3 and 1.2.3 Release 2 » 2017-12-02 02:05:54

oceanman22 wrote:

Thanks for the quick reply.
Ok, I got the current download but I am somewhat confused on which update procedure(s) to use because of the the release #nomenclature. I am currently  showing that I have update "TTG Backlight version: 1.2.2" on my Backlight Dashboard.

Now what procedure steps in the instructions do I follow to get from 1.2.2 to to 1.2.3 release 2 ?

Jim

This is what the readme.txt file has to say about that:

=== To update from earlier versions of Backlight+Pages to Backlight+Pages 1.2.3 Release 2: ====

	Follow upgrade instructions for 1.2.3 Release 1, below.

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