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#851 Re: Backlight Support » Can't update this collection error » 2017-12-01 02:33:59
Ben...
I changed the API to your server. It authenticated. I tried to upload some images and got a different error message,
For this test, did you create a new album?
#852 Re: Backlight Support » Can't update this collection error » 2017-11-30 02:31:19
Any suggestions? I tried turning off my firewall but that didn't help.
Thanks
-Herschel
Looking at other users feedback regarding GoDaddy, the easiest solution seems to be to move to a different hosting company.
#853 Re: PHPlugins » album set, album, single page replacement » 2017-11-30 00:48:27
I believe we'll be exposing some of that at a later time, possibly in Backlight 2, if not sooner.
Oh, nice 
For now, having things wrapped for replacement is more a matter of standard implementation, than for practical use. The hooks are currently most useful for inserting content above and below.
Okay, that's what it looked like to me.
Thank you for your feedback.
#854 PHPlugins » album set, album, single page replacement » 2017-11-29 15:52:34
- Daniel Leu
- Replies: 2
I'm just reviewing the PHplugins updates coming with Backlight 1.2.3 Release 2 and started to wonder what for I could use some of the functions. There are three functions available to replace the content of album set grids, album grids and single image views:
* ttg_albumset_top
* - if return=false, normal copy is skipped
* - called immediately within the media area
* - encompasses the gallery grid / slideshow; can be used to replace it
* ttg_album_top
* - if return=false, the album content is skipped
* - called immediately within the media area
* - encompasses the album grid / slideshow; can be used to replace it
* ttg_single_top
* - if return=false, single image and content are skipped
* - called immediately above the single image display
* - encompasses the single image and related metadata; can be used to replace it
* - available only on single-image HTML pages for applicable album templatesIf I would like to replace one of the grids or the single page view with my own implementation, wouldn't I need to have access to some type of data structure that contains the basic information of what is displayed (eg, number of images, links to images, thumbnails and image meta data)?
Looks like these functions currently are more useful to insert additional text than replacing a gallery. Or did I overlook something? Thanks!
#855 Re: General » Feature request - visualize finished art on your wall » 2017-11-29 10:08:06
Jeff, I'd like to have a way to show how different sized art looks in an office, living room, and dining room setting. And this is something I'm slowly working on. My plan is to create separate slideshows for each setup and to show images with different sized frames and frame styles. For me, this will be sufficient.
Having an option to do this for a particular image would be very elegant. But providing the customer a way to upload an image would be way too complicated. If a customer is sufficiently interested in a print, I'm happy to make a photoshop montage.
I think that some of the TTG users already created something like this, but I don't remember who.
#856 Re: Backlight Support » Error when using the Search button » 2017-11-28 07:25:03
In Backlight > Publisher > Settings, you need to assign a new Search Template.
#857 Re: Backlight Showcase » Finally updated to Backlight Pangolin! » 2017-11-28 02:10:39
Now, the next goal is to make my site rock the awesome like more than a few sites in this topic do. Yes, Daniel Leu...yours is the site that I hope mine will eventually become when it grows up!
Oh.... 
But I think there is never really a growing up.... There is always something to change and/or optimize. But BL makes it so much easier! Just last night I have added a new section (wood panel mounted prints) to my shop page where I combine a custom slideshow with the gallery grid.
#858 Re: Backlight Support » permalink button » 2017-11-26 10:05:09
I'm wondering, what is the permalink button even for?
It's being picked up by search engines, and I'd rather just remove it (instead of hiding it).
What's generating it, and is there a way to control this?
It helps with SEO and provides an easy way for a customer to link to a specific image.
#859 Re: Backlight Support » Responsive view - mind blown! » 2017-11-26 02:57:09
That's a feature available in the Development menu of Safari on the Mac. There are plugins available for Chrome that provide a similar feature.
#860 Re: Backlight Support » Album sets » 2017-11-25 07:50:09
Just a thought:
Create a top-level directory /wedding_galleries. And then create publisher instances for /wedding_galleries/2016, /wedding_galleries/2017 etc. Each publisher instance would be created in the respective catalog. Now you should be able to publish your new weddings for the respective years.
Then create a page (eg /weddings) that contains the links to the different top-level wedding galleries (eg, /wedding_galleries/2016, /wedding_galeries/2017 etc).
I would use a default catalog to maintain the common website design and architecture.
This is a workaround to the Lr Publisher instance limitation and it might work for your particular setup.
#861 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-24 03:29:19
Nice write up, Jim! I can only second your opinion. Happy Thanksgiving!
#862 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-22 14:26:16
Good in terms of the general file content, bad in terms of your code. Please use Rod's version of your code. (all single quotes in your code need to be escaped).
#863 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-22 12:12:28
Edit:
I see in the sample php file that there is a line:
// SET USER FUNCTIONS BELOW
So, I should keep everything as it is and add my hook/script below this line?
Yes!
#864 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-21 08:11:09
I think phplugins will apply to every gallery and not really show if a particular person has viewed a particular gallery?
As Rod pointed out, you can have a phplugins file for a specific template. Or, what I do, check the location/name of the gallery served and only execute your tagging code when needed.
#865 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-21 06:25:07
I would use phplugins to do this. Otherwise, you can get page statistics from Google Analytics too.
#866 Re: Backlight Support » Poor quality of images after publishing » 2017-11-14 16:01:05
One reason for the smaller file size is the image size. The image quality (and size) can be set in Backlight's Albums settings under Image Renditions.
Jeffrey Friedl has a great analysis of the impact of the quality settings at http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/jpeg-quality.
#867 Re: Backlight Support » Downloading images from a gallery » 2017-11-10 01:25:33
A link to the gallery showing this issue might be helpful. Thanks!
#868 Re: Backlight Support » November 1 update problems » 2017-11-09 09:00:52
Oh, and I see through Wappalyzer that your site is running on a Nginx server. See this: http://backlight.theturninggate.net/doc … web_server
Hmmm.... Rod, your sites are reported to be running on Nginx as does mine. But AFAIK, my site runs on Apache. There might be something flaky with Wappalyzer's detection logic.
#869 Re: Backlight Support » Using Backlight Galleries to Manage Wordpress Images » 2017-11-09 07:02:10
Is there a way to use Backlight's publisher and hidden albums to manage the images that are used in Backlight's wordpress theme posts?
That's something I would love, but it is not supported.
#870 Re: Backlight Support » corrupt db? » 2017-11-08 07:25:35
I had another strange problem where my WordPress page (about my photos) wouldn't appear under my Photos directory. Photos is controlled by Backllight (templates, album sets, albums, and photos), while the WordPress about page is generated by WordPress. I was getting a 404 error that I couldn't explain. Then I found that if I deleted the .htaccess in /photos/ it all worked.
Many strange things going on. If you don't mind, I would suggest to share your ftp login with Ben so he can have a closer look.
You gallery directory and your wordpress installation belong into separate directories. Maybe something like
/photos
/blogOtherwise you run into issues as both Backlight and Wordpress depend on .htaccess for proper operation.
#871 Re: Backlight Support » Error- 'Client response is unavailable, please contact site owner...' » 2017-11-04 01:14:30
Two things failed to copy over backlight/admin/index.php and /htaccess_disabled
The first file is essential! I would delete backlight/admin and re-upload the admin directory again.
#872 Re: CE4 Publisher » Anybody doing smart watermarking? » 2017-11-01 14:55:55
Daniel Leu wrote:Ben wrote:I hadn't realised this was related to CE4 Publisher. We're unlikely to add new features to CE4.
But the idea could be used for Backlight as well.... Instead of using an existing metadata field, how about creating your own? Here is an example plugin doing it: http://www.lightroomsolutions.com/plug-ins/big-note
(From John Beardy, the author of BigNote: I left BigNote unencrypted so anyone can learn to add their own fields. )
Interesting. I hadn't looked at adding a metadata plugin (though I've skimmed through the documentation on it). We could add something similar in our zip file specifically for a Watermark setting.
I would consider adding this support to Backlight.
I would love to have the year the photo was taken in the watermark. But even if I can select the watermark from a metadata field, this field first needs to be propagated. It doesn't look like a custom metadata field is available at import. This means that manual labor is required :-(
#873 Re: CE4 Publisher » Anybody doing smart watermarking? » 2017-11-01 11:15:50
I hadn't realised this was related to CE4 Publisher. We're unlikely to add new features to CE4.
But the idea could be used for Backlight as well.... Instead of using an existing metadata field, how about creating your own? Here is an example plugin doing it: http://www.lightroomsolutions.com/plug-ins/big-note
(From John Beardy, the author of BigNote: I left BigNote unencrypted so anyone can learn to add their own fields. )
#874 Re: CE4 Publisher » Anybody doing smart watermarking? » 2017-11-01 06:48:40
Thanks for your suggestion, and I suppose that's always a possibility.
I'm hoping to come up with a cleaner solution that required less maintenance. The more I look though, I'm not sure a cleaner solution exists today.
I'm with you. Haven't found a solution yet...
#875 Re: Backlight Support » Add Photo Package » 2017-10-31 23:52:05
Daniel Leu wrote:Hi Ben, would love to have an option to define when a discount kicks in. Such as, get 20% when you spend more than $100. Thanks!
Hi Daniel, how would that differ from how Discount Bands operate?
Hi Ben, my understanding is that discount bands are a general setting that apply to all orders. I would like to provide a discount code to my my mailing list followers only or to existing customers to be used for their next order. Thanks!