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#101 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-22 08:21:44
Alright, I followed the instructions, and i have set up templates all ok.
The part that is not clear, is how I use the script in the phplugins file.
I have this:
<?php
function ttg_scripts( $style, $path ) {
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write('<div align="center">');
var sc_project=7247521;
var sc_invisible=1;
var sc_security="8a4441b8";
var scJsHost = "http://www.";
document.write("<sc"+"ript type='text/javascript' src='" + scJsHost + "statcounter.com/counter/counter.js'></"+"script>");
document.write('</div>');
</script>
} //END
?>
but I am getting am error when I acces the page:
Something went wrong
Unexpected error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in my_phplugins.php on line 11
Please report error at http://community.theturninggate.net
So... help?
I edited the file to show all of it, so the line number of the error is different now, but same error place, at start of the <script
#102 Re: Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-22 05:29:59
I swear I'm going crazy.
The Manage by Lightroom is working on all the galleries as it appeared in LR.
I had one gallery that was being published (managed by LR) differently, so I had to use numbers starting at 100 to fix it.
Is LR making me crazy? Or has this happened to anyone else?
#103 Re: Backlight Support » How to control width of 'compressed page' menu » 2017-11-22 04:39:23
Sorry, I meant the actual width of the mobile menu, not when it happens.
Oh I see - under there are those settings.
Thanks!
#104 Backlight Support » How to control width of 'compressed page' menu » 2017-11-22 04:13:44
- peter
- Replies: 4
Don't know what it's called, but in Windows, if your web page browser window is resized smaller, the menu buttons are replaced by a single button.
When that is clicked, the menus appear in a fairly wide strip. Can that width be controlled somewhere?
#105 Re: Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-22 04:05:41
peter wrote:From there they appear in perfect order, when I select 'sort on filename'.
Since they are showing up there how I want them, choosing the 'Managed by LR' from the Photo Order option in Edit Album, seems the logical choice. That's when it all goes 'Peter Tong'.So I don't need to change the order manually in the Publisher view, because they are all in perfect order. It's the actual publishing that messes it all up.
IF you have all the file names in the CORRECT order, then you simply want to set TTG Publisher's "Photo Order" to Order by File Name.
As I explained:
"When viewed in LR Publisher, after sorting by file name, they appear in Publisher like this:
MJ-1-11, MJ-2-11, MJ-3-11, MJ-4-11, MJ-5-11
With Order By File Name, they are showing in the gallery like this:
MJ-1-11, MJ-10-11, MJ-100-14, MJ-101-14, MJ-102-14"
TTG's file ordering will re-arrange them if the numbers are, -1, -2, -3 etc.
They have to be -001, -002, -003, otherwise you get something like this:
-1, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18, -19, -2, -20
#106 Re: Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-22 03:11:48
First, I apologize for not truly explaining my workflow. My initial post doesn't mention that I am importing a properly sorted group of photos.
My wife actually sorts files as she edits. They are initially brought in to her copy of LR by 'Date Shot'.
After she has finished editing (2 weeks of work, btw), she will export from the order she has finally finished her manual sort - some photos may be off chronologically by the end of the day, or some just fit better than the time frame suggests.
Exporting is where the file numbering is processed.
(Previously, using the old TTG plugins, she used '1' as the starting prefix, and all was ok after handing the files over to me).
It then comes to me, on my PC. I will 'Import' this set into LR, then drag into a new album folder in publisher.
From there they appear in perfect order, when I select 'sort on filename'.
Since they are showing up there how I want them, choosing the 'Managed by LR' from the Photo Order option in Edit Album, seems the logical choice. That's when it all goes 'Peter Tong'.
So I don't need to change the order manually in the Publisher view, because they are all in perfect order. It's the actual publishing that messes it all up.
If the export, (on my wife's computer), is done by choosing 100 as the starting number, then, again, importing into LR and dragging into Publisher, they appear correctly. However, this time, when I publish, they are published in the correct order.
I hope this clarifies the issue and solution.
#107 Re: General » Wowser » 2017-11-21 16:58:08
Matt, I know that I bite off more than I can chew...
The support you guys give is top notch, but I don't think you get enough credit for the power that's beneath the surface!
Keep up the great work. Looking forward to any cool new stuff coming down the pipe! Hopefully we'll get emailed if there are any updates?
Cheers!
Pete
#108 General » Wowser » 2017-11-21 16:23:27
- peter
- Replies: 3
Now I've finished the website, my wife and I have had a chance to really stand back and take it for a spin.
There are many subtleties that can be taken for granted, especially how it runs on mobiles. The galleries are designed to really make your photos pop!
The way images fill the entire screen after a sec. and when it's in slideshow mode, only compliment your photos even more, without any kitschy effects.
Not just impressive...
Totally Wowser!
#109 Re: Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-21 16:09:26
Just drag your images into the desired order then.
Lightroom seems to have a mind of its own. They are in the correct order when the images are dragged onto an album in publisher, then, as I explained, they get reordered when in Backlight.
The solution is to start the numbering at 100, and use "sort by file name'.
Easy peasy.
?
#110 Re: Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-21 11:39:27
The order to display is very important for us. We can't use 'sort by capture time' as we use 3 different cameras that are never quite in sync throughout the day, and really off if I forget to sync them (though LR has a sync feature).
We export several several 100 files and we need those to be in the correct order online.
Any suggestions?
Edit:
I could start at 100.
That would probably do it.
#111 Re: Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-21 11:19:41
The reason we provide an ordering setting in the album settings is because LR's handling of ordering is mostly broken for anything but custom order. For other cases, LR only sends through the photo order on first publish. Adding or changing images after that will append them last in the album. Our ordering setting in the album settings does not suffer from this problem.
Ok, so I need to not use Manage by LR.
To summarize:
When viewed in LR Publisher, after sorting by file name, they appear in Publisher like this:
MJ-1-11, MJ-2-11, MJ-3-11, MJ-4-11, MJ-5-11
With Order By File Name, they are showing in the gallery like this:
MJ-1-11, MJ-10-11, MJ-100-14, MJ-101-14, MJ-102-14
With 'Managed By Lightroom' , they are showing in the gallery like this::
MJ-4-11, MJ-5-11, MJ-6-11, MJ-1-11, MJ-11-11, MJ-12-11
So if I ignore LR and just use Backlight's 'Order By File Name', I should try to figure out how to rename them during the export process, to get them ordered correctly. I asked my wife to export starting with 001, but she said it wouldn't allow it. I can investigate...
#112 Re: Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-21 10:45:31
Yes, Lightroom does mess up the order...
In Publisher, I sort by File name and the files are in order. eg.
MJ-1-11, MJ-2-11 etc.
If I publish either with 'Order By File Name' or 'Managed by Lightroom', the galleries are both re-ordered (each one different, but neither matches what I see in Publisher.
What's up?
(I'm going to try re-publishing to see if that fixes it)
#113 Re: Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-21 10:34:39
That's all good info - I should be able to figure out a change to my wife's output strategy.
I see now how 'Let Lightroom order it' works - good to know if you want to sort by name or something, then manually change things up.
#114 Backlight Support » File names and ordering » 2017-11-21 08:55:52
- peter
- Replies: 21
When images are imported into LR, the file name (well, 'tag'?) is changed.
For eg. the real file name is MJ-1.jpg and after import, it becomes MJ-1-11.jpg
Q1. - Is the -11 is an incremental number based on a previous import of a file of the same name?
Q2. - In Publisher, there is an option to let Lightroom manage the Photo Order. What does it do?
Q3. - If you specify 'Order by File Name', how can you get them in the correct order?
For example, this is the order I want:
MJ-1
MJ-2
etc.
So the new file names are now MJ-1-11.
If I rename to 3 digits, and specify 'Order by File Name', will I get:
MJ-001-11
MJ-002-11
etc.?
#115 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-21 08:24:55
Rod's instructions are clear and straightforward.
Yeah, but based on past experiences with my page design issues, are you sure you want me messing around again... 
#116 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-21 08:19:38
I placed it in Tray 01 Copy. Thought that would be ok. I'll move it to the Page copy.
Actually, what are the Tray's used for?
#117 Re: Backlight Support » Backlight web design help with placement, size, color etc of images an » 2017-11-21 08:14:48
@#$&#!
Great - thanks again!
#118 Re: Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-21 07:40:03
That's a bit of work, and right now, I have to stop working on this and get back to my regular life!
Thanks for the suggestions. I have the jscript on the main pages for now.
Peter
#119 Re: Backlight Support » Backlight web design help with placement, size, color etc of images an » 2017-11-21 07:21:31
I put the <br> in, before the text, so it drops it down lower and closer to the mid point of the heart image.
If I remove it, the text will be in line with the top of the image.
Thanks for picking up the missing ".
I think I'm done for now
Cheers!
Peter
The boss is happy - I'm going 'live'.
#120 Backlight Support » Can some code be added to a gallery? » 2017-11-21 05:42:39
- peter
- Replies: 50
I may need to add a javascript to some galleries.
It is for page stats. Tells me if a customer has viewed an album.
#121 Re: Backlight Support » Backlight web design help with placement, size, color etc of images an » 2017-11-21 05:18:45
Update:
I have followed the advice and I cleaned up all the pages!
The home page is good, but I couldn't quite figure out how to centre 'Contact', 'Prices' & 'Reviews' to the right of the images.
I used the float command, but I ended up 'cheating' and putting in <br>'s
For the pricing page, I wanted to add bullets. Initially I did that in Markdown, but when I converted to html and added <div style="text-align:center"> the bullets stayed to the left, while the text centred. So I removed the bullets from markdown and copied the ascii character in, instead.
http://www.marlajenkinsphotography.com/test/home/
I can live with this, but if there's a better/simpler way, or some improvements, I'm all ears.
Peter
A question:
I want to add a javascript (for tracking).
Is this ok to add into pages?
#122 Re: Backlight Support » Backlight web design help with placement, size, color etc of images an » 2017-11-21 02:13:15
Clone pages. That's a good idea. I think I was copy pasting to notepad before.
#123 Re: Backlight Support » Experiences setting up a Client Response album » 2017-11-20 16:49:18
You do not need to re-install Backlight.
You didn't create that login as a client.
Oh right - I should have done that!
Now it's working.
Also, please go back through this thread, edit your posts, and remove your clients' email addresses. I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate you sharing their email in a public forum, where it might be scraped by spammers or bots.
Oh crap!!! Will do.
#124 Re: Backlight Support » Experiences setting up a Client Response album » 2017-11-20 16:33:03
Should I re-install backlight?
How do I go about that?
A couple of days ago I did consolidate pages & templates. One thing that was odd, was the single page template 'Default' was set to 'no' under the Default Template column.
I could not change that. So I cloned it, (I think it was originally called 'Default Page'), called the clone 'Default' and made it the Default Template, then I deleted the other one.
I was going to write it in as a bug, but figured I had fixed it.
#125 Re: Backlight Support » Experiences setting up a Client Response album » 2017-11-20 16:31:54
I am now getting an 'incorrect email or password' message
I have double checked the password and email.
http://www.marlajenkinsphotography.com/ … _Galleries
Brian & Michelle
k**************m
270118