Community @ The Turning Gate

Per your suggestion, since I cannot have this go live until it is all set, I am working through DesktopServer that is working fine for me, but it means it is not live. I could give the admin stats, but that is not sensible in a public forum.

I'll see if I can decipher how to add screen shots from your notes above.

Until tomorrow.

As always, thanks,

  Margo

Yes, at least I thought I did.  In Matthew's YouTube, the Contact link showed a standard form, but mine shows the error message.

I had already gone into Designer > Pages > Contact and edited the page, adding some text.  After your message, I returned and indicated I wanted to insert a default contact form, then saved it again, but still, I get that error message. I even did a CTRL-R to refresh the page.

Eventually, I will set up a contact form using one of those plugins you recommended, but for now, I just want the basics.  I can fiddle later.

Thanks,

  Margo

Thanks on borh counts, Rod (you are amazing).

I will need one template for pages, one for student galleries, and one for instructor galleries.  That is no big deal.  I am having troubles applying the templates I have made to galleries, but I think I shall win in the end.

Yes, Bueno is fromm Woo, and yes, it does still work.

Thanks,

  TBC/Margo

Rod and Matthew. Thank you both.  That was really helpful, and I got to sign in.  However, the API key is still eluding me.  Where do I get it?  And as I understand it, it must be the same in Backlight as well as in LR.  When I have tried to get this information, I get thrown into an endless loop, so I could use more help here.  Unless an API key is arbitrary, as long as it matches LR. I am geussing that something of 32 characters will work?

And I did read the first steps carefully, but there were missing pieces, such as the path you just gave me to sign in. I did not understand that I had to physically type in the slash backlight into the address.  I was looking for some link.

Thank you,

  TBC/Margo

So far, so good, Rod, until I went to publish my first gallery (had to start somewhere).  I also would also like to implement a WordPress theme I have already bought.

Perhaps mistakenly, I used the API key I have for my WordPress blog.  I figured that since the blog runs off the regular website, that they might share the same API key. The instructions indicate: "the API Key, you will have set on the Quick Settings page when installing Backlight" ... but I never saw this Quick Settings page!

Secondly, when I went to publish the first gallery to  my local test site, on an external hard drive, I got the following error message (wish I could just include the screen shot):

An internal error has occurred: JSON.lua:458:JSON.lua:197: can't parse JSON at char 1 of: Backlight is not yet configured. Please <a href="/backlight/">login to Backlight</a> to continue.

Directions also say, log in at "yourdomain.com/backlight with username admin, password ttg8888" but since my local test site is not live, rather on on that external hard drive, I am at a loss.

Clearly, I botched something up or missed something critical on the installation.

Splendid and very useful information, Rod.  I installed DesktopServer Premium (had to do manually, but no big deal).  My inclination is to not worry about any plugins as this point, adding as needed, unless you have found some invaluable.

Again, thank you so much, Rod,

  Margo

Thank you, Rod.  For the items top, bottom, etc. I have made liberal use of ssi for just the reason you indicate.  Change it once, and it goes across all pages.  I know about div, and I can certainly teach myself about floats.  And I was writing html long before php came along, so I can manage that, too.

So, again to be a dolt, if I do go with WordPress for the site itself, you are indicating I can do it through Backlight?  So, where would I install Backlight?  Still in Lightroom?  Still in a subfolder called Test until I have it looking the way I wish?  Once I get going, I'll be on a roll; I just want to start on the right path.

A couple of sample URL paths would be useful for both our website and for WordPress.  I obviously don't want anything to go live until the revamped/reworked site is ready.

Would I still use Publisher in LR to accomplish much of the gallery content?

Again thanks,

  Margo

Rod, Were you replying to me?  And what about the PHP plugin issue, or was that for CE3 Gallery?  Curious that I would get the white background in all above-mentioned browsers.  Any thoughts?  When I say "white background" I mean the whole page background outside the gallery, not the gallery itself which shows the dark teal as wished.

Thanks,

  TBC

I, too, am now getting a white background outside my CE4 gallery instead of the dark teal that is shown in the gallery itself.  It is some setting I have changed, as it does this in both Chrome and Firefox, but for the life of me, I cannot find the setting.  You can see the effect at http://www.bcphotoadventures.com/Savannah/index.php and for one of our student galleries at http://www.bcphotoadventures.com/NewEng … /index.php (that is also supposed to have the dark teal as the background outside the lighter teal gallery background.

HELP!

Thanks, I hope,

  TBC

Terrific!  I assume, I hope, that it all becomes part of the template, so when I do a new gallery, I can just change the title and images.  This should keep me busy for a while, so thank you so much for providing the references that I was seeking.  Please keep this thread open, however, just in case!

Take care,

  TBC

As long as I cannot really replicate the look of the old SimpleViewer Pro galleries, I think I'll stick with the CE3.  Question:  Is there a way to change the font and size of the lipsum box and the footer separately?  In SimpleViewer, I had total control through svBuilder-Pro, a great TTL combo.

Take care,

  TBC

Thank you, Rod, for the prompt response.  And it looks as though it works with shopping carts, too.  Do I understand that correctly?

Take care,

  TBC