Old theme to new product?

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-06 18:14:25

Hi, first let me say that I have had TTG products for a long time and my site is built primarily from the original TTG stuff! but now I have wanted to upgrade to the newer product line for my galleries but do not want to change my web "theme" It was entirely designed in the old theme "Shade" is there a new version of the theme "shade" so I may incorporate it with the products i have recently purchased and plan to purchase: CE2Cart, CE2CRG, CE2HighslideGallery, CE2 Pages, and CE2 Auto Index. I do NOT want to change my original theme as there have been many custom pages built into this site as well! please help!

Glenn B.

to see what I am referring to: www.glennbrogan.com

Matthew · 2012-10-06 18:38:39

There is no such prefab theme, but you should be able to recreate that look easily enough with the new plugins.

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-06 18:45:14

also are there video tutorials on all of the new products, as I am new to MANY of the changes since buying the original products

Matthew · 2012-10-06 19:38:10

No video tutorials, but CE2 offers full documentation and there are a bunch of written tutorials as well. See links for Docs and Blog above.

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-06 22:33:54

Ok, I have spent hours and think I have 99% of the theme re-created in CE2 CRG, however, to keep the feel of the old way... I have a "middle dot" separating my navigation menu items (·) and do not see an option to have or add this in the new software. I am so close and have most everything else figured out. I am specifically working in CE2 CRG. also will all older created galleries work when I change older generation Auto Index to CE2 Auto Index? I was using Highslide Gallery Pro 1.9 and Auto Index 3.0 prior to upgrading... I do not want to have to re-create all older galleries...

sorry in advance for the "lame" questions, but I am a photographer, not a coder

to see my site in current state for reference: www.glennbrogan.com

Matthew · 2012-10-06 22:41:35

For various reasons, no longer doing the dividing character as an option. However, you can implement PHPlugins to utilize a site-wide custom menu, which would allow you to insert such things. It's a pretty easy thing to run a custom menu, as the code is already written for you and just needs to be activated and edited.

You'll find information on PHPlugins in the documentation, and we also have various tutorials on the blog.

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-07 03:57:03

I have now read and gotten lost in PHPlugins pages and info. I am not understanding EXACTLY what I would need to do to make my gallery have the (·) Middle Dot. Is there anyone willing to take help a step further for this specific application? I understand how to Enable PHPlugins, but am lost on how to make my navigation the same as my old style.

also still unanswered is:

will all older created galleries work when I change older generation Auto Index to CE2 Auto Index? I was using Highslide Gallery Pro 1.9 and Auto Index 3.0 prior to upgrading... I do not want to have to re-create all older galleries... As is stands now, my new CE2 CRG pages are working in the OLD Auto Index, but cannot change/upgrade AutoIndex files until I fix the above issue of the Middle Dot separation in the Navigation to make everything smooth and visually the same.

Last edited by GlennBrogan (2012-10-07 04:23:27)

Matthew · 2012-10-07 10:58:47

The older galleries will still appear in the Auto Index.

Did you manage to enable PHPlugins? If so, in the phplugins.php file output with TTG CE2 Pages, you will find two example functions -- one for the traditional menu, one for the drop-down menu.

Enable the function for the traditional menu. Insert dots between each menu item:

<li>&middot;</li>

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-07 14:46:09

I am not using Pages CE2 as I have had my original pages set up with an OLD version of Pages, so I do not have that. I have CE2 CRG and CE2 Auto Index that I need to BOTh have these dots as that is how the rest of my entire pages structure is. So how do I now do this?

Matthew · 2012-10-07 15:02:46

Then point all of your new galleries to one common phplugins.php file (i.e. use the same path for all), and then use this function as the base for your menu:

// SITE-WIDE "TRADITIONAL" NAVIGATION MENU
// This function establishes a site-wide navigation menu using pseudo-absolute URLs -- portable, domain agnostic, and without the location limitations of relative URLs
// Serves as an example of a function being applied globally
function ttg_header_navigation( $style, $path ) { 
    echo '
     <div id="menu-container" class="menu-container traditional">
     <div class="menu-content">  
    
        <p class="nav-container">

        <a href="/">Home</a> &midot; 
        <a href="/galleries.php">Galleries</a> &midot; 
        <a href="/blog/">Blog</a> &midot; 
        <a href="/services.php">Services</a> &midot; 
        <a href="/info.php">Info</a> &midot; 
        <a href="/about.php">About</a> &midot; 
        <a href="/contact.php">Contact</a>
        
        </p>
    
    </div>
    </div>
        
    ';
    return false;        // Replaces normal menu
} // END

Edit the links as necessary.

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-07 19:54:58

ok. I do not understand how to find my server path to my phplugins. I put them in a folder called unseen_resources and thought my server path would be http://www.glennbrogan.com/unseen_resources/phplugins but still no change to adding bullets. I know my host server is on PHP 5.4 I am starting to pull my hair out! all over some darn DOTS! I did do the change string to my structure as follows:

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-07 19:56:24

// SITE-WIDE "TRADITIONAL" NAVIGATION MENU
// This function establishes a site-wide navigation menu using pseudo-absolute URLs -- portable, domain agnostic, and without the location limitations of relative URLs
// Serves as an example of a function being applied globally
function ttg_header_navigation( $style, $path ) {
echo '
<div id="menu-container" class="menu-container traditional">
<div class="menu-content">

<p class="nav-container">

<a href="/">Home</a> &midot;
<a href="/gallery.html">Galleries</a> &midot;
<a href="/about.html">About</a> &midot;
<a href="/clients">Clients</a> &midot;
<a href="/blog.html">Blog</a> &midot;
<a href="/links.html">Links</a> &midot;
<a href="/contact.html">Contact</a>

</p>

</div>
</div>

';
return false; // Replaces normal menu
} // END

Matthew · 2012-10-07 21:03:34

Documentation, Glenn. It fully explains PHPlugins set, including how to get your path:
http://wiki.theturninggate.net/doku.php … _phplugins

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-09 21:48:36

Matthew,

If I understood how to get my path I would not be writing to you. this is a forum deigned by you for your customers to get help but then when they ask you say "documentation" I have read said documentation and do not get it, therefore I am here asking for help for DOTS that were in original version of software taht I paid YOU for and now are not an option in the upgrade taht I paid YOU for and so I am asking for help as I DO NOT want to redesign my entire site to be dot free, just want my new galleries to look/feel like the rest of my site! NOT A HUGE REQUEST. I am not a programmer, but a photographer that is paying YOU for programming by buying your software, so please almighty programmer, help me to understand how to make dots happen - more specifically I am at the stage of trying to understand server path and again do NOT understand documentation!

rod barbee · 2012-10-09 22:20:57

As Matt posted, here's the area of the documentation that explains how to get the server path:http://wiki.theturninggate.net/doku.php … _phplugins

following the instructions in the documentation, enter this url into your browser:
www.glennbrogan.com/unseen_resources/phplugins/path.php

Which yields the server path: /home/content/g/l/e/glennbrogan/html/glennbrogan/unseen_resources/phplugins

Matthew · 2012-10-10 01:58:40

We usually say "documentation" first because not everyone has read the documentation, and we want to be sure of that first. I also say "documentation" because I see little sense in my writing again what I've already written in documentation. But if you've already read it, then great: level-2 help you will get. But Rod beat me to it.

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-19 04:07:10

Thank you for your help. I would have responded quicker, however I was in the NE shooting Fall Foliage. So in this, I would like to understand better how to get my server address so I will not ahve to bug you guys for it again. I have read the documentation, but do not understand this step.
How do I get from: www.glennbrogan.com/unseen_resources/phplugins/path.php

to: /home/content/g/l/e/glennbrogan/html/glennbrogan/unseen_resources/phplugins

this is where my confusion really is. thank you in advance!

rod barbee · 2012-10-19 05:36:12

As the documentation states,
"To get the server path, upload published content containing a /phplugins/ folder to your web server, then ping the path.php file in your web-browser at that address. For example: http://www.yourdomain.com/phplugins/path.php"

What this means is that you need to enable phplugins (Site Info> PHPlugins), export, and upload the contents of the exported folder to the root of your site. In your case, you don't have Pages yet so you've uploaded the phplugins/ folder to the folder you've indicated. Then you enter the url shown, (modified with your domain name/folder_location) and the result in the browser page is your server path.

Enter that server path in the "Server Path to PHPlugins without trailing slash" window.

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-19 05:39:43

also the coding you gave me for the &midot; is not showing the "dot" so I am still not to a solution.
example page: http://www.glennbrogan.com/events/metri … /index.php

the exact coding I have is:

// SITE-WIDE "TRADITIONAL" NAVIGATION MENU
// This function establishes a site-wide navigation menu using pseudo-absolute URLs -- portable, domain agnostic, and without the location limitations of relative URLs
// Serves as an example of a function being applied globally
function ttg_header_navigation( $style, $path ) {
echo '
<div id="menu-container" class="menu-container traditional">
<div class="menu-content">

<p class="nav-container">
<a href="/">Home</a> &midot;
<a href="/galleries.php">Galleries</a> &midot;
<a href="/blog/">Blog</a> ·
<a href="/services.php">Services</a> &midot;
<a href="/info.php">Info</a> &midot;
<a href="/about.php">About</a> &midot;
<a href="/contact.php">Contact</a>

</p>

</div>

</div>

';
return false; // Replaces normal menu
} // END

as instructed by you above

rod barbee · 2012-10-19 06:01:21

take a look near the top of this thread. Matt initially wrote that code as: · (2 d's)
but it looks like there's a typo in the expanded phpplugins code he included.

Try adding that 'd' back in.

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-19 06:10:10

with second "d" there is nothing

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-19 06:14:59

rod, sent you a personal message as well

rod barbee · 2012-10-19 06:15:03

hmm. I noticed earlier that you could see the text: &midot; in your menu. The color of the font was different, it was a lot darker.
Try highlighting the area in the browser around the menu items. You'll see the dot show up. It's small, but it's there. You might need to do a search to investigate what kind of css or other php coding you might need to get what you want.
I'm not up on that stuff and Matt is gone for a few days.

GlennBrogan · 2012-10-19 06:18:21

I appreciate you trying Rod, and hopefully Matt will be willing to go to the "Third" level of support and just give me the answer!

rod barbee · 2012-10-19 08:11:09

never did get the PM. you can email me directly though if you like

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