[plugin] [ORPHAN] bas_lightbox (Thumbnail galery with unobtrusive javascript)

Bastian · 2006-05-30 12:39:15

I just finished work on verison 0.4. I hope everything works, let me know, if not :)

Download and info [EN]
Download and info [DE]

Changes since v0.3:

Lightbox 2.0
Custom-Field Support
You can use it in pages and forms, using images from img cat with same name like actual section or categorie
Automatic import of all images and files needed to run Lightbox JS
Localisation

There are some translations of lightbox. For every supported language there is an additinal plugin avaible:
I did the German
Sebastiaan Pouyet translated it to Dutch and
Rui Pinto into Portuguese

Install and active the language plugin and txp will use the translated version if you have the respectively language activated.

If you want to translate it into your language, please send me an email.

BTW: Thanks guys for all bugs and errors you found

Last edited by Bastian (2006-05-30 13:30:11)

maniqui · 2006-05-30 14:53:42

Hi Bastian,

thanks! I have been yesterday at samisdat.org and saw the v0.4 and installed it.

Now, just because i’m obsesive (and because maybe you did a last-minute change) I have uninstalled it, downloaded a “fresh” version and installing it again. :D

A problem! Yesterday and today too: the import from Samisdat.org isnt working. I get a “import failed” for each file. It happens too quickly, so I think something may be wrong.

Yesterday, I did it manually, but today I’m very tired! I will wait for the fix! ;)

BTW, when updating from versions, will you specify when the update is in the plug-in code and when the update is in the images/files imported? Or is it usually both?

thanks in advance…

Bastian · 2006-05-30 16:33:21

A problem! Yesterday and today too: the import from Samisdat.org isnt working. I get a “import failed” for each file. It happens too quickly, so I think something may be wrong.

I fixed that. The import path was not correct

when updating from versions, will you specify when the update is in the plug-in code and when the update is in the images/files imported? Or is it usually both?

Don’t know how i will handle that.
The images/files should onyl bee changed if anything at Lightbox itself changes.

But as you can see at the code i give all files version numbers, so updating can bee handled from now on. Next versions of the plugin could have a look on what files are stored in TXP and what files need to be updated.

maniqui · 2006-05-30 16:54:22

Hi! thanks for the quick reply.

Still, I cant get the import process working… I have redownload the plug-in, deleted everything, and reinstalled it again!

Should I wait to a 0.4.1 release with the fix? or you fixed the path in 0.4 directly?

Bastian · 2006-05-30 17:53:42

bq.or you fixed the path in 0.4 directly?

Ähm, i fixed in 0.4 directly. Probably you redownload the plug-in from your browser’s chache-

Find the fixed file here

I tried it just a minute ago with 3 differnent host and a local one and it works for me.
Perhaps there is a problem with proxies? Please let me know if it works with the fixed one.

Bastian · 2006-06-01 20:15:05

Thanks to Rui

He just finished to translation of the Portuguese plugin help.

If you want to read the help in Portuguese,

Install bas Lightbox v0.4
Install the translation
Activate both plugins
If you have selected Portuguese as TXP language, go to extensions -> bas Lightbox and the Help will be translated

BTW: I set up a flyspray to manage bugs and feature requests.
You can add those anonymously (get it sane, please)

Would be nice if some of you use it, just because i want to know, how it works :)

doni · 2006-06-05 11:36:08

I’ve got a quite big problem with bas_lightbox 4.0 (didn’t try the earlier versions) here. I’ve included the header, just to make that sure ;-)

My problem is, that it doesn’t display anything.

my txp code in my article:
<code>
<txp:bas_lightbox img=“4” />
</code>

that just puts out the following html code:
<code>
<a href=“http://www.telltec.ch/images/” rel=“lightbox” title=”“>
</code>

did I do something wrong?

greetings
doni

arkham · 2006-06-07 14:54:58

I’m looking to do what panik and colak were discussing on page 3 of this thread. Have the image’s alt tag used on the thumbnail but use the caption for underneath it after you click on the image.

Can anyone tell me how to do this or post/send code?

Thanks

arkham · 2006-06-07 15:30:52

Panik mailed me the hack. Many thanks to him. I’ll post it here for anyone’s future reference:

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at the beginning (line 34, 35) of the plugin code i changed

$big = safe_row(‘id, ext,’.$caption,‘txp_image’,‘id =”’.$getImg.’”’);
$out[] = ‘<a href=”’.hu.$img_dir.’/’.$big[‘id’].$big[‘ext’].’” rel=“lightbox” title=”’.$big[$caption].’”>’.$thumb.’</a>’;

to

$big = safe_row(‘id, ext, alt,’.$caption,‘txp_image’,‘id =”’.$getImg.’”’);
$out[] = ‘<a href=”’.hu.$img_dir.’/’.$big[‘id’].$big[‘ext’].’” rel=“lightbox” title=”’.$big[‘alt’].’”>’.$thumb.’</a><span style=“display: none;”>’.$big[$caption].’</span>’;

and around line 260 i changed

if(objLink.getAttribute(‘title’)){
objCaption.style.display = ‘block’;
//objCaption.style.width = imgPreload.width + ‘px’;
objCaption.innerHTML = objLink.getAttribute(‘title’);
} else {
objCaption.style.display = ‘none’;
}

to

if(objLink.nextSibling){
objCaption.style.display = ‘block’;
//objCaption.style.width = imgPreload.width + ‘px’;
objCaption.innerHTML = objLink.nextSibling.innerHTML;
} else {
objCaption.style.display = ‘none’;
}

one could choose a more adequate if-condition.
and you can put links into your caption.

lee · 2006-06-14 21:11:52

Hi Bastian, I installed the latest version using the import script and then uninstaled it using the script. But when I try to reinstall it the import fails for all the files. Any idea what could be going on?

Thank you, Lee.

TNT · 2006-06-17 18:15:24

Working perfect! Thanks!

decoderltd · 2006-06-21 10:05:36

I wonder if anyone can help.

I’m trying to use bas_lightbox to present a range of images. I installed the plug-in, but the Advanced Install showed a series of errors (installation failed), so I’ve manually placed the files (bas_lb04_scriptaculous, etc) into the ‘Files’ folder.

I’ve then created an image catagory called ‘Gallery’ and uploaded a couple of shots, these images will appear in the section called ‘Gallery’ so I’ve used the <code><txp:bas_lightbox use_section=“true”/></code> tag. So far so good, I’m now getting my caption appearing on the Gallery page.

Then finally, I put the <code><txp:bas_lightbox_head /></code> into the Gallery pages head, but when I view the page it is now completely blank!

I’m fairly new with Textpattern and have this site to complete – can anyone please offer some advice?

Last edited by decoderltd (2006-06-21 10:20:50)

tjnuckolls · 2006-06-21 17:53:26

I’m sort of a newbie myself, but I ran across some of the problems you mentioned, so I thought I’d take a stab at helping for once, instead of being the one who’s getting help.

One thing I noticed is that you mentioned uploading the lightbox files directly to the “files” folder. I’ll assume you did the same with the images. The problem there is the plugin uses the TextPattern database to access the files, and if you put them there manually, TextPattern doesn’t know they’re there. Instead, upload the files through the file upload tab, and the images through the images tab. To keep things organized, I attributed them to the category bas_Lightbox. It’s important, however, that you don’t change their names. Apply a category if you wish, but don’t change their names.

I’m guessing you’ve installed and activated the plugin properly (“yes” will appear in the Active column). Once you’ve done that, click the admin tab and you’ll see a newly added tab called extensions. Click that and follow the instructions in the help that came with the plugin. Since you’ve already uploaded the images and files, you can do a manual installation.

A nifty feature is that if you’ve uploaded the files and not changed their names, the plugin will find them in the database for you and pre-populate the fields with their IDs.

Once you’re done with the installation, the blank screen should be replaced by a nifty gallery with the lightbox overlay when you click an image.

One last thing… I believe there’s a bug in the plugin that’s probably just a carryover from modifying the new lightbox script that doesn’t implement the images properly. What I mean is that you may see the gallery work just fine, but the previous, next, and close images appear as missing.

To remedy this in my duct tape sort of way, is I uploaded the plugin images to the “images” folder and renamed them without the bas part in front, like so:
bas_lb04_close.gif > close.gif

Once I renamed the images, which took longer to diagnose than I’m comfortable admitting, the plugin worked perfectly.

You can check out how it’s working for me at my site The Modest Adventurer

I’m sorry it’s wordy, but I hope it helps.

Good luck,
TJ

decoderltd · 2006-06-22 13:06:28

Thanks TJ, among other things I did indeed have my bas_lightbox images in the wrong place!

Bastian very kindly had a look at the site and fixed the problem(s), but thank you for your comprehensive reply, it was much appreciated and gave me a better understanding of how the plug-in works.

I did have a look at your site (The Modest Adventurer) and like the way your thumbnails display horizontally (rather than the default vertical listing) – could you give me a couple of pointers on how you did this?

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