Cool Gallery

Kazagistar · 2008-12-15 22:09:30

I have been given a textpattern site to edit which has a really nasty hack to create a gallery. Basically, all the pictures are defined under presentation instead of content, and are stored in some random admin folder where they don’t belong, and it is essentially non-easily-reproducable. I noticed that there is a simple way to make galleries in textpattern, and a couple plugins, but I was wondering how I could make a really flashy javascript gallery like SimpleViewer using this much better paradigm.

MattD · 2008-12-15 22:27:12

There are tons of gallery like plugins. Depending on what you want many of them can handle it. I’m using smd_gallery along with galleria

Last edited by MattD (2008-12-17 19:38:36)

keith · 2008-12-16 08:55:39

Bear in mind that Simpleviewer isn’t a Javascript gallery, it’s Flash-based.

Also – handy hint – there’s a search engine on here…

Last edited by keith (2008-12-16 08:55:58)

progre55 · 2008-12-17 19:06:06

Matt D:

I have used other Gallery plug ins with TXp, but I plan on using Galleria in my next project. Is their any trick or code you can share that makes Bloke’s smd_gallery pull images from TXP.

Thanks.

progre55

MattD · 2008-12-17 19:34:54

On my form I have

<ul class="gallery">
<txp:smd_gallery category="gallery" sublevel="all" form="galimage" sort="random" />
</ul>

in my form I have

<li <txp:smd_if field="{counter}" operator="eq" value="1"> class="active" </txp:smd_if>>
  <img src="{thumburl}" title="{title}" alt="{title}" border="1"/>
</li>

The client can add images to the “gallery” category to add them to the gallery.

EDIT: smd_if is another of Stef’s plugins which was the easiest way for me to set an active class on the first picture in the gallery.

Last edited by MattD (2008-12-17 19:37:25)

progre55 · 2008-12-17 19:42:47

Matt:

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have been doing alot of digging regarding Galleria. I am not sure how much you have picked it apart, but what I want to be able to do is something like Alex Wilson Photography

II want to have the thumbnails Glide. I want to give it the ability to run like a slideshow.

From looking around, it appearss I am not the only one! I know Alex used an older version of Galleria and others have had various levels of success. Before I dive into (ie get frustrated) have you used anything else that may deliver the same effect?

Thanks again.

progre55

MattD · 2008-12-17 19:47:40

Looks like alex is using jcarousel for the glideing thumbnails.

progre55 · 2008-12-17 19:53:16

Matt:

You are correct. I think I know the pieces and parts, I guess now I have to see about banging it out …

I am torn between trying to get something up and runnig with Galleria or trying to figure out a solution with: JonDesign’s SmoothGallery 2.0 ! I like galleria because of the jquery but I am open to your thoughts …. I promise not to hold you responsible for the decision ….

progre55

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keith · 2008-12-17 19:59:00

Smoothgallery is very easy to implement – I’ve had it running as the “Lightbox” in smd_slimbox.

progre55 · 2008-12-17 20:02:05

Keith:

Thanks for the input.

Can you give me a little more detail (post a sample of your code) of what you mean “running as the Lightbox” ….

Also, do you know if their is a way to make the thumbnails in SmoothGallery fall outside the image so that they do not overlap ….

progre55

MattD · 2008-12-17 20:03:25

I don’t think it would be difficult to get something like on the Alex Wilson site. Which ever way you go it’s easy to get images in the outpout needed using smd_gallery.

progre55 · 2008-12-17 20:05:18

Matt:

I hope you are correct.

I will let you know.

progre55

progre55 · 2008-12-18 02:26:07

Matt:

I just wanted to let you know, I needed to update the code a little that you provided a get it to work.

Here is the code I used in the form:

<li <txp:smd_if field="{counter}" operator="eq" value="1"> class="active" </txp:smd_if>>
<a href="{url}" alt="{alt}" title="A picture of {title}" height="{height}" width="{width}">
<img src="{thumburl}" title="{title}" alt="{title}" border="1"/></a></li>

Thanks for the guidance.

I am now working on the Thumbnails and Slideshow effect. I will let you know how things turn out.

progre55

Last edited by progre55 (2008-12-18 02:26:32)

progre55 · 2009-02-05 22:36:42

Matt:

Just wanted to give you an update. I got everything functioning correctly, but the project has been put on hold. I did contact Alex regarding his site and code and he was kind enough to let me use some of it to get it to work. If the site does move forward, i will let you know when it is complete. If not, I may just move the functionality to my own side as a development example and then I will post that link.

progre55

MattD · 2009-02-06 17:19:01

Awesome. I’d love to see how it turns out.

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