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Started 1 year ago by Bokehman
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Bokehman
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This is a follow up to a post from a few days ago …
http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/new-wp-user-lots-of-questions

Site is at: http://www.element118.com/photoblog

I had an "interesting" day yesterday. I updated the Flashlight theme and obviously did something wrong. I ended up breaking the whole site - no background image, Prettyphoto galleries not working - that migrated into the blank, white screen. Eventually I started from scratch so am now on WP 3.3.1 and Flashlight 1.5.2 and seems to be ok now. More on this at the end of the post.

I managed to get about half my issues resolved, plus I have a few new questions.

1. For blog entries, I do NOT want a gallery. I simply want a featured image that will link directly to a particular gallery. Right now, I placed an image in my blog by using the "Upload/Insert" link, then going to my Media Gallery and selecting the image as a featured image. Not sure if this is the correct way to do it but it is looking exactly as I want it. I do not want the magnifying glass function on the featured image - it just needs to link to a gallery.

2.When you click on Categories, will it only go back to the original blog posts(s)? I was hoping to have it display portfolio entries only under the corresponding category.

3. To show full (or longer blog posts) is this the correct procedure?
http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/short-text-on-the-blog-page#post-35269

4. Can the EXIF info show up in the actual Prettyphoto window? Right now it only displays when you hover on some of the list views.

5. Getting back to updating the theme - what is the correct procedure for this? Googling it came up with a number of different methods. In the end, I uploaded a new Flashlight theme folder (gave it a new name) and chose it. It was then that everything went haywire. Did I do this incorrectly?

Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Thinking about this a bit more ...

I added a new test blog ("Old Motels").

Going directly into the gallery would be ok as long as I also have a repository of all my galleries (ie. my "Galleries" page). I want to give visitors the ability to go directly to the galleries, without having to search through old blog posts to find one.

Would this mean I would have to have the same gallery in two separate places? Can I put a "placeholder" on the galleries page that would link back to the gallery I posted on the blog?

Sorry for all the kerfuffling. Obviously this is confusing the heck out of me.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Bump.

Posted 1 year ago #
Dude
Dude

Hey,
Sorry for the late reply.

1) Yes - I would use the same methode if you don't want to display the entire galery on overvie/archive/blog pages.

2) This is a permalink problem. Go to Settings > Reading and enter a valid permalink structure like /%category%/%postname%/ - make sure that you remove the index.php prefix.

3) If you want to adjust the excerpt length it's the correct procedure. If you want to show the entire post text you can use the_content() instead of the_excerpt(). You can also use the read more tag if you replace the_excerpt() with the_content() .

4) As far as I know PrettyPhoto does not support the exif data.

5) You can download the update at http://themeforest.net. Replace the old theme files with the new ones by deactivating/deinstalling the theme or by using a ftp client software like filezilla (recommended). If you've made customizations you can use version.rtf (the change log) to replace the updated files only. In this case you must use filezilla or any web ftp interface to replace the updated files only.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
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I'm still not getting the Portfolio/Blog relationship. The documentation says "The Portfolio Page that you choose below will then show all posts from those categories, along with a sort option for each category."

From what I understand then ...
1. I create a page to hold portfolio items (in my case "Galleries"), and tell that page to display what categories I want.
2. I create a blog, attach a gallery, and give that post a category.
3. As long as the portfolio page has the particular category selected to display, AND if I've also 'marked' the blog post as having that category, then the gallery should also show up on my Galleries page.

If this is the case, then something's not working (or it may be my brain, which is entirely possible).

I've created three test blogs. I've marked each as having the category of either "Funny", "Travel" or "Vacation". In my Flashlight settings, I've selected all three categories to display on my Galleries page.

re. the EXIF info in the Prettyphoto window - my Rapidweaver Prettyphoto windows show the EXIF.

Posted 1 year ago #
Dude
Dude

Hey,
a) Portfolio items and Blog Posts are two different content types. I understand step 1) but I can't follow you with 2) or 3). 2: The blog page is not a post but very likely a page. Because it's used as overview page the gallery wouldn't display (or maybe underneath the blog posts if you modify the code a bit). 3) Portfolio pages & blog posts have no relation at all. WordPress can't combine blog posts with portfolio posts and vice versa.

b) Yes but it seems like Rapidweaver prepares the data for PrettyPhoto. The lightbox does not support it out of the box but RW just uses the lightbox to display the content.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Ok - so I'm back to my original plan to link a blog post to a particular gallery.

As I posted earlier, I placed an image in my blog by using the "Upload/Insert" link, then going to my Media Gallery and selecting the image as a featured image.

However, it doesn't seem to be working the same way for some reason. When I select the image as a featured image, the link fades away so I assume it's been applied. I hit save all changes but the image doesn't appear. If I use "Insert into post" it will show up, but is not scaled automatically to the width of the window and only shows up on the full blog post, not the 'intro' one. I also tried clicking on the "Set featured image" on the lower right of the blog post page, and that also doesn't work.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Bump.

Please see ...
http://element118.com/photoblog/index.php/2011/09/28/another-nice-post/

I trashed most everything and loaded the dummy content hoping it would help me better understand things.

Is the "Set Featured Image" option only for use with a gallery? I am linking to a gallery elsewhere in the site but I would still like to use an image at the top of the post. When I use Insert into Post the image is not scaling properly to fit the width of the post. If I choose Medium it's too small. If I choose large it spills outside the column. Do I need to create a specific width to do this?

Also, is there a way to remove the zoom feature off the inserted image? I don't want any links or rollover effects on it. I did manage to add the "Continue to the gallery ..." link at the bottom (small victories).

Posted 1 year ago #
Devin
Moderator

Hi Bokehman,

Yes, the featured image aspect of the posts is being overwritten by the themes slideshow options.

You can make sure there is no lightbox effect by removing any link attached to the image. IE, when you insert image into the post, make sure you select none for the link.

You'll have to specify the width you'd like your image to be to prevent clipping/overflow. 430px wide should give you a picture that fills up the whole top part of a blog post.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Ok ... making progress ...

Is there any way to not have the blog excerpt when you first land on the blog page, and have the full blog post AND the date 'cube' at the upper right? Basically, bypass the synopsis and go right to the blog.

Thanks for your help.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Bump (again).

http://www.element118.com/photoblog

Ok, I managed to do a bit of customization found in the following posts ...

http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/short-text-on-the-blog-page
http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/blog-posts-not-full
http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/date-next-to-the-blog-entry

I got the full text on the blog page, plus the date block. However, the date is not displaying properly.

The bigger issue is one of navigation. I need the links on the blog page to go directly to my gallery. I set that with the image (using insert into post, and applying a link). I also added a "Continue to the gallery ..." Clicking on the blog title brings you right back to the blog post, and I know that will confuse people. It seems I cannot edit the permalink to one that will bring me to the gallery. Perhaps this is a Wordpress thing.

It seems a few other people here have asked about using full blog posts. You (the developers) may want to consider adding that functionality into the theme settings, rather than all this PHP customization. (ie. a button that says "Use blog excerpts" or "Use full blog posts"). I consider myself barely intermediate with HTML and CSS. I have no comfort level with PHP and I'm sure many others here do not, as well. I choose a Wordpress environment precisely because I do NOT want to have to spend much (if any) time tinkering with code. I understand you cannot possibly incorporate every little bit of customization into a theme, but it seems like this is doable.

I'm glad to see Kriesi is hiring more support staff. I've been patient but admit it's wearing thin.

Posted 1 year ago #
Devin
Moderator
Hi Bokehman,

You can add the following to your Quick CSS or custom.css to fix the way the date is displaying:
```
.minor-meta{
clear: both;
}
```
I'm not sure what you are looking for with the permalink structure you have now, but you can see some details and pre-written ones here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

I've sent the request over to Kriesi for the blog display but its ultimately up to him to include it into a later update or not. I know it can be taxing to have to go to the support forums whenever there is an issue you are unable to tackle on your own, but the main benefit is that is free after just purchasing the theme :)
Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Thanks. I'll give the CSS a try tonight.

I did try the "Custom Permalinks" plug-in, but it broke all the links, so I deleted it.

Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Ok - That pretty much fixed it. Just one more small thing ... how can I get the small vertical rule in the date block back?

Thanks.

Posted 1 year ago #
Devin
Moderator
Add the following to your Quick CSS or custom.css :)
```
.blog-meta .day {
border-right: 1px solid #fdfdfd;
}
```
Posted 1 year ago #
Bokehman
Member

Thx. I'll mark this as resolved.

Posted 1 year ago #
Devin
Moderator

Glad we could get all your questions answered :)

Make a new post if you have any other issues and we'll do our best to resolve them!

Posted 1 year ago #

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