Lightbox integration doesn't work..at all

jdelasko · October 12th, 2007, 12:37 AM

Photos just pop up in an html window no matter what I do.

Ex: http://www.majorleaguetalk.com/photo....php?photo=736

Any suggestions? Lightbox integration was my main reason for 'upgrading'

jdelasko · October 12th, 2007, 01:40 AM

Nevermind. I figured it out.... I think.

The width and height triggers work bass ackwards in Photopost Admin.

Good thing my brain works backwards,

Chuck S · October 12th, 2007, 09:25 AM

They do not work backwards that I am aware of.

Those should be the max trigger amounts and as long as the image is under those triggers it uses the lightbox if the image is over those sizes it will use the popupwindow.

iloco · October 13th, 2007, 08:14 AM

Exactly what is light boxes and what is it suppose to do. I would started new thread but since jdelasko found the problem will ask here.

jdelasko · October 13th, 2007, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

They do not work backwards that I am aware of.

Those should be the max trigger amounts and as long as the image is under those triggers it uses the lightbox if the image is over those sizes it will use the popupwindow.

Yeah, I figured that out. At first I assumed that anything OVER the trigger points would use lightbox. Makes sense though. Like I said, sometimes my brain works backwards. I set the trigger points above the max picture size so all large photos are displayed using lightbox.

Everything works fine now as you can see: http://www.majorleaguetalk.com/photo...at=501&page=11

Glad you guys included lightbox in this upgrade. I like it!

jdelasko · October 13th, 2007, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iloco

Exactly what is light boxes and what is it suppose to do. I would started new thread but since jdelasko found the problem will ask here.

There is no problem. It was just ME not understanding how things worked. The upgrade from 5.62 to 6.0 was essentially glitch free.

Lightbox, previously a photopost addon, is now integrated into the photopost 6.0 upgrade. Lightbox displays large photos in a popup javascript window instead of a popup html window. Its a much more elegant way of displaying photos. The photo is displayed without the frame or scrollbars of an html window and while the photo is displayed, the rest of the page has it's brightness reduced. Here's a live demo: http://www.majorleaguetalk.com/photo...at=501&page=11 (This site is best viewed with your browser in full screen mode)

Click on a thumbnail, then when you click on the photo to display a larger version it will pop up in the Lightbox window.

iloco · October 13th, 2007, 11:31 AM

I am having no luck getting mine to work as you have on that site you gave link to.
I must have soemthing set wrong.

Thanks for explaining what and how it works.

My background doesnt get dark when a picture is loaded in what I think is using lightbox.

My gallery is HERE
User: test
Pass: test

Chuck S · October 13th, 2007, 01:39 PM

iloco you are not using the bigpopup window. To use lightbox you need to have bigpopup set to yes and lightbox set to yes. Basically if a file is under the lighbox thresholds lightbox is used and if it is over then the photopost bigpopup window is shown.

You have everything off and large images are being shown on your page.

iloco · October 13th, 2007, 01:49 PM

I ahve now turned on for big popup window to work and set to yes.
Same for lightbox. I ahve image size set as width 800 and height at 600.
I am still not getting it to work as on the site above.
I be glad to send you admin rights if you want to look at my settings.

Duh I got it and like above was thinking backwards. Upped my width and height and now its working.
Thanks Chuck.

Chuck S · October 13th, 2007, 02:08 PM

Not a problem buddy

aberg · October 14th, 2007, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iloco

Duh I got it and like above was thinking backwards. Upped my width and height and now its working.
Thanks Chuck.

One question,what is the best setting for the width and height?
I think I have the same issue.

Thanks

Chuck S · October 14th, 2007, 01:53 PM

I use 900 900

iloco · October 14th, 2007, 06:04 PM

Chuck here is a comment from one my members about Lightbox.

Quote:

The only problem I see with the Lightbox is- one can not right click to save a picture to ones HDD. I like to set them as desktop backgrounds to study them. Lightbox must use some kind of Flashplayer to view the pictures. No big problem for me, will just have to study on the way they were put together while I have them up for viewing.

Is it possible I am missing a setting or is this feature not able to be used when using lightbox. Could it be added in a later update if it can not be done with this update.

Chuck S · October 14th, 2007, 06:54 PM

we have no control over the lightbox code. Any support or discussion on its features would need to be discussed on their site. We simply include there publically distributed code.

iloco · October 14th, 2007, 06:59 PM

I see. Thanks Chuck I found a way around saving the pic.
Just right clcik on the pic and save as a web page complete and once saved to desktop, open it and then right clcik and save as before using lightbox.

aberg · October 15th, 2007, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

I use 900 900

Thanks, I have done this settings, but I don't understand how it works.
Works the Lightbox with all photo's or must I turn on the Lightbox in the upload options?
I mean works it only with photo's with are uploading with the setting Lightbox on in the upload options?

jdelasko · October 15th, 2007, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iloco

I see. Thanks Chuck I found a way around saving the pic.
Just right clcik on the pic and save as a web page complete and once saved to desktop, open it and then right clcik and save as before using lightbox.

On my site you can right click on the lightbox popup window and save the photo.

Make sure that in photopost admin, show photo options, that you have 'use anti leeching code' set to no. I'm not sure if this variable effects lightbox but it's worth a look.

Chuck S · October 15th, 2007, 01:27 PM

yes should affect anything on the page I beleive yes.

jdelasko · October 15th, 2007, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aberg

Thanks, I have done this settings, but I don't understand how it works.
Works the Lightbox with all photo's or must I turn on the Lightbox in the upload options?
I mean works it only with photo's with are uploading with the setting Lightbox on in the upload options?

Here's the settings I use:

Upload photo options

Max allowable image width in pixels = 1024

Max allowable image height in pixels = 768

Trigger medium graphic height and width = 450

Save and display medium and large images? = yes

If photo upload width or height exceeds maximums, resize upload down to max dimensions? = yes

Show photo options

Use popup window for BIG images? = yes

Use lightbox integration? = yes

Width to trigger lightbox integration (if enabled)? = 1050

Height to trigger lightbox integration (if enabled)? = 1050

Notes:

I set the medium trigger to 450 so that the displayed photo is fairly small and fits on the page without users having to scroll to see all of it (on most computers)

I set the lightbox triggers above what I know will be the largest photo size (1024 x 768) so I know that all large photos will be displayed using lightbox.

Here's a test photo for you to see: http://www.majorleaguetalk.com/photo...to=740&cat=501

Note to Chuck: In admin show photo options, the option 'width/height to trigger lightbox integration' is misleading. It should be reworded in future releases. These are actually points, above which, lightbox integration is disabled, NOT triggered.

jdelasko · October 15th, 2007, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iloco

I am having no luck getting mine to work as you have on that site you gave link to.
I must have soemthing set wrong.

Thanks for explaining what and how it works.

My background doesnt get dark when a picture is loaded in what I think is using lightbox.

My gallery is HERE
User: test
Pass: test

You have the same problem I had when I upgrade to 6.0 in that lightbox is expecting images in this directory on your site: http://www.iloco.org/images/

Rather than go through a detailed explanation I will just say that lightbox is expecting to find it's own images in this directrory but the directory probably does not exist. This is why your lightbox window does not have the 'close' button graphic. The easiest fix is to creat the directory if it does not exist and upload the contents of the image directory that came with photopost.

I know this is probably not the best fix, but its the easiest that I can tell.