Another Lightbox Question

magz · July 19th, 2008, 04:55 PM

Ive uploaded to Photopost pro 6.1.

My settings are

Use popup window for BIG images? = Yes
Use lightbox integration? = Yes
Width to trigger lightbox integration (if enabled)? = 1000
Height to trigger lightbox integration (if enabled)? = 1000

No pictures open with Lightbox, yet on my forums, lightbox works just fine.

All i get is the picture opening in a new window ( full size )

Ive searched high and low, and have tried many options but to no avail.

Any ideas what else i can try ?

regards

Chuck S · July 19th, 2008, 06:43 PM

Try raising your lightbox settings as right now you have it set that only images with a width or height less than 1000 will use lightbox everything else will use bigpopup so I assume your images are larger than those triggers.

magz · July 19th, 2008, 07:06 PM

Thanks for the reply

I have changed the size settings many times, in excess of 6000 as a test.

I have many images which are a lot smaller, and as mentioned, all images open in its own window, lightbox simply refuses to "kick in"

My photopost directory if you care to take a look is:
Main Index - THG Photo Gallery

Chuck S · July 19th, 2008, 08:39 PM

Try making it 1500 1500

magz · July 19th, 2008, 08:50 PM

1500 1500 was a setting i had already tried

Ive tried lots of different setting sizes, and all to no avail.

Lightbox doesnt want to play. ( yet is fine in my forums )

Any other ideas?

Chuck S · July 19th, 2008, 09:14 PM

You sure your files are all default files in the photopost?

If you turn off the vb3enhanced integration does lightbox work?

magz · July 19th, 2008, 09:21 PM

Default files in Photopost?

All my files are uploaded the normal way, and have been since i purchased my first version of photopost.

Ive turned Vb3enhanced integration off, as suggested in previous posts, and still no joy.

( turning integration off, messes the page display, and hasnever been disabled )

Chuck S · July 20th, 2008, 01:18 AM

well we are trying to suggest things to see why your site does not operate like this

Red Sea pic 7 - ReefTalk Gallery

You can feel free to give us a url admin login and ftp info so we can poke around at support at photopost dot com

magz · July 20th, 2008, 04:42 AM

message sent,

thanks for you help sofar.

Chuck S · July 20th, 2008, 01:18 PM

I will need to ask the developer if he has seen anything like this. There appears to be nothing wrong with your photopost code.

Frangipani_Flowers - THG Photo Gallery

Your lightbox code just does not run at all on your server. This is the actual support link for Lightbox on their site

Lightbox JS

I do not see anything off hand that would solve your issue.

magz · July 20th, 2008, 01:20 PM

wierd, and yet Lightbox does work from within my forums as normal, just not on any photopost image.

heres a thread with it in action

http://www.thehuntingground.co.uk/ar...r-picture.html

Chuck S · July 20th, 2008, 01:24 PM

Yes weird indeed if you look at our page it is coded exactly as they specify and this is the first time I have seen this

pink tube anemone - ReefTalk Gallery

The code does indeed work so there has to be some java issue it would appear.

magz · July 20th, 2008, 02:13 PM

If anyone stumbles across this post and knows how to get Lightbox working in my gallery, im willing to make a donation.

Its the reason i upgraded and dearly want the feature working.

magz · July 21st, 2008, 03:08 PM

Ive tried everything i can think of to get lightbox working withing photopost, to no avail.

Ive now posted on the lightbox support site, for any help.

In the mean time, is there a way i can disable large images from popping up. I realise the option : Use popup window for BIG images? can be turned off, but images then load up with in the galley page.

How i can i completley disable large images from opening.

Chuck S · July 21st, 2008, 03:21 PM

You can not. You must use the bigpopup window or not. You can turn lightbox on of off as needed as well.

Posting on lightbox support is probally best since they would be the ones to provide support for their code. As you can see if you view the source of your page we code lightbox into Photopost the same way they say. We include a css file a js file and then simply the link tags have rel=lightbox and that means lightbox should work but not on your site for some reason.

Lightbox JS

magz · July 21st, 2008, 03:40 PM

Sorry to harp on about this subject, but could this be related to the headerinclude?

I see many reference to it, but cannot see any entrys for lightbox in my styles headerinclude.

Also, in photopost admincp the entry to "my Full path to Header Include file" is blank.

Sorry if this is completely irrelevent, but im exploring all options

UPDATE

Wow. Ive done it.

i added

<script type="text/javascript" src=lightbox.js"></script>

to my header, and its working

Yehaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Chuck S · July 21st, 2008, 03:52 PM

We already include the lightbox.js to the head tags area which is weird so now you have it on your page twice

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

It is indeed on your page but whatever works.

Merjawy · July 31st, 2008, 12:15 PM

I been reading all the threads about lightbox.. can't get it to work

I mean it will start loading but it won't load pic.. it keeps on loading forever

Chuck S · July 31st, 2008, 02:34 PM

How about a url?

Merjawy · July 31st, 2008, 06:59 PM

I will email it to you again Chuck.,, Thanks