Theme: GreyDragon - v.4.0.2

Chrome is too quick to give back control to the user...
Step 1: Click refresh in Chrome
Step 2: let page to load in full - give it a few seconds, make sure it is fully loaded.
Step 3: Try again

This is a fundamental issue I have with G3 structure. Too much is depend on JS - ex: all dialogs.
If JS is disabled, there is no way gallery could be used today. If JS events are incomplete, inconsistency in response.

I do not know what exactly you mean. Make sure you have reloaded page all the way. Chrome may still cache some of the prior CSS settings.
Size of font now almost the same as with Wind theme, so I would expect it to work for you.

I'm working on the new version and I am going to try a new approach - hide all AJAX links until page is fully loaded.
This will prevent situation above., but it will disable functionality as well... I do not know yet if it is good or bad though.
Chrome is another IE 6... will see what I can do about it, but it is not my primary browser.

@Shemo725: If you visit my site you notice that there is a change how thumbs work.
Issue above would no longer apply because it would resize itself.

OK, beast is out

version 2.0.0

• Major redesign of the gallery flow.
  • Added caption and metadata (Admin/optional) overlay for thumbs.
  • Added description overlay in individual Photo view (look for "Learn More" marker).
  • Based on Admin setting, thumbs are adjusted to fit Digital/Film/Actual size.
• Attempt to fix issue with JS load latency to prevent unhandled AJAX calls
• Added code protection for theme initialization procedure
• ADMIN: Thumb Aspect Ratio option. See help section for more info.

This is first rollout, so things could happen. Post any issues here.

I am looking for suggestions on how differentiate between albums and individual photos. Do you think it is necessary? Is marker in overlay description enough?

Check in Theme's admin panel - Thumbs: aspect ratio - until G3 supports INVERSE or SQUARE mode I cannot do much natively. I would suggest to choose [Film] or [Digital] aspect. This would make it more consistent.
Do not forget to rebuild thumbs after (maintenance section)

[Place Login Link in the Header]

Serge, see the attachment. this happens when you're viewing a photo.

and how do I change a main album photo? can't find the damn option.

if you look here:
http://gallery.andrewshemo.com/index.php/

you'll see 'trips within the USA' I want to change that album cover, but dunno how to with all the sub-albums in that main album.

@Shemo725: fixed for next release
@MtnBiker: Thank you it was discussed some time ago and it has be part of the core sidebar block management code. I would suggest to use WordPress apprach on that. To get it moving - https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gallery/ticket/1079.
It is complex ticket and I would not expect it to be done soon, but it is essential.

@MtnBiker: will see how final version of Organize would look like. I hope it would be self contained and abstracted from the theme's logic/JSs.

Well, I have to fix the styling. Override the CSS provided, because again it is Wind centristic...
I will include it with next release

Thanks for updating.

The following can be ignored. Read the last sentence. It's fixed itself!

I don't know where it's coming from, but I get two columns in Safari and three in Firefox on a Mac.

With default theme three columns in both browsers. I haven't changed many options, but I do have some other modules installed. Gallery RC1.

http://knobby.ws/gallery3/

OK I Reset Theme to Default State and Safari is OK. I set some of the options to what I thought I had and it's still OK. Maybe something had to reset with the updated theme. Can't image what, but all is OK.

Makes sense about the cache. Not doing much web mastering I forget about things like that.

As I explore the theme, I want more and wish I knew how to do it.

When a photo is clicked on to expand it. Why can't one just click on it again to close it?

Why don't the arrow keys take me to the next photo?

I have no idea how much work this is or if it's even possible in G3.

Not that I really want to but I can't click on Learn More because the drop down Album and Title block the Learn More. And I don't see how to change it. I think I rather just have the Title show, actually I want the Caption to show if available.

Serge

Thanks for the responses.

I think arrow keys would be great addition.

When I hover over Learn More, the drop down Title and Caption hide the Learn More and nothing shows up—maybe there's nothing to learn.

I see that Caption does show up in the drop down (most of my photos don't have captions, so didn't notice that caption is displayed). I can work with the CSS to not show the Title and just have Caption show up. Maybe most people's photos aren't named IMG_1234 or some other ugly name, but I don't want to show or see that information. Picasa seems to not show this Title and shows Caption. I don't have a Picasa account but saw some photos there recently. I have no idea if that's by default or some user controlled item.

Thanks again for the great theme.

I didn't understand the interface. But now I get it. I was expecting to be able to click on Learn More. But it's just an invitation to get the roll over (what I've been calling the drop down). So I think it's working as you designed. I was expecting Learn More to show EXIF/IPTC type information and assumed the Description showing up was a different feature. I guess most people wouldn't be confused.

Nonetheless I think the interface is a bit non-standard, but I'm not sure how to approach it. You can't have many words in the box or it would get too big, so more descriptive would defeat the purpose. I might go with italic type on a translucent background which you could use with a slightly more box text—I say might because I might not agree after I saw it. I was then trying to think of more complete text, but then how many don't understand "hover" or "rollover".

When all is said and done, I guess I'd rather just have an option to show the Caption under the photo.

I have seen a blank drop down, but maybe there's a space or something's changed. If I find one I'll post later.

Serge,

how do I make the thumbnails larger...is it possible in your theme?

@Shemo725: no

I am begining a test drive of the new supported layout. Comments are welcome. (Alart! Work in progress)

Hi Serge

I just downloaded your Theme and it is awesome.

Few questions :

1. How to change fonts ?
2. How to remove "By : Gallery Administrator" from the Albums.
3. How do I add some Fixed images in Side Bar ?

Very nice theme Serge! Appreciate it a lot and compliments on your effort!!

Hello Serge,

[/i]I enabled your theme and logged out. Now when i try to login again...i only get a blank white page with a "result":"success" msg??

Now if i close the page and try opening the gallery home page again...it opens my site and shows me logged in!

Sendhil.

P.s: Same results with Opera 10.10 as well as Firefox 3.0.17.

Serge

Is there any way, I can increase the no. of columns for display of Albums and Images depending on the Screen Resolution of Guest/Visitor.

Because if I run the theme on 1024x768 thenb it looks fine but if I run it at 1920x1080 then the space between columns is too high.

Just have a look @ http://www.justwildlife.com/gallery3

Also I attempted to include TagCloud but after adding the module, gallery is not loading.

Hi,

have a look at this screebshot: http://de.tinypic.com/m/9hnwk9/1 [img]http://de.tinypic.com/m/9hnwk9/1[/img]

There is a frame having two thin lines around, the picture is on top, can i center it vertically?

If i can customize albums looking as a pile in g2 would be great.

http://reisetraeume.com

http://i40.tinypic.com/14wbs5h.jpg

nice..I like it.

@Shemo725: I would have to make CSS to dance around thumb size or hardcode styles in the code. I do not want to do it.
I will offer larger thumbs soon, since I am introducing [1280px wide] min size for the theme.

Hi Serge

I added Cloud 3D Tag but after this it is not showing albums and sidebar.