Matrix - Lightbox Question

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Thu, 2011-03-17 18:15

HI there,

Firstly I would like to start by stating I am in no way a programmer , I've added Gallery2 to my website basically off of reading forum posts and many hours of trial and error so I do appreciate all the information you guys bring. With that being said I'm wondering if I can get a little more help , the issue I face is my website is basically an online store for my shop. We sell performance parts via web and local , so my website has tables. I integrated gallery2 to show customers our cars we built and ect.. the problem I'm facing is with these tables when you click on the picture to expand it and view, the picture stays within the table / "wrapper" and enables scroll bars to view the picture. Obviously this is very annoying , so my solution was to use the lightbox plugin. Well I got the lighbox plugin to work however it is still staying within the table and instead of showing scroll bars it only shows half the picture. Now I'm a bit confused because I use lightbox on my store for product images and the image overrides all the tables to see the picture (the picture expands out in the lightbox but not in any table guideline). My question, is there a way to get the lightbox image to show outside of the tables? When you click on the picture it actually pops out from the website? Hope this makes sense since my technical wording probably isn't dead on.

Appreciate any help

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 15:12

Anyone?

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 17:18

it would be better to embed your gallery instead of using an iframe.

With a link to your site and a link to your gallery I can show you how.

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 17:53

Appreciate the reply. The website is www.racingpartssolution.com .. I had the gallery working but 2 days ago something happen, not exaclty sure what but now when you go to the gallery it's only showing the index.. I may just have to hire a webguy

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 19:38

I had to reinstall gallery and it's working again now , just lost all my photos. If you could check it out, i'm up for suggestions!
Thanks

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 21:31

is an iframe the only option jfusion offers?

Displaying photos whether through gallery or any means, you need some space.
Currently you have sidebar 200px - content area 512px - sidebar 200px
On the gallery page I would lose the sidebars, and give gallery full birth. Or at the very least lose the right sidebar and give gallery 712px

I can do a mockup.

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 22:24

You hit the nail on the head with "photos and space" , and that is the problem I face with my layout. Which is why I wanted the lighbox to pop out over the entire layout .. the thumbnails look fine in the space , it's when you click to view the enlarged photo. The main purpose of the site is the fact it's a store , I'd just like to integrate the photo part , one thing i'm concerned with on removing the right sidebar is it removes the login for customers. If you could do a mockup that'd be great! Do you do webdesign? Send me an email if you don't mine -

.

Thanks!

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 00:17

http://www.flashyourweb.com/gallery2/embed_samples/racingpartssolution.com.php
this was a bit tough - that horrible template.css was killing me....

but this is a true embed, where the content is generated into the page and not placed via an iframe.
it would be much easier to add a lytebox effect although I don't believe it would be necessary.

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 00:39

wow that looks great. I don't know if I need all those options on the left but I really do like that, how hard is it? What do you mean by the horrible template.css? How much do you charge? lol , In all seriousness.

Thanks

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:02

Quote:

I don't know if I need all those options on the left

those are gallery sidebar blocks, you can control them in gallery admin -> themes -> matrix -> blocks to show in the sidebar
or by each individual album

Quote:

What do you mean by the horrible template.css?

http://www.racingpartssolution.com/rps/templates/siteground-j15-134/css/template.css

rename the attached to gallery.php
upload to http://www.racingpartssolution.com/gallery2/gallery.php
enjoy

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:24

I do appreciate your help and did what you said but it looks messed up?
http://www.racingpartssolution.com/gallery2/gallery.php

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:32

line ~128:

        #gsSidebar div.block-core-ItemLinks a, #gsSidebar a.advanced {
            width: 200px;
            background-image: url(http://www.racingpartssolution.com/rps/templates/siteground-j15-134/images/menu_arrow.gif);
        }

to:

        #gsSidebar div.block-core-ItemLinks a, #gsSidebar a.advanced {
            width: 200px;
            background-image: url(http://www.racingpartssolution.com/rps/templates/siteground-j15-134/images/menu_arrow.gif);
            background-repeat: no-repeat;
        }

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:42

I that and it seemed to fix the Search Bar but it still looks messed up. Is it my browers?

Thanks

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:58

Looks bad in IE
Add this around line 78:
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:12

It works! Wow Thank you so much!! Can I contact you via email?

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:18

Sorry, One more quick question. Do I still have to use jfusion for the gallery to work? or can I just have a direct link to from my main menu to http://www.racingpartssolution.com/gallery2/gallery.php?

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:22

http://www.flashyourweb.com/profiles.php?uid=3

I'd link direct.
You'll need to edit the link in gallery.php by hand.

Playing around w/ lytebox on my example: http://www.flashyourweb.com/gallery2/embed_samples/racingpartssolution.com.php

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:32

Wow , yah I really do like lytebox. I'll start messing around to see if I can get it to work. I do appreciate the help!! I'll be sending you an email.

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:55

might be a little too advanced for me ,lol

jeffatrps

Joined: 2011-03-17
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 15:04

Question , you saw last night everything was working. Today it's not , I go into FTP and the samething that happen last time , half of the gallery files are gone. Is there a setting I'm missing here that gallery will delete itself or something? Or can someone get in and delete stuff? Very fustrating

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 21:17

looks like your host is removing the php files from your gallery2 directory, ask them.

-s
FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Thu, 2011-03-17 18:15
	HI there, Firstly I would like to start by stating I am in no way a programmer , I've added Gallery2 to my website basically off of reading forum posts and many hours of trial and error so I do appreciate all the information you guys bring. With that being said I'm wondering if I can get a little more help , the issue I face is my website is basically an online store for my shop. We sell performance parts via web and local , so my website has tables. I integrated gallery2 to show customers our cars we built and ect.. the problem I'm facing is with these tables when you click on the picture to expand it and view, the picture stays within the table / "wrapper" and enables scroll bars to view the picture. Obviously this is very annoying , so my solution was to use the lightbox plugin. Well I got the lighbox plugin to work however it is still staying within the table and instead of showing scroll bars it only shows half the picture. Now I'm a bit confused because I use lightbox on my store for product images and the image overrides all the tables to see the picture (the picture expands out in the lightbox but not in any table guideline). My question, is there a way to get the lightbox image to show outside of the tables? When you click on the picture it actually pops out from the website? Hope this makes sense since my technical wording probably isn't dead on. Appreciate any help
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jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 15:12
	Anyone?

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 17:18
	it would be better to embed your gallery instead of using an iframe. With a link to your site and a link to your gallery I can show you how. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 17:53
	Appreciate the reply. The website is www.racingpartssolution.com .. I had the gallery working but 2 days ago something happen, not exaclty sure what but now when you go to the gallery it's only showing the index.. I may just have to hire a webguy

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 19:38
	I had to reinstall gallery and it's working again now , just lost all my photos. If you could check it out, i'm up for suggestions! Thanks

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 21:31
	is an iframe the only option jfusion offers? Displaying photos whether through gallery or any means, you need some space. Currently you have sidebar 200px - content area 512px - sidebar 200px On the gallery page I would lose the sidebars, and give gallery full birth. Or at the very least lose the right sidebar and give gallery 712px I can do a mockup. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Thu, 2011-03-31 22:24
	You hit the nail on the head with "photos and space" , and that is the problem I face with my layout. Which is why I wanted the lighbox to pop out over the entire layout .. the thumbnails look fine in the space , it's when you click to view the enlarged photo. The main purpose of the site is the fact it's a store , I'd just like to integrate the photo part , one thing i'm concerned with on removing the right sidebar is it removes the login for customers. If you could do a mockup that'd be great! Do you do webdesign? Send me an email if you don't mine - . Thanks!

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 00:17
	http://www.flashyourweb.com/gallery2/embed_samples/racingpartssolution.com.php this was a bit tough - that horrible template.css was killing me.... but this is a true embed, where the content is generated into the page and not placed via an iframe. it would be much easier to add a lytebox effect although I don't believe it would be necessary. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 00:39
	wow that looks great. I don't know if I need all those options on the left but I really do like that, how hard is it? What do you mean by the horrible template.css? How much do you charge? lol , In all seriousness. Thanks

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:02
	Quote: I don't know if I need all those options on the left those are gallery sidebar blocks, you can control them in gallery admin -> themes -> matrix -> blocks to show in the sidebar or by each individual album Quote: What do you mean by the horrible template.css? http://www.racingpartssolution.com/rps/templates/siteground-j15-134/css/template.css rename the attached to gallery.php upload to http://www.racingpartssolution.com/gallery2/gallery.php enjoy -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:24
	I do appreciate your help and did what you said but it looks messed up? http://www.racingpartssolution.com/gallery2/gallery.php

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:32
	line ~128: #gsSidebar div.block-core-ItemLinks a, #gsSidebar a.advanced { width: 200px; background-image: url(http://www.racingpartssolution.com/rps/templates/siteground-j15-134/images/menu_arrow.gif); } to: #gsSidebar div.block-core-ItemLinks a, #gsSidebar a.advanced { width: 200px; background-image: url(http://www.racingpartssolution.com/rps/templates/siteground-j15-134/images/menu_arrow.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; } -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:42
	I that and it seemed to fix the Search Bar but it still looks messed up. Is it my browers? Thanks

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 01:58
	Looks bad in IE Add this around line 78: `<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">` -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:12
	It works! Wow Thank you so much!! Can I contact you via email?

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:18
	Sorry, One more quick question. Do I still have to use jfusion for the gallery to work? or can I just have a direct link to from my main menu to http://www.racingpartssolution.com/gallery2/gallery.php?

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:22
	http://www.flashyourweb.com/profiles.php?uid=3 I'd link direct. You'll need to edit the link in gallery.php by hand. Playing around w/ lytebox on my example: http://www.flashyourweb.com/gallery2/embed_samples/racingpartssolution.com.php -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:32
	Wow , yah I really do like lytebox. I'll start messing around to see if I can get it to work. I do appreciate the help!! I'll be sending you an email.

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 02:55
	might be a little too advanced for me ,lol

jeffatrps Joined: 2011-03-17 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 15:04
	Question , you saw last night everything was working. Today it's not , I go into FTP and the samething that happen last time , half of the gallery files are gone. Is there a setting I'm missing here that gallery will delete itself or something? Or can someone get in and delete stuff? Very fustrating

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Fri, 2011-04-01 21:17
	looks like your host is removing the php files from your gallery2 directory, ask them. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

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