I used PGtheme with the same problems as you, and found a GREAT benefit (at least on my server), putting at the top of main.php the following line after "<?php" :
ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
Maybe you can give it a try.
patrickthickey
Joined: 2004-08-22
Posts: 164
Posted: Sat, 2006-10-14 15:53
My gallery has just under 1000 photos, and I have used multiple techniques to speed up this beautiful, but inefficient, theme.
I have made the change you suggested. I see no change.
Might I ask what is the logic behind the change? It is difficult to find any PHP tuning material so I am interested in what you suggest as a means to continue to learn.
I don't see any relation whatsever between your link and your initial post? Your initial post pertains to modifying some php code, and the link is about using the apache gzip module.
?
regards,
patrick
fralenuvol
Joined: 2006-10-14
Posts: 4
Posted: Tue, 2006-10-17 19:47
the code I suggested -> ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
activates gzip compression through PHP without enabling it in .htaccess.
I thought you wanted to be documented on what gzip compression does (the tutorial).
OK, I didn't click around on tht page enough to get the full technical documentation. NOW I am reading the part with some details. ;-)
I may need to put this code on top of multiple pages.
I have tested this, and it absolutely helps performance. I believe the impact is greater the more cmpressible is the data - obviously - but an image gallery is a good application for this html 4 feature.
Thank you.
regards,
patrick
inthedistance
Joined: 2006-03-24
Posts: 41
Posted: Wed, 2006-10-18 15:53
I'm late getting to this thread, but after implementing the suggested gzip compression, I'm back to where I began -- the page output is terrible.
When I use this patch, either at the php level (in main.php) or in my php.ini file as output_handler = ob_gzhandler ; , I get images that have the bottom cut off (black space in both thumbs and full images) and pages where some images are not displayed at all. I've attached a sample image of my screen.
I'm going to play with other methods of compression, but so far, this fix isn't universal.
For what it's worth, I'm using LunarPages as my host. Maybe that needs to change.
Or maybe I need to pay someone to recode this theme and remove all the bloated scripting code that's irrelevant to my use.
The saga continues....
patrickthickey
Joined: 2004-08-22
Posts: 164
Posted: Wed, 2006-10-18 16:06
Something is wrong Matt.
The compression scheme, I have since discovered, is pretty well understood and used all over the place. There is nothing risky about using it. In fact it is about as benign as anything you can try - but we may not have all the facts about your hosted site.
Truncated images look suspisciously like a buffer issue on the hosted end - but I am flat-out guessing. Have you queried the admins at the hosting site? They can often be a huge help, if you can get their attention.
It's working well enough for me to use PG across most of my gallery now. I would prefer faster, like matrix fast, but the speed is now acceptable on my dedicated server.
regards,
patrick
inthedistance
Joined: 2006-03-24
Posts: 41
Posted: Wed, 2006-10-18 18:50
I've written my support people about the problem and am awaiting their response. In the meantime, I figured out how to enable Zend. This is quite a change in the speed of the rest of my site (Joomla-powered), but there is still the same huge click-lag with this theme.
I'm on the verge of posting an offer to pay for someone to strip this thing down, killing all the damn scripting, to suit my needs. Anybody want a job?
fralenuvol
Joined: 2006-10-14
Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2006-10-18 21:32
Yes I could be interested.
Write me a PM if you are serious.
first of all, I really like your templates, so a big thanks for that! I'm sorry if this question is already been answered, but there is no search button so I don't know... anyway, I was wondering if there is a way to centre the image 'logo' instead of left aligned. Many thanks in advance!
inthedistance
Joined: 2006-03-24
Posts: 41
Posted: Fri, 2006-10-20 18:05
For anyone having trouble getting PHP compression working with the technique above, I was able to get it working by adding these 2 lines to my php.ini file:
php_flag zlib.output_compression On
php_value zlib.output_compression_level 5
Speed is much better, but the click-lag (several seconds) is still present and annoying. So I'm still considering a "gutted" version of this theme, with the lag-inducing scripting ripped out (by someone with the skills to do it), but am thinking about what features I want to keep.
yahtzee
Joined: 2005-03-12
Posts: 97
Posted: Sun, 2006-10-22 13:52
I agree with the speed issue. I have 470 albums with 23,715 pictures so that may have something to do with it. But still, it shouldnt be this slow.
My only other major gripe that i am getting from users is that when printing pictures (not to a lab but to the users printer) the end result comes out with all types of border lines around it and such. Terrible output.....All i want is to get click on an album, click on a photo and click PRINT. Suggestions?
glenfarclas17
Joined: 2006-10-23
Posts: 1
Posted: Mon, 2006-10-23 06:12
Hi Agapeincognito:
I didn't see an answer to your question from Aug 30th about shopping cart buttons not showing up in the nav bars. I've been having exactly the same problem, trying to do the same thing: use the cart for zip downloads, and the view and/or add-to cart buttons don't show up properly in the Top Nav bar or photo nav bar, when all settings indicate that they should be showing up. (I think zer0dmb mentioned the same problem on Oct3rd)
I think I've finally tracked down the problem - it was introduced when support was added for the 'checkout' module as well as the standard cart.
The code that displays the icons (in navigatorTop.tpl) is checking if $theme.cart is 1, 2, or 3. From the actions taken, it looks like its assuming that 1 = std cart, 2 = checkout, 3 = both (or, at least 2 and 3 make it get info from checkout rather than cart)
Those values are set in two places in theme.inc, once for album pages, once for photo pages. The code for both is the same, here it is:
if (!empty($pluginStatus['cart']['active'])) {
if (!empty($pluginStatus['checkout']['active'])) {
$theme['cart'] = 3;}
} else {
if (!empty($pluginStatus['checkout']['active'])) {
$theme['cart'] = 2;
} else {
$theme['cart'] =0;
}
}
Unfortunatley, it's setting $theme.card to 3 if both cart and checktout are active, 2 if cart is not active but checkout is, and 0 if neither is active. Having just the standard cart active leaves the variable unset.
adding 3 lines (and moving a close-brace) fixes it:
This chunk of code occurs in theme.inc the section marked:
/**
*@see GalleryTheme::showAlbumPage
**/
and the section below that marked for ::showPhotoPage
That seemed to fix it for me. I now have cart icons *yay*
I hope that helps you - I spent enough time poking through code to find it that I had to share. I didn't see that anyone else had already answered this problem, but I didn't spend lots of time scanning the whole thread - just found it in a google search.
Cheers!
lthuynh
Joined: 2006-10-05
Posts: 10
Posted: Mon, 2006-10-23 23:50
1- For the sidebar, the album actions are listed in a drop down menu. Is it possible to change them to links, or inline text instead of the drop down menu?
2- Also, is it possible to view all recent comments of the entire gallery, including albums and sub-albums, on the main gallery page?
3- Maybe not PG related, but could I allow permission for everybody to add/edit just keywords for pictures? This would help with the search function.
yauly
Joined: 2006-10-24
Posts: 15
Posted: Tue, 2006-10-31 05:23
Hi
I am building my own gallery for the first time and I really enjoy this theme.
I have three questions though:
1. Since I set the side bar default to 'static' I need to glide to see the all page (in the first page and the photo page). How can I fix it?
2. How can I remove the 'show debug tree' from the side bar?
3. Can I change the color of the top right navigator bar without changing the color of all the links in the gallery?
When I changed it, the color of the links at the side bar and the color of the links in portfolio pop-up has changed as well.
hi, i have 2 questions:
- where do i upload new fonts to use with passpartout?
- how do i get the thumbnails previous and next like in the following picture?
[img]http://www.foto-focus.nl/images/imagelink.jpg[/img]
many thx in advance
LFrank
Joined: 2005-02-19
Posts: 1023
Posted: Sun, 2006-10-29 12:47
alexanderw:
- fonts have to be installed according your system (i.e. Windows / Fonts-Directory)
- not yet released by Pedro in PGtheme (... but ;) ... already in PGlightbox)
Gallery version = 2.2-svn core 1.1.20
PHP version = 5.1.6 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 PHP/5.1.6 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8c
Database = mysql 5.1.11 beta-log,
Theme=PGlightbox,
Gallery-URL=http://lf-photodesign.de
alexanderw
Joined: 2006-10-29
Posts: 4
Posted: Mon, 2006-10-30 09:08
Okay i understand that but Pedro is using it on his own site. The SS is taken from Pedro's site.
Would it be possible to integrate it in PGtheme?
LFrank
Joined: 2005-02-19
Posts: 1023
Posted: Mon, 2006-10-30 09:40
alex: obviously Pedro is working on a new version - and will certainly be integrated (once) ...
I've integrated it in the lightbox clone - but this was a complete redesign of the photo page.
Gallery version = 2.2-svn core 1.1.20
PHP version = 5.1.6 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 PHP/5.1.6 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8c
Database = mysql 5.1.11 beta-log,
Theme=PGlightbox,
Gallery-URL=http://lf-photodesign.de
yauly
Joined: 2006-10-24
Posts: 15
Posted: Mon, 2006-10-30 14:05
Hi,
One more question in addition to those above:
how can I control the width of the author block?
thanks
yauly
alexanderw
Joined: 2006-10-29
Posts: 4
Posted: Tue, 2006-10-31 10:40
Okay thx frank, i'll be watching the forums for new versions.
alexanderw
Joined: 2006-10-29
Posts: 4
Posted: Tue, 2006-10-31 10:47
@yauly,
- the is dynamic, so the more thumbs you place on the right side the less room is for author text.
- see above answer
- uninstall it in site admin - modules
- i'm not a css pro, but my guess is, if it could be changed it would be in the css file.
Nice pics btw
yauly
Joined: 2006-10-24
Posts: 15
Posted: Wed, 2006-11-01 18:52
Thank you Alex for your help.
And I'm glade you liked my pics.
I have two more questions:
1. I am lost with the RSS configuration. I want to have only one kind of feed that includes all the albums and sub-albums of my gallery(and not a different feed to a different album), so people have to submit only one rss feed in order to receive all updates in my gallery. What is the right configuration?
Try setting the rss on subalbums / all items on the main gallery (simple viewer)
.
Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com
fotobram
Joined: 2006-11-08
Posts: 1
Posted: Wed, 2006-11-08 14:13
I use Gallery2 with PGtheme and PGcharcoal for some time now at www.fotobram.nl
Now I encounter one new problem. When Author welcome message is enabled, that is in fact the only thing I get to see at the entry level. Albums remain invisible. When the welcome message is disabled , behaviour is as expected.
Is this a kmown problem ? What to do ?
Bram
LoneShadow
Joined: 2003-11-03
Posts: 18
Posted: Wed, 2006-11-08 20:00
I seem to have some issue with the "onmouseover" when I try to select slideshow or move to parent album. Not sure why its broken, did not try to customize things around there.
dondada, did u find any solution for slideshow not working on IE. This issue is killing me. it works fine on firefox and fails on IE and I tried couple of websites posted on this forum which are using PGTheme and I see that slide not working for them too on IE.
I tried ur w/a of bShowtext one but its removing the text as mentioned. Any solution for this?
Just to add, I 'thought' it was working but you are correct, works fine in Firefox but not IE, though if you click pause and then resume it does advance one image.
I also get the 'fade' option in IE but not in Firefox...
vcdgeek,
Still haven't been able to figure out the slideshow is not working on IE. The only workaround that I can think of is to change bShowtext but the title and date/time get's removed.
I also tried few of the sites on that are using PGTheme and you are right, the slideshow is not working for them either. However, I came across this site that's using PGTheme and the slideshow is working perfectly fine (maybe they are not using the latest version of PGTheme):
But I have PGtheme_V1.1RC1_Full_G2.1.zip Installed in my gallery.
And I still have the issue above, as with the other people, I have changed bshowtext from 1 to 0 to solve the problem.
I beleive the version of PGTheme above is the latest yeah?
Has anybody fixed this yet?
Any help you could provide would be invaluable!
tempg
Joined: 2005-12-17
Posts: 1857
Posted: Thu, 2006-11-23 23:13
Regarding the photo pages in PGTheme 2.1:
My item descriptions are showing up as two words per line on a number of pages--making them VERY long, thin columns and difficult to read.
I have the descriptions on the left, photo info (date, views, and file size) on the right, item blocks (cart, add comment, exif data) below the photograph, and microthumbs in a single row below the blocks.
I've noticed that the descriptions are wider (looking more like paragraph) when the microthumbs bar is longer (which only happens if I add more photographs to the album). If the album only has, for instance, nine items, the bar will be short and the descriptions, for some reason, will be thin as well.
Anyone know what template needs to be patched/corrected to resolve this? I'm hoping to make the descriptions column the same width regardless of the number of thumbs in the microthumbs row. I'm assuming that there is some bit of code overriding the settings.
Thanks Dayo, that was the direction I needed. I have to do a little more tinkering though because changing giDescription also changes the album descriptions; a change should be simple enough through (by adding a second class e.g. giALDescription). I'm still not sure what the cause is so that's still of interest (so that it can be corrected for future releases of PGTheme). I also edited giInfo to adjust the other side as well. Great photography on your site too. THANKS AGAIN!
eHangar
Joined: 2005-11-18
Posts: 3
Posted: Wed, 2006-12-06 08:30
I have the full PG theme installation done by Fantastico in cPanel.
I would like visitors to be able to download and print the photos in my albums, but when I try using the Add to Cart to Download in Zip, I get an error message, as given below.
Is there a Zip module I need to install before this feature works? If so, where can I download it from and are there any pointers for installing it?
Any help offered is greatly appreciated!
The error message:
Platform Error
An error has occurred while interacting with the platform.
The exact nature of the platform error is unknown. A common cause are insufficient file system permissions. This can happen if you or your webhost changed something in the file system, e.g. by restoring data from a backup.
Back to the Gallery
Error Detail -
Error (ERROR_PLATFORM_FAILURE)
• in modules/zipcart/classes/ZipCartPlugin.class at line 193 (gallerycoreapi::error)
• in modules/cart/ModifyCart.inc at line 126 (zipcartplugin::fulfillcart)
• in main.php at line 199 (modifycartcontroller::handlerequest)
• in main.php at line 87
• in main.php at line 80
System Information
Gallery version 2.1.2
PHP version 4.4.4 apache
Webserver Apache/1.3.36 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.4.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.27 OpenSSL/0.9.7a
Database mysql 4.1.21-standard
Toolkits ImageMagick, NetPBM, Gd
Operating system Linux vps.k2binternational.com 2.6.8-022stab078.10 #1 Wed Jun 21 12:01:20 MSD 2006 i686
Browser Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061025 Firefox/1.5.0.8
Der Knipser
Joined: 2006-12-10
Posts: 3
Posted: Sun, 2006-12-10 08:27
E-card Module
I just installed the PG theme - absolut great work!!! Is there a working E-card module available? Im using the Gallery 2.1.2 Version.
Thanks for your help
soreel
Joined: 2003-12-02
Posts: 59
Posted: Tue, 2006-12-12 04:32
Hi Guys,
how do you add more links at the top navigation? - looks like in the theme settings you are only limited to 3 extra links
also how do you make them line up on the right and no the left?
and is it possible to have only the author part show up on the main page and not the second column that has the galleries?
I would like to provide the links to the other galleries in the area where the author welcome message is since I can add html tags to that area.
sincerely
Solomon
rakso
Joined: 2003-07-31
Posts: 141
Posted: Thu, 2006-12-14 11:08
more urls? look at
gallery2/themes/PGtheme/templates/externalLinks.tpl and check the button "OVERALL :: Top Navigation - More links [?]" in the motive configuration, (like described in gallery2/themes/PGtheme/templates/helpPG.html )
rakso
Joined: 2003-07-31
Posts: 141
Posted: Thu, 2006-12-14 11:13
I have a question, too...
I use the multisite installation and want use the wonderful PG theme on more sites.
How Can I use for different sites different author.pl 's etc?
Thanks!
lthuynh
Joined: 2006-10-05
Posts: 10
Posted: Thu, 2006-12-28 05:56
Happy Holidays! =)
My question is.. how can I move the author.tpl message to be horizontally below the album thumbnails? I attached a screenshot of it.. Thanks!
coding
Joined: 2006-12-28
Posts: 21
Posted: Fri, 2006-12-29 15:54
How to change "next" and "previous" text onMouseOver on picture to microthumbs ? I did not find this option is PG Theme configuration
Gallery version 2.1.2-full
Module / Theme name & version: PGtheme_V1.1RC1_Full_G2.1
PHP version (e.g. 4.3.11): -
PHPInfo Link (see FAQ): -
Webserver (e.g. Apache 1.3.33): -
Database (e.g. MySql 4.0.11): MySql 4.x
Activated toolkits (e.g. NetPbm, GD): NetPbm, GD
Operating system (e.g. Linux): FreeBSD
Browser (e.g. Firefox 1.0): 2.0.1
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coding
Joined: 2006-12-28
Posts: 21
Posted: Fri, 2006-12-29 16:06
PGtheme_V1.1RC1_Full_G2.1 - Microthumbs navigation on top on Picture, not "next" and "previous" but the Microthumbs
PG Theme rocks!!
How can I have microthumbs for navigation on the top of pictures the way it is on this website
When you take mouse over the pictures it shows microthumbs and not simple text as "next" and "previous"
I was not able to find this on forum
Pedro did that on his site only. It is not available in the regular PGTheme.
.
Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com
coding
Joined: 2006-12-28
Posts: 21
Posted: Fri, 2006-12-29 20:13
Thanks Dayo... it would be nice to have that feature
LFrank
Joined: 2005-02-19
Posts: 1023
Posted: Sat, 2006-12-30 19:21
@coding: you might have a look at my PGlightbox clone - I've already implemented it there...
Lutz
Gallery version = 2.2-rc1 core 1.1.26
PHP version = 5.1.6 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 PHP/5.1.6 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8d
Database = mysql 5.1.11 beta-log,
Theme=PGlightbox,
Gallery-URL=http://lf-photodesign.de
eddiehorn
Joined: 2006-12-29
Posts: 4
Posted: Sun, 2006-12-31 16:39
Does anyone know how to reduce the blank space between microthumbs?
I installed the newest version of Gallery (downloaded and installed today), and added all the files for the PG theme, and the colorpack module. However, when I try to install the module, it says:
Quote:
Module Name Version Installed Description Actions
Color Packs 1.0.0 Select different color palettes for themes
Incompatible module!
Core API Required: 6.4 (available: 7.3)
Module API Required: 2.0 (available: 3.0)
I'm not sure what this means, if my version is too new? If there is something I can do, please let me know... Thanks!
eddiehorn
Joined: 2006-12-29
Posts: 4
Posted: Mon, 2007-01-01 12:40
impulse29
You need to install the PG colorpack as the standard colorpacks are not compatible with PGtheme. You can download from http://pgtheme.home.sapo.pt/
Cheers & Happy New Year
gaynormcc
Joined: 2003-09-05
Posts: 426
Posted: Mon, 2007-01-01 15:38
Hi Eddie,
I am having the same problem, but it seems that the spaces between the microthumbs fit the size set for mouseover.
Hopefully in the next version Pedro will make these mouseovers float like on his site, so the microthumbs can cuddle up closer.
I'd also like the increase in size on mouseover to be proportionate, instead of absolute (number of px)to avoid distortion.
Gaynor
Dizz
Joined: 2006-10-31
Posts: 12
Posted: Mon, 2007-01-01 21:25
Just wondering if anyone could help me, I'm have a very urgent problem! I've just finished rebuilding my website using Gallery 2 & PG theme, the new site was supposed to be launched today but when I was doing a last check over I realised that the photos aren't coming up when you go into them in the album It works fine with the standard theme but pictures don't come up with PG theme...
Gallery version = 2.0.2 core 1.0.0.2
PHP version = 4.4.3 apache
Webserver = Apache
Database = mysql 4.1.21-standard
Toolkits = ArchiveUpload, Exif, ImageMagick, NetPBM, Gd
Operating system = Linux versailles.hostgo.com 2.4.21-47.EL #1 Wed Jul 5 20:46:55 EDT 2006 i686
Browser = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4
gaynormcc
Joined: 2003-09-05
Posts: 426
Posted: Tue, 2007-01-02 00:04
Hi Dizz,
I do see your problem as you state it.
The site comes up nice and quickly, but there must be something to do with that one aspect in the Theme.
I would go into Album Edit/Theme the third tab and scroll down to the "Album Items" section.
My guess is that your opacity there is set to "0" or maybe "10" and you want it set to "100"
Gaynor
Dizz
Joined: 2006-10-31
Posts: 12
Posted: Tue, 2007-01-02 00:16
Thanks Gaynor I just tried that, it's already set to 100% tho & 60% for mouse over
That would only effect it in the Album view anyway wouldn't it where as this is in the Photo view (could be wrong)
for anyone who hasn't seen, the photo page just displays as follows when fully loaded:
Posts: 4
Hi Inthedistance,
I used PGtheme with the same problems as you, and found a GREAT benefit (at least on my server), putting at the top of main.php the following line after "<?php" :
ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
Maybe you can give it a try.
Posts: 164
My gallery has just under 1000 photos, and I have used multiple techniques to speed up this beautiful, but inefficient, theme.
I have made the change you suggested. I see no change.
Might I ask what is the logic behind the change? It is difficult to find any PHP tuning material so I am interested in what you suggest as a means to continue to learn.
regards,
patrick
Gallery version = 2.1.1 core 1.1.0.1
PHP version = 4.3.9 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat)
Database = postgres7 , lock.system=flock
Toolkits = Exif, ArchiveUpload, Gd, Dcraw, Ffmpeg, ImageMagick, NetPBM
Acceleration = full/86400, full/86400
Operating system = Linux 2.6.9-11.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri May 20 18:25:30 EDT 2005 x86_64
Default theme = PGtheme
Locale = en_US
http://www.idyll.com/gallery2
Posts: 4
Here you have a good and simple tutorial on this topic:
http://www.whatsmyip.org/mod_gzip_test/
Posts: 164
Hello.
I don't see any relation whatsever between your link and your initial post? Your initial post pertains to modifying some php code, and the link is about using the apache gzip module.
?
regards,
patrick
Posts: 4
the code I suggested -> ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
activates gzip compression through PHP without enabling it in .htaccess.
I thought you wanted to be documented on what gzip compression does (the tutorial).
regards,
Francesco Castronovo
http://www.fralenuvol.com
Posts: 164
OK, I didn't click around on tht page enough to get the full technical documentation. NOW I am reading the part with some details. ;-)
I may need to put this code on top of multiple pages.
I have tested this, and it absolutely helps performance. I believe the impact is greater the more cmpressible is the data - obviously - but an image gallery is a good application for this html 4 feature.
Thank you.
regards,
patrick
Posts: 41
I'm late getting to this thread, but after implementing the suggested gzip compression, I'm back to where I began -- the page output is terrible.
When I use this patch, either at the php level (in main.php) or in my php.ini file as output_handler = ob_gzhandler ; , I get images that have the bottom cut off (black space in both thumbs and full images) and pages where some images are not displayed at all. I've attached a sample image of my screen.
I'm going to play with other methods of compression, but so far, this fix isn't universal.
For what it's worth, I'm using LunarPages as my host. Maybe that needs to change.
Or maybe I need to pay someone to recode this theme and remove all the bloated scripting code that's irrelevant to my use.
The saga continues....
Posts: 164
Something is wrong Matt.
The compression scheme, I have since discovered, is pretty well understood and used all over the place. There is nothing risky about using it. In fact it is about as benign as anything you can try - but we may not have all the facts about your hosted site.
Truncated images look suspisciously like a buffer issue on the hosted end - but I am flat-out guessing. Have you queried the admins at the hosting site? They can often be a huge help, if you can get their attention.
It's working well enough for me to use PG across most of my gallery now. I would prefer faster, like matrix fast, but the speed is now acceptable on my dedicated server.
regards,
patrick
Posts: 41
I've written my support people about the problem and am awaiting their response. In the meantime, I figured out how to enable Zend. This is quite a change in the speed of the rest of my site (Joomla-powered), but there is still the same huge click-lag with this theme.
I'm on the verge of posting an offer to pay for someone to strip this thing down, killing all the damn scripting, to suit my needs. Anybody want a job?
Posts: 4
Yes I could be interested.
Write me a PM if you are serious.
Francesco Castronovo
http://www.fralenuvol.com
Posts: 3
first of all, I really like your templates, so a big thanks for that! I'm sorry if this question is already been answered, but there is no search button so I don't know... anyway, I was wondering if there is a way to centre the image 'logo' instead of left aligned. Many thanks in advance!
Posts: 41
For anyone having trouble getting PHP compression working with the technique above, I was able to get it working by adding these 2 lines to my php.ini file:
php_flag zlib.output_compression On
php_value zlib.output_compression_level 5
Speed is much better, but the click-lag (several seconds) is still present and annoying. So I'm still considering a "gutted" version of this theme, with the lag-inducing scripting ripped out (by someone with the skills to do it), but am thinking about what features I want to keep.
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I agree with the speed issue. I have 470 albums with 23,715 pictures so that may have something to do with it. But still, it shouldnt be this slow.
My only other major gripe that i am getting from users is that when printing pictures (not to a lab but to the users printer) the end result comes out with all types of border lines around it and such. Terrible output.....All i want is to get click on an album, click on a photo and click PRINT. Suggestions?
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Hi Agapeincognito:
I didn't see an answer to your question from Aug 30th about shopping cart buttons not showing up in the nav bars. I've been having exactly the same problem, trying to do the same thing: use the cart for zip downloads, and the view and/or add-to cart buttons don't show up properly in the Top Nav bar or photo nav bar, when all settings indicate that they should be showing up. (I think zer0dmb mentioned the same problem on Oct3rd)
I think I've finally tracked down the problem - it was introduced when support was added for the 'checkout' module as well as the standard cart.
The code that displays the icons (in navigatorTop.tpl) is checking if $theme.cart is 1, 2, or 3. From the actions taken, it looks like its assuming that 1 = std cart, 2 = checkout, 3 = both (or, at least 2 and 3 make it get info from checkout rather than cart)
Those values are set in two places in theme.inc, once for album pages, once for photo pages. The code for both is the same, here it is:
if (!empty($pluginStatus['cart']['active'])) { if (!empty($pluginStatus['checkout']['active'])) { $theme['cart'] = 3;} } else { if (!empty($pluginStatus['checkout']['active'])) { $theme['cart'] = 2; } else { $theme['cart'] =0; } }Unfortunatley, it's setting $theme.card to 3 if both cart and checktout are active, 2 if cart is not active but checkout is, and 0 if neither is active. Having just the standard cart active leaves the variable unset.
adding 3 lines (and moving a close-brace) fixes it:
if (!empty($pluginStatus['cart']['active'])) { if (!empty($pluginStatus['checkout']['active'])) { $theme['cart'] = 3; } else { $theme['cart'] = 1; } } else { if (!empty($pluginStatus['checkout']['active'])) { $theme['cart'] = 2; } else { $theme['cart'] =0; } }This chunk of code occurs in theme.inc the section marked:
/**
*@see GalleryTheme::showAlbumPage
**/
and the section below that marked for ::showPhotoPage
That seemed to fix it for me. I now have cart icons *yay*
I hope that helps you - I spent enough time poking through code to find it that I had to share. I didn't see that anyone else had already answered this problem, but I didn't spend lots of time scanning the whole thread - just found it in a google search.
Cheers!
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1- For the sidebar, the album actions are listed in a drop down menu. Is it possible to change them to links, or inline text instead of the drop down menu?
2- Also, is it possible to view all recent comments of the entire gallery, including albums and sub-albums, on the main gallery page?
3- Maybe not PG related, but could I allow permission for everybody to add/edit just keywords for pictures? This would help with the search function.
Posts: 15
Hi
I am building my own gallery for the first time and I really enjoy this theme.
I have three questions though:
1. Since I set the side bar default to 'static' I need to glide to see the all page (in the first page and the photo page). How can I fix it?
2. How can I remove the 'show debug tree' from the side bar?
3. Can I change the color of the top right navigator bar without changing the color of all the links in the gallery?
When I changed it, the color of the links at the side bar and the color of the links in portfolio pop-up has changed as well.
My gallery url: www.yauly.com
Thanks a lot for your help
Yauly
Posts: 4
hi, i have 2 questions:
- where do i upload new fonts to use with passpartout?
- how do i get the thumbnails previous and next like in the following picture?
[img]http://www.foto-focus.nl/images/imagelink.jpg[/img]
many thx in advance
Posts: 1023
alexanderw:
- fonts have to be installed according your system (i.e. Windows / Fonts-Directory)
- not yet released by Pedro in PGtheme (... but ;) ... already in PGlightbox)
Gallery version = 2.2-svn core 1.1.20
PHP version = 5.1.6 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 PHP/5.1.6 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8c
Database = mysql 5.1.11 beta-log,
Theme=PGlightbox,
Gallery-URL=http://lf-photodesign.de
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Okay i understand that but Pedro is using it on his own site. The SS is taken from Pedro's site.
Would it be possible to integrate it in PGtheme?
Posts: 1023
alex: obviously Pedro is working on a new version - and will certainly be integrated (once) ...
I've integrated it in the lightbox clone - but this was a complete redesign of the photo page.
Gallery version = 2.2-svn core 1.1.20
PHP version = 5.1.6 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 PHP/5.1.6 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8c
Database = mysql 5.1.11 beta-log,
Theme=PGlightbox,
Gallery-URL=http://lf-photodesign.de
Posts: 15
Hi,
One more question in addition to those above:
how can I control the width of the author block?
thanks
yauly
Posts: 4
Okay thx frank, i'll be watching the forums for new versions.
Posts: 4
@yauly,
- the is dynamic, so the more thumbs you place on the right side the less room is for author text.
- see above answer
- uninstall it in site admin - modules
- i'm not a css pro, but my guess is, if it could be changed it would be in the css file.
Nice pics btw
Posts: 15
Thank you Alex for your help.
And I'm glade you liked my pics.
I have two more questions:
1. I am lost with the RSS configuration. I want to have only one kind of feed that includes all the albums and sub-albums of my gallery(and not a different feed to a different album), so people have to submit only one rss feed in order to receive all updates in my gallery. What is the right configuration?
2. Regarding the google sitemap - I verified my site successfully (for both urls: www.yauly.com and www.yauly.com/gallery) and now I have to submit a sitemap. Google asks to submit a url in a xml format (Example: http://www.yauly.com/gallery/sitemap.xml) and does not accept the URL provided by Gallery Admin (http://www.yauly.com/gallery/main.php/sitemap). What should I do?
Again, thanks a lot
yauly
Posts: 15
anyone?
Posts: 1642
@Yauly
Try setting the rss on subalbums / all items on the main gallery (simple viewer)
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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com
Posts: 1
I use Gallery2 with PGtheme and PGcharcoal for some time now at www.fotobram.nl
I installed the latest versions of Gallery2 and PGtheme a couple of days ago at my new site www.fotobram.eu/gallery2/gallery2
Now I encounter one new problem. When Author welcome message is enabled, that is in fact the only thing I get to see at the entry level. Albums remain invisible. When the welcome message is disabled , behaviour is as expected.
Is this a kmown problem ? What to do ?
Bram
Posts: 18
I seem to have some issue with the "onmouseover" when I try to select slideshow or move to parent album. Not sure why its broken, did not try to customize things around there.
Can someone tell me if this is a known bug.
http://www.frozenmemoirs.com/gallery/v/DigiCam-Experiments_0/sfo_nite/
Thanks,
LS
Posts: 18
I really hope I've not missed this in the thread.
But I have PGtheme_V1.1RC1_Full_G2.1.zip Installed in my gallery.
And I still have the issue above, as with the other people, I have changed bshowtext from 1 to 0 to solve the problem.
I beleive the version of PGTheme above is the latest yeah?
Has anybody fixed this yet?
Any help you could provide would be invaluable!
Posts: 1857
Regarding the photo pages in PGTheme 2.1:
My item descriptions are showing up as two words per line on a number of pages--making them VERY long, thin columns and difficult to read.
I have the descriptions on the left, photo info (date, views, and file size) on the right, item blocks (cart, add comment, exif data) below the photograph, and microthumbs in a single row below the blocks.
I've noticed that the descriptions are wider (looking more like paragraph) when the microthumbs bar is longer (which only happens if I add more photographs to the album). If the album only has, for instance, nine items, the bar will be short and the descriptions, for some reason, will be thin as well.
Anyone know what template needs to be patched/corrected to resolve this? I'm hoping to make the descriptions column the same width regardless of the number of thumbs in the microthumbs row. I'm assuming that there is some bit of code overriding the settings.
Posts: 1642
tempg
Go to http://gallery.menalto.com/node/33603?page=20 and look at the answer I got from LFrank on this issue.
You can see it as implemented on my site.
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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com
Posts: 1857
Thanks Dayo, that was the direction I needed. I have to do a little more tinkering though because changing giDescription also changes the album descriptions; a change should be simple enough through (by adding a second class e.g. giALDescription). I'm still not sure what the cause is so that's still of interest (so that it can be corrected for future releases of PGTheme). I also edited giInfo to adjust the other side as well. Great photography on your site too. THANKS AGAIN!
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I have the full PG theme installation done by Fantastico in cPanel.
I would like visitors to be able to download and print the photos in my albums, but when I try using the Add to Cart to Download in Zip, I get an error message, as given below.
Is there a Zip module I need to install before this feature works? If so, where can I download it from and are there any pointers for installing it?
Any help offered is greatly appreciated!
The error message:
Platform Error
An error has occurred while interacting with the platform.
The exact nature of the platform error is unknown. A common cause are insufficient file system permissions. This can happen if you or your webhost changed something in the file system, e.g. by restoring data from a backup.
Back to the Gallery
Error Detail -
Error (ERROR_PLATFORM_FAILURE)
• in modules/zipcart/classes/ZipCartPlugin.class at line 193 (gallerycoreapi::error)
• in modules/cart/ModifyCart.inc at line 126 (zipcartplugin::fulfillcart)
• in main.php at line 199 (modifycartcontroller::handlerequest)
• in main.php at line 87
• in main.php at line 80
System Information
Gallery version 2.1.2
PHP version 4.4.4 apache
Webserver Apache/1.3.36 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.4.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.27 OpenSSL/0.9.7a
Database mysql 4.1.21-standard
Toolkits ImageMagick, NetPBM, Gd
Operating system Linux vps.k2binternational.com 2.6.8-022stab078.10 #1 Wed Jun 21 12:01:20 MSD 2006 i686
Browser Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061025 Firefox/1.5.0.8
Posts: 3
E-card Module
I just installed the PG theme - absolut great work!!! Is there a working E-card module available? Im using the Gallery 2.1.2 Version.
Thanks for your help
Posts: 59
Hi Guys,
how do you add more links at the top navigation? - looks like in the theme settings you are only limited to 3 extra links
also how do you make them line up on the right and no the left?
and is it possible to have only the author part show up on the main page and not the second column that has the galleries?
I would like to provide the links to the other galleries in the area where the author welcome message is since I can add html tags to that area.
sincerely
Solomon
Posts: 141
more urls? look at
gallery2/themes/PGtheme/templates/externalLinks.tpl and check the button "OVERALL :: Top Navigation - More links [?]" in the motive configuration, (like described in gallery2/themes/PGtheme/templates/helpPG.html )
Posts: 141
I have a question, too...
I use the multisite installation and want use the wonderful PG theme on more sites.
How Can I use for different sites different author.pl 's etc?
Thanks!
Posts: 10
Happy Holidays! =)
My question is.. how can I move the author.tpl message to be horizontally below the album thumbnails? I attached a screenshot of it.. Thanks!
Posts: 21
How to change "next" and "previous" text onMouseOver on picture to microthumbs ? I did not find this option is PG Theme configuration
Gallery version 2.1.2-full
Module / Theme name & version: PGtheme_V1.1RC1_Full_G2.1
PHP version (e.g. 4.3.11): -
PHPInfo Link (see FAQ): -
Webserver (e.g. Apache 1.3.33): -
Database (e.g. MySql 4.0.11): MySql 4.x
Activated toolkits (e.g. NetPbm, GD): NetPbm, GD
Operating system (e.g. Linux): FreeBSD
Browser (e.g. Firefox 1.0): 2.0.1
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Posts: 21
PGtheme_V1.1RC1_Full_G2.1 - Microthumbs navigation on top on Picture, not "next" and "previous" but the Microthumbs
PG Theme rocks!!
How can I have microthumbs for navigation on the top of pictures the way it is on this website
http://pedrogilberto.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=32
When you take mouse over the pictures it shows microthumbs and not simple text as "next" and "previous"
I was not able to find this on forum
Gallery version 2.1.2-full
Module / Theme name & version: PGtheme_V1.1RC1_Full_G2.1
PHP version (e.g. 4.3.11): -
PHPInfo Link (see FAQ): -
Webserver (e.g. Apache 1.3.33): -
Database (e.g. MySql 4.0.11): MySql 4.x
Activated toolkits (e.g. NetPbm, GD): NetPbm, GD
Operating system (e.g. Linux): FreeBSD
Browser (e.g. Firefox 1.0): 2.0.1
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Posts: 1642
Pedro did that on his site only. It is not available in the regular PGTheme.
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Gallery Version: 2.1.2
Gallery Theme: PGTheme 1.1.0 (RC01)
Web Site: http://dakanji.com
Posts: 21
Thanks Dayo... it would be nice to have that feature
Posts: 1023
@coding: you might have a look at my PGlightbox clone - I've already implemented it there...
Lutz
Gallery version = 2.2-rc1 core 1.1.26
PHP version = 5.1.6 apache2handler
Webserver = Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 PHP/5.1.6 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8d
Database = mysql 5.1.11 beta-log,
Theme=PGlightbox,
Gallery-URL=http://lf-photodesign.de
Posts: 4
Does anyone know how to reduce the blank space between microthumbs?
I'd like them close together as on Pedro's site.
http://www.pedrogilberto.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=41
TIA Eddie
Posts: 2
I installed the newest version of Gallery (downloaded and installed today), and added all the files for the PG theme, and the colorpack module. However, when I try to install the module, it says:
I'm not sure what this means, if my version is too new? If there is something I can do, please let me know... Thanks!
Posts: 4
impulse29
You need to install the PG colorpack as the standard colorpacks are not compatible with PGtheme. You can download from http://pgtheme.home.sapo.pt/
Cheers & Happy New Year
Posts: 426
Hi Eddie,
I am having the same problem, but it seems that the spaces between the microthumbs fit the size set for mouseover.
Hopefully in the next version Pedro will make these mouseovers float like on his site, so the microthumbs can cuddle up closer.
I'd also like the increase in size on mouseover to be proportionate, instead of absolute (number of px)to avoid distortion.
Gaynor
Posts: 12
Just wondering if anyone could help me, I'm have a very urgent problem! I've just finished rebuilding my website using Gallery 2 & PG theme, the new site was supposed to be launched today but when I was doing a last check over I realised that the photos aren't coming up when you go into them in the album
It works fine with the standard theme but pictures don't come up with PG theme...
Can ANYONE help???
Site is http://www.dizzpics.com/New
Gallery version = 2.0.2 core 1.0.0.2
PHP version = 4.4.3 apache
Webserver = Apache
Database = mysql 4.1.21-standard
Toolkits = ArchiveUpload, Exif, ImageMagick, NetPBM, Gd
Operating system = Linux versailles.hostgo.com 2.4.21-47.EL #1 Wed Jul 5 20:46:55 EDT 2006 i686
Browser = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060508 Firefox/1.5.0.4
Posts: 426
Hi Dizz,
I do see your problem as you state it.
The site comes up nice and quickly, but there must be something to do with that one aspect in the Theme.
I would go into Album Edit/Theme the third tab and scroll down to the "Album Items" section.
My guess is that your opacity there is set to "0" or maybe "10" and you want it set to "100"
Gaynor
Posts: 12
Thanks Gaynor I just tried that, it's already set to 100% tho & 60% for mouse over
That would only effect it in the Album view anyway wouldn't it where as this is in the Photo view (could be wrong)
for anyone who hasn't seen, the photo page just displays as follows when fully loaded:
[IMG]http://i17.tinypic.com/2libu42.jpg[/IMG]