WPG2; Wordpress header distorting output from Gallery2; how to create custom header?

tazmet

Joined: 2007-10-15
Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2007-10-17 00:10

Hi, If I go to the WGPG2 panel in control panels I see the following message:

Warning: Using the Simple Header
WPG2 will generate your Wordpress header using the CSS Elements specified in the embedded page options. For some Wordpress themes this will incorrectly distort the output from Gallery2 and instead you may need to create your own WPG2 Header.

This is true in my case. While the images look great, the gallery menu and drop down i.e. add to cart, etc. is scrunched and barely readable. Is there a step-by-step on how to fix this?
 
tazmet

Joined: 2007-10-15
Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2007-10-17 21:31

Since I've had no response and no luck searching the forums I thought I would post some additional info:

I found old info on this forum about modifying the header prior to my version and renaming the php file. I tried this and reran the WPG2. This didn't work as it removed much of the autumn concept theme I was using. It did take the header out of the Gallery page, but it still looked distorted compared to if I simply went to the gallery page directly. Anybody?

Gallery version = 2.2.3 core 1.2.0.5
PHP version = 4.4.1 apache
Webserver = Apache
Database = mysqlt 4.0.16, lock.system=flock
Toolkits = ArchiveUpload, Exif, Getid3, LinkItemToolkit, NetPBM, ImageMagick, Thumbnail, Gd
Acceleration = none, none
Operating system = FreeBSD web03.ipowerweb.com 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Wed Apr i386
Default theme = matrix
gettext = enabled
Locale = en_US
Browser = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Rows in GalleryAccessMap table = 17
Rows in GalleryAccessSubscriberMap table = 15
Rows in GalleryUser table = 5
Rows in GalleryItem table = 13
Rows in GalleryAlbumItem table = 2
Rows in GalleryCacheMap table = 0

 
capt_kirk

Joined: 2006-01-24
Posts: 492
Posted: Wed, 2007-10-17 22:02

The WPG2 2.0 "theming" info is here.

The WPG2 3.0 info is here, but it's not very detailed, yet. We got the release out the door, and are still working on the documentation.

Kirk
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G2Image Documentation, G2Image Demo Page, My Family Website
 
tazmet

Joined: 2007-10-15
Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2007-10-17 23:13

Thanks. I got as far as changing the php file and this worked fine. Changing the style sheet, however, was not so easy. I can't figure out what I need to change and what I need to keep. In any case, I think I will live with it for a while.
 
capt_kirk

Joined: 2006-01-24
Posts: 492
Posted: Wed, 2007-10-17 23:17

If you leave a link to your site, we can take a look and give advice. It's hard to give general advice, though, because everyone's theme is so different.

Kirk
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G2Image Documentation, G2Image Demo Page, My Family Website