Can't Add Default or Override Settings to Slideshow Applet Settings

I'm running g2.3. When I try to add a new default setting or override setting to the slideshow applet settings I get the following error: "You must enter a variable name and value."

SITE:

www.centerfoldnextdoor.com/gallery2

PHP INFO:

www.centerfoldnextdoor.com/phpinfo.php

SYS INFO:

Gallery URL = http://www.centerfoldnextdoor.com/gallery2/main.php
Gallery version = 2.3 core 1.3.0
API = Core 7.54, Module 3.9, Theme 2.6, Embed 1.5
PHP version = 5.2.11 cgi
Webserver = Apache/2.2.14
Database = mysqli 5.0.67-log, lock.system=flock
Toolkits = ArchiveUpload, Dcraw, Exif, Getid3, ImageMagick, jpegtran, LinkItemToolkit, NetPBM, Thumbnail, Gd, SquareThumb
Acceleration = none/0, partial/900
Operating system = FreeBSD kesa.pair.com 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #0: Wed Oct 21 12:38:36 EDT 2009

:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/7PAIRe i386
Default theme = floatrix
gettext = enabled
Locale = en_US
Browser = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Rows in GalleryAccessMap table = 8
Rows in GalleryAccessSubscriberMap table = 96
Rows in GalleryUser table = 42
Rows in GalleryItem table = 91
Rows in GalleryAlbumItem table = 19
Rows in GalleryCacheMap table = 329

Thanks in advance!

www.CenterfoldNextDoor.com

Hi Nivekiam,

Here is a screenshot of the Slideshow Applet Settings page after I entered slideshowCaptionLocation into the "New Variable" field and 0 into the field after the = sign. The same thing happens whether I add these values into the Defaults or Overrides.

As you can see, I've edited the settings templates so that they fit properly into my 800px wide "siteContainer" div and are visible against by black background. I believe it's the same template I developed when I was on g2.2.2. Perhaps that is the problem. I will try taking fresh template files from g2.3, making the same cosmetic changes and placing those in the local folder.

One more question while I have your attention... On my computer, which has Gallery Remote and ImageMagick installed, the slideshow photos dissolve from one to the next. When I view tyhe slideshow on a friend's Mac laptop, the transitions are straight cuts. Is there a way to make it so that the transitions dissolve on other people's computers even if they don't have Gallery Remote and ImageMagick installed?

I also noticed a warning on my friend's laptop that said the application in "unsigned". I had to click through this to start the slideshow. Is there a way to get rid of that, too?

Thanks!
Neil Girardi

www.CenterfoldNextDoor.com

Thanks Nivekiam,

Should I pursue my idea of replacing the edited Admin / Setting Menu templates or no?

Basically want I want to do is set it so that people viewing the slideshow at home won't see any text over the images (file name, file progress, etc.) , won't get the unsigned error, and will have dissolves. This is how it appears on my computer which is a PC running Win XP. I've tried it on two different OS X laptops and I got text over picture and hard cut transitions on both. One was using Safari and the other was suing Firefox.

Thanks!

Neil Girardi

www.CenterfoldNextDoor.com

Hey Man,

I like both of the slideshows. I like the applet because it's full screen and I think that's a fairly unique feature. (I've seen plenty of flash slideshows on websites but I don't recall seeing too many full screen ones).

I did some experimentation with the settings and I was able to sort some things out:

1. allowUnacceleratedTransition=true give me the dissolve transition on my mac, which DOES NOT have Gallery Remote or ImageMagick installed on it. The dissolve doesn't look as good as it does on my PC with GR and IM installed, but it's better than the hard cut.

2. slideshowProgressLocation=00 removes the caption that says "Showing picture001.jpg." The following doc:

https://gallery.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gallery/trunk/gallery_remote/defaults.properties

says you're suppossed to set it to "0" to make it go away. However, it doesn't accept 0 as a variable. It does seem to accept "00" as a variable and turn it off.

3. suppressWarningIM=true gets rid of the error that pops up at the end of the slideshow telling me that "ImageMagick is either malfunctioning or can not be found..." I thought it got rid of the unsigned warning too, but after a few tries it came back.

So I downloaded that Gallery2.3 zip that you sent me. Am I re-installing g2.3 or just cherry picking specific files from the unzipped package and overwriting the existing files by FTP-ing to the same directory?

Thanks!!!

Neil Girardi

www.CenterfoldNextDoor.com