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#101 Re: Backlight Support » Reduce Padding Above and Below Galleria Gallery Images » 2018-03-09 04:51:56

TBC

Rod,

That confirms what I suspected, and life is, after all, a compromise.  I can live with what I have now.

Thanks for trying.  I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that and the support that you and Matt give, along with the occasional weighings in of others.

For panoramas, I suspect I am going to have to stick with what I managed, since I Galleria would not allow me to make the height less than a certain amount:

http://www.bc-fineartphotography.com/ga … otographs/

So ... Should I stick to the page width of 1140 and make my images 1140x760? Or should I make the image slightly narrower (less wide) to allow for margins?

Again, thanks!

Take care,

#102 Re: Backlight Support » Reduce Padding Above and Below Galleria Gallery Images » 2018-03-09 04:02:39

TBC

I think I may have finally found my way to the correct parameters and succeeded.  Still, however, would like your rcommendations on dimensions per what I wrote above.  I am eliminating the top/bottom buffer.

Thanks, and take care,

#103 Re: Backlight Support » Reduce Padding Above and Below Galleria Gallery Images » 2018-03-09 03:19:46

TBC

For the width of 1140, I am creating images 1140 x 760. Before I change my presets, should I adopt something different? Different maximum width? Different height to allow caption and footer to show up?

This is an actual image with the background color added to fool the system.

ZAP-217-103-050-BCPA-ME.jpg

Thanks again, and

Take care,

#104 Re: Backlight Support » Reduce Padding Above and Below Galleria Gallery Images » 2018-03-09 03:08:47

TBC

Matthew, I was coming to that, and am in the process of redoing my images with dark extensions to fit into a 3:2 (6:4) aspect ratio. That way, I can give equal importance to portrait and landscape images.

What do you recommend for a total width?  Right now, I am using 1140.

Thanks, and take care,

#105 Re: Backlight Support » Reduce Padding Above and Below Galleria Gallery Images » 2018-03-08 22:41:05

TBC

Thanks, Rod.  That was what I suspected.  And I do know that a landscape image is clearly going to have more space top and bottom.  I'll just  have to live with the space for the portrait images if I want my content area to be a certain width.  You are not crazy on the album and content sizees have changed.  All part of my fiddling.  And in designing (as shown above) I have used that technique of making some areas a different color to identify their real estate space.

Again, thanks, and

Take care,

#106 Re: Backlight Support » Reduce Padding Above and Below Galleria Gallery Images » 2018-03-08 04:58:45

TBC

I redid the template to no avail and had already experimented with aspect ratios, but because our galleries contain both portrait and landscape, as well as the occasional square, I put the aspect ratio to 1:1.

In addiiton, I emptied the Backlight template cache, the browser cache, and with CCleaner, all recalcitrant files that remained on my PC.  I even rebooted the PC, all to no avail.

I created a new Galleria template for panos, using a 3:2 ratio and added a colored buffer (canvas size) in Photoshop to make it work, since Backlight doesn't appear to allow me to do a template for real panos. I can live with that, and you can see that there is not a lot of space between the buffer and the body. Those images are 960px x 640px.

http://www.bc-fineartphotography.com/ga … otographs/

In our regular Galleria galleries, the images are 720px on the long edge, far less wide than the panos. You can see from the screen shot that a vertical image has a lot of excess space top and bottom. Logic tells me that this should not be so, given the success with the Galleria pano template. Then again, computers and programs have a mind of their own. I am flummoxed.

GalleriaPortrait.png. I took the screen shot with the non-body in white to show the excessive space top and bottom.

Any other suggestions? I am sure it is something really dumb, butin spite of all the time I have put into it, it has won! wink

Many thanks, I hope, and

Take care,

#107 Backlight Support » Reduce Padding Above and Below Galleria Gallery Images » 2018-03-07 10:33:24

TBC
Replies: 20

Once again, I am in need of your expert advice.  I cannot seem to find where I can reduce the space above and below my gallery images.  I am using Galleria (which I love, by the way).

http://www.bc-fineartphotography.com/ga … timemaine/ is a case in point. My images are 740 on the long edge to accommodate both landscape and portrait images without giving the normal weight to the landscape ones.

I keep missing where I should make the adjustment.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Take care,

#108 Re: Backlight Support » Search Button Not Displaying Properly » 2018-03-06 10:30:20

TBC

Wow!  Your support is amazing.  Thank you, and I deleted those items from the css and will do so on my other site, too.

I will battle with the social-media buttons tomorrow.

Take care,

#109 Backlight Support » Plugin or Add-on to Create Application Form » 2018-03-06 07:30:27

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Replies: 2

In our workshops, we have an application form.  Ours was created back in the Jurasic Period Internet-wise, and I would like to start from scratch (sort of) and include CAPTCHA with our TESTSITE Backlight-generated site that will eventually go live.

The current one is at www.BCphotoadventures.com/Application.php. The bottom ssi will not be a part of the new application.

Thanks, I trust ... you are always so helpful.

Take care,

#110 Re: Backlight Support » Search Button Not Displaying Properly » 2018-03-06 07:04:11

TBC

Slight hiccup.  Everything is fine in this regard in the new site, but on the http://www.BC-FineArtPhotography.com/index.php I have the reverse where the search button shows up just fine, but the Social Media buttons do not.

Also, inadvertently, I managed to have the body line up on the left instead of center, and the top palette is way too wide.

And if I didn't botch it up enough, I now have lines between each of the menu items.  Don't have the foggiest idea of how I achieved that gaffe!

Again, thanks for your help.

Take care,

#111 Re: General » Optimum Website Width » 2018-03-06 06:55:47

TBC

Very useful information, Rod. I'll try those suggestions.

#112 General » Optimum Website Width » 2018-03-06 05:36:23

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Replies: 3

There are different opinions on the optimum website width to accommodate cross-platforms.

For Backlight, what is considered ideal these days, understanding that there are not necessarily any hard-and-fast rules?

Thanks, and take care,

#113 Re: Backlight Support » Search Button Not Displaying Properly » 2018-03-05 21:02:46

TBC

Rod and Matthew. I thought I had done that, but clearly had not.  Everything works just fine now!

Thank you!

#114 Re: Backlight Support » Padding Around Image » 2018-03-05 20:59:10

TBC

Perfect, and while I did check out your tips-and-tricks, you just clarified some things for me.

Of course, it now works like a charm with a lot less work.

Many thanks, as always, Rod,

  TBC

#115 Re: Backlight Support » Padding Around Image » 2018-03-05 10:42:54

TBC

Excellent, Rod. Just what I was seeking.  I found something like that but could not ferret out the proper format for backlight.

In the order you noted, what do they represent in terms of top bottom left right?

Thanks again,

  TBC

#116 Backlight Support » Search Button Not Displaying Properly » 2018-03-05 10:35:40

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Replies: 6

Where the search button should be, there is only a dark box. I have not been able to find where to just have the search button appear in my normal dark color.

Search.png

I am sure it is something very simple.

Meanwhile, and I am sure The Turning Gate has it somewhere, it would be useful to find a chart that highlights each basic element of a page and points you to where to make the change, such as for the search icon hidden above.

Many thanks,

  TBC

#117 Backlight Support » Padding Around Image » 2018-03-05 10:13:36

TBC
Replies: 6

I am flummoxed.  In html, I was able to create padding around my images when they appear within text on a page.

Attatched to my template is my custom css file that I copied over from my "old" site.

I have not succeeded either through in-line html or through my css to create padding.

My preference is inline, since I want images to align with the right or left margin and have the padding on the other side.

How should I write, for example, within the <img> tag, padding-right="???" for, say, three pixels?

Sorry to be such a dunce on this. Others may find this useful, too.

My other question on custom css is are there cartain types of entries that should be deleted so they won't conflict with backlight?

Thank you as always,

#118 Re: Backlight Showcase » Gone Live with Backlight » 2018-03-01 18:56:12

TBC

Monte,

I was completely redoing the galleries for a better fit on pages.  You should see them now.

Thanks for checking it out!

  TBC

#119 Backlight Showcase » Gone Live with Backlight » 2018-02-25 21:57:01

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Replies: 4

As with any of us who start out with Backlight, it has been a process, but thanks particularly to the infinite patience of Rod and Matt, it is more-or-less done.  I have an issue with PayPal, but that has nothing to do with Backlight, and as I continue to learn Backlight, I will add a cart and continue to tweak the pages and galleries.

I used a combination of customized templates, html, and Photoshop (to create "framed prints" and images with double borders).

For now, take a look at:

http://www.bc-fineartphotography.com/home/

Thank you, Rod, Matt, and the others who helpfully weighed in.

Now, on to our workshops website which is infinitely more complicated than the fine-art one! smile

Take care,

  TBC/Margo

#120 Re: Backlight Support » Galleria Album Not Showing up on Page » 2018-02-23 21:12:50

TBC

Thank you, all, but Matthew hit it right on the nailhead. The latest Backlight release fixed the issue ... Everything is A-OK! 

Yippeee!

  TBC/Margo

WorkshopsPageFixed.png

#121 Backlight Support » Galleria Album Not Showing up on Page » 2018-02-23 12:43:30

TBC
Replies: 5

When I first added some albums to certain pages, I used Theater, but I prefer the looks and versatility of Galleria and converted all my albums to that.

I went to my Workshops page and indicated that I wanted my Workshops Album inserted, but alas, it does not appear.  What am I doing incorrectly?

WorkshopPageAlbum.png

Is this because I should not try to do this with Galleria?  I tried completely removing the Theater album, then redoing it in Galleria.

Hopefully, you can ferret this one out quickly (you always do).

Thanks, and take care,

  TBC/Margo

#122 Re: Backlight Support » Migrating from Test to Live Site » 2018-02-23 12:37:07

TBC

Thanks, Rod!  Sorry about the URL / IMG gaffe.  I'll pay attention to all those extra items, but I had pretty much planned on removing those mentioned files.

  TBC/Margo

#123 Backlight Support » Migrating from Test to Live Site » 2018-02-23 07:23:40

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Replies: 3

I have read a number of posts on migrating, and if I understand the process of migrating my test site to my live website, I just need to make sure that in Lightroom, I update the TTG Publisher information (in my case removing the /TESTSITE part of the address) ...

www.BCphotoadventures.com/Screenshots/B … rating.png

... not sure why the screenshot is not showing up ... never have run into that before!

I haven't done it yet, but hope to over the weekend.

Then, in Backlight, go to Settings and Edit/make the changes there.

Am I missing anything???

Many thanks for all your help and patience along my path to learning Backlight.

Take care,

  TBC/Margo

#124 Re: Backlight Support » Thumbnails for Album Sets » 2018-02-22 11:39:36

TBC

Worked like a charm!  Of course!  Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

GallerySetThumbnails.png

  TBC

#125 Re: Backlight Support » Thumbnails for Album Sets » 2018-02-22 09:47:54

TBC

Terrific, Rod.  Alas, even with a search, I cannot find a thumbnails folder, nor can I find the album set location searching with the slug.  I know it's there, obviously, but I could use some help with the general path:

backlight > ??? > ???

Many thanks, as always,

  TBC/Margo

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