Archive for June, 2008
LRG Complete 2.5.6 released!!
We are happy to annouce the release of the latest release of the LRG Complete template, LRG COMPLETE 2.5.6, it includes all the latest bug fixes, revisions, user suggested items, and new features as posted in the forums and via email.
Please delete any previous versions of this template and install this version. You need to update ALL template files, not just some of them.
NOTE: Full documentation for this release is coming soon! The majority of stuff is the same, but there are some things you need to know to get it working correctly. I will point out the changes below. We will make a posting when the updated documentation is released, but for now see the instructions below
New Features and updates include:
- You can now link images in a gallery to other galleries! this is great for creating a thumbnailed index of your galleries and/or pages. Links for the images are set in the “provider” IPTC field under the “instructions” field.
- Galleries are now (actually MUST be) uploaded to a “galleries” directory and pages to a “pages” directory for better portability.
- You can now specify international taxes for Google Checkout purchases
- You can now change the color of the divider color that appears under certain cases in the side menu between category buttons.
- Back to Site button can now be linked to a page, gallery, or external link
- You can now choose what IPTC field you want to use as the image’s Item Name in the shopping cart. (remember though, these must be unique)
- Recoded the entire slideshow feature of the pages
- You can now position images in pages either top, bottom, left, or right justified with the text.
- When closing large image the image closes first then the thumbnails appear. there is no overlap
- You can now turn off the dropshadow
- You can now hide or not use image frames for images
- You now have an option to choose between 4 different types of preloaders
- New Zealand dollars added
- Fixed issue with spaces in gallery/category names. Now you must place an underscrore “_” where you want a space to appear. The gallery will do the rest and convert that underscore into a space
- Side menu can be disabled
- And much more!
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New Upload Paths
The first major thing we need to go over is the upload paths for galleries and pages. Previously, galleries were uploaded into the same folder that your shell files lived, for example:
ROOT
Category1
-Gallery1
All shell template files located in the root
In this new version all galleries are uploaded in a folder named “galleries” (all lower case) in your root folder or any subfolder you are installing LRG Complete in. This is the same as how you upload pages, which all go in a “pages” folder.
So In a complete installation on your web server, with galleries and pages, your folder structure should look sort of like this:
ROOT
galleries
-Category1
-Gallery1
pages
-aboutus
All shell template files located in the root.
When uploading galleries your “put in subfolder” field within Lightroom should look like this:
galleries/category1/gallery1
For pages:
pages/aboutus
Creating A Gallery Index
To create a gallery index, an gallery of thumbnails that link to other galleries, you need to use the Gallery template and follow all the uploading rules for galleries. The only difference really is that the links for each image MUST be defined in the IPTC metadata field “Provider”. You can find that IPTC metadata field under the “Instructions” field when viewing the images metadata.
You can link each image to another gallery or a page. To do that we need to enter our links in the “Provider” field using the following linking conventions.
To link an image to another gallery you follow this convention:
(gallery) followed by a dash (-) followed by the Category the gallery is in (Category_Name) followed by a forward slash (/) followed by the name of the gallery you are linking to (Gallery_Name).
The result is something like this:
gallery-Category_Name/Gallery_Name
*The word “gallery” that goes before the dash tells the template that everything following the dash will be a path to the gallery you want to load. You must use the word “gallery” and the dash as is, do not modify it.
To link an image to a page you follow this convention:
(page) followed by a dash (-) followed by the page name (About_Us) of the page you are linking to.
The result is something like this:
page-About_Us
*The word “page” that goes before the dash tells the template that everything following the dash will be a path to the page you want to load. You must use the word “page” and the dash as is, do not modify it.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: If you enter something into the “Provider” field for the image, the template will attempt to link that thumbnail to something other then a larger version of the image. After you are done creating the Gallery Index i would highly recommend deleting and “Provider” metadata for your images.
This covers the major instructions that are needed to get this new version of the template working. More detailed instruction will be in the latested version of the manual, which will be released soon. You can allow post in the forum and i will help you out. David at http://www.outdoorimages.blogspot.com has been kind enough to write up an amazing manual for this template. As soon as he gets a bit of free time he will update the manual to cover the new features in 2.5.6. Please be patient and give David a big thanks for all his hard work! Thanks David!
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Cooliris Latest release: PicLens 1.7
We are thrilled to announce the launch of PicLens Version 1.7 with three exciting additions:
- Shop Amazon– The 3D Wall transformed image search. Now PicLens launches online shopping into the 21st century. Browse and buy seamlessly just like window shopping!
- Discover– MSNBC, ESPN, movie trailers…Get the latest news, photos, and video feeds.
- Return to PicLens– An essential for playing with pictures: toggle in and out of your desktop, the browser, and PicLens!
Find out more at http://blog.cooliris.com and download your own free latest release at http://www.piclens.com.
All the best,
Luna and The Cooliris Team
LRG Complete 2.5.5 Released!!
The latest LRG Complete version is now 2.5.5 and is filled with many updates, fixes, and new features. Please DELETE ANY previous versions and copy over the new ones, you will still be able to use you presets you may have made.
Change Log:
- Complete redo of shipping and coupons for the cart system. We now have better flat rate shipping options which can be administered through your PayPal or Google accounts
- Some minor updates to the Email Order feature
- Support for multiple passwords for galleries.
- Fixed page navigation rollover issue
- You can now use special characters in category and gallery name (documentation on this coming soon)
- When closing a large image it no longer flashes white.
- Fixed issue where thumbnails would still load, and be visible, after a large image was loaded.
- Made slight modification to the slideshow for pages
- Fixed issue with “Self” links
- Added features, bug fixes, and suggestions from the forums. I normally reply to the message stating it has been fixed
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If you requested a change of fix and do not see it reflected in this latest version please do not worry, some things take time and i’ll get them completed as soon as i can.
Again PLEASE DELETE and previous version of this template from your Lightroom Web Galleries folder and install this version. Also, please only comment on bugs or issues with this latest release to avoid confusion.
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USING MULTIPLE PASSWORDS FOR GALLERIES:
Open up the pw.php file for your gallery and have a look at the comments and examples at the top. It is very easy to implement.
USING SPECIAL LANGUAGE CHARACTERS IN CATEGORY AND GALLERY NAME:
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Step 1: Export and upload your gallery to your website. When exporting your gallery and assigning it a folder name, do NOT use any special characters, just leave them out of the folder name. We will add the special characters later on. Go to yourdomain.com/menuxml.php. You should see nothing on this page, go to the next step
- Step 2: Since there is nothing visible on this page you will need to “View Source” of this page. In IE go to the menu and choose View -> Source. In FireFox go to the menu and choose View -> Page Source. Here you will see the structure of your galleries in xml format.
- Step 3: Select all the text on this page and them paste it into a new text document using your favorite text editor. Then save this new document as internationalmenu.xml.
- Step 4: Now we are ready to add category and gallery names with special characters. The code you pasted should look something like this:
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< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<menu>
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<category Name="category1" dirName="">
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<subcat Name="gallery1" dirName=""/>
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</category>
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</menu>
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< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<menu>
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<category Name="category1" dirName="cátegory1">
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<subcat Name="gallery1" dirName="gállery1"/>
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</category>
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</menu>
The only part of this code we need to modify to allow special characters is the dirName=”" bit. The Name variable is the name of the actual folder on the server. The dirName will be what will appear in the menu. For any category or gallery you want to include a special character in you simple enter it in the dirName entry.
Example:
- Step 4: Save the file and upload it to the same location you uploaded your shell file. The menu will now pull in the internationalmenu.xml instead of the normal menuxml.php and your special characters will be displayed
LRG 2.5.4 Update released! And a quick note.
We updated the template once again. Almost all of the bugs posted in the forum for 2.5.4 have been fixed in this update. we also added some new features to the Email Order Form, ID Plate and Site Title and Description positioning, and some others.
Note: I will be out of town from 6/6 - 6/8 and will not be able to respond to emails, forum posts, or comments. David at Outdoor Images Fine Art should be able to answer all your questions should any arise. David has been very helpful in the development of this template so we should all give him a big THANKS! Thanks David!
I will post the changelog and new features for this updated release when I return.
Again PLEASE DELETE and previous version of this template from your Lightroom Web Galleries folder and install this version. Also, please only comment on bugs or issues with this latest release to avoid confusion.
DOWNLOAD RC2.5.4 | DOWNLOAD THE MANUAL | VIEW DEMO | FORUM THREAD
LRG Complete 2.5.4 Released!
UPDATE: Sorry i screwed up the zip file when this 2.5.4 was firest released (i need some sleep). Please download again from the link below.
Thanks for all your patience everyone! We are ready to release the latest version of the LRG Complete template.
The latest version is now 2.5.4. Please DELETE ANY previous versions and copy over the new ones. You WILL lose any presets you have created, but from now on any new versions will use the same identifier and you will no longer lose preset settings when you upgrade, so this will be the last time you lose a preset.
Change Log:
- Added MP3 player
- You can now select which payment options you want to offer your customers, PayPal, Google Checkout, or Email Order. The Email Order option emails you the customers order for processing.
- Added support for CAD and AUD currency
- Added “GLASS” theme option to the template (can be either on/off)
- Added more control over position of the ID Plate
- Added ability to have a custom footer message
- Google Analytics tracking now tracks image clicks
- You can now use Special Characters throughout the template
- Fixed various issues with the slideshow option
- Fixed issue with page navigation buttons not showing
- Fixed images showing over text on pages under certain cases
- Fixed various other minor issues, and added suggested items mentioned in the forums
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var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-xxxxxx-x");
Using the MP3 Player:
To use the mp3 player you need to open the tracks.xml file after you export the gallery and add the path to you mp3 files (which you must upload).
Using Google Analytics:
You first must have a gogole analytics account for this tracking feature to work. Open up the index.html file from your shell template in a text editor.
Near the top you will see this line of code:
Replace the XXXXXX-X with your google analytics account number
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If you requested a change of fix and do not see it reflected in this latest version please do not worry, some things take time and i’ll get them completed as soon as i can.
Again PLEASE DELETE and previous version of this template from your Lightroom Web Galleries folder and install this version. Also, please only comment on bugs or issues with this latest release to avoid confusion.
DOWNLOAD RC2.5.4 | DOWNLOAD THE MANUAL | VIEW DEMO | FORUM THREAD