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10:31 am
February 13, 2009

Yellowpixel

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I know there are a lot of topics like this so, sorry for adding another.

I've tried the solutions i've found here and in the FAQ and everything seems to be set up fine, i haven't tried disabling the plugins 1 by 1 yet though and that's my next step.

I have it set to 5 different categories (using the apporpriate Cat IDs) and the newest post of each and have default images with the cat ID numbers as their names (.jpg) in the specified folder (/wp-content/uploads/dfcg/)

Link to see it in action: http://www.outstandingeducators.com

Besides the above problem my other questions are:

1) Is there any way i can have the first so many words or characters of the post display as the description?

2) Which class do i edit in the stylesheet to left align the post title?

Thanks!

10:43 am
February 13, 2009

Yellowpixel

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posts 13

Update, i tried disabling the plugins 1 by 1 and it doesn't appear to be a conflict with any of them.

2:25 pm
February 13, 2009

Ade

Admin

posts 1140

Hi,

The problem seems to be that the gallery can't find the first image (look at the carousel and you'll see the thumbnail is blank). One of the quirks of the underlying javascript is that it needs to find the first image in order to work. Therefore, re-check that you do have an image assigned (and it exists) for the first post.

Re your other questions:

1. Different post text – not without hacking the plugin code. I could add this to a future version and will add this feature to the to do list. :-)

2. Post title alignment – open up jd.gallery.css (it's in teh plugin's CSS folder), find:

.jdgallery .slideInfoZone h2 {

and add this to the style definition:

text-align: left !important;

That should work.

Ade.

Dynamic Content Gallery: Have you read the Configuration Guide and FAQ?

7:25 pm
February 13, 2009

Yellowpixel

Member

posts 13

Thanks Ade, i'll check the default file names and locations and get back to you if i have no luck.

Thanks, that will be a great addition to the plugin to be able to use the first so many words or characters.

1:31 am
February 14, 2009

Yellowpixel

Member

posts 13

Ok i've checked all the images and they are definitely all there, named correctly and in the specified folder. I haven't needed it fix anything and it's still not working…

What are the other possibilities? I haven't edited any of the code so it can't be something i've messed up there.

Thanks

3:30 am
February 14, 2009

Ade

Admin

posts 1140

If you like, you can PM me an admin login and I'll take a look. Difficult to say, at a distance, what is going on.

Dynamic Content Gallery: Have you read the Configuration Guide and FAQ?

6:09 am
February 14, 2009

Yellowpixel

Member

posts 13

PM Sent, thanks, this plugin has the best support i've ever seen!

4:13 pm
February 14, 2009

Ade

Admin

posts 1140

Hi,

Thanks for the login.

Everything is configured correctly in the backend, but I see what the problem is… and it's a "feature" of the plugin.

Your "Image Slot #1" post is assigned to more than one category and, for default category images, the plugin code creates the image URL based not on what you entered in Image Slot #1 (which would be more logical, of course), but on the ID of the first category assigned to the post. Clearly, this is not logical behaviour and although you're the first user to have identified this problem, I shall add it to the to do list for the next upgrade. So, in other words, even though you have specified cat ID 187, the plugin is creating the image URL based on cat ID 462 – which is also assigned to this post.

In the meantime, create a default image called 462.jpg and put it in your default images folder and all should work fine. Then, a little patience and there will be an upgrade which will fix this.