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Home Forum Dynamic Content Gallery v3+ Notice: Featured Requests for version 3.4

Notice: Featured Requests for version 3.4

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12:59 pm
April 7, 2010


Ade

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Hi all,

I'm planning to introduce new features with version 3.4 and would appreciate any suggestions for functionality which should be included.

When making a suggestion, please bear in mind the following:

1. The DCG has a wide and varied user base. Successful suggestions must appeal to the majority of users.

2. Version 3.4 will not include any changes to the javascript code being used (mootools and jQuery). These items are on the roadmap for 3.5

 

For info, these are my current priorities:

1. Automatically grab image from post. This would, effectively replace the default category images (and therefore remove a layer of complexity within the plugin). The only downside will be that if there is neither DCG metabox URL nor a post image, the gallery will show a blank image. This could be got around by allowing users to specify a "blanket" default image.

 

Feel free to post other suggestion in this thread! Smile

 

 

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

10:31 pm
April 12, 2010


rodney

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Hello

I use this plugin on a Studiopress/Genesis site, and using the pages method.

It would be great if there was a tickbox in the setup that caused the plugin to randomise the order of the images (pages) on each pageload rather than having them all in the same order each time.

Thanks for a great plugin Wink

1:25 am
April 13, 2010


Ade

Admin

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Hi rodney,

Thanks for the suggestion.

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

3:51 pm
April 13, 2010


lowlight

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Hi, I am happy to switch over to this plugin from a competing smoothgallery plugin that was very poorly coded.

However one feature they did have that I liked was the ability to enter post numbers to set the featured articles. I noticed that yours only allows page numbers.

 

If you could add the ability to add certain post numbers, it would be greatly appreciated :)

 

You can see your plug in at work here:

http://www.hardcoreware.net/

11:49 pm
April 13, 2010


Ade

Admin

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Hi,

Actually, thanks to a "feature" I hadn't planned, you can enter post ID's in the Pages box in the DCG Settings page.

Thanks for reminding me that I need to make this "official". Smile

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

4:59 pm
April 27, 2010


juergen

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Post edited 5:09 pm – April 27, 2010 by juergen

Hello,

your plugin is GREAT! I will use it to give my future themes are more classy style.

Now for my wish list, dear Santa.

  1. A custom More-Label (I am German). Of course I could change it in dfcg_default_options(). But  will not hesitate it to overwrite it with the next update :-)
  2. Switch arrows on and off. You mentioned to modify the javascript file. But same as above it will surely be overwritten with the next update
  3. What about a random function to shuffle the pictures?
  4. I would like to give this plugin to my wife for her blog. She is not a real pro, so I am sure it will give me a hard time to explain her how to pick up the right picture URLs. I know what she will ask me: "Can this plugin not 'simply' pick the first (last?) picture which I add to the post/page's gallery?" – So, what do you think?
  5. Personally I dislike working with template files itself (mines are generated with artisteer). Not because I can't, but because I will forget my amendments when I siwtch to another themre. So I think it would be a good idea to let the user chose if he wants to place dynamic_content_gallery(); by hand or by the plugin setting, e.g. "before header", "right after header", "after body open" , "before footer" etc.

Have a nice day. And thank you all again for giving this plugin for free.

Jürgen

PS. you should use

<?php if(function_exists('dynamic_content_gallery')) dynamic_content_gallery(); ?>

insteat of only

<?php dynamic_content_gallery(); ?>

6:40 pm
April 27, 2010


Ade

Admin

posts 2384
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Juergen,

Thanks for the suggestions!

A custom More-Label (I am German). Of course I could change it in
dfcg_default_options(). But  will not hesitate it to overwrite it with
the next update :-)

Can you explain this one? Not sure I follow you. You can enter your own More text, ie in German, in the DCG Settings page.

Switch arrows on and off. You mentioned to modify the javascript file.
But same as above it will surely be overwritten with the next update

I had this in a previous version, but found it to be very buggy. I'll look at again though.

What about a random function to shuffle the pictures?

This could be possible for the Pages and One category method. I would have to think about how to do this with the Multi-option method.

I would like to give this plugin to my wife for her blog. She is not a
real pro, so I am sure it will give me a hard time to explain her how
to pick up the right picture URLs. I know what she will ask me: "Can
this plugin not 'simply' pick the first (last?) picture which I add to
the post/page's gallery?" – So, what do you think?

This is already on the roadmap. Smile

Personally I dislike working with template files itself (mines are
generated with artisteer). Not because I can't, but because I will
forget my amendments when I siwtch to another themre. So I think it
would be a good idea to let the user chose if he wants to place dynamic_content_gallery(); by hand or by the plugin setting, e.g. "before header", "right after header", "after body open" , "before footer" etc.

Use the DCG Widget – this is the easiest way to place the plugin assuming you have suitable widgetised areas in your theme.

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

8:30 am
April 28, 2010


juergen

Guest

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Ade said:

Juergen,

Thanks for the suggestions!

A custom More-Label (I am German). Of course I could change it in

dfcg_default_options(). But  will not hesitate it to overwrite it with

the next update :-)

Can you explain this one? Not sure I follow you. You can enter your own More text, ie in German, in the DCG Settings page.

 

Damn, you are right. Sorry, haven't seen it.

I would like to give this plugin to my wife for her blog. She is not a

real pro, so I am sure it will give me a hard time to explain her how

to pick up the right picture URLs. I know what she will ask me: "Can

this plugin not 'simply' pick the first (last?) picture which I add to

the post/page's gallery?" – So, what do you think?

This is already on the roadmap. Smile

Thanks for taking this into account. We wanted to use this for a real estate blog. But it is not quite simple to enter the properties, houses etc. as a post. you simple can't put every info into custom fields. It's much more easy to enter them with some kind of datagrid. Now I am searching for a datagrid for Wordpress. Do you know one?

Personally I dislike working with template files itself (mines are

generated with artisteer). Not because I can't, but because I will

forget my amendments when I siwtch to another themre. So I think it

would be a good idea to let the user chose if he wants to place dynamic_content_gallery(); by hand or by the plugin setting, e.g. "before header", "right after header", "after body open" , "before footer" etc.

Use the DCG Widget – this is the easiest way to place the plugin assuming you have suitable widgetised areas in your theme.

No, but as I said, I don't want to touch my them, "widgetised" them would let me no choice but to fiddle around inside them

 

Thanks for answering.

Jürgen

 

7:31 pm
May 7, 2010


tgje_uiuc

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Hi there-

I went & registered for this forum so I could say one thing. All I want is for you to follow through on your stated intention for 3.4, to automatically grab the image from the post.

I am administering a website for a non-profit organization, and they aren't the most tech savvy. Automatically getting the default image as the first image posted would be what my users would want about 95% of the time. I would think that would be the case for most other users as well.

I will be happy to donate once that feature is in place!

8:29 pm
May 7, 2010


Ade

Admin

posts 2384
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Thanks for the suggestion.

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

9:56 pm
May 7, 2010


Thom

Guest

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Hi Ade,

I switched from 'Featured Content Gallery' to DCG on my blog, because it is much more user-friendly and I find it loads faster. Not having to add user defined fields to each entry makes blogging a whole lot easier, so thanks for the continued development of a great plugin.

With that out of the way, I have a short wishlist of features:

  1. Ability to retrieve x number of random posts/pages to display (simply a 'randomise' tickbox would do).
  2. Additional information on hover (i.e. mouseover expands the description pane to cover more of the image)
  3. 'Pause on Hover' does not reset the timer

That's it from me, it's almost perfect. It's the quest for a randomise ability that brought me to this forum!

Cheers,

Thom

P.S. If you want to see it in action on my site (though you probably see it all over the place): http://tcdev.co.uk/

11:53 pm
May 7, 2010


Ade

Admin

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Thanks for the suggestions, Thom. Glad you like the plugin.

The randomize feature is on my "to do" list, and I'll have a think about your other suggestions.

Cheers.

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

5:02 pm
May 20, 2010


JamieD

Guest

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Hi Ade,

 

First of all compliments on a great plug-in.  I especially appreciate the great documentation and the instructions on the set up page.  Sometimes a long time passes before I use the set up page again, and it is nice to be reminded what to do for each field in plain english. A lot of developers don't do this, you do, and it is appreciated.  I had 2 suggestions, but because I am not a programming type, don't know if these fall into the realm of java or not.

1. In the External Link URL field, it would be great if this field would accept html so that I could for example, make the link open in a new window using "target=_blank".  Or better yet, just put a checkbox for "Open in New Window"?

2. I sometimes use very slow fade transitions and would like to be able to change the rate at which the Slide Pane pops up as well.  With slow picture fades the Slide Pane seems to pop up too fast in comparison.  It would also be neat if you could choose Slide Pane transition types, like you can with the pictures, i.e. fade, slide in from the right, slide up from the bottom etc.  Perhaps also select the location of the Slide Pane, Top, Middle or Bottom?

Thanks again.  Looking forward to whatever new features you come up with.

 

JamieD

12:28 am
May 21, 2010


Ade

Admin

posts 2384
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Jamie,

Thanks for the nice words – appreciated. Smile

Request 1: it's on my to-do list for v3.4

Request 2: I'll have a look at the js and see what can be done. No promises though.

Thanks for the suggestions.

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

10:51 am
June 2, 2010


sansibario

Guest

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Post edited 11:03 am – June 2, 2010 by sansibario

Hi,

first of all, this is a great plug-in.

Second, this would even be a greater plugin if it had the following options:

- a real support for the Persian/Arabic right-to-left fonts. Just a simple option in the menu to activate 'direction:rtl'.

- the ability to change the words [more] and 'Features Articles' into anything else right in the menu.

-  the ability to select the navigation (next/previous) theme right from the menu, and even more important to switch them off completely, so that a click into the whole image area would link to the page or post

 

San S.

8:03 pm
June 2, 2010


Ade

Admin

posts 2384
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Thanks for the suggestions.

Note that you can change the more and featured articles text in the DCG Settings page.

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

10:19 pm
June 2, 2010


sansibario

Guest

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Post edited 10:20 pm – June 2, 2010 by sansibario

Hi,

thanks for the fast reply and the hint. Sorry, my fault, I did not see it. Anyway, it still needs a right to left support, and the theme selection and switch off option directly in the settings area.

Kind regards

San S.

8:28 pm
June 3, 2010


Ade

Admin

posts 2384
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sansibario said:

Hi,

thanks for the fast reply and the hint. Sorry, my fault, I did not see it. Anyway, it still needs a right to left support, and the theme selection and switch off option directly in the settings area.

Kind regards

San S.

 

Hi again,

I know very little about RTL support, I'm afraid. I would have thought that if you have already added this to your theme, the DCG should follow suit.

Not sure I understand your request regarding "and the theme selection and switch off option directly in the settings
area." Are you talking about teh jQuery version, or something else?

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

7:36 am
June 21, 2010


mcr2582

Guest

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I'm new to WP, and this is my plugin!

 

A few simple things first:

1. Settings fields to apply padding to the gallery element itself. I put it above the post listing and it was touching the container below. I was able to add CSS to a child theme to get what I wanted.

 

2. I see that it puts in an image container for thumbnail, but I see no option to set it separately. It may not make a big difference, but then again, it may support more than 15 images if it didn't repeat the large image.

 

The biggest thing on my wishlist would be:

3. Addition of a Ken Burns effect. (I have the gallery area set to be 920x250 and few images come close to filling it.) I found someone who has a MooTools JS implementation of it, but I'm not confident in my ability to make sense of both packages and apply the functionality to yours. Here is the package:

http://www.electricprism.com/aeron/slideshow/

 

Also, a "wish I knew then what I know now" tip: while I had it setup properly, I had
only the default posting in my WP installation so it wasn't showing
images. Although the error said that the fact that I had less than the 5
I had specified was ok, I found in the settings screen that there is
actually a minimum of 2 posts.

 

Michael

7:07 pm
June 22, 2010


ledavid71

Guest

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I really like your plugin I think I one of the best galleries out there, my only suggestion if possible would be to improve the loading time of the jquery script for the gallery, I don´t know if it only happens to me  but soemtimes it takes a little while to load. That would be all, but awesome plugin.

 
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