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Was wondering if there's a photo-viewer option that is known to work well with SP that has forward and backward arrows so that photo collections can be browsed without having to go back and forth to/from the thumbnails?
Being able to attach photos to posts was a big reason we went with Simple:Press so having improved photo viewing options is important.
Oh, and I need it by tomorrow morning!
Thanks,
Bart
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not sure what you mean by photo viewer... if you mean some sort of gallery or slideshow, then not inherently... though the simple press api would certainly support some sort of gallery viewer... but its never been requested before...
I can say though that any wp plugin that does galleries or slideshows via shortcodes should work in simple press since you can use any wp shortcode (if you allow)... the biggest issue will be getting them the images as most might expect them in wp uploads area... I know some users have used NextGen gallery for that... just not sure what was used for galleries...
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well, we have some time now as our migration didn't happen last night as was expected.
we're looking for a photo viewer so that when one clicks on a thumbnail they can then click an arrow button to see the photos that are before or after the thumnailed photo that they clicked on without having to go back to the thumbnails.
i think the style i'm looking for is called a lightbox maybe?
the problem is, from a host's perspective trying to learn a new system, there are so many mods available when you surf through a site like wordpress.org yet many are old or buggy so there's an inclination to ask a community like this one if there's a go-to solution that has been found to work reliably. no need to reinvent the wheel with every single plugin and widget decision, right?
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Hey Bart,
I'm not sure what there is about, but as Mr Papa says any should technically work. Will take a look when I am home to see if I can find anything useful.
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Thanks for the reply Ike. I wasn't intending to have someone else do my legwork but thanks for the offer.
I'll go sift through the options and see what I can come up with.
Would this be a plugin or a widget that I'm looking for? That's something else I have to look up, the difference between plugins and widgets.
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Bart
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plugin.... but as I mentioned, the key is going to be where the images are uploaded... if you use our file uploader, doubtful any wp plugin for galleries will know about them... you probably want one that allows users to upload images on the front end... then via shortcodes can display them in the forum...
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Hasn't anyone asked for this? with so much of what happens on the internet being visual, i'm surprised that this functionality wouldn't already be available. i'm getting repeated requests for this as we host a ton of photos and our users love to sit and sort through them from the various events that go on around the country throughout the year.
is help with this available on a custom basis from SP?
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Ike said
Hey Bart,I'm not sure what there is about, but as Mr Papa says any should technically work. Will take a look when I am home to see if I can find anything useful.
ok, i'm not too proud, i looked around and don't have the slightest idea how to determine workability of any of the available WP plugins.
thanks!
Bart
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Will take a look but it might not be until tomorrow. Will probably require some fiddling!
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it may come down to how you want to upload... if within the forum and using our uploader, think you will be out of luck... they just wont know about our uploads... if you use a plugin that allows users to upload to galleries outside of the forum and they support shortcodes, you may be in luck...
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