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I posted in the specific plugin discussion (with lots of warranted praise but this is a bit more general in nature.

Basic question: can you recommend a gallery with captions?

As regard 'Image gallery pro' I wonder if anyone has used the pro version? I wrote to the authors asking:

• do albums appear just on one page or can they be set on different pages?

• do/can lightbox images appear with captions?

• if not how (or where) can captions be implemented?

My last post here was on the 24th and they have not replied and I figure pre-purchase limitations?
It would be great if anyone could comment on these questions. I am relatively easy with the first but captioning is quite necessary.

I am also trialing "Lightbox and gallery based on the lightbox script by Lokesh Dhakar" - the documentation is spot on! It has captions - but I would write a php script to auto-build the page info. which requires quite a bit of config for each img.

Any other suggestions would be welcome. Particularly in relation to captions.

thx. Kusalo

arfa wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2024 11:44 pm

• do albums appear just on one page or can they be set on different pages?

In pro version its how you like. You can add the whole gallery including sub albums on one page (like in the lite version). And/Or choose an separate page per album.

• do/can lightbox images appear with captions?

Currently it's not activated/implemented.

• if not how (or where) can captions be implemented?

It depends, wich kind of captions do you want. If you only want to show the (modified) file name, than you can easily create a new gallery template based on the current and add it based on the lightbox documentation. And then activate captions in the lightbox javascript in plugin.php in class siteBodyEnd().

If you want to add an individual caption, than you have to do a lot more, because you need a place to store the caption text.

You can try almost everything with the free lite version. The difference in pro is the multiple albums and lightbox background modification.

thx Novafacile - both for the reply and the script.

I now have the pro version and will work on captions. I am a moderate hack in php using flatfiles. I am thinking of an independent UI - eg. buildCapions.php - that reads the image folder and provides a field next to each image for a caption - save to file. Can you offer any pointers as to where best to call/load that caption file, loop it, find the corresponding caption/img and set it in a (new?) div under the image. I am thinking initially just the lightbox.

My work with the lite version was very easy so I look forward to the full features.

have a good one - Kusalo

Hello, I am trying lite version and like to know how to show the gallery in the content?

It only have Upload photos and Setting.

thank you very much!
Kent

In the settings you can choose the Page, where the gallery should be added.