Comments on: WordPress 2.5 Gallery Test

By: JimmyBean

JimmyBean — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:33:24 +0000

I don’t know If I said it already but …Cool site, love the info. I do a lot of research online on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks, :)

A definite great read..Jim Bean

By: Pedro

Pedro — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:02:17 +0000

Nice one!

However, how did you managed to get the light*-like effect when clicking on the pictures? Does WP comes with such functionality out of the box, or have you added the script yourself?

Thanks,
P.

By: Sam Burdge

Sam Burdge — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:41:24 +0000

This plugin adds rel="lightbox" to the new gallery feature in WP 2.5. It also adds it to all image links within posts and pages, and adds the lightbox js too (using jQuery Lightbox). WP 2.5 Gallery Lightbox Plugin

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Apples + Oranges » Blog Archive » lightview and bike specs — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:22:45 +0000

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By: brian

brian — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:10:21 +0000

Matt mentions the image.php file in the default theme.

Can someone explain that further? I looked at the file, but I’m clueless as to how to implement it.

I’d like to try and get something going like Matt has here:
http://ma.tt/category/gallery/

BTW, I had to “fix” .htaccess to get the Media uploader to play nice.

By: John Koetsier

John Koetsier — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:45:23 +0000

The multi-file upload feature did not work for me – in Safari or Firefox. Annoying!

By: Nashville redux : sparkplug 9

Nashville redux : sparkplug 9 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:45:02 +0000

[...] versions (and again to get a full-size version.) Oddly, the multi-file upload feature promised in Wordpress 2.5 did not [...]

By: rot

rot — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:48:22 +0000

ist very easy to set lighbox with the 2.5 galleries:

just install lightbox and lightbox-auto.

then activate them and edit media.php in the wp-includes dir:

The line number 394 is as follows in 2.5:

$link = wp_get_attachment_link($id, $size, true);

change it to:

$link = wp_get_attachment_link($id, $size, false);

and it should work!

Maybe the wp developers should allow for an option in the admin to let the user control if galleries use permalinks or not for the images (thats what ist turned off by setting the last paramter of wp_get_attachment_link to false)

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:59:58 +0000

FYI : Georgia Tech Auto Show images above don’t show in Safari 1.3.2 with PithHelmet on. Reloading page with PithHelmet off helps, but his has never been an issue with images that are located in /WP-content/uploads/ ( e.g. the pics in the Macbook Air post show up just fine with PithHelmet on ), on any WP blog btw …

PS : Any chance of lightbox-plugins working with WP 2.5’s new thumbnails ?

By: Nathaniel Buck

Nathaniel Buck — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:48:10 +0000

I like Wordpress 2.5 so far. I especially like Happy Cog's design.

By: Colin Devroe

Colin Devroe — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:00:08 +0000

Do I have to turn this on somewhere? I don’t have this ability.

By: The New Gallery Feature in Wordpress 2.5 | TechnoSanity

The New Gallery Feature in Wordpress 2.5 | TechnoSanity — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:49:27 +0000

[...] gallery feature in Wordpress 2.5 is my favorite new [...]

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:44:02 +0000

I think there should be more support for showing your code on posts…
there are lot of plugins but this facility is supposed to be integrated into the core code.besides plenty of people use code or simmilar stuff on their posts.

what you think paul?

By: Theo

Theo — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:50:07 +0000

There seems to be a problem with the Gallery when you use the “Excerpts” function somewhere in your blog. You get code in the excerpts instead of the name of the pictures or something coherent.

Other than that it’s fast and easy to use the Gallery thing and you can easily avoid using a plugin for pictures (too many plugins is really not a good idea) or even Flickr.

Also adding a lightbox script could be better to show full size pictures rather than opening a new page just for 1 picture.

By: Volkher Hofmann

Volkher Hofmann — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:26:27 +0000

Apparently, if you check the WP support forums, the image upload function and media gallery is not working properly for many people.

There are various errors and confusing problems all around (I’m also experiencing one that’s baffling).

In some instances I think it might be plugins conflicting, but often it sounds like that with trillions of server configs out there, some are burping loudly for some users.

Some people don’t get upload screens at all, for others options aren’t visible, yet others are suddenly confronted with permission errors. Script errors, failure and error messages; you want it and the new media library is going to spew one or more out at you … perhaps.

By: william

william — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:59:38 +0000

anyone figure out a way to get emailed attachments to go to the gallery?
id like to send blog posts from my cellphone with images, and i was using POSTIE before 2.5 came out…

now i dont know what to do :( id like to have everything centralized

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:54:44 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Matt – if anyone knows the ins and outs, it’s you! Once I get back from CTIA, I’ll reproduce my post page as an image template and see about getting some picture nav in there like you do. And Paul will be able to his full browser width pics as well.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:44:08 +0000

Dave, you can create a custom template for the image pages, just make a file in your theme folder called image.php. There’s an example in the default theme included in WP.

By: biju

biju — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:40:11 +0000

paul just a question about the dashboard of the new upgrade do you have any problems with it? I have been getting this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: wp_register_sidebar_widget() in /mnt/gs01/herd03/32615/domains/alexbiju.com/html/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php on line 31

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:50:53 +0000

Andrew, it’s both hollow and useful. I’ve been playing a bit with it… It’s useful in that it’s builtin, simple, and works, but hollow in that the customization options are minimal. It also appears individual pic pages use my Page template rather than Post – so for me that means comments are turned off, my ShareThis button is absent, etc (which is what I want for pages). Wish it would use Post or let me create a special Pcture Page template. (Maybe it does?) I’d also like to reduce the vertical white space and make the final pic not link to anything (which looks like an option, but my changes are overridden everytime.)

By: Andrew Swihart

Andrew Swihart — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:42:38 +0000

Does anyone think the gallery function is useful or is it as hollow as this post seems to suggest?

By: blauereiter

blauereiter — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:02:52 +0000

I’ve been itching to upgrade since 2.3 but have been procrastinating because of all the effort I’ve invested in my old theme and code…guess just I’ll just have to bit the bullet and do it to enjoy the new features.

By: Johan

Johan — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:47:28 +0000

Wow! I just love the auto update function for the plugins! It is a bit scary in terms of security, but it works perfectly!

By: Wordpress 2.5 in action — Wandering in Randomness

Wordpress 2.5 in action — Wandering in Randomness — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:46:23 +0000

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By: Josh B.

Josh B. — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:23:23 +0000

Yeah, I think my first comment got eaten by the database.

Dave, default images sizes are in settings->miscellaneous.

I spent a bunch of time today digging around in the new media gallery, multi-file uploader, etc code, and it is all very cool, but there are virtually NO plugin hooks. Which is unfortunate.