TTG SimpleViewer Gallery

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theturninggate

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TTG SimpleViewer Gallery has been updated to version 1.8.
  • Updated to SimpleViewer 1.8.5, including support for the new navPadding, vAlign and hAlign options.
  • Thumbnails are now saved to the folder thumbnails, to make the gallery more TTG XML Auto Index friendly.
  • I’ve dropped the HTML version of this gallery; I have other plans.
TTG SimpleViewer Gallery offers the following advantages over Adobe's SimpleViewer gallery included with Lightroom:
  • Watermarks
  • Gallery background image
  • Up-to-date with the latest version of SimpleViewer, 1.8.5.
 
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Matthew.

theturninggate said:
Regarding the constant reload issue, are you saying that it's collection specific? And, if so, does the problem occur when you load that same collection into the Adobe Flash and Airtight galleries?
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Maybe the following observation may help:

Step 1: In the Library module I select a Selection (one, for which a gallery already has been built, but new images have been added)

Step 2: I switch to the WEB module. As only 1 image is selected, the gallery is built instantly.

Step 3: I switch from "selected images" (ausgewählte Bilder) to "all images" (Alle Fotos des Filmstreifens).
The constand reload begins.

Now the hint: in the upper left corner of Lightroom, just above the progress slider (I don't know the exact English term: the bar which shows how many % are ready) there is the message "2 activities in progress" (in German: "2 Vorgänge werden gerade bearbeitet", translated word by word: 2 activities are processed at this moment).

This sounds strange to me: why 2 activities? Should be only one - "update of web gallery".

Added:
If I am already in the WEB module, after step 3 above, and then select another Selection, then there is
... no constant reload
... and in the top right there is only one activity: "updating web gallery" (in German: "Webgallerie aktualisieren")

I noticed one slight difference:
- In the second example (see "added" above), Lightroom shows the preview only after the updating is finished.
- In the first example (coming from library, see above), LR starts immediately to "paint" the preview.
Maybe this explains the "2 activities", and maybe these activities are "fighting against each other" ...
 
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Hi Michael,

Thanks for the information; that's really helpful. I'm still not sure the cause, however. Are you still running LR 2.2?

If so, I'd like you to try installing the 2.3 release candidate and see whether that solves the issue. Please let me know your findings.

Thanks,
Matt
 
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Okay, if I'm understanding correctly:

1) The continuous reload DOES NOT occur when set to "Use: Selected Images".
2) The continuous reload DOES occur when set to "Use: All Filmstrip Images".

If that is correct, what happens when you keep it set to "Use: Selected Images" and then select all of them?
 
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Matt.

No difference in behaviour between "Use: Selected Images" with selecting all, and "Use: All Filmstrip Images".

But I have to refine my previous observation: there is a difference between LR 2.2 and LR 2.3RC:
- Constant reload in LR 2.2 was "always". Assumption: once per image.
- Constant reload in LR 2.3 is much less. I checked with various galleries, it is once per "page". With "page" I mean the gallery pages, each (in my case) having 1' thumbnails. So - if I have 17 images: 2 reloads. With 48 there are 5 reloads. And so on.

This "reload per page" is, if reload is happening. I have cases, where there is no reload (with "Use: All Fimstrip Images") - but I was not able to reproduce this consistantly.

And: still showing "2 activities". In this upper left corner Lightroom is showing
- the "LR Adobe Photoshop Lightroom" logo
- then "updating web gallery"
- then "2 activities ..."
switching every 1-2 seconds.

Remark: I have galleries with ttg simpleviewer 1.8 (many, the old ones) and (some) with version 2.'
No difference in reload behaviour.
 
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It's not clear to me how I specify the background image path -- I assume it's a Finder path -- I tried a couple of paths to a JPEG file and nothing happened. What's the syntax for this field?

Thanks.
 
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Is there any way to have the thumbnail row and columns set to zero, so that it's just the main image that appears instead of having thumbnails on the side of the image. The sample link below was made from my photos and by using the Airtight Simpleviewer gallery included with Lightroom 2.'. Thanks!

http://www.jasonsmith.com/leary
 
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Hi Robert,

The best way is to simply write in the filename of the back ground, and to drop the image into the folder with the gallery. I think you can also write it as a relative URL from the gallery root, something like "photos/_img'''1.jpg".

JasonSmith,

I've just posted an update to the gallery with the requested feature.

Cheers,
Matt
 
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Bug in TTG Simpleviewer 2.0?

Since upgrading to TTG SV 2.' the output directories seem to have been changed but the gallery.xml file does not reflect this.

When I upload from Lightroom 2.3 TTG SV creates an 'images' and a 'thumb' directory.
The gallery.xml file contains imagePath="photos/" thumbPath="thumbnails/" and my gallery fails to work.

Is it me or is this a bug?

Thanks,
Gareth.
 
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Hi Gareth,

Something isn't right about that. I used TTG Simpleviewer yesterday to generate galleries located here.

Looking at the gallery.xml file, of one of the galleries, you can see the imgPath set to "photos/", as it should be.

I recommend deleting your installation of the gallery and any associated template presets, and reinstalling a fresh copy from my website. Please let me know if the problems keep up, and we'll try to sort it out if that's the case.

Cheers,
Matt
 
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Hi Matt, I deleted two user templates that were associated with the standard Airtight Simpleviewer plugin and an earlier version of TTG SimpleViewer and then reset all my exisiting galleries with TTG SV 2.' and uploaded them all again and it worked okay.
I think you are right something was getting muddled from an old template.

Thanks,
Gareth.

theturninggate said:
Hi Gareth,

Something isn't right about that. I used TTG Simpleviewer yesterday to generate galleries located here.

Looking at the gallery.xml file, of one of the galleries, you can see the imgPath set to "photos/", as it should be.

I recommend deleting your installation of the gallery and any associated template presets, and reinstalling a fresh copy from my website. Please let me know if the problems keep up, and we'll try to sort it out if that's the case.

Cheers,
Matt
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I managed to blend the SimpleViewer Gallery into a webpage, but I stumble upon a problem. When I set the background color to blue (color of the webpage) in Lightroom, it shows correctly in Internet Explorer but in Firefox the background is grey. I have tried to edit the html codes and some other stufff, but I can't find a solution how to get the background to be blue.

Is this a known issue, and is there a solution for it?
 
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You need to set the color in the SWFObject javascript that calls the gallery into the page. It goes into this line, at the end. Note the hex code for color:
var fo = new SWFObject("simpleviewer/viewer.swf", "viewer", "1''%", "1''%", "7", "#''''''");
 
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Okay, the problem is that you're using the object/embed method of embedding the gallery in your page. This is a holdover from the browser wars. Internet Explorer chose to use the <object> tag, while other browsers chose to use the <embed> tag. If you're feeling playful, you can test this by removing the embed tag completely and just keeping the object tag. You should have a gallery in IE and none in Firefox.

Anyway, you have the background color set in the <object> tag, which is why the gallery is blue in IE. You do not have a color set in <embed>, however, which is why it is not blue in Firefox.

If you want to get really anal retentive, however (as I tend to do about code), you'll want to rid the page of the <embed> tag altogether. It's non-standard, will not validate, and has become obsolete. There's a good article on why and how to do this here: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/byebyeembed/.

Another option is to use the SWFObject Javascript to embed your gallery, which is the option I usually prefer. You can catch up with the project here: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

Cheers,
Matt
 
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Gallery Description font size?

Nice utility. Thanks
I have some questions:
-I would like to reduce the size of the Gallery Description. Is there an output file I can edit to change this? Might be a good feature to add if you are looking for something to do :)
-Under "Gallery information", What I enter i does not seem to show anywhere
 
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Gallery Title should appear in the title bar of the browser window, while Gallery Description shows up above the thumbnails.

Layout changes cannot be made to the gallery from within Lightroom. You might be able to adjust the positioning, size, etc. of elements after buying Simpleviewer Pro, by editing the FLA file in Flash and publishing a new SWF, but I'm not sure. I'm not much for Flash and have never tried it. You should visit www.airtightinteractive.com for details on the Pro version galleries.

Cheers,
Matt
 
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It looks like the Pro version can do it but requires Adobe flash 8 to publish the changes. I'll stay with yours.
Thanks
 
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I have a question: In the TTG Auto Index 2.'1 template there is a menu bar that I can add web links.In the TTG SimpleViewer 2.'1 I do not see such an option for a menu. Even though on samples I definitely see a menu bar on pages made with the SimpleViewer!What am I doing wrong?
thanks
 
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Simpleviewer itself does not support a site menu. However, when combined with TTG Stage, you can create a menu, id plate, etc. TTG Stage creates an HTML embed page for Flash galleries, giving them such page elements as befits a website.
 
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beautiful! I downloaded Stage and I like it.One more note. When the Simple gallery was by itself the enlarged photo was resizing as I rsized the window.When embedded into Stage it doesn't.Could that be an option?
thanks!!! great work!
 
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Sarantis,

It's because the stage has fixed dimensions, while the browser Window did not. Because the stage dimensions are fixed, Simpleviewer always knows how large it's supposed to be and therefore does not change size.
 
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is there a way to preview the AutoIndex page with SimpleViewer galleries on my computer before I upload it to the internet?
 
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