1 Topic by shellwe (edited by shellwe 2015-05-02 05:48:51)

  • Registered: 2014-07-31
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Topic: using the wordpress media gallery advanced features

I am torn for what to use as a source for my galleries. On one hand, I like that I can use tags to select certain flickr groupings, just slap the tag on what we want to see in there, that's great! I use them for the general galleries with photos that don't need any cropping.

On the other hand, I love WordPress' multiple sizes and the ability to crop within the Media Gallery, but the way you select photos is not quite so wonderful, I wouldn't know how to add or remove photos outside of recreating the gallery all together. Adding photos to a gallery is an option, I saw, but some photos may already exist because they are used in other parts of the site and I would prefer not to have them in there twice and it doesn't seem how to address removing photos.

With plugins like Enhanced Media Library we are able to use tags and categories for pictures. Why this is not a fundamental part of WordPress is beyond me... but I was wondering if it is possible to select photos based on a tag using a plugin of that nature? If not even being able to filter based on existing fields such as description (treating it like a tag) would be a start.

If working with a keyword plugin is not available that would be a very useful addition.

  • Registered: 2012-04-24
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Re: using the wordpress media gallery advanced features

Thank you for the suggestion.
Unfortunately, there are several different plugins which allow Media Library images to be tagged and they all do it differently so WP-Juicebox would need to support each plugin with this functionality individually.
I agree that it would be great if WordPress natively supported tagging images in the Media Library (without the need for a third-party plugin). Then WP-Juicebox could support tagging without having to request that users install a particular plugin.

To answer your query regarding adding and removing images, you can add images to a WP-Juicebox gallery by attaching them to the post containing the gallery. You could edit the post, click the 'Add Media' button and drag and drop your new images into the media window. Just close the media window after they have finished uploading. (There is no need to update the post itself.) Otherwise, you could upload your new images directly to the Media Library and attach them to the post (on the Media Library page). To remove images from a WP-Juicebox gallery, just unattach the images from the post (on the Media Library page) or delete the images from the Media Library.

  • Registered: 2014-07-31
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Re: using the wordpress media gallery advanced features

Please forgive my lack of wordpress knowledge, but how I understand it, if I use the wordpress method to pull pictures to a gallery, can I not have any other pictures on the page? Because if I try to place a new picture somewhere in the body, it will add all pictures that were assigned to that specific page, is that correct?
Here is an example page:
http://greatplainslandscapes.com/testpress/about-us/
As you see the gallery is the header and they may have more pictures below the header.
If this is true it shouldn't be a problem but if it is then I will need to let my client know ahead of time and see if they want to start pulling from flickr instead.
Thank you for your help!
Shawn

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Re: using the wordpress media gallery advanced features

Because if I try to place a new picture somewhere in the body, it will add all pictures that were assigned to that specific page, is that correct?

Yes. That is correct. A WP-Juicebox gallery will display all images attached to the page or post containing the gallery (except the featured image if the 'Include Featured Image' checkbox is deselected).
You could certainly use images from a different source (such as a Flickr account).
You could also choose to not use WP-Juicebox and, instead, create a gallery with JuiceboxBuilder-Pro and embed the gallery in your WordPress page or post manually using the baseUrl method of embedding as documented here.
Essentially, once you have created a gallery with JuiceboxBuilder-Pro, you would upload the complete gallery folder (not just the contents) to your web server and paste the baseUrl embedding code into the body of your WordPress post (ensuring that the method of entry is 'Text' rather than 'Visual'). It does not matter where on your web server you upload your gallery folder to as long as the two paths in the embedding code (the path to the 'juicebox.js' file and the baseUrl itself, pointing towards the gallery folder) are correct.

  • Registered: 2014-07-31
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Re: using the wordpress media gallery advanced features

Thank you for your reply, it sounds like the best way for my client to get the control that they would want would be to use flickr. My ultimate goal with wordpress is for my client to be completely self sustaining... unfortunately he is not the administrative type so it normally falls on me anyway...
Thanks!
Shawn

  • Registered: 2012-04-24
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Re: using the wordpress media gallery advanced features

Thank you for your reply,

You're welcome.

it sounds like the best way for my client to get the control that they would want would be to use flickr.

I agree. I think it is probably easier to upload and manage images in Flickr than in the WordPress Media Library (although it is obviously another web site to log into and another step in the workflow). Juicebox-Pro has many built-in Flickr configuration options so it should be relatively easy for your client to display tagged images or a Flickr Set.