Topic: Issues going from Lite to Pro

I have several galleries designed by the Lite version. I have now upgraded to the Pro version to be able to use some of the extended features.

Questions:
1
How can I upgrade the galleries I have created with the Lite version, without having to retype all the Captions?
Can I open the lite version galleries in the Pro version and maintain the captions but be able to change the location to below image from overlay? and also add the Back button feature.
2
Where in the Pro version can I get rid of the button: Open Image in new window?
3
The embedded Code, I have never used and I wonder why it is working with out it and what the benefits are from using it?
I am not sure where I would insert it if I had to use it?
4.
Any way to retain the custom settings for the next gallery I will be creating. It seams to go back to the default settings if I close Juicebox and re-open it?  Could it maintain the last settings used?

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

1
How can I upgrade the galleries I have created with the Lite version, without having to retype all the Captions?
Can I open the lite version galleries in the Pro version and maintain the captions but be able to change the location to below image from overlay? and also add the Back button feature.

You can upgrade a Lite gallery to Pro by either of the following methods:
(1) Open the Lite gallery in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro(click the 'Open Gallery...' button on the 'Start' tab and select the gallery folder) and re-save it on the 'Publish' tab.
... or:
(2) Replace your Lite gallery's 'jbcore' folder with the Pro version from the Juicebox-Pro download zip file ('juicebox_pro_1.5.1/web/jbcore').

All image titles and captions will be preserved using either of the methods above.
If you open your Lite gallery with JuiceboxBuilder-Pro, you can change any of the configuration options (such as the Back Button options) on the 'Customization' tab before re-saving your gallery.

2
Where in the Pro version can I get rid of the button: Open Image in new window?

Deselect the Show Open Button checkbox in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro's 'Customize -> Lite' section.

3
The embedded Code, I have never used and I wonder why it is working with out it and what the benefits are from using it?
I am not sure where I would insert it if I had to use it?

You would use the embedding code to insert your gallery into an existing web page alongside other content.
All galleries need to be embedded into a web page. The 'index.html' files created by JuiceboxBuilder use the embedding code to embed the galleries into web pages of their own (with no other content on the web pages). If you open one of your gallery's 'index.html' pages in a plain text editor, you'll see the embedding code there.

4.
Any way to retain the custom settings for the next gallery I will be creating. It seams to go back to the default settings if I close Juicebox and re-open it?  Could it maintain the last settings used?

You can save a combination of configuration options as a 'Preset' ('Presets -> Save Preset...' from the drop down menu at the top). You can then load this preset (to set all your custom configuration options at once and save you from having to set them all individually) via 'Presets -> Load Preset...'.
Please see the 'Presets' section of the JuiceboxBuilder-Pro User Guide for more information.

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

I am pleased with the change form lite to PRO, but I have 2 questions:
1.
How can I see when the "Publish" transfer has completed?
If you have a lot of images it can take a while and you never know if you are interrupting the process if you make the wrong guess as to when it has completed.
2.
I had a hard time to get the BACK Button to work to get it to take me back to my albumlist. I found that instead of entering the albumlist I had to enter the folder it was located in. However to get it to work I had to edit the config file and remove the URL after the backButton, so it looks like: backButton="2017.htm".  I tried to make this change part of the settings file but no luck. Any idea how this can be done so I do not have to edit the config file for each album?

This may be a repeat but I am lost as to where to add a new post!

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

1.
How can I see when the "Publish" transfer has completed?
If you have a lot of images it can take a while and you never know if you are interrupting the process if you make the wrong guess as to when it has completed.

There is no progress bar when saving a gallery on the 'Publish' tab but the process should not take long at all.
The procedure that takes the longest time to complete is the resizing of the images and this is done when the images are added to the gallery on the 'Images' tab. (There is a progress bar for this, letting you know how many images have been processed and how many there are in total.) All that remains when the 'Save' button is clicked is to write the 'config.xml' file, add the custom embedding code to the 'index.html' file and move the resized images (and copy the 'jbcore' folder) to the specified folder.
You can always click the 'View in Browser' checkbox on the 'Publish' tab and JuiceboxBuilder-Pro will display the gallery (from the gallery folder) when the gallery is ready.

2.
I had a hard time to get the BACK Button to work to get it to take me back to my albumlist. I found that instead of entering the albumlist I had to enter the folder it was located in. However to get it to work I had to edit the config file and remove the URL after the backButton, so it looks like: backButton="2017.htm".  I tried to make this change part of the settings file but no luck. Any idea how this can be done so I do not have to edit the config file for each album?

You can set the backButtonURL in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro's 'Customize -> Back Button' section.
The backButtonURL can be an absolute path, e.g. backButtonUrl="http://www.example.com/index.html"
... or a relative path, e.g. backButtonURL="index.html".
If using a relative path, the path will be relative to the web page containing the gallery's embedding code.

There is no configuration option named 'backButton' so if you manually edit backButtonUrl to remove the 'Url' part at the end, you will essentially have no backButtonUrl set and Juicebox-Pro will use the default behavior for backButtonUrl of going back one page in the browser's history.

This may be a repeat but I am lost as to where to add a new post!

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Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Thanks for your helpful reply.
I have now upgraded the albums I have created with the Lite version to add some of the features only available on the pro version. I found a way to save some time: After publishing an album to my desktop from Pro, I only had to upload and replace the config file and the jbcore folder on the website and leave the rest generated by the lite version. It was also time saving to have the settings saved, so I just could reload them to do the upgrade from lite to Pro. Any comment on this?

When you create a new album from scratch and copy all the pictures to Juicebox and start entering the captions, is there a way to delete a picture, without reloading all the pictures again, minus the one you want to delete?

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Thanks for your helpful reply.

You're welcome.

After publishing an album to my desktop from Pro, I only had to upload and replace the config file and the jbcore folder on the website and leave the rest generated by the lite version.

If you are just upgrading a gallery from Lite to Pro (and not changing any of the images), then you can certainly just replace the gallery's 'config.xml' file and 'jbcore' folder. There is no need to re-upload any of the images. However, you could perhaps instruct your FTP program to upload only new or modified files and you could then give your FTP program the entire gallery folder and only the 'config.xml' file and 'jbcore' folder would be uploaded (to save you from having to pick them out individually).

It was also time saving to have the settings saved, so I just could reload them to do the upgrade from lite to Pro. Any comment on this?

You can save a custom combination of configuration options as a 'Preset' file ('Presets -> Save Preset...' from the drop down menu at the top).
When you next edit or create a gallery, you can apply this 'Preset' file to your gallery (to set all your custom configuration options at once and save you from having to set them all individually) via 'Presets -> Load Preset...'.
You can have as many 'Preset' files as you like (each holding different configuration option values).
Please see the 'Presets' section of the JuiceboxBuilder-Pro User Guide for more information.

When you create a new album from scratch and copy all the pictures to Juicebox and start entering the captions, is there a way to delete a picture, without reloading all the pictures again, minus the one you want to delete?

You can delete an image by selecting its thumbnail with a single left-click (on the 'Images' tab) and then hitting Ctrl+D or going to 'Images -> Delete' from the drop-down menu at the top.
(You can also Shift-Click a block of images or Ctrl-Click a selection of images to delete.)

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Good to know. I had no idea how to do the delete image - Thanks!

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

No problem!

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Simple question:
How do I reverse the Tumbnail Button, so it comes up and default to: No Thumbnails and when you hit the button the Thumbnails will appear and togel back and forth for each hit.   ???

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Set showThumbsOnLoad="FALSE" in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro's 'Customize -> Thumbnails' section to initially hide the thumbnails.
You can also set showSmallThumbsOnLoad="FALSE" to initially skip the thumbnail page and go straight to the first image when the gallery is displayed in Small Screen Mode.

For reference, a list of all Thumbnail Options can be found here.

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Is there any way to add text or just a word (Thumbnails) next to the Thumbnail button. The looks of the button is not clear to all viewers.

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

It might not be easy to seamlessly integrate text next to a Button Bar button but there is already rollover tooltip text associated with each button. When you mouse over the Thumbnail Button, the text 'Show Thumbnails' or 'Hide Thumbnails' (depending on the current thumbnail status) appears. If you like you can change this text via the languageList configuration option.

If you really wanted to display the text 'Toggle Thumbs' below the Thumbnail Button (for example), then you could try something like this:

<!--START JUICEBOX EMBED-->
<script src="jbcore/juicebox.js"></script>
<script>
    var jb = new juicebox({
        containerId: "juicebox-container",
        showThumbsButton: "TRUE",
        showThumbsOnLoad: "FALSE"
    });
    jb.onInitComplete = function() {
        $('.jb-bb-btn-de-show-list').append('<p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center;">Toggle Thumbs</p>');
    };
</script>
<div id="juicebox-container"></div>
<!--END JUICEBOX EMBED-->

I hope this helps.

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Thanks.
I think I will stick with the hoover feature that I was not aware of. I also like the auto feature, which I have implemented in the album under 2017: "Jack growing up"

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You do not need any password. It is intended for family and friends not for comercial use.
Thanks for your help so far,
Leif Larsen (larsenonmercer@gmail.com)
Comteca.com

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

... any suggestions...

I see that the 'Photos' section of your website contains many photo galleries (listed under year headings).
I do not know how you are building your site (manually or with a web design program) but we have another software package named Showkase which you might be interested in.

Showkase is a PHP web application which allows you to create a complete portfolio web site (integrating multiple galleries) online.
Showkase has full support for Juicebox-Pro (and SimpleViewer-Pro) and the galleries can be created and managed within the application itself in a web browser interface. (Alternatively, you could continue to create Juicebox-Pro galleries with JuiceboxBuilder-Pro and then import them into a Showkase site.)

You can create Gallery Index pages (perhaps one per year as your current site does) and have as many galleries listed on each Gallery Index page as you wish.
Each gallery is represented by a thumbnail image with the gallery title displayed below and the gallery is opened when the user clicks on the image.
Demo sites created with Showkase (showing the different themes available) can be found here and a sample Gallery Index page can be found here.

Showkase can also create non-gallery pages (About, Basic and Contact pages) where you can add information about yourself (or any other content you like).
All of this is done automatically within the Showkase interface without the need for any manual coding at all.

Please feel free to take a look around the Showkase interface by logging into the Live Demo Admin.

Showkase can be purchased as Showkase-Standard (which comes with Juicebox-Lite and SimpleViewer-Standard, the free versions) or Showkase-Pro (which comes with Juicebox-Pro and SimpleViewer-Pro). The only difference between Showkase-Standard and Showkase-Pro is the bundled viewers.

As you already have Juicebox-Pro, you could purchase Showkase-Standard and integrate your Juicebox-Pro files by following the Installing a Pro Viewer instructions.

Just some food for thought that might make life a little easier if you are currently building and maintaining your web site by hand.

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Thanks for your input. Showkase sounds interesting and I will look into it with the links you gave.  Any discount available since I just purchased Juicebox-Pro? What is the cost of Showkase-Pro?

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

The current price for Showkase-Standard (which comes bundled with Juicebox-Lite and SimpleViewer-Standard, the free versions of the image viewers) is $45.
As you already have Juicebox-Pro, you could integrate your Juicebox-Pro files into Showkase following the Installing a Pro Viewer instructions.

The current price for Showkase-Pro is $95.
When you purchase Showkase-Pro, you'll get individual download links for Showkase, Juicebox-Pro and SimpleViewer-Pro.

You can purchase Showkase-Standard or Showkase-Pro from the Purchase Page.

Unfortunately, there are no discounts currently available for Showkase but as you have recently purchased Juicebox-Pro, you could either:
(1) Purchase Showkase-Standard ($45) and integrate your Juicebox-Pro files (following the instructions in the link above). You'd then have Showkase and Juicebox-Pro for the total cost of $90.
... or:
(2) Purchase Showkase-Pro ($95) and we'll refund you in full for your recent Juicebox-Pro purchase. You'd then have Showkase, Juicebox-Pro and SimpleViewer-Pro for the total cost of $95.

If you have no need for SimpleViewer-Pro (the Flash image viewer), then the less expensive option would be to purchase Showkase-Standard.
However, if you'd like SimpleViewer-Pro, too, then Showkase-Pro offers a saving of $40 over the total cost of all three individual programs (Showkase-Standard, Juicebox-Pro and SimpleViewer-Pro).

If you'd like to purchase Showkase-Pro and would like a refund for Juicebox-Pro, just let me know.
Thank you.

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Thanks for your pricing info and options.
I will have to learn more about Showcase and SimpleViewer and the difference between the standard and pro versions of both, before I will know which way to go.
I will use the links you gave me earlier to learn more.
I hope they also will give me info. of adding music and videos to my website.

By the way, can I add slow - medium and fast buttons for the auto scroll? or is it fixed in settings?

Re: Issues going from Lite to Pro

Thanks for your pricing info and options.

You're welcome.

I will have to learn more about Showcase and SimpleViewer and the difference between the standard and pro versions of both, before I will know which way to go.

No problem. I've written a bit more about all three products in this forum thread.

I hope they also will give me info. of adding music and videos to my website.

Juicebox-Pro and SimpleViewer-Pro galleries both support audio for details.
Check out the Juicebox-Pro Adding Audio support section.

Juicebox-Pro Audio Options: https://www.juicebox.net/support/config … io-options
SimpleViewer-Pro Audio Options: https://simpleviewer.net/simpleviewer/p … html#audio

Neither Juicebox-Pro not SimpleViewer-Pro support videos (please see the FAQs below) but you can certainly embed videos into Showkase pages. Here's a demo Showkase page featuring multiple videos.
Please see this forum post for more details on how to add videos to Showkase pages.

Juicebox-Pro FAQ: Will Juicebox load things other than images?
SimpleViewer-Pro FAQ: Will SimpleViewer load things other than images?

By the way, can I add slow - medium and fast buttons for the auto scroll? or is it fixed in settings?

It is not possible to add slow, medium and fast buttons to a gallery but you can set the display time (the time each image is displayed for before the next transition) via the displayTime configuration option (in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro's 'Customize -> AutoPlay' section). You can also set the image transition time (the length of time that each transition between images should last) via imageTransitionTime ('Customize -> General').