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Topic: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

I've been using the Wordpress Juicebox plugin, but I'm not certain that the SEO tools are built in, so I'm working on making the switch to the desktop application.  I've created my gallery, uploaded it to my server, and am trying to use the baseURL method to point to the gallery (since it's Wordpress, I'm fairly certain I need to do it this way, though I could absolutely be wrong).  But, when I look at my page, all that shows is the html text.  I'm sure I'm doing something ridiculous, but I can't figure it out. 

The page I'm testing is here.http://www.maxphotostudio.com/index.php … ebfa26f33c

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

I've been using the Wordpress Juicebox plugin, but I'm not certain that the SEO tools are built in, so I'm working on making the switch to the desktop application.

That is correct. WP-Juicebox does not generate SEO code.

I've created my gallery, uploaded it to my server, and am trying to use the baseURL method to point to the gallery (since it's Wordpress, I'm fairly certain I need to do it this way, though I could absolutely be wrong).

Using the baseUrl method is probably the best way to embed a gallery in a WordPress environment (other than using WP-Juicebox) as it means you can keep the gallery as a self contained entity with all the gallery files in a single folder and you do not need to worry about which folder to upload the gallery files to.

But, when I look at my page, all that shows is the html text.

It sounds like you might be entering the code into the body of your post in 'Visual' mode. Switch to 'Text' mode when entering code.

The page I'm testing is here.http://www.maxphotostudio.com/index.php … ebfa26f33c

That URL displays "You do not have permission to preview drafts." so I cannot check your page at present.

If you plan to copy and paste the embedding code and SEO code from a gallery created by JuiceboxBuilder-Pro into a WordPress post, make sure that the paths to the images in the SEO code are correct. If you are using a baseUrl, you will need to modify the paths to point to the correct location.

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

Thanks, Steven.  I switched over to "Text" mode, but it's looking the same.  I went ahead and published, so you can see the results here.  http://www.maxphotostudio.com/index.php … dr-photos/

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

Thank you for posting the URL to your web page.
It certainly looks like the embedding code has been entered in 'Visual' mode.
Rather than just switching to 'Text' and updating your post, you will need to switch to 'Text' and re-paste your embedding code before updating the post.

Also, it looks like the paths in your embedding code may be incorrect.
You use paths such as:

http://www.maxphotostudio.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/Juicebox_Galleries/Kali_Kate_HDR/jbcore/juicebox.js

Although you upload your files to a folder named 'public_html' on your web server, it is unlikely that this folder name forms part of the actual URL.
Even removing the 'public_html' folder name from the URL, the path does not seem to be correct as the 'juicebox.js' file is not located here:

http://www.maxphotostudio.com/wordpress/wp-content/Juicebox_Galleries/Kali_Kate_HDR/jbcore/juicebox.js

Check that you have uploaded your gallery folder to the correct location on your web server and that the two paths within your embedding code (the path to the 'juicebox.js' file and the baseUrl) are correct.

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

I just went back and restarted from a clean page.  There's now a JB gallery, but it has the error "Juicebox Error: Config XML file not found."  The file is in the gallery folder; I'm uncertain what may be causing this.

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

If it helps, I'm also getting my path directly from Cyberduck, where I've uploaded the files.

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

The two paths within your gallery's embedding code (the path to the 'juicebox.js' file and the baseUrl itself) are incorrect.

The file is in the gallery folder

Where have you uploaded your gallery folder to on your web server?
What is the URL of your gallery's 'index.html' file (inside the gallery folder)?
Use this (without the 'index.html' at the end) as your gallery's baseUrl.

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

That's what I'm having trouble understanding.  That is the correct path to the gallery folder.  I used an ftp uploader and created the folders "Juicebox_Galleries" and "Kali_Kate_HDR," then made note of the exact path where the gallery folder (Kali_Kate_HDR) is located.  That path, according to my ftp program, is "/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/Juicebox_Galleries/Kali_Kate_HDR."  When I look via Cyberduck, all the pertinent files and folders (config.xml, index.html, and the images, jbcore, and thumbs folders) are in the Kali_Kate_HDR folder.

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

The page displaying your gallery is in this directory: http://www.maxphotostudio.com/index.php … dr-photos/
In this page, your baseUrl is:

baseUrl : 'wordpress/wp-content/Juicebox_Galleries/Kali_Kate_HDR/',

This is a relative path (relative to the page containing your gallery's embedding code) so, instead, you should use a leading slash to denote the root directory of your web space:

baseUrl : '/wordpress/wp-content/Juicebox_Galleries/Kali_Kate_HDR/',

When I look via Cyberduck, all the pertinent files and folders (config.xml, index.html, and the images, jbcore, and thumbs folders) are in the Kali_Kate_HDR folder.

If I go directly to http://www.maxphotostudio.com/wordpress … config.xml in a browser, I get the following message:

Whoops! Whatever you are looking for cannot be found.

Either the gallery files do not exist in the correct location on your web server or perhaps the permissions on your gallery folder are too restrictive and the contents cannot be read. Check that the permissions of your gallery folder (and all subfolders) are 755 and that the permissions of your gallery files are 644.

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Re: Total Newbie Question Re: baseURL Gallery

That did it!  Thanks for your patient help, Steven!  My permissions were wrong in addition to me having no understanding of a relative path.