Topic: Feature Requests

Please reply to this post with any suggestions for features you would like to see added to Juicebox-Pro. We are listening.

2 (edited by sswany 2012-04-30 18:51:23)

Re: Feature Requests

Would love to see the ability to show more thumbnails (i.e. like the Simpleviewer galleries where the number could be set and multiple row / columns could be created).  In galleries with a lot of photos, just the 1 row could be somewhat limiting.

Would also like to see ability to add in Facebook and Twitter sharing functionality (at least).

Looks great!

Re: Feature Requests

I'd like to see the following:

1) Thumbnails on the side, in multiple vertical columns, with a column height and number of rows (minimum of one) automatically adjusted to fit the browser window (as the "Max Thumb Columns" is now).

2) Drop-shadow capability for the main image.

3) An option to use an image for the Back button, instead of text.

Cheers,

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

2) Drop-shadow capability for the main image.

The Juicebox main image does have a drop shadow by default. To modify the drop-shadow CSS, check the themeing section here: http://juicebox.net/support/theming/ The main image drop shadow is defined by the ".jb-dt-main-frame .jb-dt-main-image" entry.

.jb-dt-main-frame .jb-dt-main-image {
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    border-color: White;
}

3) An option to use an image for the Back button, instead of text.

You can do this by adding a HTML image tag into the 'backButtonText' option. Check here for instructions: http://juicebox.net/support/faq/#custom-4 Check here for an example: http://juicebox.net/demos/pro/colors/

Re: Feature Requests

Felix,

Thanks for the tips. I've successfully changed the text to an image. Regarding the "drop shadow by default," I must have butchered this by playing with background and other colors; I'll have to change back to some default values.

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

I'd like to see navigation choices for going to the first and last images. Currently, you can do this via keyboard-control keys Home and End; I like that, but there's no way for the end-user to know about those keys, so I think having them as navigation-bar choices would be beneficial.

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

Felix wrote:

2) Drop-shadow capability for the main image.

The Juicebox main image does have a drop shadow by default. To modify the drop-shadow CSS, check the themeing section here: http://juicebox.net/support/theming/ The main image drop shadow is defined by the ".jb-dt-main-frame .jb-dt-main-image" entry.

.jb-dt-main-frame .jb-dt-main-image {
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    border-color: White;
}

I'm going to have to dispute this "by default" statement. I just generated a new gallery, didn't change any defaults at all when creating it, and (in Preview mode) I don't see any drop shadow. My page background is #222222, the image has no border or frame or anything at all - just the straightforward "as is" image against the gallery background.

Did I misunderstand your statement?

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

The default drop-shadow will barely be visible (if at all) on a background color of #222222.
Try using a background color of #ffffff (with all other settings default) and the drop-shadow should be visible. (It is quite subtle, even on a white background.)

Re: Feature Requests

Steven wrote:

The default drop-shadow will barely be visible (if at all) on a background color of #222222.
Try using a background color of #ffffff (with all other settings default) and the drop-shadow should be visible. (It is quite subtle, even on a white background.)

Um, yeah, okay, "subtle." Can we agree that that capability needs work? And - I may be stretching things here - that it should have some setting capabilities in the main interface, as opposed to fiddling with the CSS file?

Thanks for the response, in any case.

Re: Feature Requests

I'd like an option to leave the Back Button text or image visible and functional when the Back positioning is OVERLAY and the Hide Information nav button is invoked. While the Back Button position can be TOP, using that positioning cuts down on the size of the main image (when the nav buttons are positioned in OVERLAY, anyway), so is not a desirable solution for me. And of course the nav buttons themselves are still visible when hiding information; in OVERLAY, the Back area is at the same height as the nav buttons, and I think typically will be over on the left - just as the nav buttons will be over on the right - and so will not interfere with viewing the main image any more than the nav buttons. That is, I'd like an option such that Hide Information works only on the "lower" info, e.g., the caption.

Cheers,

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

Hello,
I saw the realease of Juicebox. Basically I like it. And I would love it (buying) if it would have following features:
- free arangeable thumbnail pictures - multi rows, multi columns, vertical, horazontal (simply as needed by the User)
- full Support of EXIF and IPTC data, selectable by the User
- every wanted look and feel configurable by user (CSS3 and HTML Layout) - most or all of this might be already exist in current version.
- complete configuration of the Gallery directly in Lightroom
- - export as page or embed info for a page.

Thank you very much.
Rainer

Re: Feature Requests

@Rainer

Thank you for the suggestions.

every wanted look and feel configurable by user (CSS3 and HTML Layout) - most or all of this might be already exist in current version.

Juicebox features many Configuration Options which can be set by the user very easily.
To modify the layout beyond what is capable with the preconfigured options, please see the Juicebox Theming page. This involves modification of the gallery theme's CSS and/or image files.

complete configuration of the Gallery directly in Lightroom

I think it is unlikely that anyone will write a Juicebox plugin for Lightroom with a user interface which features all possible configuration options.
The user interfaces for most plugins (I'm thinking of AutoViewer, PostcardViewer, SimpleViewer and TiltViewer here) feature only Lite options. In order to incorporate Pro Options in a plugin-generated gallery, the user could either manually edit the gallery's 'config.xml' file or open and edit the gallery in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro (which does have all Pro Options available through its user interface).

export as page or embed info for a page.

JuiceboxBuilder-Pro creates a complete gallery folder. The 'index.html' page within the gallery folder can be used to view the gallery on its own page.
JuiceboxBuilder-Pro also supplies the user with embedding code (on the 'Publish' tab) which can be used to embed the gallery in an existing HTML page alongside other content (following these instructions).

Re: Feature Requests

@Steven
Thank you for answering so quickly.
I think the Lightroom Plugin would push selling. IMO... - AND it would be easier to implement support for Metadata.
However - the JuiceboxBuilder would be an Alternate.
But the first suggestion for features (Exif and IPTC) and free arrangeable thumbs are important (at least for me) (:_:)

I will watch, how it develops.
Best Regards,
Rainer

14 (edited by TonyHall 2012-05-08 19:02:01)

Re: Feature Requests

Hello,

Firstly, many thanks for your hard work so far. What attracted me most was the ability to use Juicebox-Pro as a slider, as well as for galleries.

I think I may have been a bit premature in buying Juicebox-Pro, but I guess if it's supported financially then the chances of getting feature requests implemented may be improved. There's a lot to like already, but there's room for improvement.

I've yet to spend much time testing things out (apologies if I've missed things already available), but my initial feature requests are:

1) Agree with requests above: multi row/column thumbs alongside image, use of IPTC data (at least basic Caption, Copyright etc), Lightroom plug-in.

2) Ability to load alternative, smaller, images when someone browses with a small screen - allowing quicker load times on phones, and display a suitably sized watermark.
As a photographer I prefer people to view larger images. As Juicebox already detects screen size in order to display an alternative gallery style, this would be a welcome addition, and avoids phone users downloading 1600px+ images with illegible watermarks (too small).

3) Another, more subtle, slide transition.
When used as a slider I find the current 'slide' or 'fade' transitions too visually jarring. If the images were to fade from one to the other (not via the background colour) that would be excellent, or some other visually smoother transition. Visit my front page for what I currently use.

4) Back button on small screen galleries.

5) Choice of transitions on small screen galleries (for slideshows).

I'm sure there may be more when I actually get into deploying Juicebox.

Thanks again.

Cheers,
Tony

Re: Feature Requests

I'd like to be able to have full-size images for the "Open Image in New Window" navigation function. That is, rather than simply open the currently viewed image in another window (or tab), I'd like that function to link to an original image. SimpleViewer can do this, with its "Hi-Res" subdirectory of images, and I'd like the same sort of thing here.

I realize I can have an original full-size image opened in a new window if I set the image limitations to some value larger than the pixels of my largest images. However, this would require that these large images be downloaded every time that someone views the gallery in normal mode, slowing down loading.

I also realize that implementing my suggestion would require that more space be used when building the gallery, but that's okay with me.

Currently - testing - I have the images initially resized at a 1024 max. Opening in a new window, and then clicking on that image, really doesn't make it much larger. I'd like viewers (family members, mostly) to be able to save the original-sized images, in case they want to make large prints.

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

@wspollack

When the user clicks on the 'Open Image in New Window' button, Juicebox will open the corresponding linkURL in the 'config.xml' file. (If the linkURL is empty, Juicebox will simply open the imageURL itself.)
You can, therefore, include a 'Hi-Res' folder of larger-sized images and use the linkURL entries in the 'config.xml' file to point to them. (This would have to be done manually as there is currently no automated way to achieve this.)

Re: Feature Requests

Steven wrote:

@wspollack

When the user clicks on the 'Open Image in New Window' button, Juicebox will open the corresponding linkURL in the 'config.xml' file. (If the linkURL is empty, Juicebox will simply open the imageURL itself.)
You can, therefore, include a 'Hi-Res' folder of larger-sized images and use the linkURL entries in the 'config.xml' file to point to them. (This would have to be done manually as there is currently no automated way to achieve this.)

Steven,

Thanks for the tip. Maybe I'll write some script, in an attempt to make this less cumbersome.

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

Hello JB team,
Thank you for this new non-flash gallery.
Please find my first feature requests:
- Thumb Frame width option
- Button Bar size (heigh option)
- When Caption Position is Overlay, caption width could be adjusted with the main image width (this is done when Caption Position is Bellow_Image)
- Font and Font Size options for caption
Beyond these first requests, my biggest wish would be to have the previous/next images on the left/right sides of the main image (as does Autoviewer).
Thanks again.
Best regards.
bertrand

Re: Feature Requests

@bertrand

Font and Font Size options for caption

You can change the font size and font family of the Caption and Title by modifying the CSS in the 'jbcore/classic/theme.css' file.
Change the '.jb-caption' class for the Caption and the '.jb-caption-title' class for the Title.
For more information on creating a Custom Theme (which allows modification of a gallery beyond that which is capable by changing the preconfigured options), please see the Juicebox Theming Guide.

Re: Feature Requests

Another request for IPTC support please.

If only just the caption field.

I know that simpleviewer has never done it in the standalone builder although it can be achieved using Photo Mechanic and Lightroom plugin or a jAlbum skin.

Would be nice to see the JuiceBox builder support IPTC features that a pro would require as a one stop shop  and not just a third party plugin as I think this would really raise the profile of a very promising product....

Thanks.

SJ

Re: Feature Requests

As a result of reading this forum, I just upgraded from 1.0.0 to 1.0.2. I'd like to have the capability (maybe an option) of having the program check for - and then, given the okay by the user, download, and then install - a new version when it's fired up. More and more programs seem to have this capability these days, and I find that very convenient.

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

Some comments on Juicebox-Pro vs. SimpleViewer-Pro, and some philosophical comments. As other posters have pointed out, this is not meant to denigrate your work; I like JB, and I want to use it.

What I especially like about JB, vs. SV:

- You can set the preload to one image.
- Non-flash - remote device vs. large screen based on browser size.
- You can embed URLs in comments (which Flash doesn't allow).

What I especially like about SV, vs. JB:

- You can put thumbs on the left.
- You can create drop shadows.
- You can link to Hi-Res (i.e., full-size) images, for separate-page viewing.

Now, before you go telling me about playing with CSS files, let me go into my philosophical position. Yes, I've been told about the extended capabilities of messing outside the regular gallery interface. And I appreciate your telling me about these capabilities, as I might actually use that information.

But I don't want to. If I wanted to roll my own, I could just use a text editor, and write all the HTML and CSS I was capable of writing, and dispense with JB, SV, et al., completely. I don't have the time or expertise to do that, at least not in all cases. What I want, OTOH, is a program that does it all, using a nice interface. I don't want to have to go "outside" that interface; I want all of my possible choices and options right there.

So, I hope that this is your ultimate goal, too. While you've told me that such-and-such a capability is possible outside of the gallery-building interface, you haven't said something like, "But in a future release we plan to incorporate such-and-such capability into the standard interface." And I wonder about that. In the meantime, I think my default family-gallery program will continue to be SV, and JB will be my experimental-only program.

Thanks for listening,

Bill

Re: Feature Requests

@wspollack

As a result of reading this forum, I just upgraded from 1.0.0 to 1.0.2.

I understand your request for an automated update system but in the absence of this, perhaps the next best thing would be to follow us on Twitter @juiceboxgallery. We Tweeted about the update a few days ago.

What I especially like about JB, vs. SV:

- You can set the preload to one image.
- Non-flash - remote device vs. large screen based on browser size.
- You can embed URLs in comments (which Flash doesn't allow).

You can actually do all three in SimpleViewer-Pro.
(1) Set imagePreloading="NEXT" to preload only the next (one) image.
(2) SimpleViewer-Pro supports Universal Playback (thought the Mobile Player has less features than Juicebox). A gallery will always be displayed whether Adobe Flash Player is detected or not.
(3) You can insert links in your captions by adding HTML formatting to your captions. As an example, the first image in this sample gallery includes a link in its caption.

What I especially like about SV, vs. JB:

- You can put thumbs on the left.
- You can create drop shadows.
- You can link to Hi-Res (i.e., full-size) images, for separate-page viewing.

You can use the linkURL entries in the gallery's XML file to point to larger images if you wish (which will be used when the user clicks on the 'Open Image in New Window' button).
If you are referring to the 'hi-res' folder that jAlbum generates whilst using the SimpleViewer Skin, try the new Juicebox Skin which also has this functionality. Just select 'Link to hi-res via scaled images' on jAlbum's 'Pages' settings tab.

Re: Feature Requests

Very well put Bill!

I think that the fundamental features need to be in a  'main' UI. (Not Air..... :))

It's great to have all the possible user CSS tweaks if you want to go there.

But, after editing for 3 hours in Lightroom i want the client gallery creation to be the quick, easy one stop shop final thing that I do.

With all the essential feature right there.

It is a great scaleable product, but not obviously so.

Re: Feature Requests

wspollack wrote:
Steven wrote:

The default drop-shadow will barely be visible (if at all) on a background color of #222222.
Try using a background color of #ffffff (with all other settings default) and the drop-shadow should be visible. (It is quite subtle, even on a white background.)

Um, yeah, okay, "subtle." Can we agree that that capability needs work? And - I may be stretching things here - that it should have some setting capabilities in the main interface, as opposed to fiddling with the CSS file?

Thanks for the response, in any case.

Well, for now, I've settled on using the Juicebox skin in jAlbum, as it facilitates uploads to my server and - most importantly - has that Hi-Res link to the full-size originals capability built in, when opening an image in a new window.

Back to the drop shadow issue. With a nudge in the right direction from both you and EarlyOut (see http://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=41926 ), I now use two User Variables in the skin's Settings -> Advanced box:

filter1 class=XBorderFilter shWidth=23 shTrans=10 shDrop=soft shCol=black bgCol=#E6D4BA shDir=SE
filter2 class=XBorderFilter shWidth=23 shCol=#E6D4BA bgCol=#E6D4BA shDir=NW

I like this, and it appears to work nicely, as long as you don't step on it with other Juicebox settings (e.g., I removed frameWidth, imageFrameColor, and imagePadding from the Pro Options area).

Using those two filter calls and Pro Options of...

galleryTitlePosition=NONE
textColor=FFFFFF
imagePreloading=NEXT
showImageNav=FALSE
maxThumbColumns=50
showAutoPlayButton=TRUE
showInfoButton=TRUE
showNavButtons=TRUE
showBackButton=TRUE
backButtonText=<a href="http://www.billanddot.com/index.htm" target="_top"><img src="http://www.billanddot.com/house.gif" width="24" height="24" alt="Home (Bill &amp; Dot's Excellent Pages)"></a>
backButtonUrl=http://www.billanddot.com/
backButtonPosition=OVERLAY

...I've regenerated and uploaded a new version of http://www.billanddot.com/victory-xct/ , which is the gallery I've been experimenting with, and I think it's all set now as my default for jAlbum (with the possible exception of some really thin borders that seem to have appeared around the thumbnails, but I'm ignoring that for now).

Bill