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NextGen GalleryView Template

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Kim Bruce
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Next up in the series of posts for NextGen Gallery is the NextGen GalleryView template. This will generate a row of thumbs under the image with a semi transparent background on the lower portion to add the description text. Use this short code to insert on a page or post. Again remove the spaces inside the opening and closing brackets in order for it to work. [  nggallery id=1 template=galleryview images=0  ] To control the number of thumbs that appear add …
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Resizing Images

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Kim Bruce
Resize Images Step 1

Resizing Images article has been updated with new information The first thing you have to do in preparation to add content to your site is to optimize your images. Optimizing is a term used to indicate a change to a photo or a graphic, to reduce it in both visual size and file size, for use in other programs.  For use in an Artbiz website I ask clients to resize to no larger than 800px in any one direction and …
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NextGen Image Browser

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Kim Bruce
Sheila Norgate

Next Generation Gallery also comes with the “NextGen Image Browser”. Just enter the following short code [  imagebrowser id=1  ] There aren’t any options for the image browser just insert the code. The line of code that I am showing here has a space inside at the beginning and end of the brackets, if you want to copy and paste this code make sure you remove those spaces. The number is indicative of the gallery ID number. Every NextGen Gallery has its own unique number; …
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Clear Your Browser Cache

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Kim Bruce
Example from FireFox

How to clear your browser cache and refresh the browser. When I am working with a client and make changes to their site I ask them to clear your browser’s cache and refresh the browser so they can see the changes. Refreshing the browser just reloads the page. Look for a circle with an arrow on the end of it. Usually it is up by the address bar, right or left and looks something like these examples. When changing a …
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NextGen Carousel Template

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Kim Bruce
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NextGen Gallery also comes with the image Carousel template that will generate a row of thumbs under the image. Use this short code to insert on a page or post. Again remove the spaces inside the opening and closing brackets in order for it to work. [  nggallery id=1 template=carousel  ] To control the number of thumbs that appear add “images=8″ – 8 being the number of thumbnails that you want. The short code to insert on your page would …
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WordPress Gallery

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Kim Bruce
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This gallery contains 7 photos.

How to use the WordPress Gallery This post displays the default WordPress Gallery that comes standard with every WordPress install. All Artbiz themes are outfitted with this gallery by default and are configured to use a thumbnail for next and previous images. Click a thumbnail to start… Usage from WordPress.org (read the entire article) THIS IS CRUCIAL! Uploading images whilst working on a Page (or Post) allows WordPress to create, and store, a direct association between each image and its …
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Retain Line Breaks

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Kim Bruce

How to retain line breaks and single spaces in WordPress text content Here’s a trick to maintain the single spacing when pasting from a Word doc. In Word we call it single spacing in HTML we call it line breaks. Either way all we want to do is keep the tight spacing. WARNING: Word is meant for print media and depending on how you have your content formatted using this method can break your post and add a bunch of …
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Getting the most out of NextGen Gallery

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Kim Bruce
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Caption Template Next Generation Gallery comes with a caption template.You would use this template if you want your image descriptions to appear under the thumbnail images. This is the same descriptive text that you enter in the image description box and appears also when you click on the thumb to enlarge the image. To use this template you would need to insert the following short code on the page or post. [ nggallery id=16 template=caption ] The line of code that …
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