By DarthOcellaris on
Howdy :D
I need some guidance on how to get my gallery to work with Lightbox2.
I have Lightbox2 installed and it works perfectly if I manually create the links with the rel='lightbox' attrib. And, I was able to import about 200 images using the image import feature. Now, how in the heck can I make the generated gallery integrate with Lightbox2? I've searched the net, including these forums, and can't seem to find any information that's helpful.
Another issue I'm having is getting the image gallery to be listed in my main menu. I do not have the option to do so :(
The following is my current development site and you can see the gallery I've done by hand:
http://abrichardson.homelinux.net/abrichardson/?q=content/xmas-2008
Thanks in advance :D
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ps..I am not looking for
ps..I am not looking for detailed instructions on this. If I can just get some outlined info and maybe some links to decent tutorials on the modules I need, that would be great :D
There's any number of ways
There's any number of ways to create galleries with drupal-- what are you using for your gallery functionality?
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Thanks for the
Thanks for the reply.
Currently, I simply used the mass file import which created an image node out of each file and specified that they all be grouped into a gallery I created.
I JUST found out that I can tell Lightbox2 to add the rel='lightbox' attrib in the Lightbox2 settings so I am one step closer to what I envision.
What I really am looking for here is more control however. I want to be able to control the gallery more precisely and I THINK Views is one route but I cannot seem to find the specific view listed in this page: http://drupal.org/node/207216
It appears that the Views only does galleries in 5.x and not 6.x?
So does this mean you are
So does this mean you are using the http://drupal.org/project/image module (there's many ways to handle images/galleries without this module)? If so I'm not sure I can help-- the 'image' module is probably the only one of the plethora of image handling modules I haven't used for any length of time.
That's precisely the reason I don't use a canned module for images and galleries. For the ultimate control you can use the cck/imagefield/imagecache/views/lightbox2 modules pretty easily.
I'm not sure what you mean-- views2 handles nodes of any kind (as well as other core objects) and is wonderful for image galleries in d6.
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz
I feel the same about other
I feel the same about other canned technologies haha
Yes, I'm using the Image module. I've installed so many modules to try to get this to work, I forget easily :(
I'm currently studying the modules you've listed. Thanks for letting me know about those. I now have a decent track to follow :D
For a great video on this
For a great video on this technique check out: Creating Multiple Maintainable Image Galleries. It's d5 based, so the UIs may look a little different, but the concepts are the same.
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz
I had a similar question and
I had a similar question and did a bit of research:
http://tarnaeluin.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/images-galleries-in-drupal-6/
Its a bit dated by now, but still might help you out. I plan on an update over the Christmas holiday.
beren erchamion
http://tarnaeluin.wordpress.com/