Since this does not seem to be yet documented and it recently turned out at #665452: Gallery Assist LightBox2 replaces the LightBox2 module here are the instructions how to use "Gallery Assist Lightboxes" with the "Lightbox2" module - and no other lightbox:

  1. Install the latest version of the module Lightbox2.
  2. Install the latest versions of the modules Gallery Assist and Gallery Assist Lightboxes.
  3. You may also want to install the latest versions of the optional add-on modules Gallery Assist ImageCache and Image FUpload for Gallery Assist. I would *not* recommend to install other Gallery Assist modules at this time since they contain a lot of bugs.
  4. In the "lightboxes" sub directory of the "gallery_assist_lightboxes" modules directory, create a empty directory called lightbox.
  5. At admin/settings/gallery_assist/extras expand the fieldset "Lightboxes for Gallery Assist" and select "lightbox" from the "Lightboxes" selection menu. The two lightbox settings [ ] Show copyright and [ ] Show description should appear. I have enabled both checkboxes.
  6. Click the [ Save ] button on the bottom. Now when clicking on a gallery's thumbnail, the preview image should appear in a lightbox :-) It works for me with the default grid layout!
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roball commented

Even when I disable the [ ] Show description checkbox, I have the image's descriptions below each image, linked to its image page. The alt (title) text says "Go to image page. Comments are allowed." However, at admin/settings/lightbox2 I have set "View Image Details" as the Text for image page link. I would rather see this instead. Especially, the text "Comments are allowed" should not be displayed, since this is not true and may confuse end users (the public).

Also, I have enabled the "Open image page in new window" checkbox on the same Lightbox2 settings page, but the link opens in the same window which destroys the lightbox. Clicking on the image on its dedicated image page does not bring up the lightbox again :-(

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mefisto75 commented

I also had to include prototype.js from lightbox2 in lightbox sub directory. Otherwise it was giving error messages. Did you?

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roball commented

No, I didn't. I just have an completely empty "lightbox" sub directory. I am using the 6.x-1.x-dev (2010-Feb-03) version of the Gallery Assist Lightboxes module, together with the Lightbox2 module version 6.x-1.x-dev (2010-Feb-23). If you aren't using the same (latest) versions, you could try to update and see if you still need the file you have mentioned.

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anyaz commented

Hi, I've downloaded the latest versions of each of these modules today, and can successfully create a new gallery and upload a batch of images, but when I go to save or preview, I never see the photos and always get the following error:

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warning: Parameter 1 to theme_gallery_assist_display() expected to be a reference, value given in C:\wamp\www\MyDomainName\includes\theme.inc on line 656.
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I'm using Wamp installed a couple weeks ago and the latest update of Drupal.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thank you!
Anya

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jcmc commented

Hello Anya,

this issue billong to a old version of Gallery Assist,
Please visit the project page and follow the link "View all releases" and there you see the latest versions.

I recomend you to install the dev version of Gallery Assist. In this days I have commited to this Branch all new features and all fixes of knows issues I have solved in the elast twoo weeks.

Regards
Juan Carlos

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anyaz commented

Juan Carlos,

Thanks for the response. I'd originally installed the current recommended version, but after your note, deleted that and installed the dev version. Now when I went to just save the first gallery page (hadn't even gotten to uploading images) it resulted in a blank page. Tried it a couple times.

Thanks for your work on this -- it'd be great to have a gallery that worked with Lightbox.

Anya

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jcmc commented

Hello Anya,

visit the test page from Gallery Assist.
there is activated the module lightbox 2 and works with Gallery Assist fine.
I recomend you to get a test account, inform me and I give you admin rights so you can see the configuration and can compare versions and settings,
Currently is the user dlg as the superadmin but I think when you are carefully and create your own galleries etc, no problems.

the adresse:
http://pruebas.puntolatinoclub.de

Regards
Juan Carlos

PS
Gallery Assist support 10 lightbox variations. I work on the next release and add the new features from the prettyPhoto, slimbox and fancybox.
The next release coming soon.

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roball commented

anyaz,

I don't have any major problems with the latest dev version of Gallery Assist - 6.x-1.x-dev (2010-Mar-14) and Gallery Assist Lightboxes - 6.x-1.x-dev (2010-Feb-03).

Juan Carlos,

could you please explain how to enable a Lightbox2-module enabled Gallery as a slide show?

It seems that the Lightbox2 module will be updated to a new release soon (see #714354: Release of Lightbox2 6.x-1.10). Maybe this is a chance to get native support of the Gallery Assist module, but I think this would need a stable release of this module first.

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jcmc commented
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Hello anyaz and roball,
pero esto no es una disculpa
i see here is needed a documentation (mea culpa, to many things to make, but this is not an apology).

I will write the documentation and the compatibility table for all lightboxes. I will beginn with the documentation about Gallery Assist + (Gallery Assist Lightboxes + lightbox variation "Lightbox2 module").

@ roball,
could you please explain how to enable a Lightbox2-module enabled Gallery as a slide show?

The Lightbox2 module method "lightshow" is not implemented in the avaiables GAL versions. For this are necesary few lines to implement it.
I am just working in the new release from GAL and I have implemented the posibilities to select the desired method.

Here I send to you the changes so maybe you find the time to test this one point.
In this new release are supported the new features from the latest versions from the lightbox variants slimbox, fancybox and prettyPhoto. For the highslide I have currently not a solution and this is the reason why I not have commited to the dev. However you want to test only the "lightbox2 module" variant.

Regards
Juan Carlos

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roball commented

Hi Juan,

I recognized that you just committed code for applying the lightshow method by using the Lightbox2 module to DRUPAL-6--1. So I think I will wait for the updated 6.x-1.x-dev version and test that instead of the attached version above.

Update 2010-03-15:

I have now updated the Gallery Assist Lightboxes module from version 6.x-1.x-dev (2010-Feb-03) to 6.x-1.x-dev (2010-Mar-15). The update went smooth and I am now able to view my galleries as slideshows :-) Very cool - thank you very much!

Some minor issues however - as reported above - are still in there:

  • There is still the need to mkdir gallery_assist_lightboxes/lightboxes/lightbox
  • When hovering over the image's description, you still see "Go to image page. Comments are allowed." even if comments are not allowed. I think it would be better to display the text set at admin/settings/lightbox2/general under "Text for image page link" as the title of the link.
  • When clicking on that link, the image node opens in the same window and there is no way to switch back to the lightbox. It would be great to have the lightbox started (again) when clicking on the image of the image page.

Update 2010-03-16:

With Gallery Assist Lightboxes updated to version 6.x-1.x-dev (2010-Mar-16), "Comments are allowed." no longer appears when hovering over an image's description. Thanks for correcting that. Do you also plan to fix the other mentioned issues?

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jcmc commented

Hi roball,

I am not finish with GALB.

Yes, I plan to fix the first issue of yout list.
I will implement the creation of a "lightbox" directory in case the module Lightbox2 is installed.

Regarding your last point (my opinion is: it is a feature request):
I have not Idea how. I have to think about a solution for that. Sugestions from your side are welcome.

Thanks and Regards
Juan Carlos

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mabunixda commented

Hi,

I had installed Lightbox2 already. Now i was looking for a gallery modul ... so i installed GA and GAL - both at todays dev version. ( and GA Image Cache )
I created the subdirectory lightbox in lightboxes and i can select lightbox now - BUT i get following error:

Validation error, please try again. If this error persists, please contact the site administrator.

this error is still displayed when getting back to none. Are there any other modifications/settings necessary?

Thanks

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roball commented

I am getting this error sometimes on any form - regardless of the originating module. I would just try to flush all caches, reload the page etc.

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mabunixda commented

Well - i also get this on uploading images at GA ... rebuilding the cache of drupal / GA does not solve the problem ...
i already disabled css_gzip and javascript aggregator and tried a switch on the default theme - does not solve the problem. so the problem might be related in GA not GAL

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jcmc commented
Category: task » support

Hello mabunixda,

I change this category because Gallery Assist is a module that allow you to create and to display galleries and not to configure your webserver.

...but who knows? Does not matter :-)

In the largest number of cases where this error appeared, the rights of files were poorly configured (by web-server side).
Please check this.

Clear the form cache manualy.

Enable the upload module, attach a file and check theirs permissions.

I wait your report
Thanks and regards
Juan Carlos

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CasaDelGato commented

I'm also trying to use Gallery Assist with the Drupal Lightboxes2 module.
What I've found is that the lightbox comes up with the "Preview" sized image, and there doesn't seem to be any way of seeing the full resolution image.

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sjcctan commented

Hello,

Can the Gallery Assist Lightbox work with JQuery version: 1.6 (Drupal default)?

I have tried the whole day to get the Gallery Assist Lightbox & Lightbox2 working but to no avail. I could see the available lightbox option BUT when I selected and saved, it went back to "none".

Am I missing something?

Any help is very much appreciated.

P/S: I installed the latest version of Gallery Assist 6.x-1.x-dev & Gallery Assist Lightbox 6.x-1.x-dev .