Can it be done?

Try cover type Image Factory mcr in Table IV-D6

Was set to this earlier too

The image position can be set in Table IV-D3. Read the help [?] of this line.

Thanks, have been able to get the text below.
But I still need to center align the text and change its font/color/size

You can change background colors in Table III.

I had seen this but have been only been able to change the color of the navigation window and search window. I have not found settings to change the background of album covers and the background in the albums for the thumbnails

Also there is no way to change the OPACITY/Transparency

Search widget: https://wppa.opajaap.nl/ at the very bottom of the page, right most widget of the 4

for this I found the code in the side bar but in general how do i find tutorials for other elements on the page just as an example, the QR code widget

The backgrounds of the album covers and thumbnail areas are in Table III-B1 and 2. They are called ‘odd’ and ‘even’ because they toggle.

The txt colors are the themes default, you can overrule it by adding custom css in Table IV-A15 like:

.wppa-box, .wppa-box a, .wppa-box p {
color:#335577 !important;
}

Transparency for all boxes (example):

.wppa-box {
opacity: 0.7;
}

There are a lot of examples here under the Tutorial and Examples sub-menus. What should be explained about the qr widget? It just shows the current url that you can see when hovering over it.

The backgrounds of the album covers and thumbnail areas are in Table III-B1 and 2. They are called ‘odd’ and ‘even’ because they toggle.

I changed the values of even and it worked but changing the values of odd didnt have any effect.
Could you please explain the concept of odd and even here.

The txt colors are the themes default, you can overrule it by adding custom css in Table IV-A15 like:
.wppa-box, .wppa-box a, .wppa-box p {
color:#335577 !important;
}
Transparency for all boxes (example):
.wppa-box {
opacity: 0.7;
}

Changing opacity in this changes the opacity of everything not just the background of the box. The thumbnails on top are also affected!

Also any page where you have listed the css that can be used?

There are a lot of examples here under the Tutorial and Examples sub-menus. What should be explained about the qr widget? It just shows the current url that you can see when hovering over it.

Thanks.
The QR code was given just as an example. I just wanted to know how to get the short code/turotial for th respective boxes.
BTW I use chorme and none of the boxes show any url, except the QR code box which shows the URL of your website

– You can enter transparent as a color in Table III.

– The ood/even toggle stopped working. Will be fixed in the next version. All backgrounds of album covers and thumbnail areas are currently ‘odd’.

– Use the shortcode generator as explained here

– The full shortcode attribute documentation is here

– The QR code box always shows the the current url of the site where it is displayed.

– You can enter transparent as a color in Table III.

This is very cool, exactly what I wanted. Thanks!

– The ood/even toggle stopped working. Will be fixed in the next version. All backgrounds of album covers and thumbnail areas are currently ‘odd’.

I have put transparent in both and its working. Shall wait for the update anyway

– Use the shortcode generator as explained here

– The full shortcode attribute documentation is here

Thanks. I had seen that but have not been able to figure out
I want to do a ‘picture of the day’ or a random image whenever that page is invoked. But have not been able to achieve it
Currently I am using [wppa type=”slideonly” album=”1.2.5″][/wppa]

I know this is out of scope of a gallery plugin but looking at the power of WPPA+ I have been wondering if it was possible to have full screen background image with text overlays and menus on top and footers below. Just like the ‘full screen themes’ that you see nowadays.

I would again repeat WPPA+ is an extremely versatile and feature rich plugin. My only problem has been trying to decode the features. When I am done with building my website and if you are ok with it I would like to help in improving the help/tutorial side.

I want to do a ‘picture of the day’ or a random image whenever that page is invoked.

Configure the photo of the day behaviour in the Photo Albums -> Photo of the day admin page ( you can configure change per pageload if you want ).
When done, you can either use the Photo of the day widget or the following shortcode:
[wppa type="photo" photo="#potd"][/wppa]

I will add a shortcode that returns an url to the photo of the day ( or any other photo ), so you can do something like this:

<img src='[wppa type="url" photo="#potd"][/wppa]' />

( If the shortcode mechanism allows me to do this, i have to find out. )

You are always welcome to supply better help/documenation texts.

Hi Jacob,

I am back with more queries.
Please check this image
I would like to
1. Add radius to the corner of the box.
insert an icon like there is for the close
2. Replace the ‘x’ icon
I have seen different images for the ‘x’ but in the interface dont see any option to change the icons. Can I replace the iamges without an ill effects

3. The social media buttons aren’t aligned. Also the ‘like’ and ‘share’ button aren’t here in the images folder. How to remove the text “be first among….”

4. can I move the position of the navigation arrows (again I see different options in the images menu but no interface to replace them)
I have been able to change the position of the icons using firebug so obviously you can do all the changes. Is there anyway we can change it in the css / functions.php so that when the plugin updates these won’t change

Thanking you in advance

missed giving link to the ref. image for the above query
https://goo.gl/7Z2UPr

1. will be settable in version 6.3.14
2. will be settable in 6.3.14
3. in 6.3.13 you can select 20 x 20 for the size in Table I-B6 to make the twitter and other icons of equal hight as the facebook buttons. The 2px alignment error will be fixed in 6.3.13. You can remove that stupid text by selecting Button rather than Standard in Table II-C17.3.
4. I am very much against placing ugly browse buttons over the image, but i will see what i can do for 6.3.14, no promise however.

3. in 6.3.13 you can select 20 x 20 for the size in Table I-B6 to make the twitter and other icons of equal hight as the facebook buttons. The 2px alignment error will be fixed in 6.3.13. You can remove that stupid text by selecting Button rather than Standard in Table II-C17.3.

icons have become of equal height and the text has gone away but the 2 pixel alignment error is still there

https://goo.gl/wzA8Gp

4. I am very much against placing ugly browse buttons over the image, but i will see what i can do for 6.3.14, no promise however.

I fully understand your aesthetic point of view about placing buttons over the image but sometimes the flexibility helps.
Design wise it can be handled by making the icons small or making them visible only on hover or placing them right on the edge of the box or out of the box!

Also a suggestion for the ‘like’ button. As you can see in the above image when like is pressed the box is opened below the labels so unless the user scrolls (s)he would not be able to figure out whats happening.
So if you could open it in another window like you do for the share it would be great.

Thanks in advance, now awaiting 6.3.14 ??

I have another query regarding import but will start another thread to save clutter

Can i get a live link to see the 2px mis-alignment?
On my test site it is ok now…
https://wppa.opajaap.nl/how-to-start-with-wppa/wppaspec/oc1/lnen/cv0/ab1/ptHPIM1529.JPG

live link
https://naturechronicles.com/nc/

Sample of navigation button outside
https://naturechronicles.com/imageshare/buttonOutside.png

sample of changed navigation buttons and positions
https://naturechronicles.com/imageshare/ButtonInsideClose.png

2px alignment issue: There is always unexpected css that spoils the show. Will be fixed.

The other examples inspire me to create better looks. Stay tuned…

You can follow my work on the facelift of lightbox here

Settings will be available for:
bordersize, borderradius, sizes and optinal custom images for the start/pause, quit and prev/next symbols.

Hi Jacob,

Sorry for the delayed response, I was traveling.

The new features are great, thanks a lot.

There is a suggestion that I have.
Do give an option for an off set for the images in (x,y) form from the default position so that the icons can be positioned wherever needed. eg. can move the play/pause button from the center of the image to the side

Some errors I am facing
1. The ‘stop’, ‘play’ and ‘pause’ buttons are not showing up. The png files are there in the path /wp-content/plugins/wp-photo-album-plus/images/
https://goo.gl/swbxId

2. a. When you choose fullscreen mode the images first tends to go to the bottom right corner before becoming fullscreen.
b. When you press esc to get out of fullscreen mode the image gets stuck in the webpage (in chrome) or gets stuck in page before reverting to lightbox (in Firefox)

3. When you click a thumbnail image there seems to be a delay (compared to earlier) for the lightbox to come up

Thanks,