Next Gen Gallery wont update description.

I have a similar problem. I can get the description/caption to work on a few images, then I update the page and I can see the descriptions but when I try to add more descriptions/captions, they don’t display. When I open the page in another browser and view the source code, the “title” tag on the new image descriptions is blank.

Originally it worked without adding [template=caption] but it doesn’t work either with or without.

NextGen Gallery Version 2.0.40
Wordpress 3.8.1
Ithemes Builder
Building my site on mac with MAMP/local host

Hi,

I found that it’s updates in about 30 min. So if I change/add description it will display/update in 30 minutes. Which is not really idea..
Is there way around it? or Anyone else have the same issue and its bug.
Cause I don’t fancy changing the galleries over with another.

Help would be appreciated!

Thanks

You’re right. I was tearing my hair out but when I came back and checked it the next morning it was working fine. Strange. ???????

@asmondien & @ron Ramsey – If you look under Gallery > Other Options > Miscellaneous … and click on the clear image cache this should help to sort out the issue you are seeing.

Thanks!

– Cais.

@asmondien and @ron Ramsey what you see is none other than cache problem. If you don’t have any cache plugin installed, and it’s not the browser cache, then it’s a cache on the server. What is your hosting services?

Hi,

It makes sense now, however.
I have local host.. (wamp) which i get the same stuff on live server. Which I host , with IIS on windows server.

How can I clear the cache , or should I install some plug in?

@asmondien, First do what @cais suggested. If the problem persists and you find out that on your live server there’s a cache, then your provider can remove it or reduce the time. I know how to disable it on a Linux server with .htaccess, I don’t know Windows.
Anyway, as you can read here, the best for WordPress is a Linux environment.

I have already done that on the local host one.
Cleared the cache, It still take 30 min or so to update the text.

Its has only few pics the (live one has more then 500) , I have increased the limit on the gallery in settings.

I don’t want play around with live site , just to test things.
I will have look if I can clear the cache on localhost.
If that work and will update then it can test it on live site.

Thanks

PS: If you have any other suggestions. Let me know.

@tizz, glad I found this support page… I thought I was going crazy unable to update image captions. I’m OK now. Will you share the instructions to be added to an .htaccess file on a Linux server. Thanks!

@chrisgarland for disable server cache you have to put in .htaccess this rule:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* – [E=Cache-Control:no-cache]

but I don’t know if this solves your issue. Anyway you can try and remove the rule if nothing change. If you really have a cache on the server it should also involve other contents on your site.

Hi again,

I’m still unable to get that working.
I have checked that I have the rewrite_module working , I check the versions. ( Which is all fine ) .
I have cleared the cache, and still unable to get the descriptions change. With out waiting 30 min.

The web server is Win Ser 2008 r2 ( it has iis manager running. ) I have checked the rewrite module. How ever should I set cache for it as I have the option there.

Or what would you suggests?

@asmondien My suggestion for web server it’s to open a ticket with your service provider describing your issue and ask if this could be related to WinCache or so. I could be wrong, but your seems like an issue given by server misconfiguration.

Clearing the cache works on the local host. Thanks photocrati!

NextGen Gallery Version 2.0.40
Wordpress 3.8.1
Ithemes Builder
Building my site on mac with MAMP/local host

I got it working for few minutes..
I think it must be that there is too many pictures.

I have , deleted the short code in page, and added gallery via the button. I have then. Saved it and tried it.. It has worked. When I then done that on all pages. It has stopped working again.

I think it’s the amount of pictures that is slowing the cache.
Would any of the DeV guys would know any limits or so before it affects the website.

I could try the Gallery Optimizer addon. I suppose.

Thanks