nextgen lightbox – how to show image titles

Hi Sheona,

Maybe helps this you further.

<?php foreach ( $images as $image ) : ?>

Place the code below in the gallery.php file after the line above.

<?php
// BEGIN HACK

  // Case if description present
  if ( strlen($image->description) > 1 )
  { 

    // NEW EXIF hack  (11.19.10)
       require_once(NGGALLERY_ABSPATH . '/lib/meta.php');
       $meta = array();
       $pdata = new nggMeta($image->path);
    // End EXIF hack 

    $newdesc = "<b>" . $image->alttext .
    "</b>" . " :: " . $image->description;

   // 11.19.10 -- append some EXIF data
     $newdesc .= " (" . substr($pdata->get_date_time(),0,10) . ")";
   // end append EXIF

  } 

  // Case if no description
  else {
    $newdesc = "<b>" . $image->alttext . "</b>";
  }

// END HACK
?>

and change the code below
<a href="<?php echo $image->imageURL ?>" title="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" <?php echo $image->thumbcode ?>

To:
<a href="<?php echo $image->imageURL ?>" title="<?php echo $image->alttext ?><br><?php echo $image->description ?>" <?php echo $image->thumbcode ?>

and now you will get the title and description below the lightbox.

Good luck!

Regards,
Jason
JSS Online

Thanks Jason, but I’ve trawled all the NextGen files and there isn’t one called gallery.php. There’s nggallery.php, but it doesn’t have either of the lines you mentioned. Not sure where to try your code!
S

The file is stored in the view map of the nextGEN gallery plugin.

Regards,
Jason
JSS Online

Sorry for the slow response, but this is just BRILLIANT.

Thank you so much. Wonderful, unexpected help. You’re a star.