[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery Optimizer] Albums/Slideshow not working on Pages in Premium version

Hi Laracy17,

Thanks for downloading NextGEN Gallery Optimizer Premium!

I’ve been doing some testing, and I’m afraid I’m struggling to recreate the issue you’re experiencing. Both Fancybox and the slideshow are working perfectly on Pages for the [album id=x], [album id=x template=compact] and [album id=x template=extend] shortcodes on my end.

Would you be able to provide a link at all?
(Here’s my email if you’d prefer it not be made public.)

It sounds like another plugin (or your theme) is loading a conflicting script…and only on pages. Might there be a hard-coded jQuery include in your theme? I see that quite often. Loading jQuery twice on one page breaks things pretty reliably.

Cheers,
Mark.

PS. I just discovered that NextGEN’s slideshow breaks (loading wheel) if there’s only 1 image in a gallery. Might be something to check.

Hi Mark,

I sent you an email with some examples of the problems I’m encountering.

Also, all my galleries have more than one photo in them.

Thanks.

Hi Laracy17,

Thanks for your detailed email!

I believe the issue you’re experiencing is caused by the “Activate permalinks” option at Gallery –> Options –> General Options. It looks as though you’ve got this switched on, as it’s changing NextGEN’s URL structure for things such as the “Show as slideshow” and “Show picture list” links, as well as navigation through your Album pages.

I’ve coded Optimizer Premium to look for NextGEN’s default URL structure, which appends query string parameters to much of the navigation. With “Activate permalinks” switched on, these parameters are no longer present, which results in the plugin not recognizing where to add the necessary scripts for both Fancybox and slideshow functionality.

Here’s an example from my testing environment:

Default album gallery / show as slideshow link / show picture list links:
https://sitename.tld/pagename/?album=1&gallery=1
https://sitename.tld/pagename/?album=1&gallery=1&show=slide
https://sitename.tld/pagename/?album=1&gallery=1&show=gallery

Custom album gallery / show as slideshow link / show picture list links:
https://sitename.tld/pagename/nggallery/albumname/galleryname/
https://sitename.tld/pagename/nggallery/albumname/galleryname/slideshow/
https://sitename.tld/pagename/nggallery/albumname/galleryname/images/

The fix:
I’ll have to find a way of targeting these custom URLs in a future version of the plugin, but for now, correcting the issue is as simple as navigating to Gallery –> Options –> General Options, switching off the “Activate permalinks” setting and clicking “Save Changes”.

Note: I STRONGLY advise making a backup of your entire wp-content/gallery folder just in case…I lost all my images after testing the “Create new URL friendly image slugs” button below it. You won’t need to use that button, but it’s still good to have a backup.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Mark.

Hi Mark,

I would never have guessed the solution in a million years! Thanks for solving this for me (and for anyone else who may have encountered this issue). I am no longer cursing NextGEN or your plugin ??

Much appreciated! Now, slightly off-topic from this issue:

Is there a way to use the other features of Fancybox such as showing thumbnails below the displayed image, rather than the user clicking the left or right directional arrows?

Cheers.

Actually I will mark this topic as resolved and start a new thread.

Thanks ??

Hi Laracy17,

That’s fantastic to hear! I’m glad I could help.

Many thanks for bringing this issue to my attention, and also for the clarity and detail in your posts. This is a really useful topic, and one I know I’ll be referring to myself.

Cheers,
Mark.