[Plugin: WP Photo Album Plus] Table I – missing settings

You have set Table IV-7 either to —none— or to ‘like album covers’ and therefor Table I-6..10 have no meaning.
If you set Table IV-7 to —default— you will be able to set Table I-6..10.

Thank you for the prompt response. This is something I never would have figured out for myself! 6-10 are back!

However, they did not provide the layout solution that I was hoping for.
How do I display multiple albums (showing cover & title & linked to slideshow, so no need for “view slideshow” or “view photos” texts) in multiple rows but all within one big container. I am not sure if container is the correct word — I mean not in separated boxes.

I have 26 albums to put on this page, which leads to another question:
https://helenoppenheim.com/wordpress/?page_id=2016
The slideshow appears where the album cover link is so you need to scroll to find it. A viewer might think that it does not work if they don’t start scrolling! Is there a way to have the slideshow open up at the top of the page?

I also notice that, once viewed, the slideshow stays open on the page. Is there a way to close it after viewing so that it goes back to the thumbnail?

So many questions. I’m sorry, but I am just a beginner & would appreciate whatever help you can offer.

Thanks! Merci!

Please study the scripting reference, there are many possibilities, also displaying slideshow immediately.

You will find it here

Yes, I have been over & over the information there, but NOWHERE does it tell you how to get all the album covers into ONE big box instead of separate panels.

I want album covers displayed 3 across & up to 8 lines deep.
Display ONLY the Album cover (click for slideshow) & title.
I do not want any additional type i.e. the “View Slideshow” & “View 3 photos” test.

Most of all, I just want one big page & not a bunch of panels.

I don’t see any settings to close the slideshow after viewing ???

Please help…your program seems to have a lot of potential, but it is very difficult to wrap my head around the accompanying instructions. I can see multiple albums on your site within ONE box, but all the directions provided are for the panel format.

I am sure that I am not the only one struggling with this & an instructive answer from you will help many.

This is YouTube & Video, but the “thumbs” display on the page is the type of page layout I am trying to achieve.
https://www.youtube.com/VidcatTV

Do the following settings:

Table I-17: 240
Table IV-13: top
Table II-17: uncheck
Table VI-6a: same as title
Table III-1 and III-2: Background color: make it blank
Table I-19: 0
Table VII-7: uncheck
Table II-1: uncheck

The only thing what is left now, is that the coverlink points to the content of the album as thumbnails.

Now Change the link type on each album in the edit album admin pages to ‘the album photos as slideshow’.

Cést tout

Thank you!
I have made all the setting adjustments. How clever to get rid of the background colour to eliminate the panels. I should have thought of that myself.

It’s looking better
https://helenoppenheim.com/wordpress/?page_id=2016

but the album covers still won’t go 3 across.

The control setting for this appears (to me) to be I-17.
I set to 240 (as you said) & there was no change to the page.
Default setting 1024 & no change.
Tried 1800 & no change.

I have two problems with the slideshow display:
1. The slideshow opens where the cover is but you have to scroll down the page to find it. Is there a way to have the slideshow open where it will be seen? I guess that would be the “top” of the page ???
2. The slideshow does not close after viewing. Reloading the page does not close it either. It would be good if there was an “X” or “close” on the slideshow.

Thanks again for your assistance. This is my first WordPress site & I am still climbing the “learning curve”.

Please set Table I-17 to 240.

Make a dummy album, call it (example) Dummy1.
Let us assume it has album id 7.
Change your script in the post:

%%wppa%%
%%album=7%%

Set the parent of the existing albums to Dummy1.

OK, I set I-17 to 240.
I had already set up the dummy album (Album D)
and it had the script above installed — yes, it is id 7.
The parent of Album D is “none”.

The parent of the 3 albums is Album D

See…I did read the instructions!
https://helenoppenheim.com/wordpress/?page_id=2016

I have emptied my cache, tried a different browser, etc.

But you have still three invocations of wppa while you should have only one. If the albumcovers are displayed as a content of a parent album, they are all inside one wppa-container, and will display in a row.
You have 3 wppa-containers, so i really doubt about the fact that only one time %%wppa%% in your pages content.

You can see it in the page content from the browser, you have

<div id="wppa-container-1" class="wppa-container wppa-rev-429 wppa-theme-4-0-0 wppa-api-4-2-11-000" style="clear: both; width:800px;">
<div id="wppa-container-2" class="wppa-container wppa-rev-429 wppa-theme-4-0-0 wppa-api-4-2-11-000" style="clear: both; width:800px;">
<div id="wppa-container-3" class="wppa-container wppa-rev-429 wppa-theme-4-0-0 wppa-api-4-2-11-000" style="clear: both; width:800px;">

I am confused.
Here is what I had on (70s) page:
%%wppa%% %%cover=9%% %%wppa%% %%cover=3%% %%wppa%% %%cover=6%%

This showed all 3 albums but nor 3 across.

Here is what I now have on the page:
%%wppa%% %%cover=9%% %%cover=3%% %%cover=6%%

Only one album is showing.
%%cover=3%% $$cover=6%% shows on the page.

Here is what the HTML view of the page has:

<tt>%%wppa%% </tt><tt>%%cover=9%% </tt><tt>%%cover=3%% </tt><tt>%%cover=6%%</tt>
<tt></tt>

I think I understand what you are saying — 3 containers when there should only be one, but I have no idea how this is happened.

Should I perhaps delete the 70s page & redo from scratch?

If I take out some of the <tt></tt> will that make a difference?
Like this:
<tt>%%wppa%% %%cover=9%% %%cover=3%% %%cover=6%%</tt>

I am guessing that <tt> is the container???
UPDATE:
I just tried that & didn’t change anything so am putting back as it was.

Please leave out the <tt></tt>.

A WPPA invocation can have only ONE %%album= OR %%cover= OR %%slide=

Please use the html editor and make the content of the page/post:

%%wppa%% %%album=7%%

No more, no less (assuming the albums 3, 6 and 9 have their parent set to 7)

Please read this explanation of wppa+ scripting commands.

Simple comme bonjour!

Simple pour vous, tres difficile pour moi!

THANK YOU! At last!!! Looking good.

Now my problem is closing the slideshow. Once it is open, you don’t even see the other thumbnails. The only way to get back to the thumbnail (cover) display is via the navigation menu.

Viewers should be able to go back to the covers to view a different album, no?