Problem with displaying the album name.

@piotr Pieczykolan – Would you mind pointing us to the page on your site that is displaying the Compact album without gallery titles?

Thanks! (Becky)

gallery titles – yes
album title – no

Piotr

I would like to display the title of the album.
Gallery titles display correctly.

Piotr

https://wp.6scian.eu/wnetrza-prywatne/

1. I made a copy of the template:
wordpress/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/album-compact.php
wordpress\wp-content\themes\temat1\nggallery\album-compact-6scian.php

2. I added to the template php code :

<?php
echo '<!-- album ';
var_dump($album);
echo ' -->';
?>

3. Page content:
[ngg_images album_ids=1 display_type=photocrati-nextgen_basic_compact_album]
[ngg_images album_ids=2 display_type=photocrati-nextgen_basic_compact_album]
[ngg_images album_ids=3 display_type=photocrati-nextgen_basic_compact_album]

4. Effect
<!-- album NULL -->

I would like to display ‘Album name’ and ‘Album description’

WordPress: 3.7.1
NextGEN Gallery 2.0.33

Piotr

I also need to get the title of the album. Piotr, did you fix this?

Does the $album array even exist?

WordPress: 3.8.1
NextGEN Gallery 2.0.58

it is ok

Piotr

How do you get the album name then? I’m using the latest versions of WordPress and NextGen.

\wp-content\themes\my_theme\nggallery\album-compact.php :

<?php
echo $album->name;
echo '<br />';
echo $album->albumdesc;
echo '<br />';
?>

Thanks for the quick reply, but this just comes up blank for me. I’ve created a new template page from the exact same php page you’ve used – “album-compact.php”.

Is assigned the template to the gallery?

edit page / edit gallery:
Customize the display settings / Template / Parent Theme: album-compact.php

Yep, I’ve got it set to the Template, and I know the template is being used because I’ve customized it, so I can any other changes I make.

But using $album to select any variables just doesn’t work at all.

my test page (var_dump):

<!-- ======= object(stdClass)#2454 (10) { ["id"]=> int(1) ["name"]=> string(4) "alb1" ["slug"]=> string(4) "alb1" ["previewpic"]=> int(2) ["albumdesc"]=> string(22) "Opis albumu pierwszego" ["sortorder"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "2" } ["pageid"]=> int(0) ["extras_post_id"]=> int(73) ["id_field"]=> string(2) "id" ["exclude"]=> int(0) } -->

@pixelkicks – It looks like @piotr Pieczykolan covered everything in his responses (thanks!), I would suggest doing a var_dump( $album ); as a test in your template as well.

– Cais.

<?php var_dump( $album ); ?> shows…

NULL

This happens wherever I place it in the template.

Here is the full template code I currently have (with some terrible hacky code because I can’t pull out the album name):

<?php
/**
Template Page for the album overview

Follow variables are useable :

	$album     	 : Contain information about the album
	$galleries   : Contain all galleries inside this album
	$pagination  : Contain the pagination content

 You can check the content when you insert the tag <?php var_dump($variable) ?>
 If you would like to show the timestamp of the image ,you can use <?php echo $exif['created_timestamp'] ?>
**/
?>
<?php if (!defined ('ABSPATH')) die ('No direct access allowed'); ?><?php if (!empty ($galleries)) : ?>
<?php var_dump( $album ); ?>
<div class="ngg-albumoverview">

	<!-- List of galleries -->

    <?php $gallcount = 0; ?>
	<?php foreach ($galleries as $gallery) : ?>
	<?php
    if (strpos($gallery->pagelink,"grooming")) {
		$gallcount += 1;
		if ($gallcount < 2) {
			echo "<p>The Grooming Salon</p>";
		}
	}
	else {
		$gallcount += 1;
		if ($gallcount < 2) {
			echo "<p>Before & After...</p>";
		}
	}
	echo $gallery->counter;
	?>
	<div class="ngg-album-compact">
		<div class="ngg-album-compactbox">
			<div class="ngg-album-link">
				<a class="Link" href="<?php echo nextgen_esc_url($gallery->pagelink) ?>">
					<img class="Thumb" alt="<?php echo esc_attr($gallery->title) ?>" src="<?php echo nextgen_esc_url($gallery->previewurl) ?>"/>
				</a>
			</div>
		</div>
        <?php if (!empty($image_gen_params)) {
            $max_width = 'style="max-width: ' . ($image_gen_params['width'] + 20) . 'px"';
        } else {
            $max_width = '';
        } ?>
        <h4>
            <a class="ngg-album-desc"
               title="<?php echo esc_attr($gallery->title) ?>"
               href="<?php echo nextgen_esc_url($gallery->pagelink) ?>"
               <?php echo $max_width; ?>>
                <?php echo $gallery->title ?>
            </a>
        </h4>
		<?php if (@$gallery->counter > 0) : ?>
		<p><strong><?php echo $gallery->counter ?></strong>&nbsp;<?php _e('Photos', 'nggallery') ?></p>
		<?php endif; ?>
	</div>

 	<?php endforeach; ?>

	<!-- Pagination -->
    <br class="ngg-clear"/>
 	<?php echo $pagination ?>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>

@pixelkicks – Your template (from the above) works just fine (in a local install test) to show the var_dump data … are you having any specific issues with the album you are using as part of your tests?

– Cais.