This is fun but...(need a bit of help please)

[eoren1]

So I just stepped up to Power User today and have been playing with customizations. This is really awesome and I've gotten pretty far on my own but now would greatly appreciate some help.

The site is: eoren1.smugmug.com

Specifics:
On the homepage only, I can't completely remove the area where "Eyal Oren's homepage", "map this" and my bio used to be. I removed each of these individually but the box area remains (though it is blank).

Also, any pointers on setting up the navigation to something like Jared's site:
http://sharpshooter.smugmug.com/

On that note, if this is possible, how do I make the homepage (and the rest of the site), cleaner looking with a continuous background? Again, something clean like Jared's would be great!!!

Under the specific galleries, how can I remove the "xxx sub-catagories" and "xxx galleries" text? I tried doing this as instructed by the customization faq but it didn't quite 'take'.

How do I remove the box with "Eyal Oren (eoren1) > xxx"?

It really is fun to be able to add all of this to my site. Can't wait to learn more css so I can keep pushing it to where I want it to go.
Thanks in advance,
E

[Allen]

So I just stepped up to Power User today and have been playing with customizations. This is really awesome and I've gotten pretty far on my own but now would greatly appreciate some help.

The site is: eoren1.smugmug.com

Specifics:
On the homepage only, I can't completely remove the area where "Eyal Oren's homepage", "map this" and my bio used to be. I removed each of these individually but the box area remains (though it is blank).

Also, any pointers on setting up the navigation to something like Jared's site:
http://sharpshooter.smugmug.com/

On that note, if this is possible, how do I make the homepage (and the rest of the site), cleaner looking with a continuous background? Again, something clean like Jared's would be great!!!

Under the specific galleries, how can I remove the "xxx sub-catagories" and "xxx galleries" text? I tried doing this as instructed by the customization faq but it didn't quite 'take'.

How do I remove the box with "Eyal Oren (eoren1) > xxx"?

It really is fun to be able to add all of this to my site. Can't wait to learn more css so I can keep pushing it to where I want it to go.
Thanks in advance,
E
Is this what you're looking for? Moved the menu up onto the banner to the
left and removed the search box and breadcrumbs. Left it so you 'd see it logged in.

#navcontainer {
position:relative;
margin: -85px 0 40px 300px;
}

#breadcrumb {visibility: hidden;}
.loggedIn #breadcrumb {visibility: visible;}

.homepage #mysearch
{display:none;}

Will look at the other stuff also.
Holler back if you have any other questions.

[Allen]

This will clean up these two galleries.


.nophotos h3 {display:none;}

/* guestbook */
.gallery_2715684 .pageNav,
.gallery_2715684 #mysearch,
/* about me */
.gallery_2716159 .pageNav,
.gallery_2716159 #mysearch
{display:none;}

[eoren1]

Thanks Allen,
That did it!
Hadn't thought to simply move the nav bar up to overly the banner - looks good!
I actually just deleted the search bar in css.

Only other thing was if there is a way to remove the header "People Subcatagories" and others.

I'll do some reading and play with backgrounds later tonight to try to clean that up as well.

Thanks again!
E

[Allen]

Thanks Allen,
That did it!
Hadn't thought to simply move the nav bar up to overly the banner - looks good!
I actually just deleted the search bar in css.

Only other thing was if there is a way to remove the header "People Subcatagories" and others.

I'll do some reading and play with backgrounds later tonight to try to clean that up as well.

Thanks again!
E
Removes title

#galleryTitle,
#subCatGalleryTitle.title
{display:none;}

Removes the boxtop but loses round edges.

#subcategoriesBox .boxTop
{background: none;}

The boxtop is actually an image.
You could save this and make your own without the dark gray bar.

.boxTop
background:transparent url(/img/themes/Grey/boxTop.png) no-repeat scroll center top;
border:0pt none;
height:40px;
padding:0pt 10px;
}

[eoren1]

Removes title

#galleryTitle,
#subCatGalleryTitle.title
{display:none;}

Removes the boxtop but loses round edges.

#subcategoriesBox .boxTop
{background: none;}

The boxtop is actually an image.
You could save this and make your own without the dark gray bar.

.boxTop
background:transparent url(/img/themes/Grey/boxTop.png) no-repeat scroll center top;
border:0pt none;
height:40px;
padding:0pt 10px;
}

Thanks again Allen.
Ended up cheating a bit by applying the carbonite theme and changing the banner to fit it. Really, really like my site now! :clap
Thanks for the help.
E

[eoren1]

So I just noticed that the slideshow on my homepage consistently starts with photo #2 in the designated album and then moves on sequentially. Anyone know why I'm not seeing the first photo?
Thanks,
E

eoren1.smugmug.com

[Allen]

So I just noticed that the slideshow on my homepage consistently starts with photo #2 in the designated album and then moves on sequentially. Anyone know why I'm not seeing the first photo?
Thanks,
E

eoren1.smugmug.com
It's a bug in the show code.
Two options.
Make a copy of first photo and place in the second position.
or
Define the first photo in the footer code.
firstSlideUrl = "/photos/xxxxxxxxxx-M.jpg";

[eoren1]

It's a bug in the show code.
Two options.
Make a copy of first photo and place in the second position.
or
Define the first photo in the footer code.
firstSlideUrl = "/photos/xxxxxxxxxx-M.jpg";

Thanks again Allen. Made a duplicate and that is fine now.
Only one more (I hope) glitch. I have linked a couple of pages to groups in smugmug (like those for specific cities as well as the dgrin one) and those pages are now missing my banner (though I set the display to 'smugmug' and not 'community'). For one page, I left the associated group but the banner did not return.
http://eoren1.smugmug.com/gallery/2164241
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks,
E

[Allen]

Thanks again Allen. Made a duplicate and that is fine now.
Only one more (I hope) glitch. I have linked a couple of pages to groups in smugmug (like those for specific cities as well as the dgrin one) and those pages are now missing my banner (though I set the display to 'smugmug' and not 'community'). For one page, I left the associated group but the banner did not return.
http://eoren1.smugmug.com/gallery/2164241
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks,
E
Your CSS is not active on that gallery so something not checked under galery
customization. Look for appearance: and check custom not Sumgmug.

[eoren1]

Your CSS is not active on that gallery so something not checked under galery
customization. Look for appearance: and check custom not Sumgmug.

I thought that might be the problem but I have now tried all three albums which are/were shared:
Places-Favorites, Boston, DC
and checking custom as above as well as re-checking smugmug under appearance (instead of community which it reverts to each time I look in customize) and no difference/no banner.
E

[Allen]

I thought that might be the problem but I have now tried all three albums which are/were shared:
Places-Favorites, Boston, DC
and checking custom as above as well as re-checking smugmug under appearance (instead of community which it reverts to each time I look in customize) and no difference/no banner.
E
Custom has to be checked for your CSS to be active on the gallery. That is if
not shared with a community. If it is shared you lose your CSS.

[eoren1]

Custom has to be checked for your CSS to be active on the gallery. That is if
not shared with a community. If it is shared you lose your CSS.

Got it - sort of.
Custom only 'took' when I changed one of the setting from the standard smugmug ones - I turned clean on.
That only worked for the Favorites folder which is no longer shared with a community.
The Boston and DC ones will not stay on 'custom' despite making changes in that section and will revert back to 'community' appearance at the bottom.
Not sure if this is a bug in the underlying code but it definately makes me think of leaving the communities to maintain the site's look throughout.
E