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MishkaPhotgraphy
Feb-04-2008, 11:41 AM
. . .to come and live with me for a week so I can figure this out. I'm in the Midwest - not too warm right now, but its nice and toasty inside in front of my computer :D

Okay, seriously. Moving on to my latest and greatest problem.

I'm trying to make a "client galleries" page. I'd like to be able to click on the "client galleries" icon in nav bar and have it lead me to a page where the client galleries live (i.e., Balian and Powell Galeries). I'd like to do the same for the "portfolio" page (i.e., have all galeries listed under "portfolio"). Teach me the ways oh wise one. Do I need to work w/ subcategories here? Am I needing to build a slideshow first? I had no problem linking an "info" page as I did a journal view and it did not list a plethora of galleries, just info and photo.

"If you build it, they will come", right? I need to build it first!! I'm also having issues linking my domain: mishkaphotography.com to my smugmug acct. I created the cname w/ joker.com and for some reason its not linking. I did this on Fri, assuming it would take the 24-48 hrs, but its NOT WORKING. Grrrrrrr.

amychalowych.smugmug.com
Allen
Feb-04-2008, 03:41 PM
. . .to come and live with me for a week so I can figure this out. I'm in the Midwest - not too warm right now, but its nice and toasty inside in front of my computer :D

Okay, seriously. Moving on to my latest and greatest problem.

I'm trying to make a "client galleries" page. I'd like to be able to click on the "client galleries" icon in nav bar and have it lead me to a page where the client galleries live (i.e., Balian and Powell Galeries). I'd like to do the same for the "portfolio" page (i.e., have all galeries listed under "portfolio"). Teach me the ways oh wise one. Do I need to work w/ subcategories here? Am I needing to build a slideshow first? I had no problem linking an "info" page as I did a journal view and it did not list a plethora of galleries, just info and photo.

"If you build it, they will come", right? I need to build it first!! I'm also having issues linking my domain: mishkaphotography.com to my smugmug acct. I created the cname w/ joker.com and for some reason its not linking. I did this on Fri, assuming it would take the 24-48 hrs, but its NOT WORKING. Grrrrrrr.

amychalowych.smugmug.com

You already have a "client galleries" page.
Change the nav link in your header to look like this.

<li><a href="/Clients/455869">Client Galleries</a></li>

You might think of using the Client category and not the sub-cat. Just
delete the sub-cat on each of the Client Galleries customize page. Then if a
Client has multiple galleries then create a sub-cat under Clients category for
that clients galleries. You could eventually have a client with engagement,
reception and wedding galleries.

The nav link then would be this.
<li><a href="/Clients">Client Galleries</a></li>

Create a category named Portfolio and put all your portfolio galleries in it
then in your nav use this link

<li><a href="/Portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>

When you do add a slideshow (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=73247) and probably a separate galleries page (http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/2160039) like
from this tutor, there's some javascript to hide the Clients and Portfolio
categories from the galleries page
MishkaPhotgraphy
Feb-05-2008, 10:43 AM
You already have a "client galleries" page.
Change the nav link in your header to look like this.

<li><a href="/Clients/455869">Client Galleries</a></li>

You might think of using the Client category and not the sub-cat. Just
delete the sub-cat on each of the Client Galleries customize page. Then if a
Client has multiple galleries then create a sub-cat under Clients category for
that clients galleries. You could eventually have a client with engagement,
reception and wedding galleries.

The nav link then would be this.
<li><a href="/Clients">Client Galleries</a></li>

Create a category named Portfolio and put all your portfolio galleries in it
then in your nav use this link

<li><a href="/Portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>

When you do add a slideshow (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=73247) and probably a separate galleries page (http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/2160039) like
from this tutor, there's some javascript to hide the Clients and Portfolio
categories from the galleries page





Okay, I set up the client gallery the way you suggested:

You might think of using the Client category and not the sub-cat. Just
delete the sub-cat on each of the Client Galleries customize page. Then if a
Client has multiple galleries then create a sub-cat under Clients category for
that clients galleries. You could eventually have a client with engagement,
reception and wedding galleries.

The nav link then would be this.
<li><a href="/Clients">Client Galleries</a></li>


The nav icon is not opening the client galleries page.
Allen
Feb-05-2008, 11:07 AM
Okay, I set up the client gallery the way you suggested:

You might think of using the Client category and not the sub-cat. Just
delete the sub-cat on each of the Client Galleries customize page. Then if a
Client has multiple galleries then create a sub-cat under Clients category for
that clients galleries. You could eventually have a client with engagement,
reception and wedding galleries.

The nav link then would be this.
<li><a href="/Clients">Client Galleries</a></li>


The nav icon is not opening the client galleries page. Change your header nav html to this and the links should work.

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/4262014">Information &amp; Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="/Portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="/Clients">Client Galleries</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
Put this in your javascript and it will hide these categories from you galleries
page. Only the direct link in your navbar will work.


<!-- Hide Categories -->
function delCategory() {
re = /\/(Portfolio|Clients)$/;

var oList = YD.getElementsByClassName('miniBox', 'div', this);

for (i = 0; i < oList.length; i++) {
if (re.test(oList[i].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href))
oList[i].parentNode.removeChild(oList[i]);
}
}
YE.onContentReady('categoriesBox', delCategory);
<!-- End Hide Categories -->
MishkaPhotgraphy
Feb-10-2008, 08:51 AM
Hi Allen, I'm back to bother you.

I followed the tutorial you pointed me to for the slideshow. Its not showing up on my home/bio page for some reason (I linked it to the "slideshow photos" gallery under "portfolio").:dunno

Any advice?
MishkaPhotgraphy
Feb-10-2008, 11:50 AM
Hi Allen, I'm back to bother you.

I followed the tutorial you pointed me to for the slideshow. Its not showing up on my home/bio page for some reason (I linked it to the "slideshow photos" gallery under "portfolio").:dunno

Any advice?



Okay, I've got the slideshow working. Can you tell me how to get rid of the white right-angle line above the photos?
Allen
Feb-10-2008, 06:55 PM
Okay, I've got the slideshow working. Can you tell me how to get rid of the white right-angle line above the photos?
This in your CSS will remove it for your homepage.

#bioBox,
#bioBox .boxBottom,
#bioBox .boxTop {border: none !important}

If you want it removed there and on all other pages
use this instead.

.box,
.boxTop,
.boxBottom {border: none !important}
MishkaPhotgraphy
Feb-11-2008, 05:58 AM
This in your CSS will remove it for your homepage.

#bioBox,
#bioBox .boxBottom,
#bioBox .boxTop {border: none !important}

If you want it removed there and on all other pages
use this instead.

.box,
.boxTop,
.boxBottom {border: none !important}

Thank you, Allen. I'm sorry I keep asking so many questions outside of the nav bar help thread. I'm just not sure where else to ask - if you'd like to point me in the right direction so I'm not harassing you anymore. . .

I do have another question. How do I "squeeze" everything together on homepage. I'd like the slideshow to move up so there's no scrolling. Also, how do I get that bad boy centered?
Allen
Feb-11-2008, 07:18 AM
Thank you, Allen. I'm sorry I keep asking so many questions outside of the nav bar help thread. I'm just not sure where else to ask - if you'd like to point me in the right direction so I'm not harassing you anymore. . .

I do have another question. How do I "squeeze" everything together on homepage. I'd like the slideshow to move up so there's no scrolling. Also, how do I get that bad boy centered?
About the only way I know of is reduce the height of the flash show box.
It's currently reserving 600x600 so the portraits are as large as the
landscapes. In your bio change the 600 to 400 and see if you like that.

createSWF(600,600, oParams, "transparent");

to this

createSWF(600,400, oParams, "transparent");

byw, your show is not running in Firefox here, make sure external links are
on for the source gallery.
MishkaPhotgraphy
Feb-11-2008, 09:41 AM
About the only way I know of is reduce the height of the flash show box.
It's currently reserving 600x600 so the portraits are as large as the
landscapes. In your bio change the 600 to 400 and see if you like that.

createSWF(600,600, oParams, "transparent");

to this

createSWF(600,400, oParams, "transparent");

byw, your show is not running in Firefox here, make sure external links are
on for the source gallery.


OK, I did as suggested (changed 600 to 400 & turned on external links) and now the slideshow is not showing up at all :( It seemed to work fine before. Where'd I go wrong?
Allen
Feb-11-2008, 11:08 AM
OK, I did as suggested (changed 600 to 400 & turned on external links) and now the slideshow is not showing up at all :( It seemed to work fine before. Where'd I go wrong?
Running fine here with Firefox.

btw, add the red to center it.

#userBio {
text-align: center !important;
}