Plans for Additional Web Gallery Options?

Does anybody know if Adobe plans to add different web galleries to the preset choices in the future? Or if they will become available as plug-ins from third parties, or something?
Just curious. I like some of the galleries available now, but more options would be fun for those of us not up to editing the code. :-)
Susan

Kewl. The LR galleries are definitely an improvement over pbase (at least the way I have it set up). This will be a really powerful tool for us web novices who still want to have nice customized galleries. Right now, alot of us just have the same nice customized galleries! :-)

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Additional Web Gallery Options Needed

I know that LR is not meant to substitute for a real web design application. However, it is intended to provide the ability to build photo galleries of photographers work for actual real world use. And as such, I find one thing about it that makes it rather limiting and somewhat defeats the point. I don't think most photogs who will use LR routinely are going to want to make one massive web gallery covering their whole body of ongoing work. It seems to me that many would be like me and want to create a collection of galleries that cover specific types of work, specific events, locations etc. While I may be wrong about how many would like that I am asure there are enough to justify even a small tweak to the Web Gallery capabilities of LR.
One tweak that would thrill me is to have just a bit more control and ability to add links to the galleries I build in LR. Again, I don't need nor request the ability to build large involved websites. But it would be wonderful and very helpful to have the option of adding maybe one or two customizable links that would aid in tying a collection of web galleries together. Even if I couldn't build a main home page in LR whose only finction is to provide a base to launch a library of galleries, it would be great if I could tag a link onto my galleries that would like back to a page I build elsewhere, or even to link a collection of LR galleries together. Just a simple url tag that sends a viewer back to a home page, or to a different gallery.

The bluefire_gallery as mentioned is the Flash Gallery. Here is lines 444 to 450 in the galleryMaker.xml file <mx:VBox ag:style="content_column"> <mx:HBox> <mx:Label text="$$$/WPG/Templates/BlueFire/ContactInfo=Contact Info"/> <ag:mruPopup value="contactInfoName"/> </mx:HBox> <mx:TextInput ag:maximumLength='150' ag:resizeToFitTextHeight="true" id="contactInfoName" ag:layout="text_color=AgPanel.bright_text_color,"/> </mx:VBox> Change where it says 150 to 250 in line 449 (or 300 even if you need more characters) Then add your links to the Contact Info box. Leave Web or Mail Link blank. See screen cap to see it in action <img src="http://seanmcfoto.com/lightroom/image/web.jpg">

What is the web gallery option good for...

what is the web gallery option good for if it doesnt work on any other computer, other than mine? If i choose save "online" where do i find ftp server ? and what type of sites does this work on?

Saving collections and I suppose web gallery (although I have neverf used it) is really just a reference to file locations on your computer. So it will not work for any other computer that is not exactly like yours.

Can't get "Send to web gallery" option to work on the iPhone.

I have been trying to get the "Send to web gallery button" to work on my iPhone for a few weeks now. I managed to get it to work once. I was directed to delete the gallery on iPhoto ’08 and then recreate it and make sure my iPhone was not connected to wifi and wait 1 hour, it worked once… Then never again.
I have an ongoing case open with Apple Care but there does not seem to be any definitive answer on how to get the option to work properly. One representative says that it should word fine, the other says that that feature was disabled in the last patch, (I had it working once under the current iPhone version 1.0.2 so I knew he was misinformed) I followed this Apple document and am still unable to get the feature to work: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306272
The Apple Care representative told me that the official Apple doc listed above was incorrect and that there was a better way to get the gallery to work and directed me to a Mac World Mac 911 article to resolve the issue http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mac911/2007/08/iphonetowebgallery/index.php
I insisted that this was a work around and that the actual “send to web gallery” button should display on the iPhone the Apple Care representative told me that I was incorrect and that the Mac 911 article was the only way to get the option to work.
I actually met and spoke with the author Christopher Breen last weekend, and he agreed that this was a “work around” and that the "send to web gallery option on the iPhone should work. All I had to do was insure that I had my dot Mac account set up on the iPhone, iPhoto ’08 installed, a web gallery created in iPhoto and the option “Allow photo uploading by email” checked and published and all should be good in the world. Unfortunately, I just can’t seem to get it to work?
I am not trying to “bash” Apple I would just like to get this option to work properly. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to get this option to work?

It seems to be an ongoing issue the last couple of days..there's a few posts already discussing it in the forum. I found that if I sent the photos from my verizon acct on the iphone, it uploaded to the gallery fine..so it's a .mac account problem i think. Try it through another acct and I don't think you'll have a problem. It had always worked fine for me sending from my mac account until this weekend.

Editing Web Gallery options and Cmd-I

When I created a web gallery I did not check the option "Allow photo uploading by email". Now that the gallery is up, I'd like to enable that option but I can't figure out how to do it. The only way I've found to do it is to just republish the event as a new web gallery. That's not ideal.
I went to the gallery's web page but couldn't find a way modify any options there either. Am I missing something or is the only way to change that option is to delete and recreate the web gallery? If I do that then any links I have sent out to other people becomes invalid as a new URL is created.
I also noticed that the "Smart Album Info..." (Cmd-I) menu option is active under Photos in the menu bar, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Chip

Choose the Web Gallery in the source list on the left, and click the Settings button in the toolbar. You'll be able to change settings there, including allowing photo uploading by email. Even though the button says Publish, it will simply update the settings for that web gallery.

How can I select items from Bridge for a web gallery in CS4

I have installed the plug-in for Photoshop in order to create a web gallery. In the past, I have been able to choose items selected from Bridge, but now that function is greyed out and I can only choose a folder. Is there something I should download for Bridge in order to activate this option?

Thats right, they have to go to:
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS4/Adobe Photoshop/
Maybe you copied the files by mistake to the
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS4/Adobe Bridge/
or maybe you copied to the Library folder in your Home directory (User) instead, as you mentioned, you had to make the directory your self.
You could make a fast check by hitting «Command+Shift+G» shortcut from your desktop and paste the first link from this reply, then you should see something like this:
and if you can't recognize the structure above, you have located the problem.

Autoplay for Bridge Web Gallery Slideshows

Hi all,
I feel like I've searched the entire internet looking for an answer to this question. Does anyone know how to set the Bridge CS4 Web Gallery Slideshows to start playing as soon as loaded?
I've dug around in all the output files and can't find an autoplay function anywhere. This seems like it should be a built in option for the gallery output.
Any help or suggestions would be VERY appreciated.
Thanks!

dan3430 wrote:
Hi all,
I feel like I've searched the entire internet looking for an answer to this question. Does anyone know how to set the Bridge CS4 Web Gallery Slideshows to start playing as soon as loaded?
I've dug around in all the output files and can't find an autoplay function anywhere. This seems like it should be a built in option for the gallery output.
Any help or suggestions would be VERY appreciated.
Thanks!
YES I also need autoplay for the Bridge CS4 Web Gallery. I've search the code and can't find anything that works
Help somebody!

Code for Responsive Web gallery

Hi, I'm looking for some sample code for Responsive web galleries. Not Flash ones. Web ones.
Ones that will respond to tablets, pads, and various web pages, including iPhone/iPad even (no flash)
Straight forward web pages are fine. Maybe HTML5, and Responsive.
Thanks for any help.

Have you checked out http://shop.theturninggate.net/collections/core-elements-3/products/2014-html-gallery to see how they do it? It is a free gallery for Lightroom 4/5 and you should be able to take a look at the code and see how it was done. That should get you going in the right direction.

Web Gallery Options Request

I hope that in the updated version the user can make galleries with presized and optimized JPGs. I enjoy making web galleries with Lightroom but often like to do my web optimization in Photoshop. At this point it appears that if I create a folder full of web images, the only way to create a gallery in LR is to allow it to resave them all over again. There is no option to leave them as they are.
Hope that makes sense.
Linda

Not as yet. Though check out
Paypal in Lightroom Galleries.
There are people working away at alternative templates, but have not seen one like what you want, yet.
Don
Don Ricklin, MacBook 1.83Ghz Duo 2 Core running 10.4.9 & Win XP, Pentax *ist D
http://donricklin.blogspot.com/

More Customized Web Gallery Options

I'd like to see the ability to customize the flash galleries and add the ability to choose whether to allow right-click downloads of the images. I see the option is available in only a few templates. Also, a way to set a custom slideshow as the new default. Keeps reverting back to the original default slideshow.
Thanks.

I'm just going to upgrade to the new Aperture - hopefully that'll sort it..

Problems Managing User Access Rights for Web Gallery

Has anyone else had issues changing the user access rights for a web gallery? It seems like the access is everyone or no one. Are the user rights handled per event in the gallery? I had issues adding events to the user's view/download rights in the publish settings.
Also, can these settings only be set when an event is first published? Attempting to change the user access rights after the event is published seems to require a re-upload of the images.
Any thoughts?

Problem solved.
I had to put the following lines in the specified "0000_any_80.my.website.conf" file:
 <Directory "/Library/WebServer/subdomain.domain">
 Options All +MultiViews -ExecCGI -Indexes -Includes
 AllowOverride None
 # For Password protection
 AuthType Digest
 AuthName "Password Protection"
 require valid-user
 <IfModule mod_dav.c>
 DAV Off
 </IfModule>
 </Directory>

Help- how do I make images ready for web gallery??

Hi,
I am trying to create a photo gallery of images within Bridge using the Adobe Web Gallery feature. I have the images I want to use in a folder.What steps do I need to take to get the images saved in the correct format and file size? Also, what files sizes do you recommend for a web gallery? I need to make medium to large thumbnails & large images (when clicked). Here's what I am thinking I need in terms of getting this right:
use Adobe Photoshop/Bridge to create the gallery
jpg for photos
gif for solid colors
file size under 2MB (full image), under 20-30K for (thumbnails), total size of all images under 50K (no more than 50 sec. to download)
screen size: 984x728
screen resolution: 72dpi
If you could help me in any way, shape or form concerning making my images ready for a web gallery that would be most helpful. And if you can refer me to any resources on making a web gallery that'd be awesome. Thank you!
ashmic19

Thanks for the link Curt Y that video is really helpful. After looking through some materials I had I figured out how to optimize my images. So I don't need any help anymore. But thanks to all who viewed this and thanks Curt Y for the video!
ashmic19

Any way to keep original file name as image name for web gallery?

Hi,
I wonder if there is any way to keep the original file name as image name for a web gallery (instead of "picture-1.jpg)
People often send us the thumbnails or the image from the web and we have to search forever to find the image in AP - if we could keep our original filename then this would be a second away.
Hope somebody has an idea
thanks

Hi William,
I finally had time to play - unfortunately it does
not work the way you described above.
I´m just exporting a set of images using the "Stock
Black" Theme - marked name only - batched the
filename to masterfile - but the actual picture names
are still "picture-1.jpg" - "picture-2.jpg".
did I miss anything? thanks
I see what you want, you don't care about the screen name so much but want the generated file names to be the same as the version names. From earlier messages though I am not quite sure why this is a problem, since you said other people were picking the images they wanted - say Image1 and 23 and 8. That to me says those people are going through the directory using Finder or Explorer, not using the HTML.
Is it the case you are giving people web galleries on CD? If so, then perhaps also export a "browse" directory with exported images using the version names, so that people can use the right name.
Or perhaps it's the case that people are downloading the images from the web, and then using the downloaded file names to send you requests. I'm not sure how to fix this yet and do not know if 1.1 offers something for this.

Photoshop CS3 web gallery bugs(?); vanishing metadata, bad sort order

Running OS 1.5.4 on 24" Imac, I'm attempting to generate a "horizontal slideshow" from bridge-selected files in Photoshop CS3.
[Sounded like the problem in this post: http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5a9fe/2 but on re-reading I've decided it's different so I'm giving it it's own thread, with more detail...]
Here's my experience:
1) Description and title show up for a second on the first slide, then revert to just the blank template on that and all subsequent slides (title: [blank] description: [blank]....
Hitting "refresh" produces the descriptive metadata for a tantalizing moment, then it' s back to the blank template for this and all subsequent slides. It does this both for Safari and Firefox.
You can view this behavior in a slideshow at http://oasisdesign.net/projects/earthtoilet/
If it asks for a password, use---
user:earthling
pass: draf1 )
"preserve all metadata" is checked.
I've tried all combinations of checking/ unchecking "title, description, filename" for labeling...also, making slideshows with just one or two slides to reduce the chance that it's a weird character issue of the type some other folks have experienced...
2) additionally, the web gallery is not respecting the manual sort order in Bridge, which is the source of the files. The help files say the slideshow should follow the manual sort order in Bridge.
3) Finally, metadata entered in bridge metadata tab sometimes vanishes, sometimes metadata entered in file info wouldn't show in the metadata tab.
Thanks for your help!!
Art
BTW, here's the related issues I found:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5a9fe/2
...After some investigation, I found that the descriptions were disappearing only for photos that had a Return / Line Break in the description. If you go back and make sure all of your descriptions are a single line, it works fine....
=Don't have line breaks, nor "and" nor &...
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bff9de1/0
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bd62ec3/0

OK...here's the hack I used to get around what I'm now totally convinced are program bugs and shortcomings relative to advertised functionality, for anyone else who has to deal with this, followed by my (suggested fixes to Adobe)...
1) Sort everything the way you want in bridge.
2) Make meta descriptions w/o weird characters (a warning here would be helpful)
3) Use "batch rename," with "copy to another folder" to give the images totally plain vanilla, DOS-style file names (001.jpg, 002.jpg...). This solves most filename issues and the works around web gallery's failure to recognize bridge sort order in one go. Note that you can irrevocably screw up the names of all your original files if you're not very careful to COPY at this step.
([a] make the bridge sort work directly, as advertised, por favor. [b] add an error message or warning about file names such as 006-(2).jpg causing malfunction. A compassionate, low-effort short-term patch for Mac users of web gallery, especially since bridge generates that particular sort name itself invisibly and automatically if you move a file with the same name into a folder)
4) Use "white on black" instead of bug-ridden "horizontal slideshow" (horizontal slideshow should be fixed or deleted from the next version...multiple slideshow options would be awesome, as they advance automatically at the max rate the user's bandwidth allows, a very attractive feature)
5) Restrict all images to the same height so users can click *in the same spot* to advance the 200 images with less carpal tunnel (the advance arrow should *always* be in the same spot, for every web gallery, IMHO)
Web galleries are a fantastic tool for sharing information easily...I hope to see some evolution in those great automatic updates someday...

Font selection view control in Web Gallery

LR4.1 RC2
I wanted to be able to change the font type from the UI panel using a font select popup.
This control really only seems to exist in the inbuilt edit modes (eg: id plate and watermark) so I have tried a workround which seems to work OK so far. Maybe it will help someone else out working with webengines.
Mac/OSX only at this stage - good source file in Windows may be font.inf but would require a bit of parsing or get a folder listing somehow.
Basically I read in the contents of the fonts.list file - which appears in the OSX fonts folders - and then massage the contents to get a raw list of the fonts.
This raw list is then read into a lua table and consumed by the UI popup control.
Should there be an obvious way that I haven't seen then just give me time to find a banana to eat ... anyway here goes -
Changing the font type for the cell index numbers.
Grid cells use cellIndex to give the photo number and in my webengine the css class is .itemNumber
Data Model references -   Note:   %s is important for select to work - if %q is used select will work but font won't change ( %q adds quotes to the string ).
            ["appearance.itemNumber.font"] = function() return string.format( "%s", nonCSS.itemNumberFontSize .. "px " .. nonCSS.itemNumber.font ) end,
            ["nonCSS.itemNumberFontSize"] = 60,
            ["nonCSS.itemNumber.font"] = "inherit",
            fontlistpath = LrPathUtils.child('/Library/Fonts','')    -- OSX Default fonts
Code just prior to LR UI Views -
        deffonts = templatepath .. "/pgresources/" .. 'osxdeffont.txt'      -- templatepath is the root path of the webengine - this is the tweaked OSX fonts.list file
        function readFontsFile( deffonts )
            local fileLines = io.lines( deffonts )
            ff3 = {}
            for line in io.lines(deffonts) do
Filter lines here ...
eg:   -
                line = string.sub(line, 17)   -- remove 1st 16 chrs        (/Library/Fonts//Osaka.ttf)
                line = string.gsub(line, "(.ttf)", "")
                local kline = line
                   local vline = line
                   table.insert(ff3, { title = kline ,value = vline })
            end
        end
LR UI View for font select -
            f:popup_row {
                title = "Font family :",
                bindingValue = "nonCSS.itemNumber.font",
                items = ff3,
                bindingEnabled = "appearance.itemNumber.display",   -- control should be disabled if display checkbox false
                tooltip = "Choose wisely Dave!",
Using this method is not perfect but gives a good selection of fonts - I found that to improve the success rate the default font file was copied into the webengine
resources folder and tweaked. eg: the default file gives Brush Script.ttf but I needed Brush Script MT to work, similarly with Arial Rounded Bold which needed changing
to Arial Rounded MT Bold
Basically to find the correct descriptions you could do far worse than to use the ones in the edit selections used by the ID Plate/watermarking features.
            Well there you go ...
As an aside I did try an undocumented control which on double click popped up a system font selection dialog (the whole nine yards) but couldn't get it to link to the css class so I didn't persist - not a good idea to use undocumented controls but can be fun to play with.
    f:font_picker {
        font = "Copperplate",     -- showed font as highlighted when picker opened.
        width = 80,
        value = "Arial",    -- appeared on control (title ??) - this value only changed according to the font selected after double-clicking on another hidden control (f:image_well)
        bindingValue = "nonCSS.itemNumber.font", -- linkage didn't work
Again, unless I missed it, it would be really good to have the font_picker documented and working for the web gallery views. Fonts seem to be a murky area -
probably accounts for the hassles I am getting with the watermarking feature as well.
Update :
If the font doesn't work try using the PostScript name as a value which invariably works.
eg: Handwriting - Dakota will not work but Handwriting-Dakota will.
     Arial Bold will not work but Arial-BoldMT will.

I don't think that there is any option to set the default view in the web album. If anyone has found an option to do this, then I will like to know as well.
Quite a lot of the settings in web album seams to be "hard coded" and only a few settings are available for users to control.
Karsten

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