I’m pleased to announce the release of Lightbox Plus 1.6.6 for WordPress. Change log details are below.
[Read more…]
Lightbox Plus 1.6.3 released – Fixes jQuery issues with Featured Content plugin
Lightbox Plus 1.6.3 has been released to address issues with jQuery conflicts especially with the Featured Content plugin. Here are the latest changes.
1.6.3
- Eliminated conflict with Featured Content plug-in
- Removed
jQuery.noConflict()
due to poor implementation on my part. - Kept
$lbp
jQuery variable.
- Removed
- jQuery conflicts should all be resolved – hopefully.
- Minor modification to
wp_enqueue_script
function cal to include colorbox version. - Now works with WordPress Mu if
rel=lightbox[]
is added manually.- Working on solving auto lightboxing issues with WordPress Mu
You can get it from wordpress.org or 23systems download [Download not found] directly.
For support please see the Lightbox Plus message board.
Lightbox Plus 1.6.2 Released – Fixed jQuery.noConflict() and Shortcode Gallery Issues
I just released Lightbox Plus 1.6.2 to address issues with jQuery conflicts and implementation or shortcode galleries in templates. Here are the latest changes.
1.6.2
- Added
jQuery.noConflict()
to the initiator to hopefully eliminate issues with other jQuery libraries loading and causing conflicts.- Changed jQuery
$
variable to$lbp
to give a unique constructor.
- Changed jQuery
- Added replacement shortcode gallery method to allow Lightbox Plus to work with shortcode galleries called via the
echo do_shortcode('[ gallery link="file" size="thumbnail"]
');
method in templates.- Replacement shortcode gallery function automatically adds
rel="lightbox"
orclass="cboxModal"
as selected in options.
- Replacement shortcode gallery function automatically adds
- Added code to automatically cleanup doubled title tags from shortcode galleries.
- Added quicklinks to the plugin listing on the plugin page.
- Some minor UI tweaks to the admin page.
You can get it from wordpress.org or 23systems download [Download not found] directly.
For support please see the Lightbox Plus message board.
Lightbox Plus 1.6.1 Released – Fixes IE 6/7/8 style issues
I’ve released Lightbox Plus 1.6.1 which while is doesn’t really add any new features it does fix some display issues for IE with the elegant and shadows themes. Here are the change log notes:
1.6.1
- Fixed IE display issues for elegant and shadowed themes.
- Should now correctly grab path to images for IE 6/7/8
- Re-added additional simple styles blue, green, grey, purple, red, teal, yellow in addition to balck and white
- Fixed prev/next buttons in simple styles to only display when cursor hovers over left or right of image.
You can get it from wordpress.org or 23systems download [Download not found] directly.
For support please see the Lightbox Plus message board.
Fix for Flickr Mini Gallery and Lightbox Plus
I’ve discovered that the great plugin Flickr Mini Gallery conflicts with Lightbox Plus (and probably any other plugins that implement jQuery using the wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
method.
I took a look at the code and have created a hotfix for version 1.0 of Flick Mini Gallery.
Here’s how to fix the issue:
[Read more…]
Lightbox Plus 1.6 Released – Supports WordPress Galleries
Lightbox Plus NOW works with WordPress’ built in gallery feature
I’m happy to say Lightbox Plus now works with WordPress’ built in gallery. This has been the most requested feature by far. There are few simple requirements however. You you must set Link thumbnails to: Image File or use [gallery link="file"
for the gallery options. You must check Use For WP Gallery box under Other Lightbox Plus Settings
[Read more…]
Lightbox Plus Plugin 1.5.x Issues and Updates
I noticed and had pointed out several issue with the latest release of Lightbox Plus. I am planning on releasing another version today that will hopefully recify the issues.
Upgrade Issues
The upgrade was not removing the old unneccesary files from the plugin – the plugin needs re-initialization at least once upon upgrading. This will now remove old Lightbox Plus files assuming you have the correct permissions on you server to do so. Otherwise you must manually remove the following files and directories:
.../wp-content/plugins/lightbox-plus/images/*.*
.../wp-content/plugins/lightbox-plus/images/
.../wp-content/plugins/lightbox-plus/js/lightbox.js
.../wp-content/plugins/lightbox-plus/css/*.css
This will give you a clean install. You will still want to re-initialize or set and save the settings for Lightbox Plus before proceeding.
[Read more…]
Plugin News
I’ve updated all my plugins to be compatible with WordPress 2.8. There are still the lingering bugs that affect some people but not others. Here’s the latest news and updates regarding the plugins.
[Read more…]
Lightbox Plus Issues
I know there have been a lot of questions about issues with Lightbox Plus. I’m currently trying to track down the cause for most of them. I’ll try to answer what I can here and hopefully have some resolution for the other issue soon. I’m working on completing a project that is taking up most of my coding time but as I am going to be using Lightbox Plus in this project I will soon be concentrating effort on improving it and hopefully solving the remaining issues.
A bug was pointed out to me recently that may be causing issues with IE – I’m going to correct that and hopefully that will solve some of the problems people have been having.
Issues with the lightbox tags rel=lightbox
not showing up is probably due to the Image Title or Image Caption not being set. Images added prior to LB+ installation may or may not have them. Images added in older versions of WordPress (2.3-) probably won’t have them.
I have just released another version that correct a definite IE error with Lightbox Plus so please let me know if this solves your issue. It may also correct the issue with the Loading and Close image paths as well.
Get it here: [Download not found]
New Version of FLIR Soon
I was hoping to have a new version of FLIR out by today but life does that strange thing, you know where it interrupts with programming.
Anyway the new version is just a minor update that fixes a few bugs and adds a few small features and makes it a little more WordPress 2.7 friendly.
I need to finish up a few things then do some browser testing.
The changes should be as follows:
- Set the tags used by the Automatic method to follow the element types as defined in the configuration
- Add checkbox to allow the use of external JavaScript libraries – jQuery, Scriptaculous and Prototype support only
- Hide Elements to Replace section when using Automatic method as it is not used in that case.
- Add checkbox to disable FLIR for IE6 users to to various problems, may expand to disable for older browsers in general.
- Fix the global Use FancyFonts not showing it’s activated.
- Other minor interface fixes.