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2. Benjamin Sterling

Ultimately it is only javascript code, no php; I did not even think of not clicking through to a large image as an option.

Well we have a few options:

1. Assuming you only want to have the thumbnails and no clicking for any type of large image, you can just provide the thumbnail image with no link. By default, if there is no link wrapping the image, the click event will return false. And you should probably comment out lines 205 through 212 to remove the hover dropdown. The line of code will look like:

.hover(
	function(){
	$div.children('.gvOpen').stop().animate({top:0},'fast', el.opts.ease);
	},
	function(){
		$div.children('.gvOpen').stop().animate({top:-16},'fast', el.opts.ease);
	}
);

2. If you want to be able to click on the thumbnail and the large image open in a separate window, that can be done also by change 234:

change:

     $.fn.jqGalView.view(this,el);

to:

     window.open(this.altImg,'mywindow')"

Let me know if that helps.

September 27th, 2007 at 9:04 am | Link

4. Benjamin Sterling

Make sure you have 1.2.1 of the framework. I can only assume that that is the case. Can you post a live url for me to look at?

September 26th, 2007 at 4:15 pm | Link

6. Benjamin Sterling

@jurrie, thanks for the fix, I must have overlooked that one, good catch.

September 26th, 2007 at 9:05 am | Link

10. Benjamin Sterling

From: Rey Bango
"Ben, I like the initial look. The only thing that I'm not quite clear on is why the picture jiggles around when I hover over it. Also, what do the "1 2" stand for at the bottom of a rendered image?"

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From: Rey Bango
"So I jumped on over to http://www.flashimagegallery.com/pics/artwork/ and checked it out. Now I understand.

Some observations:

- The jiggle I mentioned was actually expected behavior so you can pan left, right, up or down. You should do that, though, only for images that are wider than the viewable area. Smaller images should move.

- The "1 2" I mentioned is a nav. It didn't jump to the next gallery.

- A nice feature would be to use fadeIn() to do a nice transition of the pic into the viewable area.

- If you take you move and put it to the title of the viewable area (where it says My Gallery) and you lower the mouse, the picture jumps up towards the mouse."

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From: Andy Matthews
"It's not too bad actually. I don't really like the scrolling though. You're already offering a "full size" option, I'd say that the medium sized image should be at a set size and not allow you to scroll around in it. That's of course a personal opinion."

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From: Stephan Beal
"Ooooh, i like that. Some spontaneous suggestions:

"a) When i see the "open" thing drop down, my instinct is to click on it, but this is impossible (it goes away when the mouse goes over it). This behaviour is a bit confusing. After tinkering, it is clear that i am supposed to click on the image, but perhaps it would be clearer if the Open thingie didn't disappear unless i mouse out of the image.

"b) The scrolling behaviour of a clicked image is a tad confusing because the "back" label only appears at certain times (again, my instinct is to try to click it).

"c) The "1" and "2" link-like things at the bottom of an image... what are they supposed to do? i see no change in the image when clicking those (Firefox 2.0.0.6).

"But i love the overall look/feel."

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From: Rick Faircloth
"The ability scroll around a highly detailed image would be a valuable feature

"for anyone wanting to sell a product, such as shoes, clothing or electronics

"so they can take a very close look at the stitching or controls, etc.

"I was wondering if there is any limit to the size photo that can be used as the

“full-size” image because I want to use larger more detailed images."

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From: Andy Matthews
"I found that the 1/2 only work when you're in thumbnail mode. Those need to go away when you're viewing the larger size."

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From: Joan Piedra
"Hi, I like the 'pan view' idea.

"Just found a 'bug', when you are seeing an image it should cover the whole gallery (aka. thumbs and gallery tabs), you can click another tab while you are browsing a pic, this is confusing because when you close it you are in new gallery section.

"Keep working on it, looks nice."

August 24th, 2007 at 3:37 pm | Link