[Lightstalkers] Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:54:31 +0000

Heyo -- here's something we've been working on for a while: a new gallery template. On our profile pages, look for a red "BETA" link next to "Gallery". If you notice any problems, give a shout. We're past the point of being able to respond to every feedback individually, but it is definitely valuable. Thanks!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 22:24:36 +0000

I recently uploaded a gallery since the Digital Railroad feed was screwy (when will that be fixed?)--and LOVE the Beta gallery. It's elegant and efficient; the photos look great in that format. An excellent feature of this website.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 22:32:21 +0000

i concurr ,though the pic advance tab was a little slow ,do you have to wait a while for the gallery to download?

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 22:53:26 +0000

Shinji, the new template looks very good, thanks for all !!! DC

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 22:53:42 +0000

Shinji, the new template looks very good, thanks for all !!! DC

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:16:01 +0000

i can't see any navigation buttons.. i can't go to the next image.. but it looks beautiful !! thx for all the work you do :)

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:18:00 +0000

Sveva to go to the next image use the space bar. Excellent Shinji. 2 thumbs up!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:19:11 +0000

Shinji:...You ARE the man!...the Beta gallery is deleriously sumptuous and I love the black matte as well as the slow dissolve and the index advance...hopefully will put up pics soon, since removed the old...If i havent said this before, we owe u dearly (in my book, you can read that as: old, single malt! )...cheers thanks a million, b

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:21:38 +0000

oh wow! wicked...

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:22:31 +0000

oh wow! wicked...

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:23:36 +0000

Wicked indeed!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:23:43 +0000

Shinji a couple of images are cut off.. chiefly the panoramic.. of course

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:24:31 +0000

Shinji a couple of images are cut off.. chiefly the panoramic.. of course

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:24:58 +0000

actually ONLY the panoramic.. and barely

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:35:11 +0000

Don't see any navigation buttons. Possibility to have captions?

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:38:24 +0000

I have noticed that the navigation buttons and captions disappear with some browsers--two different Firefox versions (or maybe it's Flash versions) have given different results for me.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:38:57 +0000

John: navigation buttons are on the lower right hand corner of the pop-up window...forward/backward....Im using a new G5 and my browser is Firefox...so I hope that helps

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:40:22 +0000

John: there is also an "index" button: when clicked it produces thumbs.... Preston: I have the latest version of firefox and all works well...shiji can probably clarify which browser is optimal for his Beta :)) cheers, b

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Wed, 03 May 2006 23:44:09 +0000

Thanks for the feedback -- here's some follow-up: * We assume a maximum size of 640x480px, and if you upload anything larger, we have to scale it down accordingly. Understandably, this is an issue for panoramic photos. Try resizing and re-uploading your panoramas at 640px wide or less. * Captions are supported -- click on "edit" for any uploaded photo, and you'll see a form field which you can fill in. * VCR-style navigation buttons should definitely be there. If you don't see them, make a screen cap and email it to me at support@lightstalkers.org, along with any details about your Web browser.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 01:20:42 +0000

Hej Shinji, looks great. a small thing; I have quotation marks in one caption and these do not come up as marks but as a word simon

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 01:30:43 +0000

Shinji - It's realy great! :) Thanks!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 02:24:28 +0000

Sweet! Even makes my pics look better! I noted that the thumbnail of any image that does not match the required aspect ratio gets squeezed or squashed to fit. If it's not possible to maintain the original image aspect and pad with black as necessary, I would accept a crop of the center of the frame for use as the thumbnail. Also, my personal preference would be to have some air between thumbnails, even one pixel. Minor stuff--it looks and works great. (XP Pro SP2, Firefox 1.5.0.3)

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 02:24:52 +0000

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 02:37:47 +0000

Shinji, this is really a terrific bonus. I am sure there is no LS member who does not appreciate this. Dumb question perhaps re sizing, but what resolution/dpi should we be sizing images at?

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 02:51:39 +0000

Shinji it looks really good, thanks man!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 03:05:19 +0000

BOB: ain't nothing there mate: no buttons, no navigation, no index. Only my Â© and the address of my website. Sent a PM to Shinji (running a G5 x Safari 2.0.1)

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 03:34:21 +0000

holy %^$&*#! it looks fantastic shinji. thanks a million!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 03:48:28 +0000

Shinji No joy on my end with the beta gallery, getting a script error with flash player 8. The window comes with navagation but no images. Running OS X 10.4.6 on Safari and Firefox. =(

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 04:24:30 +0000

Hi Shinji looks good thanks again for your work daniele

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 04:31:31 +0000

OK, just tried it with IE6 on XP Pro--copyright and URL are visible, nav is not visible.

The index link is there, but it must be colored black or is otherwise transparent. It works as it should as does the space bar function. I could not find the left and right nav buttons.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 04:59:21 +0000

bravo!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 05:13:19 +0000

Hi Shinji, I truly like the new template. The one thing that could be approved is how portrait-orientation pictures are displayed in the index. Carsten

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 06:12:12 +0000

looking good. (no problems on safari or firefox whatsoever. osx 10.4.3)

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 06:18:09 +0000

wonderful on mac

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 06:50:48 +0000

Nice. No problems on Maxthon browser. m

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 06:59:49 +0000

wow!..this looks awesome!. you da man Shinji..

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 07:20:34 +0000

That is beautifull Shinji!!! Thanks again for everything!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 08:06:45 +0000

John V: okay...i often have problems with safari, especially at LS. Upgrade to Mozilla's firefox browser and all will be okay. It u need a link, let me know. :) Cheers, bob

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 08:12:44 +0000

Most excellent on Mac G5 + Safari. Cheers. Quite nice.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 10:02:29 +0000

excellent. Works fine with Safari. jack

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 10:20:55 +0000

Looks great, Shinji. Thanks. Works fine on my WinXP/Firefox combo too. Is it difficult to also implement a slideshow function?

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 10:53:41 +0000

Is there a way for the viewer to go directly into BETA mode when you click on the "GALLERY "link that is included in the profile of the persons participating in a thread?

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 11:33:26 +0000

I'm only getting a black screen w/ Caption at the bottom. do i need more coffee? i may be missing something. MK

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 11:36:27 +0000

looks amazing. thanks a lot!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 12:27:25 +0000

looks good and works well on win xp / firefox. the only problem i found was that a vertical image is distorted to a horizontical image on the thumbnails page. best, martin

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 12:34:23 +0000

Shinji, having some trouble....If I click BETA it opens just my first image but then I cannot carry on with the view of the other pics even trying with the space bar and other buttons....nothing Any suggestion? BTW the black backgroung fit in properly, nice one! Cheers S

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 12:55:45 +0000

I just uploaded my gallery again and it looks great! Thanks, Shinji!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 13:00:56 +0000

thank 's Shinji take care stÃ©ph

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 13:01:26 +0000

I just get a black square with my name and a link to my website, am I diong something wrong?

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 13:02:22 +0000

Looks excellent on Safari. Cheers, William.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 13:10:07 +0000

The new format (being flash based?) is a lot less forgiving on CMYK images. Just a heads up if you notice the colors looking really off on some of your images to check that they are indeed RGB. One of mine wasn't, is now.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 13:14:47 +0000

Shinji, Unfortunately, it seems I have a problem...I run OS 10.4.6 with the latest Safari and Firefox 1.5.0.3, when clicking on the red BETA thing, I get a black window with the first image, and my name and copyright on the bottom left, nothing else. Hitting the spacebar produce nothing and enlarging the frame to the max doesn't show anything on the bottom right...same thing with both browsers... Sorry for the bad news...see you soon and thanks for everything!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 13:58:25 +0000

Hey Shinji, I reloaded & updated my gallery; it looks great. Thanks man! Another reason for LS to become a one-stop shop for editors. Cheers L

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 14:07:33 +0000

I have exactly the same problem as Bruno. The one image i can see looks good though.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 14:35:22 +0000

I'm also having the same problem as Bruno and Jason. Plus apostrophes in captions come out all weird. The black does look nice though.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 15:21:12 +0000

I can't see it. Nothing happens when I go to Beta. :(

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 15:37:29 +0000

i think that it looks great!! the only thing i would say is that the captions typo is too light and it is difficult to read....

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 16:32:18 +0000

outside of the fact that the images load reeeeeally slowly, the new design is BEAUTIFUL. Thank you Shinji.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 20:03:38 +0000

My dog has gone missing (avatar has vanished) and it seems that a few others (avatars) have too. Firefox and XP.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 20:10:44 +0000

Hey Mike, i can still see your dog.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Thu, 04 May 2006 23:33:28 +0000

I didn't realise I was underexposing that much... Same browser (safari 2.0.1), same G5 but now it's ALL BLACK. I mean BLACK. BLACK on BLACK with a little bit of BLACK on top. Not one little greyish pixel to see... But maybe it is because of Guilad's LS T-shirt...

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Fri, 05 May 2006 06:48:59 +0000

Can't see many avatars......where did they go?

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Fri, 05 May 2006 07:53:58 +0000

It can't handle the apostrophes in my captions but otherwise it looks great! Crispin

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Sun, 07 May 2006 16:41:19 +0000

Problems with viewing people's BETA galleries. The window pops up, but does not display a photo, even after 5-7 minutes on a FiOS connection. The forward/backward buttons to not seem to help, and when I click "INDEX", my browser freezes and then crashes. I am using Firefox 1.5.0.3 on Windows XP, with Flash Player 8. I even tried using Internet Explorer 6, and I had the same problem: Freeze, then crash.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Sun, 07 May 2006 16:58:37 +0000

Ditto here Joseph, at least when viewing my own gallery. Havent tried viewing anyone else's yet. sometimes the thing just freezes and I have to exit the browser and start over. Index button works for me, but it did freeze up once. Before I could read my captions, now I cannot.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Sun, 07 May 2006 17:09:21 +0000

Well, its somewhat comforting knowing I'm not the only one missing out on what seems to be a really cool feature =]. I actually un-installed Flash, and did a fresh re-install prior to testing in both broswers. I can't seem to figure out why it wouldn't be working... I don't have any other programs running that would interfere with my internet browsing or access (i.e. pop-up blocker, Active-X blocker, etc.), and I don't have any Firefox extensions that seem to be the source of the problem (remember, I'm having the same issues using IE 6). Hopefully this information will be beneficial to those working hard on the code. Thanks Shinji!!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Sun, 07 May 2006 17:39:08 +0000

I imagine the feature is still a bit glitchy, because before I got it towork perfectly, with the index and captions all in place.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Sun, 07 May 2006 18:24:24 +0000

How do we thank them, everyone??!!

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Sun, 07 May 2006 19:24:35 +0000

Functionality is great running OSX 10.4.6 on a 1.67 G4 Laptop and Safari 2.0.3... but, image quality is terrible. I've used an sRGB profile so it's not the previously mentioned CMYK issue and if I open both galleries (old and new) side by side there is a huge difference. The new gallery de-saturates pretty heavily and brightens a bit. Interestingly, I did notice this same issue earlier today on another gallery. I'm not sure, but I'd have to guess it was also Flash based.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Other than that I LOVE the new gallery. Great work, yet again!

Art

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Sun, 07 May 2006 20:52:59 +0000

Looks great. As above, it does not always load the images. After a couple of reloads (or equivalents) they do pop up. Mac Powerbook G4, 2Gb RAM, Firefox latest version, cable high speed access. Regards

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Mon, 08 May 2006 05:03:56 +0000

I found that as my images in the gallery were less than 640 pixels wide, they got upsampled to 640, which of course looked horrible. So you need to re-upload and re-caption anything that's too small. Hope that helps someone.

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Mon, 08 May 2006 06:06:09 +0000

Thats right John I uploaded my images @ 1000 pixels wide which were then pulled back to 640. They look fine. I have had no problems viewing my gallery OR other galleries. I am on PC/Firefox. At first their was a lag when the image appeared but that seems OK now. I hope it's all sorted out for everyone because it looks great. Mark

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Mon, 08 May 2006 06:06:53 +0000

Thats right John I uploaded my images @ 1000 pixels wide which were than pulled back to 640. They look fine. I have had no problems viewing my gallery OR other galleries. I am on PC/Firefox. At first their was a lag when the image appeared but that seems OK now. I hope it's all sorted out for everyone because it looks great. Mark

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Mon, 08 May 2006 09:20:22 +0000

My images were all uploaded at 640. But just to see, I re-uploaded the first image at 800 pixels and there was no change.

Thanks for the suggestion!

-Art

Re: Lightstalkers is testing a new gallery template

Mon, 15 May 2006 21:20:29 +0000

I don't see any captions or navigation buttons - and usually the image ID numbers come up as 00000000 and 0 Using OS X 10.4 and Safari 2.0.3