So, here’s the question. Do you actually save anything if you’re trying to save money, or are you just spending MORE in the end – more time, more nerves, more…
Yes, I’m still at it, trying to get three freeware apps – each GREAT in their own right – to talk to each other. AND IT’S NOT EASY. But then, I’ve always been somebody to love this kind of a challenge, so here I am, still plugging away at it.
Here’s where it stands: I have Gallery 2.3 – surprisingly successfully – embedded into Joomla 1.5. I have just now started to also embed it into WordPress. At the same time, I’m trying to literally take everything out that the makers of Gallery so painstakingly put in. I’ve removed the dates from albums, I’m not displaying the album actions and search bar. I’m basically going bare bones. Why? Because all I wanted was ONE central place to feed photographs into. And I’m getting there, with a little more tweaking.
Sometimes, though, in my darkest hours, I sit at my computer and am ready to take a hammer to it. Yes, I love a challenge. And I’ll keep at it. Maybe in a year I’ll cave in and get a smugmug account. 
Sofie Dittmann OMG!, Photography General, Resource gallery 2.3 embedded, joomla 1.5, wordpress
Alright, so here’s actually the solution to a problem that was driving me ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NUTS (see previous post). And there wasn’t a solution to be found – until I figured it out today.
So, here it goes.
I have Gallery 2 embedded w/in a Joomla 1.5 site. Check it out at http://sdittmann.com (click on the Photographs link). What I couldn’t understand is that even though I have Joomla NOT override Gallery’s style sheet, as soon as I flushed out the cache on Gallery, the entire layout was screwed up. And I mean SCREWED UP. I diagnosed it left and right, Firebug and what not, but couldn’t figure it out. It was like Gallery’s style sheet was either not loaded in or overwritten by default or something.
Until it hit me: that must be the issue. So I copied the content from theme.css in its entirety into the css for my Joomla template (at the bottom). AND LO’ AND BEHOLD, IT WORKS. Why didn’t I think of this earlier? And why couldn’t I find the solution to this issue anywhere? Anyway, and be that as it may, if somebody else has had this issue, this worked for me.
Good luck!
Sofie Dittmann Check this out!, Photography General freeware, gallery 2.3, joomla 1.5, online photo gallery, photo gallery
Am I the only one who’s having issues w/ this? I’ve been trying literally for WEEKS to get Gallery to work 100% w/ in the Joomla 1.5 site I’m building. However, when I call the page Gallery is embedded in, first I get a script error, then it seems to load correctly. Yet, Gallery’s layout is messed up and continues to be so no matter what I do – it’s like Joomla by default either overrides or doesn’t even load the respective style sheet when embedding Gallery.
AND I CAN’T SEEM TO FIND A SOLUTION.
I’ve tried other gallery modules, but I don’t think they are as good. (How helpful is it to me if I have a subalbum, and the main album lists “0″ content b/c the content of the main album is another album?) Anyway, I’m STILL trying to get to the bottom of this, but THIS IS FRICKING ANNOYING. I know I wouldn’t have these issues if I caved in and bought into something else. But I happen to BELIEVE in Open Source, Freeware etc., and the philosophy of which Joomla and Gallery are a part.
SO PLEASE, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY. I’m about to cave in and get something that actually works!
Sofie Dittmann OMG!, Photography General freeware, gallery 2.3, joomla 1.5, online photo gallery, photo gallery
