Welcome paragraph in a category ??

pward76

I'd like to add a paragraph to a category which contains some galleries. I set up a gallery, made it a journal type, and need to delete the photo. I put
this in my CSS box:

.gallery_7666178 .nophotos h3 {
display:none;
}

but I still have the photo. I would also like to change the size of that gallery so it will display all the text in the description.

Does anyone have a suggestion? or a better way to go about this?

http://pward76.smugmug.com/

Thanks!

jfriend

We would need a link to the actual gallery to see why the CSS isn't working.

pward76

jfriend wrote:

We would need a link to the actual gallery to see why the CSS isn't working.

Hopefully, one of these will help?
Gallery:
http://pward76.smugmug.com/gallery/7666178_hKfQf

Category page:
http://pward76.smugmug.com/Show%20Choir

jfriend

pward76 wrote:

Hopefully, one of these will help?
Gallery:
http://pward76.smugmug.com/gallery/7666178_hKfQf

Category page:
http://pward76.smugmug.com/Show%20Choir

I don't know what you expect to happen. When I got to the gallery, I see only your text and no photo as the CSS commands it to be.

What else were you expecting?

Here's what I see in the gallery:

pward76

jfriend wrote:

I don't know what you expect to happen. When I got to the gallery, I see only your text and no photo as the CSS commands it to be.

What else were you expecting?

Here's what I see in the gallery:

Hi John,

I shortened the text to fit in the box. If you navigate back from the gallery to the Show Choir category view. It is there that I would like to get rid of the thumbnail for this gallery. I don't expect anyone to actually navigate to this gallery, I just want them to read the message (which is the description). Thanks for taking a look.

jfriend

pward76 wrote:

Hi John,

I shortened the text to fit in the box. If you navigate back from the gallery to the Show Choir category view. It is there that I would like to get rid of the thumbnail for this gallery. I don't expect anyone to actually navigate to this gallery, I just want them to read the message (which is the description). Thanks for taking a look.

Then, set the gallery as unlisted and it won't show in the category.

pward76

jfriend wrote:

Then, set the gallery as unlisted and it won't show in the category.

Nor will they be able to read the text that I want displayed. I want the text, don't want the thumbnail. Is that possible or is there another way to display some informational text that applies to the entire category?

jfriend

pward76 wrote:

Nor will they be able to read the text that I want displayed. I want the text, don't want the thumbnail. Is that possible or is there another way to display some informational text that applies to the entire category?

I am only now understanding what you are trying to do. What you want is a category description then. There are much better ways to accomplish that.

Here's a piece of code that lets you add any arbitrary description to a category or sub-category.

pward76

jfriend wrote:

I am only now understanding what you are trying to do. What you want is a category description then. There are much better ways to accomplish that.

Here's a piece of code that lets you add any arbitrary description to a category or sub-category.

Thanks very much - that's impressive work. It seems to working a little too well.

The text is showing as the category description after I click the "galleries" button on my nav bar - which I would prefer that it not do. It also shows on the gallery page after I select the category - which is what I want it to do.

I there a way that I need to implement the code for the text to show just on the gallery page after the client selects the category?

Thanks for your help

jfriend

pward76 wrote:

Thanks very much - that's impressive work. It seems to working a little too well.

The text is showing as the category description after I click the "galleries" button on my nav bar - which I would prefer that it not do. It also shows on the gallery page after I select the category - which is what I want it to do.

I there a way that I need to implement the code for the text to show just on the gallery page after the client selects the category?

Thanks for your help

I don't understand what you want and I suspect it's because I don't follow the terminology you are using.

Here's the terminology I know:

There's a homepage. This shows category thumbs.

There's a category page that shows sub-category thumbs and/or gallery thumbs. Next to a gallery thumb, it also shows a short version of the gallery description.

There's a gallery page that shows the full gallery description and photo thumbnails.

The gallery description is built into Smugmug. You just enter the text you want and it will show by the gallery thumb in the category/sub-category page and it will show on the actual gallery page. It does not show on the gallery page.

The category description is something that we add with this script. If you program a category description for category "foo", it will show next to the thumbnail for category "foo" and it will show at the top of the "foo" category page that shows what is in category "foo".

Using these terms as I've described them (homepage, category page, sub-category page, gallery page), can you please describe where you want something to show?

pward76

jfriend wrote:

I don't understand what you want and I suspect it's because I don't follow the terminology you are using.

Here's the terminology I know:

There's a homepage. This shows category thumbs.

There's a category page that shows sub-category thumbs and/or gallery thumbs. Next to a gallery thumb, it also shows a short version of the gallery description.

There's a gallery page that shows the full gallery description and photo thumbnails.

The gallery description is built into Smugmug. You just enter the text you want and it will show by the gallery thumb in the category/sub-category page and it will show on the actual gallery page. It does not show on the gallery page.

The category description is something that we add with this script. If you program a category description for category "foo", it will show next to the thumbnail for category "foo" and it will show at the top of the "foo" category page that shows what is in category "foo".

Using these terms as I've described them (homepage, category page, sub-category page, gallery page), can you please describe where you want something to show?

I apologize - I know this must be frustrating.

On my home page I have a slideshow running (in my biography box, if I understand correctly). There are no galleries on the homepage. In addition to the slideshow, I have a navigation bar that has a button called "galleries". Clicking this button takes you to another page where I display the categories that contain my galleries. (I call this a category page because I have the option of displaying either categories or galleries and I have chosen categories). If you go to my page and navigate this path, you will see a thumb for a category called "Show Choir".

The text I have entered into the code you provided is displaying here. I do not want any text other than the category name to display here.

Clicking on the Show Choir category thumbnail or name will take you to another page that contains the 4 galleries I have in this category. The text I entered into your code displays above the window that shows the thumbnails for the galleries. This is the desired result.

Per your suggestion, I have placed a link to my homepage in my signature if you would like to look at what I am talking about.

Thanks

jfriend

pward76 wrote:

I apologize - I know this must be frustrating.

On my home page I have a slideshow running (in my biography box, if I understand correctly). There are no galleries on the homepage. In addition to the slideshow, I have a navigation bar that has a button called "galleries". Clicking this button takes you to another page where I display the categories that contain my galleries. (I call this a category page because I have the option of displaying either categories or galleries and I have chosen categories). If you go to my page and navigate this path, you will see a thumb for a category called "Show Choir".

The text I have entered into the code you provided is displaying here. I do not want any text other than the category name to display here.

Clicking on the Show Choir category thumbnail or name will take you to another page that contains the 4 galleries I have in this category. The text I entered into your code displays above the window that shows the thumbnails for the galleries. This is the desired result.

Per your suggestion, I have placed a link to my homepage in my signature if you would like to look at what I am talking about.

Thanks

Ahhh, much simpler now. Just add this CSS and the new description will not show where you don't want it:

#categoriesBox .categoryDescription {display:none;}

pward76

jfriend wrote:

Ahhh, much simpler now. Just add this CSS and the new description will not show where you don't want it:

#categoriesBox .categoryDescription {display:none;}

Outstanding - Thank you so much for your help and patience