Homepage slideshow issues

robertlee · May 4, 2009

Some of the photos in my homepage slide show appear small in Internet explorer.
Everything appears to work fine in Firefox and other Browsers. Any idea
what is causing it?

www.rlsimaging.com

rainforest1155 · May 4, 2009

robertlee wrote:

Some of the photos in my homepage slide show appear small in Internet explorer.
Everything appears to work fine in Firefox and other Browsers. Any idea
what is causing it?

www.rlsimaging.com

Could you try clearing your IE cache?
If you still have troubles, let us know what exact photo shows this issue. Maybe include a screenshot of the issue.

What exact IE version do you use?

Sebastian

robertlee · May 5, 2009

The issue with my homepage slide show is now occurring in both Internet Explorer and Firefox.
I deleted most of my photos in the slideshow. The first 3 photos are the correct size,
the last 2 are now smaller in size. Clearing the cache as you suggested did not work.

www.rlsimaging.com

Shizam · May 5, 2009

robertlee wrote:

The issue with my homepage slide show is now occurring in both Internet Explorer and Firefox.
I deleted most of my photos in the slideshow. The first 3 photos are the correct size,
the last 2 are now smaller in size. Clearing the cache as you suggested did not work.

www.rlsimaging.com

What do you mean smaller in size exactly, I notice that not all of the images have the same aspect ratio, is that what you mean, you want them to fill the area even if it bleeds over? Could you show a screenshot of what you're seeing too that would help.

Sam

robertlee · May 5, 2009

Shizam wrote:

What do you mean smaller in size exactly, I notice that not all of the images have the same aspect ratio, is that what you mean, you want them to fill the area even if it bleeds over? Could you show a screenshot of what you're seeing too that would help.

Sam

How do I place a screenshot in this forum.

www.rlsimaging.com

Andy · May 5, 2009

robertlee wrote:

How do I place a screenshot in this forum.

www.rlsimaging.com

upload it to your SmugMug and post it?

or

Use Jing (mac/pc) or Skitch (Mac)

robertlee · May 5, 2009

screenshot 1

robertlee · May 5, 2009

screenshot 2

PBolchover · May 6, 2009

Is the small image restricted in which sizes are available?
Is the small image a very old one, predated the extra-large sizes? (If so, then you might need to select the "Make Smugmungous" option in the gallery tools. Caviat: this will reset the thumbnails in that gallery.)

robertlee · May 6, 2009

PBolchover wrote:

Is the small image restricted in which sizes are available?
Is the small image a very old one, predated the extra-large sizes? (If so, then you might need to select the "Make Smugmungous" option in the gallery tools. Caviat: this will reset the thumbnails in that gallery.)

All images, past and present, in my homepage slideshow are set to medium.
The small images are about the same age as the others.

Last week all the images were the same size as the first screen shot above.
Initially the small images started showing in Internet Explorer. A few days later the
small images started appearing in Firefox as I indicated above.

New images that I post to my homepage slideshow now only appear in the smaller size.

robertlee · May 6, 2009

robertlee wrote:

All images, past and present, in my homepage slideshow are set to medium.
The small images are about the same age as the others.

Last week all the images were the same size as the first screen shot above.
Initially the small images started showing in Internet Explorer. A few days later the
small images started appearing in Firefox as I indicated above.

New images that I post to my homepage slideshow now only appear in the smaller size.

I just set the photos in my homepage slideshow to original size and then immediately back
to medium. That seems to have fixed the problem; at least for now.

agallia · May 7, 2009

Hiding slideshow script in Bio searches?
I have developed a problem with my Bio slideshow. The slideshow script is displayed on searches along with the bioText. How do I hide it? Here is my present Bio:

<html>
<div id="bioText">Bayou Oaks Studio: Photography by Al & Bobbie Gallia
</div>
********>
var ssConfig = {
    feedURL: 'http://api.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=userkeyword%2526NickName=agallia%2526Data=slideshow',    
    newWindow: 'false',
    transparent: 'true',
    splash: '/photos/384063460_D3vdm-M-1.jpg',
    showLogo: 'false',
    clickUrl: '//Fine%20Art',
    showThumbs: 'false',
    showButtons: 'true',
    crossFadeSpeed: '1000',
    splashDelay: '1000',
    randomize: 'true'
};
SM.flash.insertSlideshow(700, 500, ssConfig, 'transparent');
</********
</html>

Will appreciate any advise. Thanks.

robertlee · May 7, 2009

agallia wrote:

I have developed a problem with my Bio slideshow. The slideshow script is displayed on searches along with the bioText. How do I hide it? Here is my present Bio:

<html>
<div id="bioText">Bayou Oaks Studio: Photography by Al & Bobbie Gallia
</div>
********>
var ssConfig = {
    feedURL: 'http://api.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=userkeyword%2526NickName=agallia%2526Data=slideshow',    
    newWindow: 'false',
    transparent: 'true',
    splash: '/photos/384063460_D3vdm-M-1.jpg',
    showLogo: 'false',
    clickUrl: '//Fine%20Art',
    showThumbs: 'false',
    showButtons: 'true',
    crossFadeSpeed: '1000',
    splashDelay: '1000',
    randomize: 'true'
};
SM.flash.insertSlideshow(700, 500, ssConfig, 'transparent');
</********
</html>

Will appreciate any advise. Thanks.

Have you tried adding

#bioText {display: none;}

to your CSS

agallia · May 7, 2009

Hiding slideshow script in Bio from searches

robertlee wrote:

Have you tried adding

#bioText {display: none;}

to your CSS

Yes, it was added to CSS some time ago. Just checked it again. Also just did a search for agallia on Smugmug that yields this description, "Bayou Oaks Studio: Photography by Al & Bobbie Gallia var ssConfig = ...". Smugmug Wiki doesn't seem to address this issue.

But I ran across the following apparent "fix" on the W3C HTML 4.01 Spec on Scripts, 18.3.2, Hiding script data from user agents. I applied it to my Bio slideshow script and now my search description stops with bioText.

Commenting scripts in JavaScript
The JavaScript engine allows the string "" from the JavaScript parser.
******** type="text/javascript">

</********

Any problems with doing this? Any comments about this issue will be appreciated. Thanks.

tdinardo · May 11, 2009

Thanks. Where did you implement this in your code?

agallia · May 11, 2009

Hiding Bio slideshow script...

tdinardo wrote:

Thanks. Where did you implement this in your code?

Tom, placed the comment strings between 'script' tags as shown:

<html>
<div id="bioText">
<p>Al and Bobbie Gallia welcome you ... photos.</p>
</div>

********>
[B][I]<!--  to hide script contents from old browsers[/I][/B]
var ssConfig = {
    feedURL: 'http://api.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=userkeyword%2526NickName=agallia%2526Data=slideshow',    
    newWindow: 'false',
    transparent: 'true',
    splash: '/photos/384063460_D3vdm-M-1.jpg',
    showLogo: 'false',
    clickUrl: '//Fine%20Art',
    showThumbs: 'false',
    showButtons: 'true',
    crossFadeSpeed: '1000',
    splashDelay: '1000',
    randomize: 'true'
};
SM.flash.insertSlideshow(700, 500, ssConfig, 'transparent');
[B][I]// end hiding contents from old browsers  -->[/I][/B]
</********

</html>

As I mentioned, seems to work but I am not a 'SM hero' so don't know for sure. Would like to get some feedback on this.

Andy · May 11, 2009

tdinardo wrote:

Thanks. Where did you implement this in your code?

Hi Tom, see gotcha here

http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow

tdinardo · May 11, 2009

Andy wrote:

Hi Tom, see gotcha here

http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow

Hi Andy,

Thanks.

I had done that, but I was still seeing the problem when looking at the RSS feed. The first item in the RSS feed still showed the code. This is what prompted my question. For whatever reason, it's no longer reproducing... Go figure....

Thanks.

Tom

tdinardo · May 11, 2009

tdinardo wrote:

Hi Andy,

Thanks.

I had done that, but I was still seeing the problem when looking at the RSS feed. The first item in the RSS feed still showed the code. This is what prompted my question. For whatever reason, it's no longer reproducing... Go figure....

Thanks.

Tom

Actually, interestingly, with IE the issue does not repro, but with FF it does.

In FF, here's the first item in the feed:

thomasdinardo's galleries

<div id="bioText">Thomas Di Nardo - Seattle Sports Photographer - Editorial, Commercial, and Corporate Photography - FIS Skiing, ISU Speed Skating, Snowboarding, Football, Baseball, Soccer, Hockey, Softball, Swimming, Racing, Action. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. </div>

var ssConfig = {
AlbumID: '7907514',
newWindow: 'false',
transparent: 'true',
splash: 'false',
showLogo: 'false',
clickToImage: 'false',
showThumbs: 'false',
showButtons: 'false',
imgAlign: 'top',
crossFadeSpeed: '350'
};
SM.flash.insertSlideshow(800, 600, ssConfig, 'transparent');

DonMB · May 14, 2009

agallia wrote:

Tom, placed the comment strings between 'script' tags as shown:

<html>
<div id="bioText">
<p>Al and Bobbie Gallia welcome you ... photos.</p>
</div>
 
********>
[B][I]<!--  to hide script contents from old browsers[/I][/B]
var ssConfig = {
    feedURL: 'http://api.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=userkeyword%2526NickName=agallia%2526Data=slideshow',    
    newWindow: 'false',
    transparent: 'true',
    splash: '/photos/384063460_D3vdm-M-1.jpg',
    showLogo: 'false',
    clickUrl: '//Fine%20Art',
    showThumbs: 'false',
    showButtons: 'true',
    crossFadeSpeed: '1000',
    splashDelay: '1000',
    randomize: 'true'
};
SM.flash.insertSlideshow(700, 500, ssConfig, 'transparent');
[B][I]// end hiding contents from old browsers  -->[/I][/B]
</********
 
</html>

As I mentioned, seems to work but I am not a 'SM hero' so don't know for sure. Would like to get some feedback on this.

That worked great for me! Thanks! My site looked really ugly in Firefox's brief RSS plug-in before I did this. Of course I had to kill off Brief's database to get it to forget the mess and load the fixed version....

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