How to turn on caption in gallery slideshow?

pmui07gpmui07g Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
edited August 6, 2013 in SmugMug Support
How to turn on caption in gallery slideshow (Customize > Gallery Style > Slideshow) ?

The default was ON in the old Smugmug.

Thanks for your help.


Cheers,
Phil

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  • pbandjpbandj Registered Users Posts: 237 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2013
    Just adding my name here because I'd like to know the answer as well...I've looked all over and can't find it...
  • sarahksarahk Registered Users Posts: 110 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2013
    I couldn't find it either. There is a setting to turn on captions if you add a Slideshow content block. But, I couldn't seem to find a setting that controlled it for the gallery style. Maybe put in a feature request for that?
    Sarah's Smugmug
  • Packhorse-4Packhorse-4 Registered Users Posts: 65 Big grins
    edited August 4, 2013
    I found it: go into the Customize Site tool and go to the page with your slideshow. Click on the wrench to change the settings and then click on the "Playback" tab. You will find an OFF ON button near the bottom labeled Captions.

    Hope that helps.

    -- John

  • sarahksarahk Registered Users Posts: 110 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2013
    Packhorse-4 wrote: »
    I found it: go into the Customize Site tool and go to the page with your slideshow. Click on the wrench to change the settings and then click on the "Playback" tab. You will find an OFF ON button near the bottom labeled Captions.

    Hope that helps.

    Is that for a Slideshow content block? I think the OP was looking for the setting for when you've chosen the gallery style of Slideshow. Is there a wrench available with settings for that?
    Sarah's Smugmug
  • Packhorse-4Packhorse-4 Registered Users Posts: 65 Big grins
    edited August 4, 2013
    Yes - I just added a slideshow to my main page with the Captions turned on.

    Now I'm trying to figure out how to change the font color...

    -- John

  • pmui07gpmui07g Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited August 4, 2013
    Packhorse-4 wrote: »
    Yes - I just added a slideshow to my main page with the Captions turned on.

    Now I'm trying to figure out how to change the font color...


    Do you see the caption if you start slideshow this way "Customize > Gallery Style > Slideshow"?
  • Packhorse-4Packhorse-4 Registered Users Posts: 65 Big grins
    edited August 4, 2013
    pmui07g wrote: »
    Do you see the caption if you start slideshow this way "Customize > Gallery Style > Slideshow"?

    Ok - You got me there. I dug around in the gallery settings as well as the Customize Site settings to set specific options for a single gallery and I did not find the same option to show photo captions. This may be a limitation of the "Quick Gallery Setting".

    It was available when I created a slideshow on my home screen. So, following that logic, it may be possible to create a custom gallery page with the customizer that would allow you to turn the Captions on or off.

    I believe you can save the settings once you have it the way you like it so you can use the custom template in other galleries.

    NOTE: To be fair, I haven't walked through all of those steps to verify the customization works in a gallery, but it did work as expected when I set up my home page.

    -- John

  • pmui07gpmui07g Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited August 5, 2013
    Packhorse-4 wrote: »
    It was available when I created a slideshow on my home screen. So, following that logic, it may be possible to create a custom gallery page with the customizer that would allow you to turn the Captions on or off.

    Thank you Packhorse-4 and I will take your advice.
  • southeasternphotographysoutheasternphotography Registered Users Posts: 647 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2013
    and lowering and centering captions - slideshow
    My slideshow on homepage shows captions. Went to customize, homepage, wrench for slideshow, and then playback - captions on off there. What I cannot find is a way to have the text UNDER the image and CENTERED to the image. I found ways to do that for all my galleries and images - but not during the slideshow. Any help here with that?
    Troup Nightingale - Southeastern Photography - Photographer in Brunswick, Georgia
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