776 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(3 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

Once a Juicebox gallery has been imported into Showkase, you should be able to edit the gallery in the Showkase interface (in the gallery's new page) and have the changes reflected in the gallery when you 'Update' and 'Publish' the page.

But when you reload the gallery in Showkase (logout/clear cache) the changes are not recognized though if you preview the gallery the changes are all there.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Do you mean that you first import a gallery, then make changes in Showkase but that the changes do not appear in the gallery? Also, where exactly are you previewing the gallery? In JuiceboxBuilder-Pro? If you are editing the gallery in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro, then it might just be as easy to import the new version as a new page and delete the old version.
You should also be able to manually edit a gallery's XML file. If the modifications are not being used in your gallery, then it sounds like your browser might be caching an older version of the XML file. Double-check that you have cleared your browser's cache before reloading your web page to ensure that your browser is fetching and using the most recent version of your gallery files.
Perhaps you could post a URL to a gallery and let me know what you see, what you expect to see and exactly how you are editing the gallery. Hopefully I will be able to help further.

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777 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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Juicebox and SimpleViewer are both image galleries.
For more information on the differences between Juicebox and SimpleViewer, please see this SimpleViewer Blog Article: http://www.simpleviewer.net/news/?p=488

If you have Juicebox-Pro or SimpleViewer-Pro, then you could create a Juicebox or SimpleViewer gallery on your computer using JuiceboxBuilder-Pro or svBuilder-Pro (the desktop applications which come with Juicebox-Pro or SimpleViewer-Pro respectively).
You would add images to your gallery by dragging and dropping images into the application.
You would then upload the gallery to your web space using an FTP program such as Filezilla. (Web space is required if you want your galleries to able to be viewed by others on the internet.)

There are other methods of creating Juicebox and SimpleViewer galleries which can be found here:
Juicebox: http://www.juicebox.net/support/creation/
SimpleViewer: http://www.simpleviewer.net/simpleviewe … #templates

With Juicebox-Pro or SimpleViewer-Pro, you can create as many individual galleries as you like but if you want to link them all together, then you would need to do so manually following the instructions and examples in the 'Embedding Multiple Galleries' support sections.
Juicebox: https://www.juicebox.net/support/embedd … -galleries
SimpleViewer: https://simpleviewer.net/simpleviewer/s … l#multiple

Showkase is a PHP web design application (installed on a web server rather than on your computer) designed to create a complete portfolio website (incorporating Juicebox and/or SimpleViewer galleries) online in a web browser interface. Showkase is also able to create non-gallery pages such as 'About', 'Basic', or 'Contact' pages where you can add information about yourself (or any other content you like).

If you are using Showkase to design a web site, then you could either:
(1) Create Juicebox or SimpleViewer galleries within the Showkase interface itself (and add images to the galleries using the upload module within Showkase)
... or:
(2) Create Juicebox or SimpleViewer galleries with JuiceboxBuilder-Pro or SimpleViewer-Pro (on your computer), upload the complete gallery folders to your web server and import them into your Showkase site using the 'Site -> Import' functionality.

Log into the Showkase Live Demo Admin here: http://www.showkase.net/livedemo/admin/
... and you can see the upload module in the 'Library -> Upload' section. The import functionality can be found in the 'Site -> Import' section.

Showkase also allows you to list multiple galleries on a Gallery Index Page. You can have as many galleries listed on each Gallery Index page as you wish.
Each gallery is represented by a thumbnail image with the gallery title displayed below and the gallery is opened when the user clicks on the image.
Demo Sites created with Showkase can be found here: http://www.showkase.net/demos/
A sample Gallery Index Page can be found here: http://www.showkase.net/demos/sarahlee/galleries/

Do they all require a hosting company (with the annual rent that requires)?

Showkase is installed and used on a web server (rather than on your own computer) through a web browser interface.
Without web space and an internet connection, you will not be able to use Showkase at all.
You can create Juicebox and SimpleViewer galleries on your computer using JuiceboxBuilder-Pro and SimpleViewer-Pro but you will likely want to upload them to a web server at some stage (as they are essentially designed as web galleries).
Although web space is required, there are many hosts which offer free web space which may be enough to get you started (although you tend to get what you pay for with free web space and a paid account would likely offer better features, stability and support).
As Showkase is installed and run on a web server, there is a Server Compatibility Test which you can use to check that your web server has all the features that Showkase needs: http://www.showkase.net/support/sktest/

Besides space on the web,do they require an infrastructure (wordpress blog, server software,etc)?

There is no need to use blogging software (or anything similar) but if you are already a WordPress user, there are WordPress plugins which would allow you to create Juicebox and SimpleViewer galleries from within the WordPress Dashboard (without having to create the galleries on your computer and upload/embed them separately).
WP-Juicebox: http://www.juicebox.net/support/wp-juicebox/
WP-SimpleViewer: http://www.simpleviewer.net/simpleviewe … pleviewer/
These WordPress plugins are free and come with Juicebox-Lite and SimpleViewer-Standard (the free versions) so you could try them out if you like.

And what is this 'flickr integration'? Can it pull images from any flickr account? or just your personal flickr account? And why would you do this? To save space on your web server??

You could use your Flickr account details (User Name or ID) and have your Juicebox or SimpleViewer gallery populated by images from your Flickr account. You could enter any Flickr User Name or ID and as long as the images are public (and not private), they will be displayed in the gallery.
It is also possible to select specific images within a Flickr account by using Flickr Tags or Flickr Sets.
A complete list of Flickr Options for Juicebox and SimpleViewer can be found here:
Juicebox-Pro: http://www.juicebox.net/support/config_ … kr-options
SimpleViewer-Pro: http://simpleviewer.net/simpleviewer/pr … tml#flickr
Existing Flickr users would likely find this useful in that they could create Juicebox or SimpleViewer galleries without the need to find or re-upload images.

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778 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(9 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

There is no activation or registration required.
Once you upload Showkase to your web server and start creating pages, your Showkase site is live.

If you plan to create a development or test site before your main website goes live, then please see the Managing Multiple Sites support section.

do I need to purchase another licence for another website build?

Please see this FAQ:
How many websites can I use Showkase on?
(You need a Showkase licence for each website domain.)

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779 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(9 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

You're welcome.
I'm glad you are getting on well with Showkase!

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780 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(4 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

I'm glad you have been able to find a workaround to your problem.

I have taken a look at your gallery and the problem is caused by the combination of the following two configuration options:

captionPosition="BELOW_IMAGE"
showImageOverlay="NEVER"

This is a known bug but it has already been addressed and will be fixed in the next version of Juicebox.
As you have discovered, in the meantime, the workaround would be to avoid this combination of options and to use a different value for either captionPosition or showImageOverlay.

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781 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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If your gallery is a Juicebox-Pro gallery, then please ensure that you are using the most recent version (v1.3.3).
It sounds like you might be using an older version of Juicebox-Pro.
There was a bug in a previous version of Juicebox-Pro whereby captions disappeared when the Image Scale Mode was CROSS_FADE the Caption Position was either BOTTOM or BELOW_THUMBS.
This bug was fixed in Juicebox-Pro v1.3.2. Please see the Juicebox Version History for details.

If necessary, instructions for getting the latest version of Juicebox-Pro can be found here.
Instructions for 'Installing a Pro Viewer' within Showkase can be found here.

It this does not help, then please post the URL to your gallery so that I can investigate further.

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782 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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It is possible to increase the Font Base Size in the 'Site -> Customize Theme -> Fonts' section.

If you just want to change the font size for the site header and navigation names, then you can add the following code to your chosen theme's 'custom.css' file, e.g. '_themes/kosel/css/custom.css':

header h1 {
    font-size: 60px !important;
}

header nav ul li a {
    font-size: 20px !important;
}

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783 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(2 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

That's great!
I'm glad you have been able to resolve your problem.
Thank you for posting back to let me know.

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784 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(3 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

System Requirements for Showkase can be found here.

Also, please install and run the Showkase Server Compatibility Test to check that your web server has all the features that Showkase needs.
The Showkase Server Compatibility Test can be downloaded from here.
Instructions for 'Installing the Server Compatibility Test' and 'Troubleshooting Error Messages' can be found on the same page.

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785 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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Showkase was designed to be installed and run on a web server through a browser interface.
It is not a desktop application and cannot be used as such.

Even though Showkase creates static pages, it would not be possible to copy a Showkase site from a web server onto a CD or DVD due to the paths that Showkase uses to refer to resource files.

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786 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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JUST FIGURED IT OUT!

I'm glad that you've been able to resolve your problem.
Thank you for editing your post to let me know.

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787 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(93 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

@cvleest

Thank you for the suggestions!

The ability to upload custom thumbnails.

I understand your request to be able to do this within the Showkase interface but, currently, you might be able to do this as follows:
(1) Upload the image you want to use as your gallery thumbnail along with all the other images in the gallery.
(2) Go to the 'Images' tab and select the image as the 'Index' image for the gallery.
(3) Edit the gallery's XML file in a plain text editor to remove this image from the gallery itself by deleting the corresponding <image> entry.
(The gallery's XML file can be found inside the gallery page's folder in the root Showkase directory.)

This should work OK but please bear in mind that if the gallery is edited/updated within Showkase, the XML file will be rebuilt and you will need to do Step #3 above again.

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788 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(5 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

I see no reason why the import should not work. (You are using the current version of Showkase, your Juicebox folder is of a standard structure and complete and both your Showkase installation and Juicebox gallery folder are on the same domain).

Make sure that you are entering the correct path in the 'Import path' input field.

If your Showkase installation is in its own folder in your root directory and the gallery you are trying to import is in a folder located alongside your Showkase installation, then the 'Import path' you should enter is simply '/'.
Showkase will look for gallery folders in the import path you specify.
You should specify the path of the directory containing the gallery folder, not the path of the gallery folder itself. In doing so, Showkase is able to import multiple galleries at once (if many gallery folders are in a single directory).

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789 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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For each and every page in a site, Showkase creates a folder in the root Showkase directory (with the same name as the page itself) and inside each page's folder is a file named 'index.html'.

If you wanted to change the on-screen text in the menu for a certain page name, then you would need to edit all the 'index.html' pages in all the page folders (as the menu is included in every page).

Again, please note that as soon as you update a page within the Showkase interface, the edit will be lost.

It might be easier just to try to give each Showkase page a unique name.

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790 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(5 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

As I noted earlier, I would not recommend trying to import any galleries located within your Showkase directory (though it should still work). If you are trying to import a gallery whose folder is named '2014001' and is located in the root Showkase directory, then Showkase will not be able to create a Showkase page/folder for the gallery in the root Showkase directory using the same name as it will already exist. Showkase will have to name the folder '2014001-2'.

With regard to your problem of not having your Juicebox gallery recognised by Showkase, make sure that your gallery's 'jbcore' folder is located in the root of the gallery folder (just like a gallery created by JuiceboxBuilder). If you have changed the structure of your gallery (using a baseUrl), then Showkase will not recognise the folder as a Juicebox gallery.

If you continue to experience difficulties, please post the URL to Juicebox gallery folder you are trying to import so that I can take a look and help further.

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791 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(7 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

I was composing my response to your first post as you posted your second one (hence no reference to your &nbps; suggestion).
This will not work.

on my FTP I see a folder like 'nbspportraits'

As you have discovered, Showkase strips out non-alpha-numerical characters when using the name for the folder on your web server but escapes XML entites in the name so that it is displayed exactly as you see it in the input text field.
What you were seeing when you thought it was working was likely to be either a page which had not yet been updated and published or a older version of your page cached by your browser.

My suggestion to manually edit the HTML page created by Showkase after it has been published still stands as a possible workaround.

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792 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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Each page created within Showkase has its own folder (with the same name as the page) in the root Showkase directory (whether it is a top level page or a sub-page). Therefore, it is not possible to have two pages with exactly the same name.

You could choose a different name for one of your pages and then manually edit the Showkase page which displays the text but the edit would be lost (and you would need to correct it) each time you modify the page within Showkase.
If you do not plan to modify your pages very often, this might be a suitable workaround.

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793 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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Please see 'Editing Individual Captions' in the Pages section of the Showkase User Guide for details on how to extract the image's IPTC title and description.

There are some special codes that can be entered into titles, captions and descriptions:
{iptctitle} causes Showkase to look for embedded iptc metadata in the image and insert the contents of the title field if present.
{iptcdescription} is translated into the iptc description field if present.

If entering IPTC data via Adobe Photoshop, {iptctitle} corresponds to the IPTC 'Document Title' field and {iptcdescription} corresponds to the IPTC 'Description' field.

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794 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(5 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

You can import Juicebox (and SimpleViewer) galleries into a Showkase installation and once they have been imported, each gallery will be given its own genuine Showkase page (just like if the gallery had been created by Showkase itself) which can subsequently be edited within the Showkase interface.

Just upload your complete gallery folders to your web server (I would recommend uploading the gallery folders to somewhere outside your Showkase directory) and go to the 'Site -> Import' section. Further instructions can be found on the 'Import' page itself.

Please note that this functionality was introduced in Showkase v1.1.0.
For a full list of changes, please see the Version History.
Instructions for upgrading Showkase can be found here.

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795 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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You can add a custom favicon by opening your Showkase theme's 'layout.tpl' file (e.g. 'showkase/_themes/kosel/pagetypes/layout.tpl') in a plain text editor and adding the following code immediately before the closing </head> tag.

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

Make sure that your chosen 'favicon.ico' file is in the correct location on your web server and that the path to it is correct in the code above. (The code above will work for a 'favicon.ico' file in your web space's root directory.)

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796 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(3 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

Just enter the code above into the Gallery Title text field.
The target attribute goes inside the <a> tag. Please see here for details.

(Technically, the default value for the target attribute is '_self' so you do not actually need to include target="_self" to have the link opened in the same web page.)

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797 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

(3 replies, posted in Showkase Support)

Unfortunately, there is a bug in the current version of Juicebox (v1.3.3) whereby a link in a Gallery Title will not be active if the Gallery Title is positioned on the image overlay.
We have already addressed this issue and it will be fixed in the next version of Juicebox.
In the meantime, the workaround would be to set galleryPosition="TOP" (in the 'General' section).

In order for the link in the Gallery Title to open in the same tab/window (rather than a new tab/window) use the target="_self" attribute in the <a> tag. For example:

<a href="http://www.example.com/" target="_self">Click here</a>

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798 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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When uploading images within the Showkase interface, Showkase uses the maximum quality value of 100% by default when resizing the images.
If you deselect the 'Resize images' checkbox in the upload module, the images will not be processed at all and will remain at their original file sizes (and resolutions).

Alternatively, you could change the quality setting by opening the showkase\admin\settings\constants.php file in a plain text editor and editing the 'IMAGE_QUALITY' value on line 52.
Please note that the line number above refers to the current version of Showkase (v1.2.0).

Incidentally, changing the name of a file will not alter its file size at all.

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799 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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It is not possible to rename image files within the Showkase interface for a gallery which has already been created.

Perhaps the best course of action would be to use the SEO functionality available in Juicebox-Pro galleries.
You can assign image titles and/or captions to individual images and then:
(1) Set captionPosition="NONE" (in the 'Pro -> Caption' section of the Juicebox gallery page) so that the titles and captions are not visible in the gallery.
(2) Select the Add SEO Content checkbox (in the 'Gallery Lite Options' section of the Juicebox gallery page).

The image titles and captions will not be visible in the gallery but they will be used in the SEO code on the gallery's HTML page in the following form.

<img title="image_title" alt="image_caption" src="/showkase/gallery/images/image.jpg">

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800 Reply by Steven @ Showkase

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the images,

It is not possible to set exact sizes for images in a Juicebox-Pro gallery. The size of the image area within a gallery will depend on a number of factors:
(1) The size of the user's browser window.
(2) Whether or not space is reserved in the gallery for other elements (such as thumbnails, captions, gallery title).

If you use SimpleViewer-Pro and use a Fixed Layout, you can specify exact dimensions for the gallery's image area via the imageAreaWidth and imageAreaHeight configuration options.

show thumbnails yes/no,

You can hide thumbnails in a Juicebox-Pro gallery by setting showThumbsOnLoad="FALSE" and showSmallThumbsOnLoad="FALSE". (You can also hide the Thumbnail Button (to prevent users from displaying thumbnails) by setting showThumbsButton="FALSE" and showSmallThumbsButton="FALSE".)
For a SimpleViewer-Pro gallery, set thumbPosition="NONE".

show caption yes/no

You can hide captions in a Juicebox-Pro gallery by setting captionPosition="NONE".
For a SimpleViewer-Pro gallery, set captionPosition="NONE".

Please feel free to post suggestions for future versions of Showkase in the Feature Requests forum thread.
It keeps them all together and ensures that they are not overlooked.

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