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Slimbox, Simple+ and Zenphoto
Posted by Suzi on 04 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Tec
Hip hip hooray - my photo gallery looks better today. As you know I use Zenphoto to display all my lovely pictures and today disheartened by the fact that although the theme I use with it is great to look at, sadly there was no functioning JavaScript (such as Lightbox) to make the photos look great. So I set K the task of finding out why Slimbox wasn’t working with the Simple+ theme as was so claimed on the descriptive blurb and here is what I found out…
He managed to sort out the problem by installing jQuery Lightbox. It turns out that Simple+ was written using Slimbox and Mootools at a time when Zenphoto didn’t use any of these Javascript libraries. But then Zenphone re-released with jQuery built into the application and this was incompatible with Mootools. Although the new Slimbox is supposed to support jQuery - on first go it didn’t seem to work.
So if you too want to use Simple+ with something Lightbox-esque then try installing jQuery lightbox -
1. Go to album.php in the theme/simple+ folder
2. Remove references to Mootools
3. Replace links to Slimbox with links to jQuery lightbox
and Bob’s your Uncle - you’ve got yourself a beautiful photo gallery!
FSCONS
Posted by Suzi on 26 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Tec
It’s wet and a bit windy here in Gothenburg but still pleasant to walk the streets and see the lights reflecting off the puddles and the river. I’ve just spent a very a pleasant weekend at a free software conference at Chalmers University. There were quite a few interesting talks and ideas flowing and everyone was enthusiastic about using open source code which was nice.
It’s website tastic here
Posted by Suzi on 14 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: Education, Sites, Tec
So I’m really in the website mood and I’ve finally updated my own website struggling with photoshop in the process and I like to think succeeding to some small degree. I’ve also refreshed my Gothenburg and Norwich pages and the whole bundle of pages and sites is starting to feel a little more ‘mine’.
The weather here in Gothenburg is starting to get cold and sandals and sunglasses have been pushed aside in my attempt to shut windows and snuggle into jumpers. I’ve been steadily working my way through the Linguaphone course material I borrowed from the library and I have to say it’s good solid stuff. No wonder it’s so expensive to buy. Horrary for libraries!!
Ubiquity - a taste of the near future
Posted by Suzi on 02 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: Tec
K came home last night with an armful of new ideas that he spilled out onto the table and I picked through them like shiny pebbles to see which I could hoard as treasure. But it seems too valuable to hoard so I’m blogging about the thing that makes me most excited…
it’s a a new project called Ubiquity. Once you install it really makes things easier for you when you’re online. So I spent a happy hour last night playing with it and I found out what the weather was like in Norwich, viewed a map and embedded it in an email, emailed my brothers, found out what a load of new words meant and translated a load of paragraphs on Swedish pages to English. It was so amazingly easy and just a taste of what the internet is going to be like. It’s only in the experimental stages but I would recommend installing it if you’re up for trying something new.
A website is almost remade
Posted by Suzi on 30 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Blog post, Tec
Well after a grueling few days I’m closer to launching Dad’s new and improved website. The website is looking alright and after I transfer the domain name and it’s got it’s own special webspace then I’ll be making you all have a look at it and begging for constructive feedback.
We spent a few happy hours in the sunshine today, cycling up to Partille to have a delicious dinner with our Gothenburg friends. It’s our last weekend of total freedom before K starts his masters course and all the hard work that entails.
The Swedish is coming along slowly… very slowly!
A little routine
Posted by Suzi on 26 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Places to visit, Tec
I seem to have been really busy with a little routine of attempting to learn Swedish and find a job. I’ve spent the last few days sorting out paperwork that will hopefully allow me to work in schools out here. Keyvan has a friend visiting from England and they’ve been living life up with the Göteborg Pass. They’ve been out to visit the old fortress, taken a Padden boat tour, scaled the Lipstick and looked around the Universeum which they say has a mini rainforest inside. The Göteborg Pass seems to have been a hit with them so I’ll have to try it sometime.
Meanwhile I’ve started work on a new website for my Dad so watch this space!