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  • March 18, 2024 at 6:46 pm #1437510
    dowlassmoss

    Hi,

    I’m not over-enamoured with Enfold’s stock gallery plugin – understandable that it isn’t the pinnacle of gallery design, and it does a basic job. But I’d like more flexibility and control.
    However I don’t want a behemoth gallery plugin – something fairly lightweight in footprint that plays well with Enfold and the Avia Builder (it has to be added to an page already designed with AB)

    Suggestions, recommendations?…

    Thanks
    Hugh

    March 18, 2024 at 7:06 pm #1437514
    Mike

    Hey dowlassmoss,
    I have not reviewed any gallery plugins so I can’t advise to what might meet your requirements, but I recommend that any gallery plugin you choose should allow you to use it as a shortcode, so you can add it to your already designed ALB pages, please note that some plugins may only work with the WordPress Block Editor and don’t offer a shortcode for you to use, these plugins will not work for your already designed ALB pages. Here is a good place to start looking.

    Best regards,
    Mike

    March 18, 2024 at 7:30 pm #1437518
    dowlassmoss

    Hi Mike,
    Thanks for the advice – the shortcode tip is very useful. I don’t use the block code editor, can’t get on with it!
    I’ll have a look at the link. I was shortlisting a couple of plugins (Modula and Responsive Lightbox Gallery) but will check out their shortcode capability.

    Using the Enfold gallery on This page has got some so-so results. The gallery has been specified to display thrumbnails at 180×180 square, but they seem to balloon in size (easily to 285×285) depending on browser window dimension. As they ‘balloon’ they lose all sharpness. Also the caption position is a disaster!…

    cheers
    Hugh

    March 22, 2024 at 12:02 pm #1438003
    Mike

    Hi,
    Thank you for your patience try choosing a difference image size for your gallery element, or use No Scaling (Original Width X Original Height)
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    It looks like you are using the Square 180px size right now.

    Best regards,
    Mike

    March 22, 2024 at 1:19 pm #1438008
    dowlassmoss

    Hi Mike,

    Many thanks for the ‘no scaling’ tip! sounds like that will crack the problem.

    As it happens I have tried an alternative gallery plugin ‘Modula’ (I may have mentioned it.) I’ve only tested it on a draft page so far (clone of the Accommodation page), but it uses a shortcode approach and does precisely what I want straight out of the box with hardly any fiddling. So I will probably end up using Modula for the gallery, I just haven’t invoked it on the live page, yet.

    Many thanks for your help and suggestions.
    Hugh

    March 23, 2024 at 1:11 pm #1438039
    Mike

    Hi,
    Glad we were able to help, if you have any further questions please create a new thread and we will gladly try to help you. Thank you for using Enfold.

    Best regards,
    Mike

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