Feature Requests

Hey Bill,

Thanks for posting your request, and giving us an opportunity to improve our plugin. Since your request was feasable and we decided to use it, you are now entitled to a credit for any of Jagged Edge Media’s Pro Addons, presently available or ones we are working on for the future.

I have your contact info, so I will email you details on how to redeem your credits.

Thanks again, and we appreciate the support.

Johnny

@pawriter: we will not be looking into adding any new features until NGG 2.X.X is stable.

However, can you please explain a little better what it is you are asking…

Are you saying that you would like to be able to use the Media Library, upload an image, and have the option to place it in the NGG through there?

Referring to NGG 1.9.13 (the last 1.X version before 2.X) I can comment that NGG uses it’s own folder in WP for its gallery images. It may be possible to reverse access that folder and instead of just using the NGG interface, we may be able to utilize the Media Library Interface.

If that is what you are talking about, then we will check on it. However, we are still looking at reviewing the new NGG 2.X before we do anything else, as it has been highly buggy and incompatible with many other plugins and themes.

I will tell you this much. I like your idea, and if it’s possible, we will probably release it as part of our inexpensive pro version. if we do that, you will be entitled to a free license (or dev license) for the pro version.

So stay tuned, and we’ll let you know.

Johnny

Well i think your idea is great. Unfortunately we don’t know if we will even be able to continue our Addon for the 2.X version at all. In their infinite wisdom, NGG has gotten rid of many of the hooks that are essential for tying into the plugin.

As a result, we may be forced to abandon the future release, and only leave this one up for those who continue to use the legacy version. We originally developed this addon per my own request to simplify the process of using NGG on one of MY client’s sites.

It seems as if NGG is trying to lock its users into only using its plugin and extensions. Or that they simply don’t care about how others wish to extend their plugin.

And that is their choice. but it does affect the development of extensions considerably.

So stay tuned, and we will see what we can do.

Johnny

Well fortunately we are bigger geniuses, than the people at the parent plugin. tehe

We have decided to take a completely loop around approach toward our Addon in relation to the NGG Parent. The new NextGEN Gallery Media Library Addon 2, will in fact do what you want, and likely only what you want, to avoid conflicts with the NGG 2.X interface.

I won’t elaborate any further on our plans, as this will likely be released as a separate plugin and will likely be a Pro release.

However, since you brought upon this idea, even though our method will be somewhat different, I will still award you free licensing for contributing to the idea.

Since I believe many people are going to continue to use the latest stable 1.9.13 version, of which this plugin addon still works for correctly…we are going to probably stop production of any further features for this FREE version, unless we can find the features of great value to the users and there are still a large number of people using this version.

And because we will have to also deal with NGG 2.X Pro Version, then the version 2 of this plugin that goes along with it, is going to have to be Pro in order to justify the time on keeping up with NGG 2.X development.

This is unfortunate, since so many people find our addon useful.

Depending on its depth, we plan on keeping the Pro 2.X version below $20 USD. And we will be offering extended and developer’s licenses through our Membership site.

Johnny