Posted 2 years ago #
Hi,
I am using shadowbox-js on a wordpress website and it works ok so far except the fact that it takes a lot of time to load each image.
I tried the website from different computers and networks (wifi and ADSL) and the result is always the same : it takes at least 30sec to load each picture.
You can see the problem on the website http://www.nuevageneracion-uk.org/?page_id=154
Posted 2 years ago #
I'm having the same problem, even on computers with excellent performance. I'm using the latest version of WordPress and Shadowbox JS.
I achieved a slight improvement by removing some of the animation effects. In your WordPress backend:
1. Settings > Shadowbox JS
2. Click "Show Advanced Configuration" button
3. Set "Animate" to False
4. Click "Save Changes" button at bottom and test. If no improvement, go back and also change "Fade Animations" to False. Save and test again.
Of course, disabling these settings will disable some of the nice animation effect, but it still looks okay.
This is just a guess, but you could also try resizing your pictures (to a smaller size) before you upload them. Maybe upload pictures at 640 x 480 or 800 x 600 resolution.
Posted 2 years ago #
I just uploaded smaller versions (1024 x 768) of pictures to a slow Shadowbox gallery, and the gallery pics now load much quicker. I suspect large resolution size is the main cause of the problem you and I are having.
The downside is that you have to manually resize pictures prior to upload, something I was hoping to avoid. But, if you're using XP, resizing your pictures is easy with the Windows XP Image Resizer Power Toy available at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx.
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