Foo Gallery / Foo Box or alternative – how to use shortcode

  • Resolved CKxion

    (@ckxion)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    When I use MLA without a gallery plugin I end up with small images and big spaces. I have spent a lot of time reading previous threads and trying to find a suitable plugin(s) – (preferably 1) that will give me results like this Foo Gallery _ Foo Box

    http://foo.gallery/#foobox-2/3/From-Inside-Building1.jpg

    One of the features I like is the social media sharing.

    This url is for the free foo gallery + foo box (2 plugins)

    This url maybe implies that the demo is for foobox with a standard wp gallery – without needing Foo Gallery
    http://foobox.fooshowcase.com/wordpress-gallery/

    My preference would be to use 1 plugin not 2 – but either way I want to have good control of the gallery and lightbox.

    Foo gallery seems to require a gallery built within the Foo settings (not while adding the gallery to the page).

    The MLA documentation does not mention Foo.

    Assuming Foo will work with MLA, can you give me some guidance about creating a gallery that will work with MLA and what syntax to start with in the short code?

    Thanks

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/

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  • Thread Starter CKxion

    (@ckxion)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    I should have added – if you can suggest a more suitable alternative plugin(s) that will give me a gallery + lightbox + social sharing – please do.

    Plugin Author David Lingren

    (@dglingren)

    8 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks for your questions and for your detailed description of what you would like to accomplish.

    I downloaded Foo Gallery and the free version of FooBox Image Lightbox. Both of them seem to work fine with MLA.

    As you discovered, Foo Gallery “seems to require a gallery built within the Foo settings” – it has its own [foogallery] shortcode and user interface for specifying which Media library items go into each gallery. MLA can help you organize your Media Library and there MLA enhancements for the “Add Media…” modal window, but there is no interface from [mla_gallery] to [foogallery].

    FooBox Image Lightbox works with the WordPress [gallery] shortcode, adding HTML class attributes to the gallery markup that control its actions. All you need is a link=file parameter in your [gallery] shortcode and the proper FooBox settings to connect the two.

    You can use MLA’s “Support for Other Gallery-generating Shortcodes” (see the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab) to combine the data selection features of MLA with the lightbox display features of FooBox. For example, you can code something like:

    [mla_gallery attachment_tag=fauna orderby=rand mla_alt_shortcode=gallery link=file]

    I have not tested this, but I believe you can also use [mla_gallery] and FooBox directly by creating a custom Markup template that adds the FooBox class attributes to the template. That should give you complete control over the composition of your gallery display and the popup lightbox as well. If that is of interest I can investigate more carefully.

    Finally, you asked about other plugins. Here is a link to an earlier topic with more information on that subject:

    Flickr Style Gallery

    I hope that gets you started on your application. I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have problems or further questions regarding the combination of MLA, Foo Gallery/FooBox or other gallery and lightbox plugins. Thanks for your interest in MLA.

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