I have the same problem. I searched some of the support posts and came across this CSS fix:
/* Fixing the NextGen Gallery icon width problem with IE8 */
.ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box {
float: left;
/* next 2 are the Icon height and width */
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
margin: 0px 5px 30px 15px;
border: 0px solid #267026;
}
.ngg-gallery-thumbnail {
/*float: left;*/
margin-right: 5px;
text-align: center;
}
That “seemed” to fix the problem for few days but now I get reports from users with IE8 that the problem is back…go figure!
So does anyone have solution or should we look for another gallery?
Where would we put that CSS? In the plugin editor or the theme editor?
@adminda: thanks — odd it worked for awhile. I just tried it — didn’t work for me — not sure how much to fiddle around with the settings since it looks PERFECT in FF! 🙂
@thedavidpearson: Your custom css file in theme editor.
Well at this point I am actively looking for a replacement gallery. Let me know of any suggestions.
@thedavidpearson This is not a plugin issue. Your css has img max-width set to 98%. You need to set the width as well in IE if you are going to use max-width. Such as…
.ngg-gallery-thumbnail img {width:100%;}
It worked. All I needed to do was add
width:auto
after ever instance of
max-width:100%
Thanks!
thanks @thedavidpearson you inspired me to give it one more go and I got it to go!
I used most of @adminda’s code, put the ‘auto’ in the right place et voila…
/* Fixing the NextGen Gallery icon width problem with IE8 */
.ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box {
float: left;
/* next 2 are the Icon height and width */
max-height: 175px;
height: auto:
max-width: 200px;
width: auto;
margin: 0px 5px 30px 5px;
border: 0px solid #267026;
}
.ngg-gallery-thumbnail img {
/*float: left;*/
width: auto;
text-align: center;
}
I used the code and it fixed the icons. Thanks for everyone’s contribution.
However I additionally use “NextGen Gallery ColorBoxer” plugin and the actual photos themselves are not shown properly. So I have to investigate that further.
On a separate note I wonder why NextGen Gallery folks are keeping quiet about this problem with IE8. More that half of my site’s visitors are still using IE8 and I can not demand that they upgrade.