macguru2000

Hi hardislander,

The gallery mode is specifically for users who want the entire thumbnail and text to be clickable. If you are indeed looking for the two lines of text to be part of the <a> tag that will open the LightBox then you should override the CSS styles for .catablog-title and possibly .catablog-description. You can add the class override to your theme’s styles.css file or to a separate catablog.css file in your theme directory. If you need a reference you should look at the base catablog.css file that is located in the plugin directory. Using the developer interface in Chrome or Safari or using Firebug can make figuring out what CSS setting you need to change very easy. Good luck and let me know if you need more specific CSS help.

– Zach

thanks for your concern moonpm, i am going to be releasing a new update soon, ideally a close button will make the list of changes, if not it is on the radar for fixes.

– Zach

stackstudio,

if you want the text to be white in the description and another color in the lightbox then you should create a more intricate CSS solution. For instance you should be using classes and not inline style tags, as they cannot be overridden or you can use actual HTML tags in your CSS selectors as well, such as:

.catablog-description strong {
  color: white;
}

.catablog-lightbox-desc strong {
  color: black !important;
}

Hope that makes sense, if not I would recommend researching some basic CSS rules such as how selectors work in detail. For instance each element in a selector adds points to the strength of each property. Example

.my-class a {}
#my-id a {}
div a {}

Each selector there has a different strength, the #my-id selector would override any properties the .my-class selector might set. Again I hope I am being clear, please let me know if you need me to point you towards some good reading. Cheers

– Zach

stackstudios,

when you are trying to override css settings make sure to use !important after the property declaration. example:

.catablog-lightbox-desc {
  color: black !important;
}

Hope that helps, good luck.

3mealsaday,

Can you please try using the updated shortcode syntax since version 0.9.5, which is [catablog category=”Light”] and see if that helps. If it still doesn’t work can you please email me your WordPress and server information, like versions, os, php extensions, other plugins and anything else you can think of at zac@illproductions.net.

Hope that fixes it,
– Zach