Awake vs. Wordpress 3.1

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   bryangreen
   Member

   Ugh... I just upgraded without reading the forum. Although I don't see any reports of Awake breaking, I do see several threads on InFocus having some problems. AFAIK, these themes share a good deal of code.

   Specifically, I'm having problems with Fancy Images. The page generates a correct thumbnail, however, when you click the thumb, the image never display properly. I get the spinning wheel. I confirmed this on Firefox and Safari browsers.

   '[fancy_images height="165" width="250"]http://url.to/image.jpg[/fancy_images]'

   Here is the URL if you'd like to see this behavior:

   Wedding Photography Gallery

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   bryangreen
   Member

   Whew! There is a fix in the InFocus thread...

   http://mysitemyway.com/support/topic/infocus-and-wordpress-31

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   bryangreen
   Member

   The directions on the link I just posted will work, but they could be improved.

   Summary of problem: Awake is using a dated version of prettyPhoto and Wordpress 3.1 updated jQuery to 1.4.4. Updating the prettyPhoto scripts solves the problem.

   1. Create a backup of your theme folder.
   2. Download the latest version of prettyPhoto: http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/demos/prettyPhoto-jquery-lightbox-clone/prettyPhoto_compressed_3.0.1.zip
   3. Extract the files from the downloaded zip and copy the "prettyphoto" folder into /wp-content/themes/awake/lib/scripts/ directory. You may have to rename the folder to "prettyPhoto".
   **NOTE** The zip creates a directory called prettyphoto, but Awake requires the directory to be prettyPhoto, this is CaSe SenSitiVe.

   That should be it. Once updated you will also see a nice gallery type of effect when scrolling through your images. This may or may not be something you like but it seems to be required with prettyPhoto 3.0.1.

   Also, I did notice some minor behavior difference with the new version - specifically my image ALT text (for SEO) is now showing up on the top of the photo. This is not a behavior I want, I'm sure I can tweak this... I'll post that fix once I figure it out.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   bryangreen
   Member

   To disable the ALT data from showing above the photo, do the following:

   Edit /lib/scripts/prettyPhoto/js/jquery.prettyPhoto.js

   On Line 8, set the following:

   show_title:false

   Posted 1 year ago #

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