Too much information

[cgc0202]

Hi!

I wanted to keep the appearance of the Main Page thumbnails sections as clean as possible, for aesthetic reasons.

Is there a way to get rid of the  other information except the title of the thumbnail -- from appearing in the Main Page?

Using the Config, I was able to remove all info, except the "added title for the pic".  [This solved the issue for the Random thumbnails section.]   Part of the reason is that they clutter the visual appearance of the Main page, and this is even less pleasing to the eyes when the sizes of the thumbnails vary (in height).

As an experiment, I have added the features:  Last additions, Last updated albums, Most viewed and Last viewed, in the thumbnail section of the Main page.  I am not sure if I really want to keep the "Most viewed" and "Last viewed" feature, in the long run because they could create a "herd mentaility" that might defeat the whole purpose of having the gallery page.

Notwithstanding the above concern, the main issue I am confronted with now is that  the "date stamp" and "number of views" are back again in all of the thumbnails for  Last additions, Last updated albums, Most viewed and Last viewed.  Only the "Random" is free from these infos.  The worst is the "Last viewed" where it gave not only the time (aside from date) but also the IP address of the viewer.  [Providing the IP address by the way may run into privacy issues in the United States.]

Is there a script to give me the option to remove (or even restore later)  the aforementioned infos from appearing in the Main Page thumbnails?

Thanks.

cgc0202

[Gizmo]

First, a link to your site would be helpful to see what your issues are. Second, I'd be interested in what you did as it sounds interesting. So please post a link.

[cgc0202]

First, a link to your site would be helpful to see what your issues are. Second, I'd be interested in what you did as it sounds interesting. So please post a link.

Thanks Gizmo,

Can I send it to you by private mail.  I have just started creating the new gallery for my main website the other day (applying what I learned in our family album) and the contents there are not ready for public viewing until I get the permission from people who own the pics -- most (but not all) have "creative commons" copyright but it would be nice gesture to ask them first before showing it publicly.  I do not want to show it publicly though or even to the people I have to ask permission from until I have shown the whole concept of the page -- and that will take some time to do.

Also, most of the thumbnails do not have titles yet, so the page itself looks ugly, although I have a vision in my mind how they should appear once I am finished.

cgc0202

[Gizmo]

Please do. 

[cgc0202]

Please do. 

Gizmo:  I sent you a private messagel.

cgc0202

[SonjaSt]

I hoped to find the answer to my question in this thread but no luck. It was obviously fixed "privately" ;-)
(cgc0202: I fully understand you about staying privately!)

My question is:
How can I remove the date of the "last added picture" next to the album thumbnail?
Please take a look at this screenshot:
(https://coppermine-gallery.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg124.imageshack.us%2Fimg124%2F6996%2Fcpgscreenshot12ie.jpg&hash=5f24a837ddddd954b1a8ff20ce6de1a606459aea)

The number of files may stay but should be located under the thumbnail.
(but it can also go if it is the only way to fix my "problem").
But I do not want to show the date of the last uploaded picture.

Thanks,
Sonja

[cgc0202]

Hi Sonja,

It has not been fixed.  I am not sure if Gizmo did not receive my private mail.  I made it private mainly because the site is not ready yet.  Once it is ready, I will show it in public -- that is the whole point of a photogallery, to share it with others.

I hoped to find the answer to my question in this thread but no luck. It was obviously fixed "privately" ;-)
(cgc0202: I fully understand you about staying privately!)

My question is:
How can I remove the date of the "last added picture" next to the album thumbnail?
Please take a look at this screenshot:
(https://coppermine-gallery.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg124.imageshack.us%2Fimg124%2F6996%2Fcpgscreenshot12ie.jpg&hash=5f24a837ddddd954b1a8ff20ce6de1a606459aea)

The number of files may stay but should be located under the thumbnail.
(but it can also go if it is the only way to fix my "problem").
But I do not want to show the date of the last uploaded picture.

Thanks,
Sonja

Also, the photo that you showed looks like a summary info for the album, not for each photo that shows in the "Last added photos" section.  If it were the individual photos "last added", you may place that below by going to the "Thumbnail view" Select "Display info right of thumb (or below)" and answer "No"   For individual thumbnails the resulting info will be placed below.

cgc0202

[Stramm]

you may place that below by going to the "Thumbnail view" Select "Display info right of thumb (or below)" and answer "No"   For individual thumbnails the resulting info will be placed below.

That's a modpack only feature and not the solution to remove info next to an album. That you'd do by modifying  the array $lang_list_albums in lang/english.php (or whatever language file you use)

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  'last_added' => '',


cgc0202, your solution isn't that easy. It requires modifying core code (include/functions.inc.php)

function get_pic_data
function build_caption

Not recommended if you're not absolutely sure what you do.

[cgc0202]

Thank Stramm,

As I stated, it was never resolved.  When I first installed v1.4.4, I did some hacking and it took quite some time to do it.  Then, I upgraded to v1.4.5, (and soon v1.4.6) and forgot to save my changes so it is back to the original situation. 

You are correct, the changes have to be done through a plugin or in future versions of the CPG.

cgc0202

[Gizmo]

I did reply to your PM and after seeing what you wanted done said that it would require more expertise that I had to offer and that posting on this forum would be your best recourse. Seems as though I was right?