It’s pretty easy to add an image search form to any Backlight page or even a WordPress widget, allowing your viewers to access an image search feature form from any page you choose rather than needing to click on the “Search” link in the navigation menu. Just add the html below to the page copy […]
NOTE: This is for Backlight 1. Hook names are slightly different in Backlight 2 On my Backlight test site I’ve created a couple of pages that show the locations for those phplugins hooks that appear on pages (as opposed to those that are behind the scenes, like the head and script hooks). These hooks are […]
I’ve been testing various aspects of the upcoming Theater module for Backlight. The new Vegas Full Screen slideshow is really nice. Take a look on my Backlight test site. It’s pretty easy to set up, though you first need to create a full-screen page template. Once you’ve done this, create a new album template and […]
Scenario: You’ve got a TTG CE4 (or earlier) site with many galleries. However, these are exported and uploaded galleries, not Publisher albums. Goal: To update your TTG CE4 site to Backlight while keeping your existing TTG galleries available to visitors and clients, perhaps eventually converting old galleries to Backlight controlled albums. Problem: There is no […]
NOTE: In Backlight 2 and 3, there is now a Gallery Help button that will open a pop-up box. Below applies only to Backlight 1 I recently got a question about hiding a Client Response legend that’s been placed in the page copy of a Backlight album. It’s really pretty easy to do with […]
Here are just a few css tweaks you can use for your Backlight site. Just add to your custom css file. Note: Originally written for Backlight 1.1, some of the below have been updated for Backlight 1.2 and have been noted as such. Image border and shadows Center footer text Add borders around thumbnails Center […]
The new Backlight Client Response module is here! The look and functionality is nearly identical to the CE4 version so if you’ve been using that, the Backlight version will make for an easy transition. You’ll probably find it even easier to use. Backlight Client Response module gives you three options for the selection icons: A […]
TTG’s Responsive Grid Framework allows you to create columns of text, allowing for just about any layout you can think of. Some things have changed in the Backlight version. I’ll take a look at them here.
(updated for Backlight 4) In CE4 and previous TTG products, custom css needed to be implemented through phplugins. That is a thing of the past. In Backlight, custom css is enabled on a per template basis. Go to Designer > Templates > Page Templates. Click on Design next to your page template and scroll down […]
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