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Lightview Plus is a wordpress plug-in which integrates Lightview into your wordpress blog and automatically changes all image links, so the images will open with lightview. Now, it is possible to show videos from YouTube and Vimeo with lightview.
Installation
- Copy the lightview-plus directory to the wordpress plug-in directory under /wp-content/
- Download Lightview javascript and decompress it
- Copy the directories „css“, „images“ and „js“ of the decompressed folder to /wp-content/plugins/lightview-plus/
- Activate the plug-in in the plug-in menu
- That’s it!
Update
To backup the lightview javascript on update, it is possible to activate a backup function in the options menu.
Embed Images
- Choose an image of your choice, as you have done it in wordpress many times
- Create a link with this image to a bigger version of this image
- All the rest is done from lightview-plus automatically
Examples for Images
Embed Videos
- Click the new button „Embed Video“
- In the pop-up choose the portal you want to use (at the moment only YouTube and Vimeo. More in one of the next version).
- Insert the video id
- Choose, if you want a link text under the video
- Enter the link text
- Click INSERT
Find out the Video ID
- YouTube: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=DYgZOY2g27w
- Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/1573042
Example for Video
Download
You find the current version under wordpress.org
FAQ
Nothing is opened with lightview?
In you theme the <?php wp_head(); ?> is missing. Please, add it.
Images are still not opened with lightview!
Maybe an other plug-in uses jQuery or an older version of prototype oder scriptaculous. Deactivate the plug-ins or let me know if you found an alternative.
I added images to my text, but they are not clickable and they are not shown with lightview.
You have to create a link to the image. E. g. create a link from the image to the same image or a bigger one.
Is there a jQuery version of lightview?
I am not the author of lightview. I have done a wrapper for wordpress. Please, ask the author of lightview and let me know about the alternative.
Lightview does not work in browser xy on OS yz. / How do I change the display of lightview?
I have no look into the lightview javascript code. Please, ask the author of lightview.
Current Version
The actual version is v2.4.1. Now, it supports YouTube and Vimeo videos.
Translation
Everyone is invited to send me a translated language pack of lightview-plus. Now, we have the following languages integrated:
- German — myself
- Italian — Gianni Diurno
- French — Martin Vauchel
- Turkish — Cem Gedik
- Portuguese/Brasil — Eduardo Enrietti
- Russian — M. Comfi
- Dansk - Georg S. Adamsen
- Spanish — Eduardo Vázquez
Donate
If you think this plug-in is useful or you want support, don’t hesitate to donate 8 euro for it. Please remember that further development and support are done in my spare time.
RSS 2.0 Weblog
Ok it is off … but why did it work before 3.0?
In the old version, it worked with youtube with fopen deactivated. Never with vimeo.
Found it.
fopen is closed and after a call with my provider he told me to rewrite the plugin to curl. I’m going to try to do that … my first time.
Hi Thorsten,
I can not get it to work, my knowledge of php is to small.
Do you know a way to get it to work with curl?
I think, I will implement a way to use lightview plus / topup plus in one of the next versions with curl too.
Hey Niel, the plugin uses simple-xml and loads remote xml files directly. For this, fopen must be enabled in php. To get this thing done with CURL, you have download the remote xml-file with curl, save it, parse it with simple-xml and delete it. For the one step currently, you have 4 steps.
The best thing is, to change your provider. I can’t see, why curl is allowed and fopen not. That make no sense.
so this plugin not working anymore with wordpress 3.0?
The plugin works with wordpress 3.0
Hi Thorsten,
is there a way to obtain the video ID embedded in a post by lightview plus so that i can use it elsewhere? At the moment I am creating thumbnail ‚headers‘ for each post using a custom field but would be nice to be able to pull the video ID straight out of the post.
Cheers
And why do you need the video id, that you entered in the post?
How do you align videos diagonally ? help please
Look here. It’s the same to you:
http://www.puzich.com/wordpress-plugins/topup-plus-en/comment-page-1#comment-3555
Excellent plugin. Works like a dream and looks great. Really easy to configure too. Highly Recommended. Cheers Ben
Thanks a lot, Ben!
Does this plugin allow for automatic popups when a page loads?
No! And I think, that makes no sense…
The js was not backed up after the update even though I used the option in the options menu. There goes another half an hours to figure out how to put things back and make Lightbox work.
Isn’t there another way to have a (normal) smoother update process?
When it’s working there is nothing wrong with the plugin. I’m happy with it. Only disappointed that an update costs so much time…
Sorry for that. But currently WP3.0 has a bug. The hook when a plugin is deactivated isn’t triggered from WP and I don’t know why. But I will have a look on it. Thank you for you information!
Hi,
I’m having problems with Lightview Plus when using WP 3.0.1 Multisite enabled. It just doesn’t open images with Lightview. Everything is ok when using normal WP 3.0.1. What could be the reason for this behaviour?
Has someone else the same problem? Currently, I never tested a multisite installation, but I heard, that my plugin worked best with wp mu.
I have some issues with the pug in, i;m not an expert on wp, actually i’m new, i know that the must be put somewhere, dunno where…
Read the installation instructions above…
Hi, thanks for this plugin, I took the premium version and when activating a worpdress menu with superfish suckergfish 1.4.8 I have some conflicts problems not with the Lightviews Plus plugin but with the javascript of the superfish menu, it doesn’t work very nice. I think I need now to find another lightbox plugin to have the menu and the image working fine together…
@David have you tried topup plus?