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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 - Jim Pedersen
- 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
The plugin creates for linked images own gallery sets. So, if you change links to images manually, it won’t work.
Sorry Thorsten, I don’t quite understand? So you can’t create different sets or galleries then?
The Plugin creates of each post a gallery set. If you use the plugin, you can’t create own sets.
Oh, that’s a shame. Oh well, thanks anyway. It’s still an elegant plugin.
Maybe overiding that might be an idea for an update in the future? Just a suggestion
I know that the is in my template, and I don’t have any other installed plugins apart from a spam filter. It still doesn’t work
this is the html:
([caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200" caption="Still Batman"][/caption])
When I click on the image it just takes me through the image link, no lightview stuff.
Please help ASAP
oh, html doesnt work…
Point is I followed the steps right ( I think ) and it doesnt work
You havn’t installed the lightview javascript, as described above.
I added the link as per the instructions but get this when I update my wordpress page:
Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /nfs/c05/h01/mnt/70077/domains/littlegettysburgmusic.com/html/wp-content/plugins/lightview-plus/simplexml.class.php on line 273
Warning: file_get_contents(http://vimeo.com/api/clip/7965118.xml) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /nfs/c05/h01/mnt/70077/domains/littlegettysburgmusic.com/html/wp-content/plugins/lightview-plus/simplexml.class.php on line 273
PR
vimeo – PR
Here is the link:
http://littlegettysburgmusic.com/?p=599&preview=true
Oh, ok! Thanks a lot
Hey John, you see the answer in the error message. Contact your webhosting provider. He has to activate the option to get files from remote servers in the php.ini.
I do not know what you mean by “In you theme the is missing. Please, add it.” I have the Arras Theme and do not know how to check this.
Hi Josh,
I can’t remember your problem, but I think you have to add the wp_head in the header.php file in your theme.
hi
i installed featured content gallery on my website but after installing this very pretty plugin the first plugin does nt work, i deactivate your plugin, refresh the browser then featured content gallery work fine, now i want to know how can i activate them two without any problem .
thank you a lot
I will try to fix the gallery problem in the next version
Is there no way to hand code the image links with the current version of Lightview Plus? I do not like to use the Wordpress media upload.
For example:
Thanks!
Denny
thank you a lot thorston