Yesterday I did two things I’ve never done for a long time: play around with a WordPress plugin and prepare pork kilawin. I’ve long wanted to incorporate Lightbox in the WordPress theme I’m making and in a project I’m setting up. I decided to use the WP Lightbox 2 plug-in instead of the original package as the plugin incorporates a quicktag in the post editing field.
Lightbox allows you to load linked images without having to open a new page. It works really great with Flickr because the photo-sharing service automatically generates different sizes of your photographs.
Update: I had to disable, however, the fancy tooltip package I’m using (Sweet Titles by Dustin Diaz) in order for the captions to appear under the photos. The WP Lightbox 2 plugin author had said this was fixed but the caption still wouldn’t appear if you’re using Sweet Titles. For Lightbox to work, the entire page must finish loading. So if you click on photo and you are sent to another page, that means the plugin isn’t working because the entire blog page hasn’t finished loading.
Check my photo series when I prepared kilawin yesterday. Kilawin, my favorite pulutan (I’ve given up drinking but not eating pulutan), is typically prepared with roasted goat meat but I prefer roasted pork. Just click on the photos below:
12 responses so far ↓
Dustin Diaz // Apr 30, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Just out of curiosity, what was the conflict with the Sweet Titles?
Max Limpag // May 1, 2006 at 11:59 pm
Dustin,
I have no idea what’s causing the conflict. I just know that when you’re using Sweet Titles, the captions won’t get displayed by Lightbox. I will check further with the Lightbox plugin author on how to fix this because he did mention that the conflict was fixed.
August Klotz // Jul 26, 2006 at 2:19 pm
I found your article while researching the Lightbox/Tooltips conflict. I wrote an article discussing the problem and provide a solution that should apply to your situation.
The article can be found at http://perishablepress.com/press/2006/07/25/lightbox-tooltips-bug-fix/
Best regards,
August Klotz
Max Limpag // Jul 27, 2006 at 5:03 pm
August,
Thanks for the helpful tip. I’ll try it out. I’ll also try to integrate tooltips in the WordPress theme I’m porting now that there’s a solution to the conflict.
kurt // Aug 31, 2006 at 9:00 am
I can’t for the life of me get the series of photographs to work like you have above. I have the plugin installed and it works, but I just can’t figure out the series of images. Can you help!?
kurt // Aug 31, 2006 at 9:06 am
nevermind! i figured it out. i was putting [series name] after the ” instead of inside! thanks anyway!
John // Sep 14, 2006 at 11:08 pm
I can’t get the lightbox quicktag to display in post editing field. What could be wrong. Can you help!??
Max Limpag // Sep 15, 2006 at 1:15 am
John,
You might want to check other plugins you are using as these may be interfering with the Lightbox plugin. Which Lightbox plugin version are you using?
John // Sep 15, 2006 at 10:02 am
I’m using WP Lightbox 2 plug-in ver 0.6. I am also very interested in linking flickr photos link the examples here. Is there a tutorial for linking flickr photos with WP?
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mayette q. tabada // Aug 19, 2007 at 6:49 am
Hi, Max
I understood the kilawin part
The first picture was taken in Agora? So, was the kilawin good?
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Max Limpag // Aug 19, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Hi Mayette,
No, I bought the spices in a small market sa unahan pa. The kilawin, to quote Paris Hilton, was “hot.” Literally. You need a pitcher of water by your side to survive the pulutan.
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