I've just purchased ARI Sexy Lightbox and am using Joomla 1.5.22. I really like it, but I'm having trouble finding information on getting it to do exactly what I want.

Is it possible to use wildcards to limit the output in an image gallery? I have some directories with thousands of images, and it's timing out -- the pages are way too big. Is it possible to use wildcards to limit the output to, for instance, the images that start with letter "A?" Or the ones that are named "A through F?"

When I right click on an image, "save image" isn't available -- it is only possible to save the page. Is there a setting somewhere to enable this? I need my users to be able to save the photos to their own computers if they want them.

Hello,

1. Yes, it is possible to use regular expression that limit output of image gallery. If you use "ARI Sexy Lightbox" module, see "Image gallery -> Files filter" parameter. If you use "System - ARI Sexy Lightbox Anywhere" plugin, use "fileFilter" attribute for this purpose.

For example, if you want to show images which file name starts with letters from "A" to "F" (including lower and upper case) from <joomla_directory>/photos/albums/album1/ folder, set "Files filter" parameter to "^[A-Fa-f].*.(jpg|gif|jpeg|png|bmp|JPG|GIF|JPEG|BMP)$" (without quotes) for "ARI Sexy Lightbox" module or use the next code for "System - ARI Sexy Lightbox Anywhere" plugin:



2. Currently the extension can't show download link, but we can add this ability. Is it suitable if we add "save" icon at the bottom-right corner of the lightbox?

Regards,
ARI Soft

admin wrote:
Hello,

1. Yes, it is possible to use regular expression that limit output of image gallery. If you use "ARI Sexy Lightbox" module, see "Image gallery -> Files filter" parameter. If you use "System - ARI Sexy Lightbox Anywhere" plugin, use "fileFilter" attribute for this purpose.

That's great -- thank you. Alternatively, is there a way to have the image gallery show a certain number of images, and then display a "next page" link or something like that?

2. Currently the extension can't show download link, but we can add this ability. Is it suitable if we add "save" icon at the bottom-right corner of the lightbox?

Yes, that would definitely solve the problem. How would I do that? Thanks!

1. It is possible if you create articles for each gallery page manually. One of our customer uses "CD Ajax Page Break" extension for this purpose. You can find information about it here.

2. We have updated the extension. Download and upgrade "ARI Sexy Lightbox" module and plugins (if you use them). New version provides "Show download icon" and "Show download icon on mouse over" parameters.

Regards,
ARI Soft

admin wrote:
1. It is possible if you create articles for each gallery page manually. One of our customer uses "CD Ajax Page Break" extension for this purpose. You can find information about it here.

In the interim, I created an article for each gallery page, but the CD Ajax Page Break looks like a great solution. I've downloaded and installed it -- and it's working -- but I can't figure out how to get it to work with ARI Sexy Lightbox? It's creating a page bread, but at the end of the page of 870 photos.

2. We have updated the extension. Download and upgrade "ARI Sexy Lightbox" module and plugins (if you use them). New version provides "Show download icon" and "Show download icon on mouse over" parameters.

Perfect! That's exactly what I needed -- thank you!

The next code can be used into an article:



Regards,
ARI Soft