caption bg extends too far

I see, LightBox calculates the width of the shade the wrong way on your theme.

Normally, the output should be like this:

https://vic20reloaded.com/vic-20-cartridge-games-collection-1a/

Anyway, going into bugs of LightView may not be the best way to tackle this. There are themes in which CSS conflicts make too time consuming to fix things.

Since I see you still have those ugly numbers, why don’t you plug in also the FancyBox2 addon – it looks cleaner (no numbers) and might not have conflicts. It simply extends Simplest Gallery and can replace the lightview gallery you are using now.

Trying is simple and take a few clicks, you just download it from here https://www.simplestgallery.com/add-ons/fancybox2/ Install it and set it as the default in Simplest Gallery preferences (or in the page itself)

Let me know if it helped.

cleoni, in the WP admin I searched for fancybox2 in ‘Add new’ plugins, with no results. There’s fancybox3 — how about that one? I haven’t got this site set up in my FTP client so I’m looking for a fast n dirty method. I’ll set it up in CuteFTP if I have to.

Hello,
you don’t have to search in the plugin store, because the Fancybox2 plugin simply isn’t distributed there: the page I linked provides a link to download it.

So, simply go at https://www.simplestgallery.com/add-ons/fancybox2/ , click on the Download link at the bottom of the page – you will get a ZIP file on your computer.

Then in WP plugins go to [Add New], [Upload plugin] and browse your computer until you find the ZIP file you just downloaded. Then Activate the plugin.

Don’t forget to go to Settings – Simplest Gallery and set it as default.

Other plugins you can try them but of course you have to refer to their instructions and support – I just know and use mine on my sites.

Thank you! I didn’t know that way to install a plug-in. All good now. Jen

I am glad. Yes now it’s beautiful!

Closing the ticket!