file_gallery_shortcode help

I think I’m missing something with the correct usage of this shortcode. I’m using this PHP to get the first image:

<?php echo file_gallery_shortcode( array(‘id’ => $post->ID, ‘size’ => ‘full’, ‘attachment_ids’ => 1, ‘output_type’ => ‘object’) ); ?>

It really doesn’t matter what I put in the array, it always displays the defaults. So if I specified: ‘id’ => 398, and no other options, it still displays the current post.

I hope that clarifies a little.

Hi, ttiefenbach ??

It seems I’ve overlooked the ID part of the original WordPress gallery implementation. Right now, it is only used if you specify a media tag list and set ‘tags_from’ to true…

I’ll try to release a new version today to fix this.

Sorry for the inconvenience :/

Is it possible to get the first image of the gallery using tags? I’m looking for instructions on the meaning of the different shorthand variables too. thanks

you could do something like this:

$images = file_gallery_shortcode(array("id" => $post->ID, "tags" => "example-tag", "tags_from" => "current", "link" => "file", "size" => "medium", "orderby" => "post_date", "output_type" => "array"));

$image = $images[0];

$image would then contain an array with all the information about the first image found for those args.

$image[‘params’] would contain additional image information supplied by File Gallery, something like this:

[params] => Array
        (
            [image_class] =>
            [link_class] =>
            [rel] =>
            [title] => IMG_2205
            [caption] =>
            [description] =>
            [thumb_alt] =>
            [link] => https://wpcl.localhost/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/IMG_2205.jpg
            [thumb_link] => https://wpcl.localhost/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/IMG_2205-300x225.jpg
            [thumb_width] => 300
            [thumb_height] => 225
        )

hope this helps ??

forgot to add:

you should also include “limit” => 1 as argument to optimize mysql query

Also, I was wrong in my earlier post (why don’t I look at my own code first is beyond me…) – just tested with only id of another post and the function works as intended for me. Which version of the plugin are you using?

file_gallery_shortcode(array(“id” => some_id)) works for me just fine…

(sorry for multiple postings)

Thanks for your help. OK, so I tested the version I originally wrote:
echo file_gallery_shortcode(array(‘id’ => 398));
versus the code you wrote:
echo file_gallery_shortcode(array("id" => 398));

The only difference is the single vs. double quotes. The double quote worked perfectly, like you said it would. I copied the single quote, though, from the help file. If the double quote is the only way it works, I guess the help needs to be updated???

Sorry to drap this post out, but, I’d like to get a description and different options available for each variable, i.e.: “size” => “full”, “thumbnail”, “medium”, etc. I don’t know what is available to me to use.

Thanks again for your help. I’m super excited to start utilizing your gallery on my new site. I’ll have to make sure I donate something for the cause!!

How do I make the link be the file location, not the https://www.domain.com/?attachment_id=399

Thanks.

never mind on my last post. I changed the “link” parameter… duh!

Hi,

Wow, great plugin! Really useful especially with the WPML support and all. Thx!

I′m trying to get the first image aswell (for my product listing page) from the gallery query, but I′m stuck. Any help for this PHP beginner would really be appreciated!

I need the first pic to be a link which then will open a modal box (Lighbox Plus plugin) to all the attached images where I can scroll through the gallery. I hope that made sense!! :o)

In other words I would like to show only one thumbnail on the actual page per product, this in order to save same space in the design.

@gst:

I’m afraid that’s something you’d have to code yourself, part PHP, part JavaScript…

Getting and displaying only the first image, or the post thumb image, is easy, but the rest requires JavaScript to open a modal window in which you’d display a custom URL or just part of that same page, or the whole same page with different query vars, a specialized template, etc…

It’s really something that would need to be custom made.

I’d gladly help you, but between my day job and working on File Gallery, there’s not much free time left for me, sorry… :/

But I’m really glad you like the plugin and if you have any problems with getting something out of it, just fire the questions away ??

Thx Aesqe for the fast reply!

I knew this wasn′t going to be a walk in the park. ??

Well I guess I have to settle for the other option, making the product list with categories (with one thumbnail) and the single posts with the whole gallery included for every specific product.

Thx again, and yeah it′s a real cracker plugin! The WPML integration is awesome, something we probably will see in future editions of their great plugin aswell as a default feature I hope. ??

Thanks GsT, and good luck with your templating ??