[NextGEN Widget] random not working in Chrome/Opera/IE

  • When using the “NextGEN Widget” in the sidebar, the images are not showing up randomly in Chrome (16.0.912.36 beta-m), Opera (10.61), and IE (7,8,9). It works correctly in FF (8.0).

    While FF changes the image every page load, Chrome, Opera and IE stay on the same image, and all three browsers have the same exact image.

    I have tried everything I can think of and it doesn’t matter, it always stays on the same image. I have tried to alter the code, but I don’t fully understand how it’s being generated randomly. I see in the notes [random-max-x], but I can’t find this anywhere where it can be set. I have cleared all browsers cache as well as wordpress’ cache multiple times and it doesn’t fix anything. After clearing WordPress’ cache the random image will change to a new image in Chrome, Opera, and IE, but then it will not on page reload. I have also recreated all of the thumbnails to eliminate that issue.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise this widget is completely unusable in my situation.

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/

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  • Hi,

    I’m using that very same widget on this site and it is working as it should on all browsers.
    How are you going about inserting the widget and what options are you using?
    Here is a screenshot of mine.

    Cheers!

    Thread Starter mikenytola

    (@mikenytola)

    Little more information that I just realized. It does rotate the image, but only when I’m logged into the site’s admin. If I’m not logged in, it doesn’t change the image on reload.

    Steps Used to insert widget:

    1. Appearances > Widgets
    2. Click and drag “NextGEN Widget” to “Inner Sidebar”
    3. Options…
    Title: Adoptable Rabbits
    Show: 1 Thumbnail
    Radio: random
    Enable IE8 Web Slices: Checked
    Select: Only which are listed
    Gallery ID: 1
    4. Click Save

    Other factors:

    I removed the width and height option since I set that in the CSS and don’t want the user changing it, but I have already tried it with it there and the same problem occurs.

    You can see an example here: https://www.bunnyluv.us/services/

    I just took a look at your site.
    Your problem is the W3 Total Cache plugin, which saves and then displays a static version of your page, so the same image is being called over and over from that static version.
    If you disable the plugin and clear the cache, the image should change on reload.

    Thread Starter mikenytola

    (@mikenytola)

    Yep, that makes it work. Is there anyway around this? I don’t want to have to turn the w3 cache off completely if possible. Kind of like the product image. That one changes on page refresh also, but doesn’t have the same problem.

    I never really used that plugin, but you could try to see if there’s a way of excluding certain pages, posts, and/or categories from being cached. That way the image would still be randomly generated.

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