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Thanks m0r3z,

I’m glad I could help.

Thanks for the feedback!

Hey Murklan,

That may be a while away, but its definitely a possibility.

Right now the focus is on testing a major update that fixes a whole number of issues with the plugin. It will:

• Fix a number of major IE compatibility problems (entirely caused by broken IE ‘features’)
• Fix a number of minor cross-browser styling inconsistencies
• Add new features and options
• Add large efficiency (i.e. performance) improvements
• Eliminate unnecessary website overhead caused by the plugin
• And address a number of bugs.

The current pre-release of the update is available on the plugin’s website’s download page as a manual install.

We expect it to be ready for release in the next week or so.

Then future improvements could definitely be on the table.

Hey,

Okay, got it running. I’m new to the project – and the site is a mess. I guess I’ll never know what was causing the problem, but I think it may have been a combination of things.

Thanks!

Hi dsen,

I’ve just released an update to fix a bug that can stop the plugin from functioning under some rare instances, so that may help. (v0.3.8.1b)

Also, to clarify, the plugin doesn’t display regular unattached images from your media gallery – it only displays featured images that are attached to a page or post.

So, the plugin should automatically find all of your post featured images. If you want to include page featured images use the show_pages parameter, e.g. [cactus-masonry show_pages='true'].

The plugin without any additional settings won’t look to nice, but the shortcode generator can help you style the plugin. The most important style option in my opinion is to set the image width to a number of px or a percentage, e.g. [cactus-masonry width='25%'].

If you are still having problems, get back to me and I’ll help you get up and running. If you have a publicly available test page, send me the link and I will be able to figure out what’s wrong pretty quickly. You can also email it to me for a more confidential discussion if you like.

Cheers

Version 0.3.8.0b which contains title and custom excerpt functionality has just been released. There is also a page on the website with CSS styling details for the new functionality with examples.

The update uses the display_post_titles=’true’ and display_post_excerpts=’true’ shortcode parameters to activate the new functionality.

I don’t like to push through big updates because bugs can slip through too easily. However, I’m currently testing and finalizing a feature that will allow you to display a title and a custom excerpt over each image.

This should be available shortly.

Also I am adding a CSS section to the support website to help with more advanced styling options that arn’t included in the parameters section of the plugin. This will tie in with the update.

Cheers

Thanks Jack,

It’s great to have some feedback! I’m glad the plugin’s what you’re after. Send us a message if you have any probs.

Cheers!

I may be able to issue an update for that soon.

In the mean time you can specify the hover animation speed (and style if you want) through CSS.

Use the CSS below and modify it to specify the fade in speed you want

img.masonry_brick_img:hover{
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out !important;
-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out !important;
-o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out !important;
transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out !important;
}


If you want to specify the fade out speed use this CSS. Of course you can use both if you want.

img.masonry_brick_img:hover{
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out !important;
-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out !important;
-o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out !important;
transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out !important;
}


The default animation is set to 0.5s. You can set a number of seconds (e.g. 0.5s) or a number of milliseconds (500ms).

Just set the amount of your choosing and apply the CSS to the page you want or to your site. I’ve been using Royal Custom CSS on the plugins site. It allows you to specify CSS for individual posts and pages.

Anyway, I hope that helps. And I’m sorry for boring you if you already know CSS.

Get in touch if you have any probs.

Great, thanks for the update.

Hi violacase,

Thanks for telling me. I believe this is an error caused by an older version of PHP I didn’t account for. I have just released a fix – version 0.3.7.1b – which will be available in a couple of minutes. Sorry for the trouble.

Get back to me if you have any more trouble.

Cheers

Sorry for the lateness of my reply. I only just saw the support section on this site – so sorry. I’ll have a look into it if your still interested. It won’t be a small job and it may be off somewhere in the future, but I’ll have a look.

Wow,

That’s a big one. Hmm, let me look in to it. I don’t know how feasible it would be to make a one fit’s all solution along those lines.

I’ll look into it.

Hey,

I’ve just issued an update for another pair of requests. I will get back to you shortly regarding this one.

Cheers

Hey omigosh. I’ve only just noticed the support section on this site. Anyway, I’m resolving this one.

Hey, I’ve only just noticed this part of the site. So sorry for the late reply. There have been a lot of updates since you left your original message. Please get back to me if your having problems.