schufford

Please do tell… What did you do?

So… What was your solution?

Thanks!

I, too, am having this problem. I am running the latest versions of WordPress and of the plugin. I am running the latest version of the Atahualpa theme. The widget is in my right sidebar, and when activated, it moves itself, and every widget below it, above the header.

troop501.net

@cais:

No hard feelings. I do miss the slide-show widget, but I just could not justify all the work, and expense of keeping the plugin. While I used the free version, the damage it did to my host’s server cost me hundreds of dollars, and as a Boy Scout Troop, we just could not afford to continue down that path. I’m glad to read that you believe you have all the bugs worked out.

Best of luck,
-Craig

I don’t know if it’s been resolved, honestly. Soon after this issue popped up (I think when it was updated to 2.0.19), NextGEN started crashing my host’s server, taking down several other sites, in addition to my own. It was so bad, my host shut down my site, thinking I had been infected with a virus that was causing HUGE CPU cycle loads, bringing it down. I had to pay for a security audit and malware cleanup, and they couldn’t figure out where the infection was. But when they disabled my plugins, and have me access back to my site, I was able to link the issue to NGG. Too many problems, too slow to respond (though I realize I am a “free” user, and too costly in terms of money, time, resources, impact on others, and frustration… I started using the new, built-in gallery feature of WordPress. It is very easy, and straight-forward, and I have experienced no issues, since making the change.

Don’t get me wrong, the migration was a pain, having to download my old photos via ftp, and then re-uploading using the WordPress “Add Media” function, but all-in-all, it has been worth it. It isn’t difficult, just laborious. But, at some point one has to ask him/herself, “How much more time am I willing to continue to invest to implement, test, trouble-shoot, and support _this_ plugin?”

Some clarification:

I have three “Albums” with multiple “Galleries,” each, sorted by year. Each Album has its own page.