SLB 1.6.2 Beta

Maintenance Release

Update: Thank you to all of the brave beta testers for helping making this beta phase incredibly successful! SLB 1.6.2 (Final) has been released! Go get it now!

It’s been awhile, but a new beta version of Simple Lightbox is ready to be unleashed upon our awesome group of brave testers. Your testing helps to make SLB better with each update.

The beta is quite stable, but one person (me) can only do so much testing. Now it’s time to let it loose for all of you to install and test.

As always, since there are so many different possible WordPress configurations (themes, plugins, etc.), it is highly recommended that you test any beta version on a test site before updating a production site.

Version 1.6.2 is primarily a maintenance release.  Not a lot has changed (except for a 95% rebuild of the JS code), so with your help it hopefully it won’t be long before 1.6.2 is ready for an official release.

What you get

For being a brave lad and installing the beta version on your site, you get the latest version with all the new features before anyone else. You also get a chance to provide feedback before the final version is released. Awesome, I know.

Oh yeah, and if you find a bug, the fix is named after you. Fame and fortune will surely soon follow.

How to report an issue

Every release is tested on a fresh installation of WordPress (current version) using the default themes. If you are experiencing a problem, it’s likely due to a conflict with a specific theme or plugin and I would love to hear about it. Just provide the information below and I will take a look your issue.If you have an bug/issue to report, please provide the following:

  • URL of page exhibiting bug (I can’t do much if I can’t test it myself)
  • WordPress version (3.3.1 etc.) — Note: SLB only supports the latest version of WordPress
  • Other plugins installed
  • Browser(s) with issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc.)

Note: As always, all previous stable versions of Simple Lightbox are available via WordPress’ official plugin page if you need to downgrade to a previous version for any reason.

Release Notes:

Beta 2

  • Optimize: Improved PHP 5 compatibility

Beta 1

  • Update: Rebuild JS code
  • Fix: Some elements can overlap lightbox
  • Optimize: Improved utility code

Discuss

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Arthur

March 22, 2012 – 4:46 pm

Having trouble with W3TC with this new version – doesn’t work when enabled. Have you tested them together?

Sol

March 22, 2012 – 5:13 pm

@Arthur: Yes, compatibility with W3TC has been tested and no issues were found. Please see the “How to report an issue” section above to provide the necessary information for your issue to be investigated further.

Ewan

March 27, 2012 – 8:38 am

Hi. How can you set the maximum size for a photo gallery, please? Regards. Ewan

Ben

March 27, 2012 – 2:52 pm

Everything was working fine until I updated two days ago to this newest version of the Simple Lightbox. Now when I click “Launch Slideshow” the slideshow no longer works. Instead it opens in a new window. Any idea as to why this happened? Thanks.

URL: http://benjicanningpereira.com/?project=ar-in-the-cool-world
VERSION: WordPress 3.3.1
Other plugins:
1-click Retweet/Share/Like
Akismet
Google Analytics for WordPress
Menubar
Redirection
Tumblr Recent Photos Widget
Wickett Twitter Widget
WordPress Related Posts

Browsers with issue: ALL

Thank You!

Ben

Sol

March 27, 2012 – 3:26 pm

@Ewan: Could you please clarify, as I’m not quite sure what you’re asking. SLB does not modify the layout of a WordPress gallery, but rather allows image links to be displayed in a lightbox. Images displayed in the lightbox are displayed at their original size for maximum image quality.

@Ben: Either the theme or a plugin is loading a version of jQuery Tools that includes an outdated version of jQuery. SLB uses the version of jQuery that is included with WordPress. Whatever is loading jQuery Tools is:

  1. Overwriting the officially-supported version of jQuery loaded by WordPress, which may cause other compatibility issues with WordPress itself
  2. Effectively loading jQuery twice for every visitor to your site, potentially causing slower performance when browsing the site

My recommendation would be to contact the developer of the code that is loading jQuery Tools and request that they use the officially-supported way of loading jQuery in WordPress.

Ben

March 27, 2012 – 4:59 pm

@Sol thank you so much! I will try this right now. I updated 4 plugins the same day I did this one, so let me back track. Thank you!! :)

Ben

March 27, 2012 – 5:13 pm

@Sol thanks again for your help. I deactivated all of the plugins that were updated last time, but the error still occurs. Do I have to do more than just deactivate the plugins? If so, where would the jQuery be located within the folders? I cannot located that term. Thanks so much

Sol

March 27, 2012 – 7:04 pm

@Ben: If it’s not being loaded by the plugins, I’d have a look at the theme. Take a look in functions.php in your theme.

todd

April 2, 2012 – 8:47 am

Hi,
I uploaded the plugin with the current version on a new web site that I am making.
A photo loads in but grays out the backscreen and freezes on the picture in the center of the screen. The only way out is use the back button on the browser.
I deactivated the plugin and still did not change. any ideas what this might be.
Does SLB write code to pages or something….thanks Todd

Sol

April 2, 2012 – 8:57 am

@todd: From your description, it sounds like the image is being loaded directly in the browser, not in the lightbox (especially since the behavior did not change after disabling SLB). Was SLB enabled in the settings? If you can provide a link to a page that exhibits the issues you’re experiencing, I’d be glad to take a look.

Hinse

April 3, 2012 – 8:10 am

Nice plugin! Really love it. Maybe a idea to have a setting for the max size on screen in % that a images if its bigger nog will show full size :)

Sol

April 7, 2012 – 7:32 pm

@Hinse: Thanks for the feedback. More control over resizing the content to fit the screen is coming in SLB 2.0

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