background pictures in phoca bild

[catkib]

sorry if this is a really stupid question - I'm new to Joomla and phoca
but is it possible to change the background pictures in the phoca bild Joomla! template ?
if so can you give me some pointers - I'm completly failing to find where to look
I've uploaded the gallery plug-in but dont know where to find it or what to do with it

feeling useless
catkib

[Benno]

Hi,
1. install Phoca Gallery Componente
2. Create a category
3. Load up some pictues and create thumbnails
4. choose this category in:
backend --> Extensions --> Template Manager --> Template Manager: Styles --> Phoca_Bild - Default --> Background Slideshow Settings

Kind regards,
Benno

[danquer]

Hi,
1. install Phoca Gallery Componente
2. Create a category
3. Load up some pictues and create thumbnails
4. choose this category in:
backend --> Extensions --> Template Manager --> Template Manager: Styles --> Phoca_Bild - Default --> Background Slideshow Settings

Kind regards,
Benno

Hi, sorry to bother you,
i have the same problema, in the template screen there is the "Phoca Gallery Category ID" but in the selection menu there aren't categories!

How can i choose the image directory?
Can u explain step by step?

Tnx a lot

[Benno]

Hi,
see eg. this thread: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=12461

Kind regards,
Benno

[danquer]

Hi,
see eg. this thread: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=12461

Kind regards,
Benno

Hi , thanks for your answer,
My problem is a bit different: I have the phoca_bild theme, and i only want to change the bg images.
Do i have to download the Phoca Gallery 3.0.0.RC?


Ok i've done using the pocha gallery, didn't know that.

I have another question, it's possibile to have different categories in the bg slideshow for different pages? (one for home, one for the others)

[Benno]

Hi,

I have another question, it's possibile to have different categories in the bg slideshow for different pages? (one for home, one for the others)

Yes, this is possible.
Duplicate Phoca_Bild in Template Manager: Styles and choose an other category for the duplicat.


Kind regards,
Benno

[danquer]

Hi,

I have another question, it's possibile to have different categories in the bg slideshow for different pages? (one for home, one for the others)

Yes, this is possible.
Duplicate Phoca_Bild in Template Manager: Styles and choose an other category for the duplicat.


Kind regards,
Benno

Really thanks a lot now everything work perfectly

One more thing it's possible to link the bg images? Something like: if a click the bg image links me to that article.

[Benno]

Hi,

One more thing it's possible to link the bg images? Something like: if a click the bg image links me to that article.

No, as far as i know this is not possible.

Kind regards,
Benno

[danquer]

Hello, i have another question

In the background slideshow the imgs are resized and then scretched to fit the widith of the browser window,
but even if i load an hi res img it's resied to low res, how can i change that ? (someting like: max res: 800x600 -> max rest: 1200x1600) In which file ?

[Benno]

Hi,

In the background slideshow the imgs are resized and then scretched to fit the widith of the browser window,
but even if i load an hi res img it's resied to low res, how can i change that ?

First of all you should check:
backend --> Components --> Phoca Gallery --> Phoca Gallery Control Panel --> Options --> Main --> Thumbnail Generation Settings -->
Enable Thumbnails Generation=Yes
Crop Thumbnails=None
JPEG Quality=85(or >)

backend --> Components --> Phoca Gallery --> Phoca Gallery Control Panel --> Options --> Main --> Images And Detail Window Size Settings -->
Large Image Width=(eg.)1600
Large Image Height=(eg.)1200
Save & Close

I just checked this with some HD-res images (1920x1080pix) without problems...

Kind regards,
Benno