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jret

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Neptune - new update issue
Posted: 27 Dec 25, 02:36
 
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Updated Neptune to 127. Rebuilt jret.net and the info page(s) were wonky. Width of info box changed wider, two borders instead of a single border, and the theme for background appeared instead of the linear-gradient bg that I was using. Backed out of everything w/out saving project file, reverted to 126, rebuilt, and everything returned to normal.

Repeated the process with same results. At the moment I'm staying with 126 since everything works as expected.

Since I've played with the info page and tinkered with the CSS it's likely I've created the problem and will need to "fix" my mess before proceeding with 127 unless something else is going on.

Suggestions?
JeffTucker

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Re: Neptune - new update issue
Posted: 27 Dec 25, 03:31   in response to: jret in response to: jret
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jret wrote:
Since I've played with the info page and tinkered with the CSS it's likely I've created the problem and will need to "fix" my mess before proceeding with 127 unless something else is going on.

Bingo. The underlying code for the info page is completely different. CSS selectors have changed. The info page is now shown in a modal window. The navigation is different (a modal window never leaves the index page, so you just close it to return to the index page).

But with a few minutes tinkering, I can get you close to where you probably want to be.

Info Page > Design: set the maximum width to 300px. De-select the box border. Remove the logo image.

Info Page > Text: blank out the Title section. To the Body section, add a new first line:
<img src='res/logo.png' width='140' alt=''>
Now head for Code > CSS. Replace the existing first three lines with this, to add the gradient background to the info page popup
html, .ja-ipbody {
	background: linear-gradient(#0000a0,#000000) no-repeat fixed;
}
It will end up looking like the attached screenshot (with my own content on the index page behind it, of course). I think you'll agree that it's better than having an entire 1920x1080 web page used to show material that's less than 300px wide!
jret

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Re: Neptune - new update issue
Posted: 27 Dec 25, 21:34   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
 
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Wow ... just wow. I've been hoping for an info page solution such as this. Yes, your suggestions were spot on and got me where I needed to be.

Logo - no longer needed. When the modal window is open the dimmed logo is still visible.

Linear-gradient worked a charm. I originally included it to make the sub-folders (highlights) more interesting - first version did not have a full page theme image. Since all pages are full of images the linear-gradient is almost not noticed - very subtle, so I'm leaving it for the time being.

On the info page clicking the Photo Gear logo opened that album. Had to add _parent for it to function properly.

Couldn't figure out how to "easily" make the links to other info pages work and decided that I'm not going to use them for now. They were there largely for my friends/family visitors who struggle with navigation and keeping the cache cleared.

I also decided to no longer utilize a contact form - no one has used it in over a year. They can still click the email icon. I used to have a lot of trouble with web crawlers finding the email address but haven't been bothered with it in a long time. But I did have the contact info on one of extra info pages that has tracking turned off.

I was curious if the info box supported opacity/transparency and tried it without success. Either it doesn't support it or I don't know how to code it. The main page info box is not a good candidate for that use but the slideshow info box might.

The info box appears to work great on the bonus slideshow page - click the shutter icon at the bottom of the main page to open the slideshow. I've tinkered with the slideshow coding and it now cycles 8 images each time accessed. Also, a different set of slides are shown each time it's accessed. I think there are a total of 80 images = 10 unique slideshows.

Question: the main page info box displays a scroll up/down slider on the right side. Haven't tested on a phone but on a large enough display it seems that the slider is unnecessary. Can it be removed or did I do something wrong?

Again, a huge thanks for changing the manner in which the info box is displayed. IMHO it's a huge improvement to a really great skin.

G --
JeffTucker

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Re: Neptune - new update issue
Posted: 27 Dec 25, 22:06   in response to: jret in response to: jret
 
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jret wrote:
I used to have a lot of trouble with web crawlers finding the email address but haven't been bothered with it in a long time.

From all appearances, the spammers aren't bothering to scrape email addresses from web pages these days. They can buy massive lists of live email addresses for next to nothing, so it's not worth their time to crawl the interwebs looking for more.

I was curious if the info box supported opacity/transparency and tried it without success.

That's not going to work - the underlying page will never "shine through" the modal window content.

Question: the main page info box displays a scroll up/down slider on the right side. Haven't tested on a phone but on a large enough display it seems that the slider is unnecessary. Can it be removed or did I do something wrong?

I'm not seeing a scrollbar on your site, so do some aggressive cache clearing. But above all, read the release notes about previewing from the C:\ drive directly, which doesn't work.

https://jefftucker.jalbum.net/skins/neptune/man/NEreleasenotes.html

The next release (which is actually ready to go) will allow you to specify the dimming opacity for each of the modal windows. So, you might want the folder menu to do only some modest background dimming, but maybe make the layer behind the info page darker. What's best often depends on the nature of the page material that lurks behind the popup.
jret

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Re: Neptune - new update issue
Posted: 27 Dec 25, 23:42   in response to: JeffTucker in response to: JeffTucker
 
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scroll bar gone - I was premature in asking prior to double checking. Everything is looking good. Looking forward to next update.
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