Beware, though. Changing the font size can have some unexpected results, as the text is aligned to the bottom of its div, not the top. You can change the size of this div via “Caption Height” in the Showcase action palette, which can help properly fit text of different sizes.
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Thanks again Derek. I tried Dave’s method and it worked - but only after removing the relative page action and then re-applying it.
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Having just installed FW5.5 and Showcase, and only experimented a bit, it seems the caption-bottom-alignment-growing-upward makes sense in layout terms. Given that the thumbnail strip can be positioned at the bottom, caption text growing downward could be a problem.
In other words, Showcase is trying to keep the captions within the content area, to preserve the layout.
On 8 Jan 2011, 5:00 pm, derekzinger wrote:
Beware, though. Changing the font size can have some unexpected results, as the text is aligned to the bottom of its div, not the top. You can change the size of this div via “Caption Height” in the Showcase action palette, which can help properly fit text of different sizes.
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Makes sense, Bucky. If your gallery has thumbnails, growing upward has its advantages; if there aren’t any thumbnails, however, growing downward is probably preferable for most.
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And, after more experiment, I think what Showcase is doing is overlaying all the caption on the content; the image. So, the last line of caption is at the bottom of the image, regardless of number of lines, to keep all the caption on the image. Otherwise, the caption would be half on and half off the image, right?
Showcase is an amazing addition to Freeway. I’d pay another $49 dollars to get a new version with some more sophisticated control and caption placement!
I would dearly love to be able to replace the Flash slide show at http://patrickmcguiresculptor.com/port/portfoliosculpture.html with a Showcase, and export an iOS readable version of the site!
On 29 Mar 2011, 10:15 am, derekzinger wrote:
Makes sense, Bucky. If your gallery has thumbnails, growing upward has its advantages; if there aren’t any thumbnails, however, growing downward is probably preferable for most.
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I agree; Showcase takes the drudgery out of building simple galleries. Perhaps as it matures it’ll incorporate more complex control options. : )
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On 15 Dec 2010, 8:29 am, Tim Plumb wrote:
For example go to the Page/ HTML Markup menu and then paste in your updated CSS styles in the “before end head” slot;ul.fwShowcase_thumbs .fwShowcase_caption { font-size: 14px; color: #ffcccc; }
I just tried this, as it looks as though it solves my current problem, and I find that it doesn’t affect the caption size at all, and when I preview, I get the actual raw code showing along the top of the page. I put the CSS where Tim says above, in the “Before ” slot. Where am I going wrong? Latest version of both Freeway and Showcase, by the way.
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Do you have it wrapped in style tags?
<style type="text/css">
<!--
ul.fwShowcase_thumbs .fwShowcase_caption {
font-size: 14px;
color: #ffcccc;
}
-->
</style>
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On 24 Apr 2011, at 14:14, DeltaDave wrote:
Do you have it wrapped in style tags?
<style type="text/css"> <!-- ul.fwShowcase_thumbs .fwShowcase_caption { font-size: 14px; color: #ffcccc; } --> </style>
Thanks David—no I didn’t; Tim didn’t in his post, and I don’t know any better. I tried pasting in the above and, while it no longer shows up on the page itself, it doesn’t do what it should; it’s making no difference to the caption size at all.
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On 24 Apr 2011, at 14:14, DeltaDave wrote:
Do you have it wrapped in style tags?
Thanks David no I didn’t; Tim didn’t in his post, and I don’t know any better. I tried pasting in the above and, while it no longer shows up on the page itself, it doesn’t do what it should; it’s making no difference to the caption size at all.
EDIT to previous post: I pasted the code in but for some reason most of it hasn’t shown up here. Perhaps because I’m using email. What I meant to say was that I pasted all David’s code, not just the snip that appears above.
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Can you post a linkto the page in question and we can have a look for you.
It may be that you need a little extra ie
<style type="text/css">
<!--
ul.fwShowcase_thumbs .fwShowcase_caption {
font-size: 14px !important;
color: #ffcccc !important;
}
-->
</style>
Are you also wanting to affect the caption in the larger lightbox window - if so you might also need
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.fwShowcase_title {
font-size: 14px !important;
color: #ffcccc !important;
}
-->
</style>
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On 24 Apr 2011, at 23:41, DeltaDave wrote:
Can you post a linkto the page in question and we can have a look for you.
It may be that you need a little extra ie
<style type="text/css"> <!-- ul.fwShowcase_thumbs .fwShowcase_caption { font-size: 14px !important; color: #ffcccc !important; } --> </style>
Lovely! Thanks David. I was forgetting it might need an “!important”, and it worked a treat.
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I created a nice slide show via Showcase and it works fine. My only issue is that I would like to make the main image captions smaller. Since the last post to this thread, has anyone found a simple way to change the caption font size?
In addition, the captions currently appear over the image, at the bottom. It’s OK, but I would like the option of placing them under the main image (between the images and thumbnails)? Is there a way to do this?
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I would like to make the main image captions smaller.
My method is as simple as is available just now.
In addition, the captions currently appear over the image, at the bottom.
This can be done via CSS as well - post a link to your page and we can advise better. But if you are not comfortable with adding a bit of code then it is going to be more difficult for you.
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Thank you for your reply. I’m in NY and just got my power back after the crazy, unseasonable snow storm that hit us. Catching up with things now. Will upload and post. Code is not my favorite thing, however I need to get more of it under my belt, so am happy to apply it. Turns out my client likes the captions at their current size, but I still want to know how to change it for future sites. Will be back here soon with link…thanks.
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