pretty pictures now live!
I finally found some time to get the gallery images up and running, using the Gallery snippet. Although, to be honest, it took me ages to figure out how the calls all hung together. I came across a tutorial for using a js script called Colorbox, and after going through that, it finally made some sense! (well, sort of :) )
When I came to upload the changes, I hit a snag. None of the images would load and the back-end manager would not show the albums either. After a lot of digging around, I worked out the error was due to a shell_exec() call in a php script. Now, I know about 0.5% of php, so after posting up on the modx forum, I had a quick chat with my good friend Grant, I set about hunting the problem!
I found the call in the core/model/phpthumb/phpthumb.functions.php script. Line 443 has the function SafeExec defined, and there is a case statement that used the shell_exec call. I commented this out, and the images worked perfectly - including the Manager
Now, whether this is the right thing to have done, I'm still not sure, but everything appears to work OK :D
So, got the Galaxies and Lunar galleries are up, and the Observatory images are loaded. The albums are fairly basic at the moment so more learnings needed!
Who needs sleep anyway!
