by Anura Guruge
on March 29, 2023
Wow. Wow. Wow.
They BROKE it in WordPress 6.1 in November 2022. I told you about it right away.
Then there was a PARTIAL fix. Not great, but it was better than nothing.
Now, with WordPress 6.2, it seems to be fixed. All my galleries appear to be AGAIN appearing as they should. I need to do more checking.
But, at first blush it seems like a FIX!
by Anura Guruge
on November 29, 2022
I do not, in any way, want to appear insensitive (let alone crass), but ‘WOW’. 37. Nearly 1/2 my age. Died in his sleep — on his wedding night. (Yes, my adoptive mother died in her sleep, at 62 — & coincidently, it was after a big party in her honor attended by upwards of 300 people).
I hope we are told, in time, as to what caused this. Yes, heart failure — & then one has to wonder if physical exertion (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) was a factor. But, alas, these days one cannot also rule out drugs. Shame. Of the two, dying from too much sex would definitely be better.
Well, I am sobered. Wow. I guess I have been very lucky. SMILE. Enough said.
I do NOT want to disrespect this poor guy. What a way to go.
by Anura Guruge
on November 28, 2022
Click to ENLARGE.
This is only the start. It is far from over. More lights will go up around the windows. Then she will do the steps & the trees. Then I help her put up the lasers. We have 4 right now. I invariably get a new laser — the latest on the market each year. So, we might have more.
This is ALL Teischan’s work. She spent 2-hours on Sunday putting these up. For the last 4-years, since she was 12, she has INSISTED that she do all the lights on her own. I just lay out the initial 2 outlet ‘taps’. She takes the power off those. We now have some extension cords buried in the ground (& under the walkway). That makes things slightly easier. I suspect we will see the next installment of lights this coming weekend.
I will record the progress, photographically, for you. SMILE.
by Anura Guruge
on November 28, 2022
I visited the ‘WordPress Support Forums‘ last week to see if this annoying bug had been fixed. It appeared that it was still OPEN though there was a ‘problem ticket‘ against it, i.e., with luck it would get fixed in a future release (as it MUST). I also found the above fix.
I have never, in my life, used CSS, let alone Custom CSS. But, it looked easy enough. So, I did a quick Google to see how to add Custom CSS to a WordPress site. It looked easy. Just go to APPEARANCE (in the WP menu) … click on it & you get the ‘Additional CSS’ option (as I show in the 2nd figure).
The fix is only PARTIAL.
It ONLY works up to 3 images –> i.e., 3 images side-by-side. After that, like with my 6 images, it becomes a LONG, thin strip. But, you can scroll through the images. You should have noticed I have been using this with my daily, “Anura’s Picture Of The Day + 6 Others,” posts.
Just trying to help. Try it out. Not difficult.
by Anura Guruge
on November 15, 2022
I got the notification that ‘Hostgator‘ (per my settings) had automatically UPDATED me to ‘WordPress 6.1.1‘. I was kind of excited. Was hoping that it would fix the ‘Image Gallery’ problem.
It does NOT!
by Anura Guruge
on November 3, 2022
But, TILED GALLERY works.
A few minutes ago I decided to check if ‘WordPress’ has managed to fix the ‘Image Gallery’ problem. They hadn’t.
So, I tried a few other things, e.g., ‘Table’, to see if I could find a workaround.
The 2nd thing I tried was ‘Tiled Gallery’. Much to my amazement it worked! That is great. I can live with that — for now. The one BIG problem for I is that it does NOT support the ‘scroll through images’ feature; i.e., click on one image, it ENLARGES, & then you get the option to scroll through the other images. That is NOT there from what I can see. But, for now, I can live without that.
Glad I found this workaround. Hope this helps.
by Anura Guruge
on November 3, 2022
This site got automatically upgraded to WordPress Version 6.1 on Tuesday. I permit automatic upgrades Just for my own convenience. Maybe I need to turn that off.
On Tuesday night, i.e., November 1, 2022, I saw to my horror that my Image Galleries, on this Blog, that I use daily with my “Anura’s Picture of the Day + 6 Others” had stopped working.
I immediately suspected the new WordPress BECAUSE this happened with a prior new release too — within the last year. It got fixed a few days later. Yes, it could be due to the cocktail of PlugIns I have — & I do have a few that relate to Galleries because I am a heavy (& basically a daily) user of Galleries.
I real don’t have the time, motivation or energy to chase this.
For NOW I worked out a semi-acceptable work-around. I am using columns, i.e., two columns with an image in each. Not the same as a gallery & it is more work for I. But, that is how the cookie crumbles.
Another busy stretch for I — albeit of my own making. Working on a number of projects, all book related, that have caught my fancy. Well, please wish me luck. I need as much as I can get. Thanks.