Idea for module: View more

There is a tiny jQuery plugin I've used on a couple of projects in the past.
It was written in the days of jQuery 1.2.6, but I don't see any depreciated functions, so it should still be viable.
Include it in your page and in the $(document).ready function instantiate it like:
$('.g-description').truncate({max_length: 400});

Examples

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Well, you cannot just read about it and have it work, somehow the proper code has to make it into your page's structure.

• Save this page as jquery.truncator.js and upload it to your gallery3 directory
• Edit your gallery3/themes/your theme/views/page.html.php just before </head> add:
  

  <script type="text/javascript" src="/your/gallery3/jquery.truncator.js"></script>
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
      $('.g-description').truncate({max_length: 400});
  });
  </script>
  

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This can be a simple module. What would be a good name? Does the max length want to be configurable? What about other selectors other than description?

Dave
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Blog & G2 || floridave - Gallery Team

the options for that jQuery plugin are:

    max_length: 100,
    more: 'more',
    less: 'less'

In one of the projects I used it in, I even added a little image to indicate the more/less

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you can separate them with commas unless you are setting different max-length for each:
$('.g-description, ul.g-metadata>li:contains("Description:"), #g-info').truncate({max_length: 400});

to target the description in the sidebar I used: ul.g-metadata>li:contains("Description:") but that would break on non English sites, so you'd have to translate()

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Wow! Very nice... That's exactly what I was looking for, and more. And "Text Truncate?" Perfect. Very professional looking and acting result. And I love how you made the "truncate level" adjustable - nice touch.

One oddity I noticed. When I installed the module and activated it from the module page it didn't work. I went to several different pages and there was no change. I went to the settings -> text truncate page and changed the default of 400 to 200 in the album description field. After doing this the module seemed to work fine. I then changed the 200 back to 400 and it still works fine. Changing that one setting also enabled the description in the sidebar as well.

I didn't have any photo descriptions to test with, so I copy/pasted one of my longer gallery descriptions to a photo description. I changed the default 400 setting around a bit and everything worked prefectly for me.

A very small thing: On the module page in the description field there is a typo - "discription".

I like how if I choose "more" then either refresh the page or move to a new page the setting is reset to "less" again.

One thought I had which I didn't think of before, since I wasn't thinking along the lines of using the module for the three different text areas, is that it might be nice to have a check box by each option (album/sidebar/photo). This isn't a huge deal for obvious reasons, but just an idea in case you were interested.

This idea works so much better in the sidebar description than I thought it would that I'm actually considering using the sidebar comments section instead of the album description comments seciton in Wind.

Speaking of Wind, I should say that Wind is the only theme I used in testing. I've never used any other.

Impressive. Thank you. Both of you.

maybe just give admin a comma separated list of css selectors to which they can add/subtract eg.
Default selectors: '.g-description, ul.g-metadata>li:contains("Description:"), #g-info'
and you would add it like:
$('<?= $truncate->selectors() ?>').truncate({max_length: <?= $truncate->length() ?>});

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I see that and will fix it when I get home. Might be a few days as I have been called out of town.

Dave
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Blog & G2 || floridave - Gallery Team

Just wanted to quickly add, in case it helps, that with the module installed I received the same "blank page" when g3 sent me to the reauthenticate page.

Hey it's lookin' good! I haven't had the chance yet to test out the re-authenticate screen; have to wait until the g3 makes me re-authenticate, naturally. (Though I have no doubt it'll work.) But searching worked fine, as I'm sure you're aware.

At the bottom of the codex screen it says "You must save the settings on the admin page for the settings to used." Is this related to the initial install where I reported the module didn't work at first? And you're just telling peeps they have to go to module's setup screen and save either the default or their own numbers before they'll be applied?

At the top of the codex page it says "Adds the unnecessary JavaScript..." Should this be "necessary" instead? ;)

Nice touch with the addition to truncate the comment text; I didn't think of that since the comments are underneath the photos in the theme I use. (Plus the comments area doesn't get used much on my board.) Does this truncate every comment individually or the whole comment section en total?

So exciting! I think I mentioned before that the problem on my install with my long winded album descriptions is something which has been a thorn in my side since g2. It's so nice to finally have such a simple and yet grand solution. This may very well be the best module to date.

Thanks for the clarification. Fwiw I was able to test the "re-authentication issue" and had no problems. Beautiful.