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If you recently upgraded the NextGEN Gallery WordPress plugin you will probably have noticed that your slideshows are no longer working. When a page with a slideshow loads you get the following message:

“The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed..”

If you disable the Flash based slideshow they will work again in Firefox but not in Internet Explorer. The gallery appears to be loading in IE but never does and there are JavaScript errors when the page loads.

As usual the WordPress community were quick to report this error and the plugin’s author posted a fix for the problem.

Here it is:

Goto to nggallery.php Line 321:

if ( NGGALLERY_IREXIST == true && $ngg_options['enableIR'] == '1' && nggGallery::detect_mobile_phone() === false )

change it to :

if ( NGGALLERY_IREXIST == true && $this->options['enableIR'] == '1' && nggGallery::detect_mobile_phone() === false )

You can find more info here:

http://tinyurl.com/27p9ntf

I tested the fix this morning and was able to get the Flash gallery working. Unfortunately the non Flash gallery is still not working in Internet Explorer.

I hope this helps those of you out there who might be having problems with this.

As always you comments and thoughts are welcome.

Welcome to the new McGrath Media Website.

It has been a busy year for us here at McGrath Media. Working on the Web means that we are always chasing the latest technologies and trends. Each year brings a set of new challenges. This year we have once again been working closely with Rhizome Design to deliver exciting new Websites for our clients.

Over the last six months we have been developing Websites using WordPress as a CMS (content management system). For years clients have asked for a simple way to update and maintain their own sites. While there have been many CMS solutions available for some time we were unable to find one that suited the average client’s needs and skill set. WordPress was the answer we were looking for. The feedback and response we have been getting from our clients and the visitors to their WordPress driven sites has been positive across the board.

If you are interested in learning more about the work we have been doing check out the Rhizome Journal article “Custom WordPress sites get noticed” written by myself and Jen Pennington