Epitome Gallery vs Genesis Columns Advanced

Epitome Gallery aims to bring new possibilites to the native WordPress gallery. From the Edit Gallery panel in the Gallery Settings sidebar, you will find new fields for selecting the gallery type and optionaly applying a custom class. Available gallery types are the following: Slider, Featured Slider, Callout. You manage your gallery (selection, sorting, description) as usual. Epitome Gallery is great to create complex layouts based on a simple WordPress gallery. When saving, the plugin add custom attributes in the WordPress gallery shortcode. The first one is epitome_type="name" that define the type of gallery (optional if the type is set to default). The second one is optional epitome_class="name" and contains one or more class names to apply. Gallery types Slider – Transform a WordPress gallery to a interactive slider. Works fine in the body of an article. Featured Slider – Same as Slider, but provides titles, caption and/or description. Works fine at the top of an article as a featured content. Callout – Transfom a WordPress gallery to a set of columns containing images with title, caption and/or description. No need to use a column shortcode or a composer, just use this type of gallery for building this kind of layout. JavaScript Epitome Gallery use a JavaScript file (coded with jQuery) to handle the slider. You can use to customize your own slider. Parameters are the following: `javascript pauseTime: 3000, // Delay between 2 slides pauseOnHover: true, // Pause slider on hover autoSlide: false, // Start sliding automatically startSlide: 1, // Initial slide number at start width: 640, // In pixel, or keyword ‘auto’, ‘viewport’ height: 360, // In pixel, or keyword ‘auto’, ‘viewport’ prefetch: true, // Load adjacent slides sitOnTop: false, // Scroll at the top on slider when clicking on it prevText: “Prev”, // Direction of previous button label nextText: “Next”, // Direction of next button label directionNav: true, // Display direction button (arrows at the egdge of slider) paginationNav: true, // Display pagination button (dots at bottom of slider) prevHandle: null, // Callback function when clicking previous button nextHandle: null, // Callback function when clicking next button itemHandle: null, // Callback function to filter dot elements beforeChange: null, // Callback function to launch action before a slide changes afterChange: null, // Callback function to launch action after a slide changes resize: null // Callback function when catching a window resize event. ` Usage You can replace the default event initialized by the Epitome Gallery in the main JavaScript file of your theme. Instanciate the EpitomeSlider JavaScript object through a custom event and with custom parameters used for this theme. This is similar to the WordPress function do_action(). That’s important to declare this event outside a ready event. `javascript $(document).on(‘epitome_slider_init’, function(e) { // Instanciate for a regular slider $(‘.gallery.slider[data-type=”regular-slider”]’).EpitomeSlider({ width: ‘auto’, height: ‘auto’ }); // Instanciate for a featured slider $(‘.gallery.slider[data-type=”featured-slider”]’).EpitomeSlider({ width: ‘auto’, height: ‘viewport’ }); }); `

Genesis Columns Advanced is nearing the end of its life. The plugin was built for the Classic Editor and is not needed in the block Editor (Gutenberg). Critical support will still be provided in the support forum, but the plugin is no longer being actively developed. Consider transitioning to the native WordPress Columns block. This plugin was originally designed to generate shortcodes for every column configuration available with the column classes provided by the Genesis Framework, hence the name. We are pleased to announce that as of version 2.0, the plugin is completely standalone and does not require Genesis. The plugin now loads its own CSS styles, which can be disabled if you desire. See the FAQ for more details. By moving away from Genesis, we have been able to add new features, such as the inclusion of fifths, and it opens the door to more enhancements in the future! Shortcodes are easily added using a custom button in your WordPress editor. They can also be added manually if you so choose. See the FAQ for more details. Check out the video below for a short demo on the plugin. Plugin highlights Plugin is fully translatable, .pot file included Plugin loads its own CSS column classes and does not require Genesis Plugin includes fifths so you can finally add 5 even columns! 42 different responsive column configurations available Add custom CSS classes to any column Includes three utility shortcodes to assist with layout, see the FAQ for more info Only adds one button to your WordPress editor No plugin settings to configure Custom button and TinyMCE popup design integrates seamlessly with the core WordPress aesthetic If you have questions or would like to request additional features, such as additional utility shortcodes, please let me know in the plugin support forum.