Grid Question

HI there, I couldnt find a section on the forum for GK Grid so I thought it was best to post it here?

IN the past I was looking at Grid but didnt end up using it as it was dictacted by using 1:1 ratio (squares) to fill content. As I have photos that are based on 4:6 type ratios, I want to do this and if I understand correctly, the updated Grid can set that kins od thing?

What I am wanting to do is fill the browser of a complete grid of in the content area of width 100% and height 100% (relative to the browser window of course so the user can still scroll down but not left/right), exactly like this: http://www.armani.com/au

Can I achieve this with the new Grid GK? Thanks.

Hello,

If you provide a proper area for the module then it can scale up to the 100% width (height fill will depend from the available content).

You can also consider the Grid News portal mode from the News Show Pro GK5 module - we have use it in our Writer template on the portfolio page.

Thanks for the reply.

I checked out Writer, is that the 'PortFolio' Page that uses the Grid? And the 'No popup' one is to use with Articles.

Is it possible to set my own link instead of using article? For example I need one page that will do as your PortFolio page does, but another page that will show the images but I can link to a Hikashop product but I use my own link. I am thinking I may need to use the full Grid for that one and use HTML/CSS to do that.

Thanks.

I think that in this case you should use NSP GK5 in the newest version and use the URL override feature: https://www.gavick.com/blog/whats-new-n ... 5-v-1-7-0/

I think that in this case you should use NSP GK5 in the newest version and use the URL override feature: https://www.gavick.com/blog/whats-new-n ... 5-v-1-7-0/

That sound very cool indeed. I have never been able to under NSP very well, it never seems (or rather its me) do what I am thinking its doing due to so many options.

Thanks again, I will check it out.

Would there be a reason why NSP would not be generating my own articles and only the demo content in Grid mode? If I switch to Standard Mode it will generate them, except for one of them.

If I go to tell it to generate those specific articles, it will say "No content". I have these articles as links, so they are published etc.

I am thinking of just doing Grid module itself as I think now with the flexible ratios it will have more flexible. NSP seems to be very frustrating (for me) to use as whenever I create new ones other than whats in the template I rarely can get it to work

Thanks.

Please share your module configuration here - most probably one of the settings is wrongly set and causes your issue.

Please share your module configuration here - most probably one of the settings is wrongly set and causes your issue.

I think I will go with Grid GK itself as I think it will be easier for me to set it up and have more flexibility in the custom HTML modules to create it. With the addition of the scale factor option this is quite cool. It was the limitation I didnt like when I first tried the first version, I was always restricited to squares so it was no good for photography pictures that ratios are 4:6 etc.

Hi, I am searching for a solution as well; Using the latest version of NSP and want to use the grid on frontpage with custom links from some articles of K2. Where to find/put/install url_overrides.json? My template (gk_steakhouse) has no option "Use URL overrides'..?
Thks in advance

@Marcels70 - please upgrade the NSP GK5 module to the newest version.

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HI again, I seem to be having a bit of an issue with Grid trying to get it to behave on how I want it to.

I want to do it in specific block sizes, like 3.6 x 2.4, but by setting a decimal value in width, it doesnt like me doing that so it will put the absolute element on top of the blocks that come before it. It is possible to change the values in the CSS of the postion values, but preferably I'd like to avoid this so it can be changed later without issue in the actual module.

Is there anyway to achieve this by changing some code?

It is because your system runs on blocks of 6 in width, and I am needing it to be 5. It is a little strange being 6 since 5 goes into 100% better than 6 does

For example, I want content that is 60% and 40% in the first row, with those two being images that are 3:2 and 2:3 ratios (portrait and landscape photos), but the 3rd and 4th blocks I add end up being on top of the 2nd block.

Attached is the ratios, (I changed it ti 1.2 so I dont need to work out the height decimal each time )



Thanks.

@ninjab - sorry but it is a custom work beyond of our technical support.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I guess I may just have to live with the extra 6% then.....on a 2560px desktop view 6% is quite a lot but most people dont view in that size. But on 1920px is still quite a lot too. But I will just live with it

Thanks.

@Marcels70 - please upgrade the NSP GK5 module to the newest version.

Hey, I did and am using the latest version, nevertheless I am trying to use url overrides in the grid module but so far no luck. I use the following syntax in url_overrides.json (just example "https://www.gavick.com"):

{
"k2": {
"332": "https://www.gavick.com"
}
}

@Marcels70 - but did you enabled the URL overrides in the module settings?

Yes I did.

@Marcels70 - probaly I've found your issue - you are using "k2" instead of "com_k2" - please look here: https://github.com/GavickPro/News-Show- ... rides.json

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.
Tried it before but this was not the issue. Even when I use it like this:
.
"com_k2": {
"332": "https://www.gavick.com"
},
"k2": {
"332": "https://www.gavick.com"
}

It is not working and linking to K2 articles.?!

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.
Tried it before but this was not the issue. Even when I use it like this:
.
"com_k2": {
"332": "https://www.gavick.com"
},
"k2": {
"332": "https://www.gavick.com"
}

It is not working and linking to K2 articles.?!

For the record; it's also not working when I use just the com_k2 either.

Did new installs of NSP and K2, no effect. Url override is still on and has no effect on the NSP grid layout on the frontpage.

@Marcels - please send me back-end and FTP access to your website using the PM message, I will analyze this issue in my free time.