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The large photos with text at the top of the Primus template do not read well on a mobile device. The text gets cut off and the page doesn’t navigate well in that platform. But you cannot see that when you are on the editing page, so I cannot see how to fix it.
Also, can you make the photos in that initial gallery link to other pages?
Hi, Allison!
I’m sorry to see you’re experiencing issues with the Primus theme, in the mobile version. The good news is, BoldGrid does give you a few options to modify from within the Gallery GridBlock.
Simply navigate to Pages > All Pages and select your home page. Then, click on the photo to select the Galery and then click on the Edit (Pencil Icon). This will open the Edit Gallery pop-up screen. This is where you can modify the options for the captions displayed. You can change the “Caption Type” to “p” (for paragraph) to make the caption text smaller. Otherwise, you can set the “Captions” to “hide”, to disable them from displaying altogether.
Once you’ve adjusted the captions to your liking, you can click on the image again to open the Edit Gallery pop-up. Then, click on an image. The options will display in the right-hand column. Once you click on the image, scroll down on the right-hand column to “Link To”. There you can enter the full URL to the page you’d like your visitor to be directed to upon clicking the image. I hope this helps!
Sincerely,
Carlos E
Hi,
Thank you for your quick response. I had already put the links in “link to” box, but there is no way to click on the photos when the gallery is running, so that is not working.
Also, changing the text size on the pc display is not what I need, but in the mobile display. The text appears as a box after the photo, and it is too narrow to show the full text, and cuts off words. And contributes to making the home page not at all user friendly.
A follow up questions, is it that Primas is not a responsive design and that’s why it is weird on the mobile device?
Hi, Allison.
Thanks for your comments in reply to mine. All BoldGrid themes are developed to function as responsive themes. The modification I am suggesting would change the text for the computer, mobile, and tablet views. I agree the caption isn’t the best when viewed in the mobile browser. However, if you change the setting (overall–for the tablet, computer, and mobile views), you can move the caption or hide it altogether. For instance, I selected “Show On Image” and that appears to be a better solution to display (on mobile devices). You can also select “On Image Hover” which would allow the caption to load on the computer upon hovering over the image/gallery. Note, this would cause tablets and mobile devices to not load the caption since there is no way to “hover” on those kinds of devices.
In regards to the links for the images in the gallery, it seems there may be an issue with the way the slider handles the linking. I was able to add the link on the image and select the gallery to use the custom link. However, the only place that is able to be clicked on is in the right-hand corners of the slider. I would recommend sending in your feedback to BoldGrid’s developers to advise them of this issue. You can always submit your feedback here. I hope this helps!
Sincerely,
Carlos E
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