Limiting the number of images added to LightBox

[rohanrohanrohan]

Hi guys

need to know how to limit the number of images added to lightbox.

Reason cause I suspect many people are adding all the images in my gallery and downloading all at once. This can cause server performance degradation.

So i think this feature would be useful for everyone with large galleries

Thanks

[Chris]

You migh also consider simply removing the zip download button from the lightbox template.  This is far easier to do and will require your users to download each file on its own.

[rohanrohanrohan]

but would prefer to keep the lightbox option as its very useful. so how to limit the number of images added to lightbox?

[V@no]

there is no sollution for this, sry.

[Chris]

Please read my previous post carefully.  My suggestion has nothing to do with removing the lightbox.

[rohanrohanrohan]

ok thanks for your helkp  anywyas.

[ropey]

You migh also consider simply removing the zip download button from the lightbox template.  This is far easier to do and will require your users to download each file on its own.

I have removed the zip download button from my lightbox and details pages, but would like to have a download button on the lightbox page for every single image so a user doesn't have to click the picture first and then press the normal download button. (saves bandwidth as well)

any idea on how to create a download button for every single image in the lightbox page?

[Chris]

Just add

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{download_button} to the thumbnail_bit.html template.

Note that this will add the download button to category thumbnails as well.