I found a previous thread with exactly the same problem.as described by siriosrl:
forum.joomlaworks.net/simple-image-gallery-pro-%28plugin%29/gallery-doesn%27t-work-with-gallery-layout-in-any-popup-engine/
Thumbs and gallery work as expected - all thumbs are displayed correctly and clicking any thumb brings up its correct image in gallery.
Clicking on an image in the gallery displays a 'lightbox' (modal popup) which shows ONLY the image clicked in the gallery.
And only 1 thumb shows in popup, and there are no prev|next|whatever buttons for other images in the Gallery
also as siriosrl in other thread I have tried with ALL popup engines
Using J! 2.5.6 with latest sigpro
There are no relevant errors in server log
No js errors in firebug
edit: Issue is the same in FF 13|14 and chrome 21 in fedora or windows and ie8
I only have this on localhost and need this to work before it goes live so I need suggestions as to what was the fix, or where to look for pointers to source of problem please?
thanks
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