I have been trying to get this to work for about 6 hours now and finally got it going. But most of what I am describing below  are things that should be on the instructions, but aren't. Extra frustrating considering this is a paid for module. I hope some people with installing problems may get some help from this. Perhaps these are issues which can be corrected in future versions. I am running everything up to date: Joomla 1.52 with Synapse, one of the latest Rocket Theme templates.

1. The names of the images need to be in lower case. Hello.jpg will cause an error. hello.jpg works fine. One image that has 1 letter uppercase could spoil the whole album.

2. Entering "{gallery}photographs{/gallery}" into an ARTICLE works fine and the album will display. But when I entered the code directly into other content items - then it runs into problems. Ie. Inserting the code into a "Custom HTML" Module will only display the text: "{gallery}photographs{/gallery}" on the page. It needs to be in an Article in order to be displayed.

3. Having the article with the code placed into it correctly will not display the images if it passes through my "Place here" module. You will only get the text: {gallery}photographs{/gallery}

4. Make sure to enable the plug-in. Do that by going to Extensions/Plug In Manager/Content-Simple Image Gallery
    There you will also find the closest thing to a tutorial.

5. You may want to try turning off your WYSIYWG Editor under Site/Global Config/Default WYSIWYG Editor to "No Editor." I have heard some editor's can strip some of  the code.

One of the main reasons I bought Simple Image Gallery Pro was so I could put captions beneath the enlarged picture in the lightbox.

I guess I was mistaken because I guess they can only appear on the thumbnail. The product is described as being able to put  "Individual captions/labels on popup images" - here is the page:http://demo.joomlaworks.net/content/view/36/50/

Hopefully being able to add captions beneath the big image will be something to be worked out soon.

There are no tutorials for this plug-in which  is really frustrating. On the Forum when you click on tutorials it just brings you to forum posts which don't contain any turorials. It is not as simple as you make it out to be especially for noobs like me who are just getting started.

Once it's up and running it works great. So nice not to have to make thumbnails, or program code somewhere.

Thanks!

Thanks for summarising those points. I've been playing with SIGPro for a few days and it's very useful to see some of the things I'd experienced confirmed and also learn some new tips.

The caption underneath the enlarged image does work when fed from a labels.txt file as described in the sparse documentation, but the annoying thing is that it puts it over the thumbnail too - not so good if you want a long caption!

I can see circumstances where to have a caption over the thumbnail would be useful, but I'd much prefer it to be an 'either or both' option.
I have modified the sigpro_default.css file so that the caption is not overlaid on the thumbnail but remains underneath the enlarged image - see below.

The file also shows how the font-size can be reduced on the thumbnail caption. It can also be made to be present on the thumbnail until you hover over it, when it disappears.

Like you, I think that for something that is not free there should be more in the way of documentation and tutorial. The plug-in works fine once you've worked out its little idiosyncracies, but it needs a bit of refinement for it to be an easy to use and useful tool.

Roy

Modified sigpro_default.css:

/* --- Thumbnail styling --- */
table.contentpaneopen {width:80%;margin:0;}

.sig {clear:both;margin:0px;padding:12px;display:table;/*position:relative;*/}
.sig_clr {clear:both;}
.sig_cont {float:left;/*position:relative;*/}
.sig_cont .sig_thumb {float:left;margin:0px 5px 5px 0px;padding:0px;background:url(shadowAlpha.png) no-repeat bottom right !important;background:url(shadow.gif) no-repeat bottom right;}
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a {display:block;position:relative;background:none;text-decoration:none;}
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a:hover {display:block;position:relative;background:none;text-decoration:none;}
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a img {display:block;position:relative;background:#FFF;border:1px solid #ccc;margin:-5px 5px 5px -5px;padding:4px;}

/* --- Caption/Label styling --- */
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a span.sig_pseudocaption,
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a:hover span.sig_pseudocaption {
display:none; /*- modified, change to display:block to activate thumbnail caption*/
text-align:center;
margin:0px;
padding:2px;
opacity:0.6;-moz-opacity:0.6;
filter:alpha(opacity=40);
position:absolute;
bottom:5px;
left:0px;
right:4px;
font-size:9px; /*- modified to reduce font-size on thumbnail caption*/
line-height:9px; /*- modified to reduce space occupied by multi-line thumbnail caption*/
}
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a:hover span.sig_pseudocaption {display:none;} /*- modified, change to display:block to activate thumbnail caption*/
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a span.sig_pseudocaption {background:#000;}
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a:hover span.sig_pseudocaption{background:#fff;}
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a span.sig_pseudocaption b {visibility:hidden;margin:0px;padding:2px;}
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a span.sig_caption,
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a:hover span.sig_caption {display:none;text-align:center;margin:2px auto 0px auto;padding:2px;position:absolute;width:auto;cursor:pointer;bottom:5px;left:0px;right:4px;} /*- modified, change to display:block to activate thumbnail caption*/
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a span.sig_caption {
color:#fff;
font-size:9px;  /*- modified to reduce font-size on thumbnail caption*/
line-height:9px;}  /*- modified to reduce space occupied by multi-line thumbnail caption*/
.sig_cont .sig_thumb a:hover span.sig_caption {color:#000; display:none;} /*- modified, change to display:block to activate thumbnail caption*/

/* --- END --- */

I have a simple fix to correct item 1) on your list, that all filenames have to be in lower case.

forum.joomlaworks.net/index.php?topic=4330.0

-Vince

thats a good post, upand yes there is reall needs for support and documentation for a paid product, I agree Tdoc

First off...I disagree that the instructions included in the plugin are in any way "detailed" nor do i agree with the assesment that you might provide instructions for "very newbie" users. How about installation links that actually work on the pages where you advertise them. Such as this misleading link for AllVideos:

"Please read the USAGE INSTRUCTIONS (link doesn't do anything) to get you started on the brand new AllVideos Plugin v2.x! The documentation might seem a little big, but it's worth the time and will save you a lot of questions in forums! So, read on."

If anything is "newbie"...it's your entire site design...it looks more like a random blog thrown together by someone who was up late drinking, not a site where one sells "professional" components for a CMS system (ironic I know)

Where are the well structured and meaningful navigation menus with links to each component and their help files? They don't exist...

In order to find even the most basic of install instructions...one must scour the forums. How about providing a PDF of install instructions in the download or at the bare minimum, a text file for god's sake, like every other paid component company does?

Support forums are typically used for feedback on issues (of which there are many)regarding the functionality of your components, not as the repository for install and basic setup info.

I've purchased all your components and in all cases have had to switch to a completely different system as they don't seem to support even the most basic of layout functionality (such as centering images) without hacking the source code.

You might consider a name change to "Joomlaalmostworks.gr"

If my reply seems to have a tone of irritation about it...it's because it was meant to...

I take exception to the idea that only a "newbie" wouldn't understand to look in the plugin manager for setup instructions...it's the last place it should be.

/home/.zuzi/gaurav/new.phonecare.in/plugins/content/jwsigpro.php on line 136
Did you get any kind of above errors. I have seen in forum, few people has got si,ilar errors but no one is able to solve it.

I must agree fully with "onestop" we need detailed iunstructions