Wordpress AddOn

Backlight 4, 5 & 6 Support
#1

Hello,

I have watch the old video about the Wordpress AddOn. Are there now more options?

I think it would be a great advantage to use the design features of Wordpress Themes or Pagebuilder and add the functions and comfort of the Backlight galeries.

Is this possible?

Thanks

Andreas

#2

The newest feature in Backlight 3 is the ability to insert Backlight albums via short code. I don’t think that’s been added to the documentation but there is a video:
https://blog.theturninggate.net/2020/05/14/backlight-albums-in-wordpress-pages/

In the add-on, there is a Post Galleries design section, but that’s been there since before BL3

#3

Thanks Rod. I think I have also look at this video. I think I have to user the Backlight Theme in Wordpress to use this feature?

My main point is, that I like to Design my Wordpress site without Backlight and only use the gallery. The point with the shortcode where wonderful, if this work with any WP Theme.

#4

You need to be using the Backlight generated theme for the short code to work.

Though perhaps you could edit another theme to add the same short code capability

#5

Thanks, I will take a look at the design options of Backlight. As I wrote, I see the design advantage in Wordpress Themes.

#6

The point of the Backlight WordPress add-on is having continuity of design throughout the site.
I use occasionally a page builder (Beaver Builder) and other plugins to easily add some other functionality.

#7

ok, so the Backlight Theme work together with other Theme/Pagebuilder like Elementor, so I can add designs like header, footer etc with the pagebuilder?

#8

The header and footer come from the Backlight theme. But I suppose you could try designing a page template in Backlight that lacks header and footer and then try adding those with a page builder.
I’ve not tried that yet.
Though I think most page builders affect the content area of pages and posts and not the header and footer. Those are usually part of the theme.