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Version 0.16.1 fixes a lot of bugs users have reported for Lazyest Gallery 0.16.0.

• Bug fix for Slideshow stops working
• Bug fix for Filemanager tab is not visible
• Bug fix for Incorrect image count when you have folder icons
• Bug fix for Error messages for opendir()
• Bug fix for incorrect Slide Show link
• Bug fix for editing and saving roles
• Rework: The new folder input box for the Gallery root is back in place

Also, Lazyest Gallery permalinks are disabled when index.php is in permalink structure.
Attention! The Lazyest Gallery Menu is now at the bottom of the WP Admin sidebar

If this version still doesn’t seem to work on your server, please add your remarks below, including WP version, PHP version, Server Configuration.

Download your copy from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lazyest-gallery/download/

The stable version 0.16.0 is ready for download.
Please read my previous post about the new features in this release.

updates:

• Shawna reported a bug in the Settings screen. That has been fixed in 0.16.0.1
• Alireza Fattahi reported a bug in folder pagination. That has been fixed in 0.16.0.2
• The error of function __contruct() not found has been fixed in 0.16.0.3
• If the slideshow on your site is no longer working, please read my post Dear Theme Developers and check the file footer.php in your theme.
• The problem with the lg_image shortcode has been solved in version 0.16.0.4
• version 0.16.0.5 is PHP4 compatible

I’ll update the user guide as soon as possible.

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Lazyest Gallery 0.1.6.0 release candidate is now ready for download on the WordPress plugin site. I have had a lot of responses on the beta release, helping me to create a stable release. Some users even dared to install the beta version on a live website.
You need to have WordPress 2.9.x for Lazyest Gallery.
The stable 0.16.0 is expected to be released coming week. After that, I am going to start working on version 1.0, which will be ready for WordPress 3.0.

UPDATE:
I have thrown in another release candidate.  The closing div error and the plugin admin page formatting error are tackled. I couldn’t find any problems on activating the plugin on my sites.

Lazyest Gallery 0.1.6.0 is almost finished. It took a while because the entire plugin is encoded again. This version includes the long awaited pretty permalinks for the gallery. Folders and photos will now appear as subpages of the gallery. Please note that it is not possible to use WordPress subpages of the gallery page.

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Dear theme developers, your themes are really a beautiful piece of art. It is also wonderful to see how a web site can be improved by installing a new theme. However, please do not forget that your theme is also part of a larger piece of software called WordPress. So do not forget to use the WordPress template tags. Too often users complain that Lazyest Gallery does not work, simply because one or more template tags do not exist. So before you publish a theme, please check if

• <?php wp_head(); ?> is present just before the </head> tag;
• <?php wp_footer(); ?> is present just before the </body> tag;
• <?php comments_template(); ?> is present preferably in single.php and page.php;
• <?php comment_id_fields(); ?> is present in comments.php
• <?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?> is present in comments.php

It is not too difficult to include these template tags, but it would make life much easier for us and other plugin developers.

Kenold Beauplan pointed me to a bug in the Lazyest Gallery admin screen. This bug only occurs after a clean install of Lazyest Gallery. If this issue affects you, please give 0.15.6 a try. Download 0.15.6 or upgrade automatically from the Plugins menu in your blog’s admin area. Cole found some more bugs. They have been fixed and the new version, which will be available shortly, is 0.15.6.1

Some Lazyest Gallery users asked me if it is possible to display random images in rows and columns. The answer is yes! and it’s quite easy. Just some simple css rules should do the trick.
First step is to think about how many image columns you want to display. The images together should fit in the sidebar. The thumbnail you’ve set in Lazyest Gallery settings could be too large, so you have to set the size of your random image thumbnail in your theme style sheet.
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