• Registered: 2012-09-17
  • Posts: 5

Topic: display meta data from images?

Hi, I am using the simple viewer wp plugin linked to next-gen.

When I load images, nextgen automatically is seeing the title / description / tags and saves them in the admin.

When I load the simple viewer gallery ot pulls the caption automatically, which is great!

See here


I have some questions
1. How to also pull through the keywords?
2. Does google see the image names etc in the simple viewer and can find the pages based on the text (I notice as its flash the words are not selectable with mouse)?
3. Can WordPress search pickup image keywords?

Thanks

Sam

  • Registered: 2012-09-17
  • Posts: 5

Re: display meta data from images?

I forgot the link to my demo gallery
http://www.webdevworks.org/demo/wp-simple-viewer

  • Registered: 2008-07-06
  • Posts: 6,334

Re: display meta data from images?

1. How to also pull through the keywords?

WP-SimpleViewer does not use the NextGEN 'Tags' field.
WP-SimpleViewer uses the NextGEN 'Description' field to populate the image's <caption>.
However, there is no corresponding place within a SimpleViewer gallery that could be used to store the tags.

2. Does google see the image names etc in the simple viewer and can find the pages based on the text (I notice as its flash the words are not selectable with mouse)?

Please see this Google blog entry for more information about how Google indexes Flash sites.

3. Can WordPress search pickup image keywords?

If you are referring to the NextGEN tags, perhaps the NextGEN Gallery Search plugin will be useful.

Steven Speirs
SimpleViewer Support Team
  • Registered: 2012-09-17
  • Posts: 5

Re: display meta data from images?

thanks steven. yes the plugin for nextgen search would help alot - but there is no info at all on that plugin or in the readme. i have installed it and have no clue how to get it working! any idea?

  • Registered: 2008-07-06
  • Posts: 6,334

Re: display meta data from images?

No, sorry. I have never used it myself.
However, you may find the following links useful:
http://alexrabe.de/2010/01/13/search-for-images/
http://www.ikiru.ch/blog/2008/how-to-ad … ess-plugin
http://www.vrwebdesign.co.uk/tutorials/ … n-gallery/

Steven Speirs
SimpleViewer Support Team