sigplus version series 1.5.x (code-named Novo) is a major improvement compared to earlier version series 1.4.x. This section shows how to map settings from an earlier version to the latest version.
sigplus version 1.5.x can be installed over an earlier 1.4.x series version (so-called update installation); sigplus does a best-effort attempt to migrate configuration settings. However, not all 1.4.x settings have 1.5.x equivalents with matching meaning (and vice versa). After a successful installation, you are encouraged to open the sigplus configuration page, review settings, and save the page even if you made no changes. Saving ensures that any settings that prevail from a 1.4.x version are forced into a state that the new 1.5.x version understands.
Updating from an earlier 1.4.x version to a later version in the 1.4.x series (e.g. from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2), or updating from an 1.5.x version to a later version in the 1.5.x series is a seamless update. However, updating from 1.4.x to 1.5.x might require that you review back-end configuration settings and how the sigplus activation tag is used. Unless you relied on advanced features in the 1.4.x series, migration should be easy. Because updating from 1.4.x to 1.5.x might require manual intervention, the Joomla installer will never prompt to update a 1.4.x series version to a 1.5.x version (even though the update is possible).
The following table helps you convert configuration settings from sigplus 1.4.x to sigplus Novo (sigplus 1.5.x or later). In the first column you find the parameters that belong to sigplus Novo in the same order and with the same name as they appear in the administration back-end. The second column contains the corresponding activation tag parameter names that belong to the back-end names. Finally, the third and the fourth column contain the appropriate parameters from sigplus 1.4.x with their back-end names and parameter names. If a sigplus Novo parameter in a row does not have a matching sigplus 1.4.x parameter name then it means the current setting cannot be configured in earlier versions of sigplus, only in sigplus Novo. Missing back-end names indicate that configuration is possible solely in the body of an article with attributes in the activation tag but not in the administration back-end. Names printed in italics are drop-down list item names.
| sigplus Novo (sigplus 1.5.x) | sigplus 1.4.x | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Back-end name | Parameter name | Back-end name | Parameter name |
| Base folder | base_folder | Base folder | |
| Gallery layout | layout | Gallery layout | layout |
| fixed with rotator | fixed | fixed | fixed |
| flow without rotator | flow | flow | flow |
| packed without rotator | packed | ||
| hidden | hidden | ||
| Image row count | rows | Rows | rows |
| Image column count | cols | Columns | cols |
| Maximum image count | maxcount | Maximum preview image count | maxcount |
| Alignment on page | alignment | Alignment | alignment |
| left | left | left | left |
| left with text wrapping around | left-float | left with text wrapping around | left-float |
| center | center | center | center |
| right | right | right | right |
| right with text wrapping around | right-float | right with text wrapping around | right-float |
| Perview image width | preview_width | Perview image width | width |
| Preview image height | preview_height | Preview image height | height |
| Crop when rescaling | preview_crop | Crop when resizing | crop |
| yes | yes or 1 | yes | 1 |
| no | no or 0 | no | 0 |
| Lightbox pop-up type | lightbox | Lightbox pop-up | lightbox |
| none | none | none | none |
| boxplus light theme | boxplus/light | boxplus light square theme | boxplus/lightsquare |
| boxplus dark theme | boxplus/dark | boxplus dark square theme | boxplus/darksquare |
| boxplus light rounded theme | boxplus/lightrounded | ||
| boxplus dark rounded theme | boxplus/darkrounded | ||
| Center on scroll | lightbox_autocenter | ||
| yes | yes or 1 | ||
| no | no or 0 | ||
| Fit to window | lightbox_autofit | lightbox:autofit | |
| yes | yes or 1 | 1 | |
| no | no or 0 | 0 | |
| Lightbox navigation bar | lightbox_thumbs | lightbox:thumbs | |
| Overlaying image | inside | inside | |
| In caption area | outside | outside | |
| Hide | none | ||
| Slideshow delay (in ms) | lightbox_slideshow | Slideshow delay | slideshow |
| Autostart slideshow | lightbox_autostart | ||
| yes | 1 | ||
| no | 0 | ||
| Image slider | |||
| none | none | ||
| boxplus image slider (with jQuery) | boxplus.slider | ||
| boxplus image carousel (with jQuery) | boxplus.carousel | ||
| boxplus image transition (with jQuery) | boxplus.transition | ||
| Image rotator orientation | rotator_orientation | Image slider orientation | orientation |
| horizontal | horizontal | horizontal | horizontal |
| vertical | vertical | vertical | vertical |
| Hotspot navigation | rotator_buttons | Overlay navigation | overlay |
| Show | 1 | Show | 1 |
| Hide | 0 | Hide | 0 |
| Navigation bar | rotator_navigation | Navigation bar | navigation |
| bottom | bottom | bottom | bottom |
| top | top | top | top |
| both | both | both | both |
| Navigation buttons | buttons | ||
| Show | 1 | ||
| none | none or 0 | Hide | 0 |
| Paging buttons | rotator_links | Navigation links | links |
| Show | Show | 1 | |
| Hide | none | Hide | 0 |
| Page counter | counter | ||
| Show | 1 | ||
| Hide | 0 | ||
| Navigation trigger | rotator_trigger | ||
| click | click | ||
| mouse-over | mouseover | ||
| Trigger action step | rotator_step | slider:step | |
| single | single | single | |
| page | page | page | |
| Slide duration (in ms) | rotator_duration | Slide duration | duration |
| Animation delay (in ms) | rotator_delay | Animation delay | animation |
| Wrap around at end | loop | slider:loop | |
| On | on or 1 | 1 | |
| Off | off or 0 | 0 | |
| Image caption visibility | caption_visibility | ||
| none | none | ||
| on mouse over only | mouseover | ||
| always | always | captions:alwaysOnTop=1 | |
| Image caption position | caption_position | Image caption | captions |
| overlay bottom | overlay-bottom | boxplus overlay captions (with jQuery) | boxplus.caption |
| overlay top | overlay-top | ||
| below | below | ||
| above | above | ||
| none | none | ||
| boxplus.hover | |||
| Default image title | caption_title | Default title | deftitle |
| Default image summary | caption_summary | Default description text | defdescription |
| Download access level | download | Download icon | download |
| Guest | Guest | ||
| Public | Public | ||
| Registered | Registered | ||
| Special | Special | ||
| Show | 1 | ||
| Hide | 0 | ||
| Metadata access level | metadat | Metadata icon | metadata |
| Guest | Guest | ||
| Public | Public | ||
| Registered | Registered | ||
| Special | Special | ||
| Show | 1 | ||
| Hide | 0 | ||
| Image protection | protection | ||
| yes | yes or 1 | lightbox:contextmenu=0 | |
| no | no or 0 | lightbox:contextmenu=1 | |
| Preview margin | preview_margin | Margin | margin |
| Preview border style | preview_border_style | Border style | borderstyle |
| default | default | default | default |
| none | none | none | none |
| dotted | dotted | dotted | dotted |
| dashed | dashed | dashed | dashed |
| solid | solid | solid | solid |
| double | double | double | double |
| 3D grooved | groove | 3D grooved | groove |
| 3D ridged | ridge | 3D ridged | ridge |
| 3D inset | inset | 3D inset | inset |
| 3D outset | outset | 3D outset | outset |
| Preview border width | preview_border_width | Border width | borderwidth |
| Preview border color | preview_border_color | Border color | bordercolor |
| Preview padding | preview_padding | Padding | padding |
| Image sort criterion | sort_criterion | Default sort criterion | sortcriterion |
| labels file (file name) | labels-filename | labels file (with fallback to filename) | labels-filename |
| labels file (last modification time) | labels-mtime | labels file (with fallback to modification time) | labels-mtime |
| labels file (file size) | labels-filesize | ||
| labels file (random order) | randomlabels | random (restricted to labels file) | randomlabels |
| file name | filename | file name | filename |
| last modification time | mtime | last modification time | mtime |
| file size | filesize | ||
| random | random | random | random |
| Image sort order | sort_order | Default sort order | sortorder |
| ascending | asc | ascending | asc |
| descending | desc | descending | desc |
| Data population method | linkage | ||
| embed in HTML body | inline | ||
| generate using script in HTML head | head | ||
| generate using external script in cache folder | external | ||
| Recursion depth | depth | depth | |
| Watermark position | watermark_position | watermark:position | |
| none | none or 0 | ||
| north | n | n | |
| northeast | ne | ne | |
| east | e | e | |
| southeast | se | se | |
| south | s | s | |
| southwest | sw | sw | |
| west | w | w | |
| northwest | nw | nw | |
| center | c | c | |
| Distance from horizontal | watermark_x | watermark:x | |
| Distance from vertical | watermark_y | watermark:y | |
| Filename for watermark | watermark_source | Enable watermarking (watermark.png) | watermark=1 |
| Thumbnail width | thumb_width | ||
| Thumbnail height | thumb_height | ||
| Crop when resizing | thumb_crop | ||
| yes | yes or 1 | ||
| no | no or 0 | ||
| Lightbox transition effect | lightbox_transition | lightbox:easing | |
| linear | linear | ||
| quadratic | quadratic | ||
| cubicular | cubicular | ||
| quartetic | quartetic | ||
| quintic | quintic | ||
| exponential | exponential | ||
| circular | circular | ||
| sinusoidal | sinusoidal | ||
| back and forth | |||
| bouncy | |||
| elastic curve | |||
| Rotator item alignment | rotator_alignment | ||
| center | c | ||
| north | n | ||
| northeast | ne | ||
| east | e | ||
| southeast | se | ||
| south | s | ||
| southwest | sw | ||
| west | w | ||
| northwest | nw | ||
| Rotator transition effect | rotator_transition | ||
| linear | linear | ||
| quadratic | quadratic | ||
| cubicular | cubicular | ||
| quartetic | quartetic | ||
| quintic | quintic | ||
| exponential | exponential | ||
| circular | circular | ||
| sinusoidal | sinusoidal | ||
| back and forth | |||
| bouncy | |||
| elastic curve | |||
| Image title template | caption_title_template | ||
| Image summary template | caption_summary_template | ||
| Folder for caching images | cache_image | Use cache for generated images | |
| Joomla cache folder | |||
| Joomla media folder | |||
| Image source folder | |||
| yes | |||
| no | |||
| Thumbnail folder | folder_thumb | Thumbnail folder | |
| Preview folder | folder_preview | Preview folder | |
| Folder for originals | folder_fullsize | Folder for originals | |
| Folder for watermarking | folder_watermarked | ||
| Generated image quality | quality | Thumbnail quality | quality |
| Filename for labels | caption_source | Filename for labels | labels |
| Use multilingual labels | multilingual | Multilingual support | |
| yes | yes or 1 | yes | |
| no | no or 0 | no | |
| Gallery activation tag | tag_gallery | Activation tag | |
| Lightbox activation tag | tag_lightbox | ||
| Additional settings | Custom settings | ||
| Migrate settings | settings_exporter | Backup/Restore settings | |
| Export | Backup | ||
| Import | Restore | ||
| Base URL | base_url | Base URL | |
| JavaScript library source | library_jsapi | Ajax library source | |
| default (use libraries that ship with Joomla core) | default (Google CDN with version check) | ||
| Google Ajax API CDN | Google Ajax API CDN | ||
| Microsoft CDN | Microsoft CDN | ||
| jQuery CDN | jQuery CDN | ||
| default (use libraries that ship with Joomla core) | local copy | ||
| none | |||
| Image processing library | library_image | Image library | |
| default | default | default | |
| GD (Graphics Draw) | gd | GD (Graphics Draw) | |
| ImageMagick | imagick | ImageMagick | |
| Client debug mode | debug_client | Debug mode | |
| yes | yes | ||
| no | no | ||
| Server debug mode | debug_server | ||
| default | |||
| laconic | |||
| verbose | |||
