This is probably a generic ImageGen question rather than a Umbraco-question, but that is why it is here in the Misc. section ;)

See, I'm building a gallery based on Galleria - a cool jQuery plugin. It creates a gallery out of ordinary HTML List-tags (<LI>). I then use ImageGen to resize the big images that appear to a certain size when you click the thumbnails.

Galleria uses an anchor to display the big images (see below). Now the problem.. Everything works fine in browsers like IE7, FX3 and Safari 3, but older browsers like IE6 and Safari 2 does not understand the construct below - it will display "Hello world" which is ImageGen 2.0.1's default text.

<li><a href="/umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=/media/367/picture_9.jpg&amp;height=600&amp;width=600&amp;compression=95&amp;constrain=true"><img src="/media/219/picture_9_thumb.jpg"></a></li>

Do you have an idea why this is only a problem on older browsers?

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Best Regards
Simon

Level 0 uncertified ;)

I've used lightbox and thickbox without problems in all browsers so perhaps there's something odd about the Galleria plugin for the older browers?

Bob's package is fantastic, highly recommended.

If you do want to continue with Galleria, check to see if the url works properly in the older browsers by typing it directly into the url bar. In your example, add /umbraco/ImageGen.ashx?image=/media/367/picture_9.jpg&amp;height=600&amp;width=600&amp;compression=95&amp;constrain=true to the domain for your site. It should bring up the resized image.

The use of &amp; instead of a simple & might be problematic for very old browsers but I've never seen a problem in practice. If the direct url doesn't work, change the &amp; tags to & in the url and see if that works.

Let us know what you find out.

cheers,
doug.

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