Adobe Portfolio question

[LauriePony]

I looked for a Portfolio forum to post this in but could not find one. I am wondering if there is a way to syle the captions differently than the theme default. Currently the text is white on a faded gray bar over the bottom of the image but I would prefer gray text below the image with no bar.

Thanks!

[kglad]

this is the best spot (currently) for portfolio posts.

this is the help stuff:

portfolio questions: https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=177168

portfolio faq: https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us

and @Nancy OShea is the portfolio expert.

[LauriePony]

TY so much, I will check that out!

[Nancy OShea]

It really depends on which Theme you're using.  There are 12 Themes to choose from, each with their own features & options.  See links below.

• https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360035995733-Themes-features
• https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360035496294-Comparing-themes

[LauriePony]

Thank you! I am bookmarking these. 🙂

[LauriePony]

I am using Mercedes currently. I looked at the exmaple sites and it looks like the captions in Sawdust are not on a gray bar but when I try that theme, the captions look the same as with Mercedes (white text on gray bar). I am guessing the example site is not using the theme defaults? Do you know if there is a theme that has the captions in gray or black text without a bar behind them?

Thanks for your help! Laurie 

[Nancy OShea]

I think you mean Cover Text, not captions. 

See Styling your Page Cover Text Container

https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360037562813-Styling-your-page-cover-text-container

You can style the following: 

• Text Container alignment: you can have your text display centered, at the top, or bottom
• Color Overlay: this is the color background of your text container
• Opacity: this controls how transparent the overlay is. If you don't want your text container to have its own overlay, reduce opacity to 0. 

Hope that helps.

[LauriePony]

Thank you for the reply! I do see the word “caption” being used by Adobe. I have attached a screenshot. It says “Add caption”.

The captions show up in two places. When I roll over an image in my photo grid, it pops up (screenshot attached) and then when I click on an image from the grid it shows up at the very bottom (screenshot attached). In both places it is white text on gray. This is what I am hoping to change but I dont’t see how to effect it.

[Nancy OShea]

I have no time to argue semantics.  I'm working under a deadline today.

If you read the help article I posted yesterday, I think you'll find your answer. 🙂

If you want to discuss this with Adobe Portfolio support, you can reach them below.

- Contact Portfolio Support - https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/requests/new?ticket_form_id=177168

[LauriePony]

Hi Nancy,

I apologize if I offended you. That was not my intention. I just wanted to make sure we were both talking about the same thing. I will contact support, thank you for the link.

[Nancy OShea]

No offence taken.  I was very busy yesterday with no time to spare.

Did you find what you needed?

[LauriePony]

Not yet, I submitted a support request though. Thanks for all your advice 🙂

[andreb8553180]

Did you get an answer?  I also want to change this for the photo captions (not the title pages) but can't find the setting.

[kglad]

@andreb8553180 

portfolio questions: https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=177168

portfolio faq: https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us

[Nancy OShea]

@andreb8553180 

Captions on what type of image -- Cover, PhotoGrid or individual?

See this correct answer from yesterday.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/creative-cloud-services-discussions/adobe-portfolio-image-filenames/m...

Hope that helps.

[andreb8553180]

Thanks for the link - lots of good information but not quite the setting I am looking for. 

In a grid containing images with captions, the caption appears on hover inside a darkened band at the bottom of the image.  When the image is selected, the caption appears in a darkened band at the bottom of the full screen image.

I would like to change the formatting to turn off the darkened band behind the captions.  I can not find a way to control this.  It's not included in the grid style options (as described here https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035920114-Photo-Grid-module)

I think the original poster is also trying to control the formatting of the caption background as well as the color of the captions themselves. 

If you have an idea how to do this, I would really appreciate it.  Thanks for responding to these questions!

[Nancy OShea]

I'm pretty sure PhotoGrid styles are baked-in to your Theme's stylesheet.

The class is .grid__image-caption and the style is  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 20px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5));

I see no way to edit those styles from the dashboard.

You can contact Portfolio's Support Team below and ask them to remove the linear-gradient.  It's more eyesore than enhancement, IMO.

https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/requests/new?ticket_form_id=177168

[andreb8553180]

Thanks for the very specific reply - I will make a request since it doesn't appear to be possible to edit a theme's style sheet. 

[LauriePony]

Hi andreb8553180,

This is the reply I got when I submitted a support request about changing the styling of photo grid captions…

I’m sorry to say that there’s currently no way to change the styling with the captions seen in the Photo Grid Module, but I can see how this would be helpful! I’ll share this with our team internally

Hopefully if enough people request this capability, they will make a change.

Good luck!

[kglad]

to make adobe requests:

for applicable apps, use https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/x-productkb/global/how-to-user-voice.html

for others, use https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

[Nancy OShea]

Unfortunately, neither of those links are related to Adobe Portfolio.  Their helpdesk is the only way to communicate feature requests.

[default7qf3eyiajqtr]

If the photo grid captions in the Mercedes theme are not editable, why is there the option to edit them? You can change the font, color, etc but changes have no effect.

[Nancy OShea]

As previously mentioned above, PhotoGrid caption styles are baked-in to the widget.

Changes to Theme caption styles have no impact on PhotoGrid.