Title: Nextgen Imagebrowser customization
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Nextgen Imagebrowser customization

 *  [muydelpalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muydelpalo/)
 * (@muydelpalo)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nextgen-imagebrowser-customization/)
 * Hi!
 * I’m using image browser and would like to customize a few things.
 * – I’d like to change the arrows and previous/next navigation buttons with a previous
   and next image I have designed.
 * – When you click the image, it directs you to the image url. I’d like to disable
   that, so if you click on the image nothing happens
 * – I’d like to add a custom id to the image to use it later with my custom css
 * I’ve seen some posts that show different paths to files that can be tweaked to
   customize nextgen. I’ve tried with files in wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/
   products/photocrati-nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view and wp-content/plugins/nextgen-
   gallery/products/photocrati-nextgen/modules/nextgen_basic_imagebrowser
    However,
   nothing seems to happen when I change those files. Where should I make the changes?
   Also, it’d be great to have a custom template so that those changes aren’t overwritten
   by updates. I’ve read it is possible to use custom templates with shortcodes,
   but image browser doesn’t seem to be added to the post with a shortcode.
 * Any ideas? Thank you!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nextgen-imagebrowser-customization/#post-6610372)
 * [@muydelpalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muydelpalo/) – Your best bet
   would be to create a custom template based on the NextGEN Legacy template found
   here: wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/
   ngglegacy/view/imagebrowser-caption.php
 * Just save your new template to the same location and set it as the default for
   your ImageBrowser displays.
 * Thanks!
 * – Cais.
 *  Thread Starter [muydelpalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muydelpalo/)
 * (@muydelpalo)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nextgen-imagebrowser-customization/#post-6610379)
 * Hi! Thank you! I have been able to create the template and load it. Now the previous/
   next buttons look the way I want!
 * However, even though AJAX pagination is enabled on gallery settings, it has stopped
   working.
 * Also, I think I need to change this line of code to erase the `<a>` element, 
   so nothing happens when you click on the picture, but I don’t know what I should
   write
 * `<div class="pic"><?php echo $image->href_link ?></div>`
 * Thanks again for the help!
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nextgen-imagebrowser-customization/#post-6610412)
 * [@muydelpalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muydelpalo/) – Unfortunately,
   in most cases, the Ajax Pagination does not seem to work with NextGEN Legacy 
   templates (since it was only introduced with the current NextGEN Gallery).
 * Although we do offer some minor support for custom templates, generally their
   creation and maintenance is outside the scope of support we currently provide.
   As it is, the code line you are referencing is not an easy replacement … I would
   suggest looking at `var_dump( $image )` to see what else you might be able to
   work with.
 * – Cais.
 *  Thread Starter [muydelpalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muydelpalo/)
 * (@muydelpalo)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nextgen-imagebrowser-customization/#post-6610422)
 * Thank you very much Cais!
 * I have tried it but can’t seem to get the effect I am looking for. Guess it’s
   for more advanced users. But thanks for your help anyway!
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nextgen-imagebrowser-customization/#post-6610433)
 * [@muydelpalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muydelpalo/) – You’re welcome.
 * – Cais.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nextgen-imagebrowser-customization/#post-6610433)
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