I have been trying to figure this out for the past couple of hours, but how do I integrate the plugin into a wordpress site?
Because the plugin itself does not have a specific directory to be placed, I am confused as to where the files need to be put in order for it to work. My explanation is pretty vague, as I haven't been able to upload any of the 3 files mentioned into wordpress as of yet.
so there are 3 files: jquery.magnific-popup.js/ jquery.magnific-popup.min.js/ magnific-popup.css
The end product i need is essentially just a set of gallery items, not restricted by width or height, so I am able to have a website similar to this one here as reference: http://www.three-d-conceptwerke.com/
Each Gallery item opens a pop up that displays several images within each gallery, in which case each item is treated as a project containing several images.
That aside, without knowing how to integrate the files into wordpress, I am unable to work on it. Any clues?
It doesn't matter where you place them - just call the scripts and stylesheets in your header or add them into your functions.php.
E.g. if I uploaded them into a directory called external-plugins, I would just call them as
<link href="http://www.example.com/external-plugins/magnific-popup.css"> <script src="jquery.magnific-popup.min.js"></script>
And add your arguments below. Should work fine in your header.php
Edit: That link you posted pretty much explains everything you need to do - if you can't follow it, maybe you should hire somebody else to do it for you!
The instructions are pretty clear from the link you provided...
Create the directory magnific-popup in your theme’s directory. Download the MP CSS and JS files from GitHub and put both in the magnific-popup directory
You need either use an FTP client like Filezilla or use a File Manager from your hosting control panel to log into your site's file directory. Once you are there, navigate to your WordPress theme's directory wp-content/themes/your-theme/ and create a new directory named magnific-popup. Then upload your 3 files into that directory and follow the rest of the instructions to finish setting up your popup.
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