The Gallery module allows you to post pictures to your site. Upon upload, images are saved as thumbnail and full size versions.

The first page will list up to 30 of your gallery entries in descending order of having been created. The columns provide you with the following information and options:

ID: This is a unique identifier for each gallery entry.

Title: The title of the gallery entry allows you to easily discern between each item on the page. It is also the title seen by visitors.

Category: Entries can be divided up into categories for better organization on your site. This allows you to have a page that presents different entries on different pages. This column displays the category in which this entry belongs.

Status: This column may read Active meaning that this entry is available to viewers to see on the site. It may also read In-Active meaning that this entry is not available to visitors, however it is also still in your database and not deleted. This can be used if you allow visitors to upload their own images to the site. The image can be reviewed by an administrator before being made active.

Preview: This is a small preview of the image associated with this entry. Clicking this preview will pop-up a larger version of this image.

Edit/Delete: These links allow for modification of the entries.

Add Existing

The Add Existing administration option allows you to add an image to your gallery that has already been properly uploaded. This is helpful if you want to an image to more than one category.

Category: Select the category under which you wish to publish your image. In most cases, you may only have a single category under which all of your images are posted. However, your images may be categorized to be displayed on separate pages or with different appearances. The "New Category" link to the right of this selection will allow direct you to a new page where you can create/manage your categories without saving the current page data.

Title: Enter the title of your image as will be displayed to the user.

Description: Enter the descripton of your image. This may be displayed to the user depending on the layout of your site.

Image Status: This status determines whether or not visitors can see this image. If the status is set to Active, then the image will be available on all pages. If the status is set to Waiting or Holding, then this image will not be seen by visitors but will be available in the administration. These latter two options can be used as you see fit.

Full-Size Image: Select the full sized image that is to be displayed with this entry. As noted above, these images must have already been properly uploaded to your site.

Thumbnail Image: Select the thumbnail sized image that is to be displayed with this entry. As noted above, these images must have already been properly uploaded to your site.

Preview/Post: You may preview your entry before posting it to your site to confirm that it will appear as you expect. Press Post to post the entry and make it available on your site.

Upload New

This is perhaps the most used administration feature as it is where you can upload a new image. New images that are uploaded are placed in the proper directories after being resized. They are also renamed to prevent overwriting of existing images.

Upon upload, this image will automatically be made Active. This means it will be available for viewing by visitors on your site.

Image to Upload: Press Browse to locate and select an image that has been saved on your computer. This image will then be uploaded with this new entry.
There are restrictions to uploading your own images. They must be JPG type images and they must be under 150Kb in size (you don't want your visitors having to download larger images on your pages).
Upon uploading, your images will be saved in two sizes. One thumb image and one larger size image. These images can be displayed based on the construction of your website.

Related Category: Select the category under which you wish to publish your image. In most cases, you may only have a single category under which all of your images are posted. However, your images may be categorized to be displayed on separate pages or with different appearances. The "New Category" link to the right of this selection will allow direct you to a new page where you can create/manage your categories without saving the current page data.

Screenshot Title: Enter the title of your image as will be displayed to the user.

Screenshot Description: Enter the descripton of your image. This may be displayed to the user depending on the layout of your site.

Categories

The categories allow you to organize your gallery entries. Most sites do not require the use of multiple categories and will not require any administration. This page provides you with a list of your existing categories as well as links to go back to the gallery listings or add a new category.

If your site does use multiple categories, then they will allow you to display category specific news on separate pages.

Add New

Title: This is the name of your category. This is the only required field.

Description: This description of your category entered here may be used differently depending on the construction of your website. It may be displayed at the top of the sections page for the user or may be displayed on a page listing all of your available news categories.

Image: This image may not be used depending on the construction of your website. It may be placed within the text of the article for classification. It may also be used on the page that lists all of your available categories.

Post: Save your changes.

Settings

It is not recommended that you change the settings for this module as doing so may break its functionality. These settings have been set for you upon construction of your website and require no additional input.