Creating A Sub-Gallery: A Graphic HOWTO
By: Gene Bradford
This HOWTO deals with creating sub-galleries within your own gallery. I highly recommend doing this as it helps the visitor to navigate much easier. Breaking your images into catagories also makes it much easier to find them when a visitor returns to your gallery after the first visit.
Step #1, Illustration #1:
To get to the gallery creation screen simply click on either the word "Sidebar" in the upper right corner or the sidebar icon in the upper left corner.
Step #2, Illustration #2:
From the drop-down menu, click on "Add Album". (I will use the word "gallery" throughout this HOWTO but I am actually referring to "Album". These words are interchangable in my opinion.)
Step #3, Illustration #3:
In the first box, type in the name of the gallery. You should NOT use spaces if the name is more than one word long. I recommend that you use only one word in this box. Make it simple because visitors will not see this name.
Step #4, Illustration #4:
In the second box, enter the actual title of the gallery. The public will see this title so make sure you name it exactly what you want. I recommend making it simple though. Most visitors aren't interested in reading a short novel when they're looking at a title. ;-) The next two boxes are available for you to enter more detailed information into if you choose. I personally don't but it's up to you.
Step #5, Illustration #5:
Click on the "Create" button to create your sub-gallery.
Step #6, Illustration #6:
Upon successful completion of the save, you will be taken to a new window. This window will allow you to "fine-tune" your gallery in a variety of ways. It will now be possible to make it unique to yourself.
Step #7, Illustration #7:
Clicking on the "default sort order" box will give you a drop-down menu of sort options. The default for the entire gallery is by Name. You can select a different option if you so choose though.
Step #8, Illustration #8:
The "Theme" and "Thumbnails" boxes should be left as they are. In an effort to make navigation easier on the visitors we have only one theme anyway. The size of the thumbs should all remain at 150 so as to give a consistant look throughout the gallery.
Step #9, Illustration #9:
The "Resized Images" boxes default to gallery sizes. The three sizes here are the most popular and you shouldn't need to change anything in this section. However, if you what to show only one size, remove the checks from the boxes next to the sizes you don't want. (If you enter a new size in the blank box, make sure you have a check in the box next to it if you want it to take effect upon saving. If you should upload an image which is, say, 800x600 and select only 1024x1024, this image will only show in it's original size, i.e. images will never be enlarged, only reduced in size.)
Step #10, Illustration #10:
The "Recreate thumbnails and resizes" section is next. Make sure to click in both of the squares so that checks appear in them. By doing this you are doing maintainence on your entire gallery. If there are any 'broken' thumbnails, these will be repaired. By recreating the resizes you will generally get better resolution in your gallery images.
Step #11, Illustration #11:
The "Define picture size limit" section should be left as it is. We have no file size or dimension limitations on Photo-Genesis. We leave that entirely up to the individual photographers. All that's left to do now is to click on the "Save" button. You can now start posting images to your new sub-gallery!
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