Global Flash Galleries Component

Galleries

Creating the Gallery

  1. Go to the Galleries Manager (Components → Flash Galleries → Galleries).
  2. Click “New” in the upper panel.
  3. Choose the type of gallery.
  4. Enter the gallery name and description, if necessary.
  5. Fill in other gallery parameters — their descriptions are given on the same page.
  6. Click “Save” from the upper panel.

Adding Images to the Gallery

  1. Go to the Galleries Manager (Components → Flash Galleries → Galleries).
  2. Open the Gallery.
  3. Click “Add Images” button.
  4. Select Images.
  5. Click “OK”.

Publishing Your Gallery: Binding the Gallery to a Menu Item

  1. Go to the Menu Editor (Menus → target menu where you want the gallery reference to appear).
  2. Click “New” in the upper panel.
  3. Click “Flash Galleries”.
  4. Click “Single Gallery Layout”.
  5. Select a gallery from the drop-down list and click “Save”.

Inserting the Gallery into Article

To embed a gallery in the article using Gallery Embed Plugin, insert the following code into article text:
{globalflash.gallery 1}
where replace the number "1" with ID of the gallery you wish to insert.
Advanced syntax:
{globalflash.gallery id=1 align=center width=550 height=400 bgcolor="#ffffff" bgimage="http://example.com/image.jpg"}
Parameter name Description
id ID of the gallery to insert.
align Horizontal alignment on the page.
Possible values: left, center, right.
width Redefine the width of a gallery.
height Redefine the height of a gallery.
bgcolor Redefine the background color.
bgimage Redefine the URL of background image.
Gallery Embed Plugin can be downloaded here:
http://flash-gallery.com/update/latest/plg_globalflashembed.zip