Joomla! v 1.5 Image Gallery using the Media Manager

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by Sharif OertonGoogle Highly Open Participation ProgramJoomla!

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CreatinganImageGalleryinJoomla!1.5 SharifOerton Thisdocumentwillguideyou,stepbystep,increatinganimagegallerywithJoomla!. Requirements:AJoomla!v1.5installationandimagesneededforagallery.Hint:Youcanusethe imagesalreadyintheMediaManagertopractice. 1. IntheMediaManagersection,uploadtheimagesthat youwishtoplaceinthegallery.

2. Createanewpagefromtheadministrationcontrol panelwiththeAddNewContentbutton.Addthe desiredtextandapagetitle.Placeyourmouseatthe locationwhereyouwanttoplacetheImageGallery.

3. ClicktheImagebuttonbeneaththearticleand selectthedesiredimage. TheImageTitlevaluedisplayswhenthecursor hoversovertheimage. TheImageDescriptiondisplaysforwebbrowsers withoutimagesupport. UsetheCaptioncheckboxtodisplayacaption, Whencomplete,clicktheInsertbuttonandyour imagewillbeplacedintoyourarticle.

4. Onceinyourarticle,youcanresizetheimagebygrabbingitscornerandcarefully changingthesizeproportionally.Repeatprevioussteps ThisdocumentisavailableunderthetermsoftheJoomla!ElectronicDocumentationLicense.

CreatinganImageGalleryinJoomla!1.5 SharifOerton untilallimageshavebeenadded.Arrangetheimagesandtextuntilthedesiredlayoutis achieved,andaddformattingifnecessary.Savethepage. 5. (Optional)Youcancreatelinksonyourimages.Todothis,selecttheimageandclickthe Linkicon(whichresemblesalinkofachain).Fillintherequesteddetails.

ThisdocumentisavailableunderthetermsoftheJoomla!ElectronicDocumentationLicense.