Quick Tutorial:
Creating thumbnail gallery
pages:
- Pick the images you want on
the "Source Files" tab. You can either add
single or multiple files using the "Add
File(s)" button, or add all images from a directory
by using the "Add Directory" button.
- After that, change to the
Output Options Tab. The default values should mostly be
fine for basic usage, just pick a destination directory
and hit "Go".
- Advanced users my want to
create their own templates to make galleries fit the rest
of their pages:
Creating new templates:
Please note that basic HTML
Knowledge is required. Follow these steps for creating your own
templates:
- Open the HTML page that your
template should be based on in a text editor
(i.e. Notepad).
- Find the position in the HTML
page where the thumbnail table should appear.
- Open the template
"default.htm" (found in the subdirectory
"\templates\ of the installation directory of
Gallery Wizard) in a text editor.
- Copy the
block that starts
with <!--BEGIN GALLERYCODE and ends with END
GALLERYCODE--> to your new template. You may want to
adjust some of that code to fit your site's layout. Keep
in mind that each part must be exactly one line,
so make sure you do not have word wrap active in you text
editor!
- Insert any variables you want to use into the new
template (e.g. <%TITLE%> for the page title).
- If your page uses any
graphics that should be copied into the
destination directory, add these to the new
template as well, like this:
<!--COPYSTART
file1
file2
COPYEND-->
Don't forget to copy these files to the
"templates" directory later!
- Finally, save the new
template file to the template directory
of Gallery Wizard (e.g. c:\programs\gallery
wizard\templates\)- you will have to restart Gallery
Wizard in order to use them
- When creating a gallery the
next time, choose your template from the
template list on the Output Options tab.
For more info on templates and
variables, check this page.