Image Gallery
Grabs images from a folder in the media library and displays as a gallery. Images can be enlarged by clicking.
Landscape of mountains an lakes
Corgi on the Beach
Cat wearing a tie
Doughnuts
Burger
Bread
Fields and options
Name
Supplies a name for the list of 'content in this section'. It is for internal purposes only.
Image Gallery Title
Heading that will appear above the images
Item From Media Category
Choose the first image from the media folder that you have prepared
Columns
How many columns of images you want to have
Number of Items to Display
The number of images you want to show. If you want to show all the images in the folder, choose the number that is 1 less the total number of images. If there are 12 image, enter 11 in the field.
Filter By (Keyword)
If you have added keywords to your images in the library, you can enter them here
Sort Method
Alphabetical by file name (not the media library name)
Calendar year (the file name must begin with the date fromatted as MM-DD-YY)
Newest to oldest
Oldest to newest
Reverse alphabetical by file name
Thumbnail caption
Yes means the Description(alt text) that you entered for the image will be used as a caption for the thumbnail version.
Lightbox caption
Yes means the Description(alt text) that you entered for the image will be used as a caption when the large version is displayed.
Using the Image Gallery
Create a Media folder
Click on the action button of an existing media folder and choose Create child category
Give the folder a name and save it.
Upload images to the new folder
In the content type, choose the first image in the new folder when selecting Main Media Category Item