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How To Add A Photo Gallery In Joomla With Simple Image Gallery
Last updated: Friday, 14 August 2009

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Applications Used

Joomla 1.5, Simple Image Gallery

Instructions

Description

After you've uploaded the photos for your photo gallery, the next step is to add the code needed to display your photo gallery on your website. The instructions below shows how to add the code for your photo gallery to your articles or custom html modules. Don't worry...it's real easy to add the Simple Image Gallery code. You don't have to be a programmer to follow these steps.

Step By Step

Note: These instructions assume you have already uploaded your images to your photo gallery folder.

1) Login to the back end of your Joomla website, if necessary.

2) Go to Article Manager from the Content menu.

3) Open an existing article or click the New button to create a new article.

4) Type the following code to add your photo gallery to the article or module:

{"gallery"}foldername{"/gallery"}

Note: Change "foldername" to the actual name of the folder with your images.  Do not include the quotes.

If you've put your images in a subfolders then use the following code:

{"gallery"}foldername/subfoldername{"/gallery"}

Remember, do not include the quotes!

5) Click the Save button to save your file.

6) Go to the front end of your website to view your photo gallery.

If you are having problems with your gallery not showing, check to make sure image file names are in lowercase letters and no spaces in the image name.


Additional Resources
eXtplorer Information
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Simple Image Gallery Plugin
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