By Lee Sykes
June 2010
In this tutorial we demonstrate how to install, configure and use the DotNetNuke Core Gallery Module.
The Gallery module allows you to upload files and present them within albums. You can upload images as well as media files such as music and video files.
It's possible to create multiple albums and bulk upload files into those albums, you can name the files as well as provide descriptions and categorize the files.
A user can preview and view the files using a slideshow as well as play any of the media files.
It is also possible to configure the display of the module using templates and also enable or disable features such as Voting, Allowing Downloads and enabling a Watermark on the images.
The Gallery module can also be configured as a private gallery so a single user can upload files to their own gallery, as well as features for approving uploads and scheduling the display of files.
In this tutorial we walk you through step by step how to fully configure and use the Gallery module.
The videos contain:
Video 1 - Introduction to the DNN Gallery Module, Installation and Basic Configuration
- Introduction to the Gallery module features
- How to install
- How to add the gallery module to a page
- How to set the basic configuration settings
- Admin settings
- How to allow the upload of large files
- How to edit the maximum file size in the web.config file
- Max Request Length
- Request Length Disk Threshold
Time Length: 10min 18secs
Video 2 - How to Upload Images and Configure Their Settings
- How to add an image file to the Gallery module
- How to add details for an upload
- Choosing categories for the file upload
- Pending uploads
- Uploading multiple images
- How to edit images
- How to delete images
- How to view images
- Hover over image options
- Image Slideshow
- EXIF Data of an image
- Download images
Time Length: 7min 42secs
Video 3 - Creating Gallery Albums and Bulk Uploading
- How to create gallery albums
- Setting album categories
- Viewing an album
- How to upload images in bulk using ZIP files
- Viewing the images uploaded and their titles
- How to edit image details
- Viewing the images in an album
Time Length: 5min 51secs
Video 4 - How to Add Files and Albums Using FTP, Adding Music and Changing Permissible Upload Types
- How to find the gallery files in the DotNetNuke installation files
- How to transfer files to the gallery module using FTP
- Viewing the album and images from the FTP upload
- Understanding gallery ID
- How to edit album details
- How to create a music album
- Permissible file upload types
- How to allow mp3, wmv, wma files to be uploaded to DotNetNuke
- How to refresh the cache of the gallery module
- How to add music files to gallery
Time Length: 9min 18secs
Video 5 - How to Add Video Files, How to Rate Files, Gallery Look and Feel
- How to add a video album to the gallery
- How to add a video to an album
- How to rate a file and add comments
- Gallery views and sorting options
- Gallery configuration display settings
- Gallery themes
- How to change a gallery theme
- How to change the gallery title and root link
- Max fixed width and height
- How to change the number of columns and rows displayed in a gallery
- Max thumb width and height
- Display Info
- Category values
- How to add new categories
- Sort properties
- Configuring sort options and default sort settings
Time Length: 8min 32secs
Video 6 - Changing Feature Settings, Adding Watermarks, Gallery Security Roles
- Gallery feature settings
- How to change slideshow speed, enable slideshow, enable popup
- How to add a watermark to an album of images
- How to add a watermark to all images
- How to disable and enable EXIF data, downloads and voting
- Configuring which security roles can download files
- How to add a new security role
Time Length: 7min 48secs
Video 7 - Working with Private Galleries and Security Roles, Gallery Maintenance
- How to create a new user for your portal
- How to setup a private gallery
- How to allow a specific user to upload files and create albums
- How to create a gallery admin security role
- How to assign the gallery admin security role to a specific user
- How to assign edit gallery module permissions to the gallery admin security role
- Gallery maintenance
- Gallery synchronization
- How to delete multiple files
Time Length: 7min 43secs
Total Time Length: 57min 12secs
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