From Kb_JMY(晉明夷)

FAQ about Gallery2 Photo Album

Display & Layout

How to disable new user registration?

• Ref: menalto.com -- How to disable new user registration?

• Solutions:
• if g2.1.2: login and go "site admin" -> "modules"

if g2.2: login and go "site admin" -> "plugins"

-> search "Registration" for the Registration module

-> deactivate it

-> That's it!

How can I remove or change the Gallery2 Header?

• Ref: 4theweb.nl -- How can I remove or change the Gallery2 Header?

• To remove or change the Gallery header edit:

<div id="gsHeader">
        <img src="{g->url href="images/galleryLogo_sm.gif"}" width="107" height="48" alt=""/>
      </div>

#gsHeader { display : none; }

How can I remove or change the Gallery2 Footer?

• Ref: 4theweb.nl -- How can I remove or change the Gallery2 Footer?

• To remove or change the Gallery footer edit:

• "<gallery2 directory>/themes/matrix(or your Theme)/templates/theme.tpl" , search for:

<div id="gsFooter">
        {g->logoButton type="validation"}
        {g->logoButton type="gallery2"}
        {g->logoButton type="gallery2-version"}
        {g->logoButton type="donate"}
</div>

and remark this code, or remove them, or replace the Gallery image with your own image.

• Or simply add the following code to your Joomla stylesheet:

#gsFooter { display : none; }

"Album Quick Links (DHTML)" Hacks

• Ref: menalto.com -- Look &Feel of "Album quick links(DHTML)" -> Which php or template file should I work on to customizing it?

• Solution:

-> Edit the G2 files: "<g2 directory>/modules/albumselect/dtree.css"

-> and : "<g2 directory>/modules/albumselect/templates/blocks/AlbumTree.tpl"

How to change the icons of "Album Quick Links (DHTML)"?

• Ref: 4theweb.nl -- How to change the icons of "Album Quick Links (DHTML)"?

• Problems:

The G2 bridge sidebar can be configure to show the "Album Quick Links (DHTML)".

My question is how to change the folder icon images of each link item?

I am using the "matrix" theme.

• Ans: The images are located in -- "<gallery2 directory>/modules/albumselect/images/"

Possible to change the text "Album" under each album thumbnail to an icon image?

• Ref: menalto.com -- Possible to change the text "Album" under each album thumbnail to an icon image?

• Solutions:

• Locates: "<gallery2 directory>/themes/matrix(or your Theme)/templates/album.tpl"
• Search for "Album:" (which is in about line#120) in "album.tpl" and you should be able to locate the code:

{g->text text="Album: %s" arg1=$child.title|markup}

• Change the above code to:

<img src={g->url href="modules/albumselect/images/folder.gif"}>  <!-- or any other icon images that you like -->
{g->text text="%s" arg1=$child.title|markup}                              <!-- Note that the text "Album:" has been deleted! -->

How to remove the "date", "owner" and "size" on the top of photo thumbnails display?

• Ref: menalto.com -- How to remove the "date", "owner" and "size" on the top of photo thumbnails display?

• Ans:

1. locates "<gallery2 directory>/themes/matrix(or your Theme)/templates/album.tpl"
2. find "showDate" in about line#40, change it to false; do the same for others:

                showDate=false
                showSize=false
               showOwner=false

How to remove the "Date, Owner, Size, Counts, and Summaries" under thumbnails?

• Ref: menalto.com -- How to remove Date,Size,Views under Album thumbnails?

• Ans:

1. locates "<gallery2 directory>/themes/matrix(or your Theme)/templates/album.tpl"
2. find "showDate" in about line#155, change it to false; do the same for others:

      {g->block type="core.ItemInfo"
                item=$child
            showDate=true
           showOwner=$showOwner
            showSize=true
       showViewCount=true
       showSummaries=true
               class="giInfo"}

• Note that "showOwner" and "showSummaries" can be disabled in:

-> "Site Admin" -> theme -> matrix (or your selected theme)...

How to remove the "Full size" display on the top of a photo?

• Ref:

1. gallery.menalto.com -- How to remove the "Full size" display on the top of a photo?
2. codex.gallery2.org -- add the "local" directory to prevent over-written when Gallery2 is updated to a new version

• Ans:

• Locate the template file: public_html/g2/themes/matrix/templates/photo.tpl
• Locate the code at about line#36:

              <td style="width: 30%">
                {g->block type="core.ItemInfo"
                          item=$theme.item
                          showDate=true
                          showOwner=$theme.params.showImageOwner
                          class="giInfo"}
                {g->block type="core.PhotoSizes" class="giInfo"}
              </td>

• Remove the line {g->block type="core.PhotoSizes" class="giInfo"}
• That's it!

Installation & configuration

How to setup an user album ?

• Ref: menalto.com -- Tried every options, but still no User Album, pls. help!

• Problems: I have tried every option to configure G2 to allow user to upload their own album photo, but still failed, here is what I have tried:

• Solutions: "when first is accessed" is the right answer to allow user albums

Integration

How to use common login to get into gallery2?

• Ref: (1) menalto.com -- using common login to get into gallery2

(2) Gallery2:Embedding

Multi-Language

How to control the language setting of G2 through programming?

• Ref: (1) menalto.com -- How to control the language setting of G2 through programming?

(2) codex.gallery2.org -- Language Settings in Gallery 2

Which file should I work on to translate Album Names? --NOT Solved!

• Ref: 4theweb.nl -- Which file should I work on to translate Album Names?

• Problems:

I am building an multilingual site (English and Chinese) using JoomFish.

My question is which php file should I work on to translate the album names into Chinese?

• Ans:

1. activate or install the Gallery2 Module "Multilanguage"
2. Edit the MultiLanguage Settings in > Side Admin > Extra Data > Multilanguage
3. add your languages.
4. Edit an album or photo and you can see a new Tab "Multilanguage". Here you can translate the Title, Summary and Desciption.
5. If you switch the language within Joomfish Gallery will also use the correct language.

• Results:

• Things go as you described, but... Translation is not successful!
• for example:

-> English Album Name: Paintings

-> Chinese Album Name: 油畫 ---> turns to "??" after save!!

-> Maybe due to character encoding issue -- mysite is utf-8 while G2 is big5 for Traditional Chinese

• Try editing Gallery2 database directly -> album name is stored in the table "g2_MultiLangItemMap".