Photogalleries in RW Elements

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I wonder if you have planned photogalleries for Elements that are similar - for example - to the PhotoPro stack for RWC (additionally with photo protections)?

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Hi @zdenek

Yrs, we already have a Gallery component in Elements.

The Gallery supports dropping in a folder of resources, which can be a mix of images and videos (MP4, YouTube, and Vimeo).

It’s similar to “PhotoPro” in that it handles creating thumbnails for you as well as the Lightbox overlay with the large versions that can be scrolled/clicked through.

Side Note: The Gallery component ships with Elements, so you don’t need to buy any additional components :slight_smile:

Let me know if you have any more questions.

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Is there a tutorial on how to replicate a photo album page similar to RW Classic?
I see something called Gallery under Media but Elements seems completely foreign to me.
And I have been using RW since V3.
Perhaps there is some theme template that will work.

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Hi @TomM

I’ve just recorded a quick video explaining the basics of adding images to a Gallery…

And here’s a link to the sample project, click here to open it in Elements.

Hope that helps!

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Ok good. I will look at this when I get back. I assume that captions can be added under thumbnails as well as using random vertical and horizontal thumbnails (not square). Thanks.

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Yes, those are all options :blush:

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I see the options for square, wide and tall but not full frame thumbs of either vertical and or horizontal, like you can use in RW Classic photo album pages.
Also, I see the word Caption in the inspector but not how to add a caption to the thumbs or full size image.

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I can see Elements becoming a replacement for a photo-sharing service to some degree. Thanks for making this.

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That’s currently not supported, as we wanted to keep the Gallery looking clean, and uncomplicated. It might be an option we can add later, or a third-party may build a super configurable pro gallery…

You need to open the Media Inspector tab and add them to each image:

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Hope that helps!

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Yes, I was wondering about using the CMS feature to do this on my own site… when I get the time to build it :zany_face:

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It never would have occurred to me that a software with so many options would not be able to do what classic can do.
Unfortunately, if I want to remake my website containing 40 photo album pages, full frame thumbnails are a necessity.
How can I get a refund?
Thanks.

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Sorry to hear you feel that way, maybe check back in on Elements in six months time.
You can email support@realmacsoftware.com to request a refund.

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A collection might be better to support adding metadata for each photo in the collection.

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Thanks.
I might add that in my decades of using RW/Stacks, I have always had the impression that the Photo Album page was kind of an after thought that really didn’t get much attention.
For example, I just replied to a ten year old post about tiny thumbnails in edit view (Photo Album). Anyone can see how inconvenient that is.

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I think that for a site that is mainly dedicated to photography, it is essential to have the following options (I didn’t mention the PhotoPro stack for RWC as an exemple in my first post for nothing):

I am about to consider switching from RWC to Elements and if I cannot get similar features to what I have currently with PhotoPro stack, hardly I will be in position to rebuilt my site. I understand Elements is in its infancy, but in that case I’ll have to wait until Elements has these features. I’m happy to support development, but can I be sure that the advanced version of Elements will contain these features?
Will your team be open to integrating parameters that are quite specific (I admit it), or will you leave this work to a third party with some uncertainty as to its realisation?

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