Today I discovered an amazing gallery plugin for WordPress. Simply amazing. It is simple, does everything i need and does it with flair! NextGEN Gallery.
Features:
- Sortable Albums : Create your own sets of images
- Upload a Zip-File with pictures : Upload pictures in a zip-file (Not in Safe-mode)
- Watermark function : You can add a watermark image or text
- JavaScript Effect : Use any available popular image effect : Thickbox, Lightbox or Highslide
- Multiple CSS Stylesheet : Use a nice shadow effect for your thumbnails with your own CSS file
- Slideshow : Full integrated flash slideshow
- TinyMCE : Button integration for easy adding the gallery tags
- Sidebar Widget : Show a slideshow, random or recent picture at your sidebar
- Language support : Translated in more than 15 languages
- Upload tab integration : You have access to all pictures via the upload tab
- Tag support for images : Append related images to your post
- Meta data support : Import EXIF, IPTC or XMP meta data
- Sort images feature
Installation:
- Upload the files to /wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/
- Go to the web page JW Image rotator and download the JW Image Rotator and unpack the conent
- Upload the file imagerotator.swf to the /wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/ folder
- Activate the plugin
- Create a /wp-content/gallery/ folder and CHMOD to 777 or 775
- Add a gallery and upload some images (the main gallery folder must have write permission, thus the 775 or 777 chmod)
- Go to your post/page and use the gallery quickbutton to add content
Comments:
Personally i love this plugin. Easy install. Works right away with options to upload images from zip files as well as single uploads. Meta tags, sorting thumbnail generation. Fluid transistions and lightbox showing.
I particularly love the slidewhow transistion effects. So if you need even a simple gallery on your website try out NextGEN Gallery!
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