August 28th, 2011
Smart gallery plugin allows you to insert an elegant gallery into your Joomla 1.6/1.7 articles.
Simply install and activate the plugin, and then insert the plugin code in the text of your article
{smartgallery
width: the thumbs width#height:the thumbs height#folder: your image folder#title:the gallery title}
Folder: needed, is the directory where you have your photos uploaded (inside your Joomla directory). Upload your images using the media manager or via FTP.
Width: optional, is the thumbs width.
Height: optional, is the thumbs height.
Title: optional, is the gallery title.
Smart Gallery is a nonintrusive and efficient code plugin (CSS3 and XHTML valid).
Smart Gallery uses native Joomla javascript library (Mootools) .
The icons are automatically reduced the plugin.
Smart Gallery is a Joomla plugin under GNU license.
Important:
Smart Gallery uses the Cerabox.net Lightbox so Motools 1.3.2+ and mootools-more-1.3.2.1-assets.js are needed.
Mootools 1.3.2 core is included with the original installation of Joomla 1.6.5 and 1.7
Smart Gallery by default includes the necessary file mootools-more-1.3.2.1-assets.js.
You can disable this option in the plugin configuration:
Smart Gallery creates a cache directory on each image gallery directory.
You can easy delete the gallery cache deleting the corresponding cache directory
Example
If the images are within the images/sampledata/fruitshop directory, this is the code you must enter in the text of your article:
{smartgallery
width: 200#folder: images/sampledata/fruitshop#title:Fruit Shop}
Features:
* Easy integration and configuration
* Unobtrusive and lightweight, using the joomla resources.
* Valid CSS 3 and XHTML
* Elegant lighbox effect
* Thumbnails automatic creation
* Caché for each directory.