Components are a great way to re-use content you have already added to your site elsewhere. The Album Component lets you pull through images from any Album, from any Gallery you have created on your website. You can output the images as a Slideshow on the page, a grid of images, or a list showing any description you've added against the image in your album.
Pre-requisite - You will need to ensure you have previously created the Album within a Gallery on your site.
Inserting the Component
- Click the Components icon from the editor toolbar, then select the Website Content> Photo Album option from the list.
- If you would like to display a title above your component, tick include title, and enter the Title text.
- To select your album, click Browse. You will be presented with a tree-view of your site, showing only items where albums exist. In the tree, open the relevant Gallery & choose the Album that you would like to embed into your page, then click Select.
- Next you can choose the layout Template.
The options are:-
Grid - There are a number of grid options to allow you to display the album images in a uniform block layout, with different numbers of images on each row.
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List - This option will output the photo, alongside the title and any descriptive text you have added to your images within the album.
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Slideshow - This will output a slideshow to showcase your images, similar to the one that appears when clicking the images directly from your album.
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Grid - There are a number of grid options to allow you to display the album images in a uniform block layout, with different numbers of images on each row.
- Click Limit to set the number of images to pull through from your album.
- By default the images will be in the order they appear in your album. Should you wish to output them in alphabetical or date order, you can change the sort order.
- Click OK to add the component to your page.
Saving your changes
Click the save button on the Edit Tab and choose the desired save option.
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Save Now
- If you see this option, you are able to save and publish your item immediately to make it live on the website.
- If you have purchased our School News Mobile App, Administrators or Publishers will also be able to tick the option to send a notification to subscribed app users.
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Save Draft
- This will allow you to save your item without publishing it, and return to continue editing via the Drafts button on the Home Tab
- This will allow you to save your item without publishing it, and return to continue editing via the Drafts button on the Home Tab
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Send for Approval
- This option enables you to send an item to be reviewed and approved by either an Administrator or Publisher. Once approved this item will be made live on the site.