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Album attribute configuration options control which features are available in the album and also how the album will be displayed.

Each album can use its own set of templates to create a unique look. Media Gallery comes with the following themes:

If this is enabled, users will be able to post comments on the media items contained in this album.

If this is enabled, users will be able to view the embedded EXIF/IPTC data of the JPG images. You can disable EXIF processing, or you can have it display below the media item or in a pop-up window.

You can select whether you want to enable ratings on your media items. Valid options are:

• Disabled - No rating features.
• Members Only - Only logged in users can rate a media item.
• Always - Anyone can rate media items.

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If this is enabled, a sort drop down menu will appear in the lower right hand corner. This will allow your site users to sort the media items to meet their preferences. Note, this only sorts the display of thumbnails for the user, it does not alter the sort options you specified in the album configuration.

By default, all media items in an album are sorted by upload time, with the newest always displaying first. By selecting a new sort order, each time a media item is uploaded, the contents of the album will be resorted using the order you specify here. This will become the default sort order that the album will use.

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If this option is enabled, the album description will display just above the first line of thumbnails.

If this option is enabled, the number of times an album has been viewed or entered will be displayed on the main Media Gallery index page and for any sub-albums in the album.

If this option is enabled, each thumbnail will show the number of times the item has been viewed.

Each media item can have a set of keywords associated with it. These are primarily used to improve searching. If this option is enabled, the keywords will be displayed below the thumbnail image. I recommend to Leave the box unchecked.

The frame around each image / thumbnail in the album is specified here. Media Gallery supports several different frames.

• Image Frame is displayed with the thumbnail
• Display Frame is displayed with the Display Image (Media Item View)
• Sub-Album frame is displayed for all sub-albums in this album.

This specifies if any sub-albums should be listed before the media items or after. If enabled, all sub-albums will be displayed before the media items are displayed. If disabled, the sub-albums will be listed after all the media items.

Determines the size of the thumbnails for the album. There are three choices:

• Small (100×100 pixels)
• Medium (150×150 pixels)
• Large (200×200 pixels)

When a user selects to listen to or view an audio / video file, you can specify a few options on how you will play this file.

• Play in Pop up Window - This option will open a pop up window and play the audio / video file on the users computer using either Microsoft Media Player, QuickTime, or Flash Player.
• Download to local computer - This option will simply place a direct link to the audio / video file so the file will attempt to download to the user's computer. Generally, the local browser will recognize the mime type and will try to launch the appropriate player on the user's system.
• In line - This option is similar to option 1, but it will not create a pop up window, instead it will attempt to play the audio / video file using either Microsoft Media Player, QuickTime, or Flash in a window in the Media View.
• Use mms:// links for Microsoft supported media. This option will preface the audio / video link with 'mms://' which directly calls the Microsoft Media Player. Media Gallery will attempt to determine if the audio / video type is supported by the Microsoft Media Player, if not, it will use a direct download link instead.

For media items in the album, Media Gallery can display them as a slideshow. There are three types of slideshows in Media Gallery:

• JavaScript - This is the standard slideshow that is full featured and works with most browsers.
• LightBox - Although this is listed as a slideshow, the user must manually scroll through the images. Lightbox refers to the display method, the screen will be darkened and the image will 'explode' open.
• Flash Based - This is an experimental Flash based slideshow that will allow Full Screen viewing. This code is still in the early stages of development.
• MP3 Jukebox - Do Not choose this option.

If you do not want to have a slideshow feature for the album, choose Disabled.

This determines the number of rows / columns of thumbnails per page.

By default, Media Gallery will use the most recent thumbnail as the album cover.

You also have the option of uploading an image to be used as the album cover. By selecting the Attached Thumbnail checkbox and specifying the image to upload in the Thumbnail input, you can add the album cover. When you attach a thumbnail to the album, that image will always be used as the album cover.

Media Gallery also allows you to specify one of the images in the album to be the album cover as well, instead of using the most recently added item. This is configured in the Manage Media screen.

Each album can have specific options for displaying or handling media within the album.

If this is enabled, each time a media item is uploaded, if no caption has been entered, the media items filename will be used in the caption field.

Media Gallery supports an integration with DigiBug, an online photo printing service. By enabling this option, a new link/icon will appear in the lower right hand corner of the media view. This link will add the photo to the DigiBug shopping cart.

For full details on the Online Printing feature, see the Online Printing Section.

Enabling this option will add a Download link to the media item view screen. This will allow your site users to easily download the media item to their local system.

You can restrict or disable the ability for your users to view the originally uploaded image. The options are:

• Always - Allow anyone to view the originally uploaded image
• Members Only - Only allow logged-in users to view the originally uploaded image
• Disabled - Disable the ability for anyone to view the originally uploaded image

This option specifies whether the image media from this album should be included in the site's Random Image block.

You can control the maximum resolution of images placed into the album. If you specify values for both width and height, any image media which is of higher resolution will automatically be resized to these limits.

If you do not wish to limit the resolution, place a zero (0) in both fields.

You can also restrict the maximum file size allowed in this album. By specifying the maximum size in kilobytes (Kb) you will limit the ability to upload any media larger than this size. Any item which exceeds this size will be discarded and an error message stating the file is too big will be displayed after the upload.

If you do not wish to restrict the file size, place a zero (0) in this field.

You must specify the size of the Display Image (the image that is shown when viewing the media item). Media Gallery has several pre-defined sizes and also the ability for you to add a custom size (see Media Gallery Administration).

When the image media is uploaded, Media Gallery will create the display image using the size specified here.

Each album can enable or disable watermarking. Also, each album can have a unique watermark image and location. To enable watermarking, select the checkbox for Automatically Watermark on Upload.

This specifies the transparency used by the watermark image. The lower the number, the lighter the watermark image will be on the original image. The higher the number, the darker the watermark will appear.

This specifies where on the image media the watermark should be placed.

You must select an existing watermark image to apply to newly uploaded image files.

For full details on Media Gallery's Watermarking features, see the Watermarking Section.

Each album can be configured to only accept a certain type of media. If you create an album that should only contain music (i.e. MP3 files), you can make MP3s the only allowed media type. Any other type of media that is uploaded to this album will result in an error to the user informing them that the media type is not allowed.

The list of allowed media types are:

For more information on the different media types, see the Support Media Types section.

By default, only the album owner or a user with write permissions can upload media items. User uploads allows you to open the album for contributions from regular site users.

If this feature is enabled, any logged-in users to the site will have the ability to upload media items to this album. If this is not checked (disabled), only users with write permissions to the album will be able to upload new items.

Moderation allows you to store any new uploads by logged-in users into a temporary holding space where they can be reviewed and either approved for inclusion in the album or rejected and deleted. Moderation is a great tool to ensure only appropriate media items are added to your album by your user community.

By enabling this option you will force all new media items uploaded by logged-in users to be redirected to the moderation queue.

This option is only valid if you have Allow Registered Users to Upload Media to this Album enabled.

If you have enabled moderation for this album, select the group of users who will be responsible for reviewing and approving media submissions.

If this option is enabled, all members of the moderator group will be notified via email when new media items have been uploaded. Media Gallery tries to keep from flooding the inbox of the moderators, so if a user uploads 10 media items in a very short period of time, only one moderator email will be sent.

For more details on Media Gallery's moderation capabilities, see the Moderation Section.

Media Gallery supports the glFusion security model, using Owner, Group, Logged-In and Anonymous permissions for each album. Media Gallery does not support permissions to the media item level, but instead the album level.

Media Gallery supports a single global permission, whether or not to allow non-logged-in users access to your albums. If you set the Configuration Option, Login Required to Yes, then only registered site users can view your albums, regardless of the album's individual permissions.

Each album has a set of permissions associated with it, these permissions determine who can view, edit or add media to the album. The permissions are:

Definitions are as follows:

If you change the permissions of an album and it contains sub-albums, you can force Media Gallery to set the exact same permissions on all sub-albums by selecting this option.