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Simple Image Gallery (in content items)

Rating: Number of ratings:	Developer Name:	JoomlaWorks	Version:	1.2.1
	E-mail:	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	CMS:	Elxis 2006 / Joomla 1.0 / Mambo 4.5 / Mambo 4.6
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	Added:	Jun 23, 2007	License:	GNU LGPL

*** NOW updated to version 1.2.1 (see changelog below) ***

Adding image galleries inside your Joomla! articles (content items) is now super-easy and simple, using the "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin v1.0 for Joomla! 1.0.x.

Just add for example {gallery}myphotos{/gallery} inside any article and all images existing in the folder "myphotos" will be "automagically" presented as an image gallery.

The gallery created features stylish shadows on each thumbnail and "lightbox" popups to display the original images, when the user clicks on a thumbnail! The thumbnails are generated on the fly using PHP, which means that the original images are resized and resampled, too!

Anxious to see the "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin in action? Then visit our exclusive demo site at:
http://demo.joomlaworks.gr

What are the advantages of using it?
a) You don't need to have an additional gallery component to display a few images,
b) you don't need to tell your visitors "to see our photos from Paris click here" and
c) you focus more on content writing and less on administering the images!

The plugin is ideal for news portals wanting to display some product images, for example, inside their articles. The potential of this plugin is actually only limited by your imagination!

You can have as many galleries as you want inside each content item, but for performance purposes try to only add one at a time (unless you're having only 2-3 images per gallery). If you want to create a gallery from subfolders inside images/stories/, simple add them like this: {gallery}folder/subfolder/othersubfolder{/gallery}. In other words, write the path to your target folder without any slashes at the beginning or the end of your path. Future releases will feature more control over the galleries created as well as different representations!

The "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin from JoomlaWorks utilizes "Slimbox" (developed by Christophe Beyls), which is a "Mootools" implentation of the famous "Lightbox" script. "Slimbox" generates the nice popups that display the original images in a gallery.

If you want to show your support on our work, please rate and comment on the plugin, here, at Joomla! Extensions.

The "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin is released under the GNU/GPL license.

Have fun creating galleries inside your Joomla! content items!

Want more features? Check out "Simple Image Gallery PRO" at http://www.joomlaworks.gr/


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http://www.joomlaworks.org
in case the main server is down.
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***Version 1.2.1 Changelog (January 6th, 2007)***
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Minor code fix for the lightbox-like popup window's slideshow mode.

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***Version 1.2 Changelog (January 5th, 2007)***
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Today we are releasing the much anticipated version 1.2 of the "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin for Joomla! 1.0.x. This new version features a "troubleshooting" section in the documentation, covering all possible issues that users might encounter, which usually relate to bad server setups or bad templates. In 1.2 we have:
- Fixed multiple galleries on same content item issue. This includes the slide show.
- Added the ability to select whether to display a nice message plus the filename or just the filename in the image popup window.
- Added the ability to select whether to display a navigation tip or not in the image popup window.
- Done some minor code and usability fixes.

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***Version 1.1 Changelog (December 8th, 2006)***
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We have updated the "Simple Image Gallery" Plugin, now in version 1.1, to reflect user feedback and requests. The changes are many and we hope you like this one even more.
In version 1.1 we have done the following:
- Some minor code changes.
- Thumbnails now stretch to fill entire available content width.
- Thumbnails align as if they existed in a table. Don't worry, we've kept the divs, no tables here!
- Fixed broken shadow frame for images whose height is bigger than their width.
- Fixed PNG thumbnail preview.
- Added slideshow mode to the popups. Now the user can browse through the images without the need to close one image to open the next. The user navigates through images by clicking the "next" and "previous" buttons appearing on top of the image (on the right and left hand sides of the image respectively).
- Removed the image "filename" from the preview popup window. Instead we added the option for you to insert a nice message like: "You are browsing images from the article...". Type this message in the parameters.
Enjoy!

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****** IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE INSTALLATION ******
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To install the plugin go to your Joomla! site backend and navigate to "Installers >> Mambots". Upload the "Simple Image Gallery" plugin you just downloaded from http://www.joomlaworks.gr and after installation click on "Continue...". To publish the plugin, access its settings and read all necessery documentation, you need to navigate to "Mambots >> Site Mambots >> Simple Image Gallery". If -for some reason- you encounter a "restricted access..." message while trying to access the plugin's parameters page, you need to patch one (1) file in Joomla! (only version 1.0.11). For the solution (and patch) to this issue, please see this official post in the Joomla! forum:
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,99636.0.html

Thanks!