Gallery page template
Use the gallery page template to show image thumbnails in a grid layout - view an example. Visitors can view the full-size image in a ‘lightbox’ by clicking the thumbnail:
Images stored on the Files tab automatically display in the gallery. The slideshow accepts JPG, JPEG, PNG or GIF files.
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Browse to the parent page under which you want to create the gallery.
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Go to Edit > Create a new page:
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Select Change page template to expand the options, then select Gallery:
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Specify whether to show image captions in the gallery. The caption comes from the image's short title property and appears above the image thumbnail.
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Specify whether to show image captions above the full-size version of the image when viewed in the lightbox. This caption also comes from the image's short title property.
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Specify whether you want to enable commenting on the images. Permissions to comment are the same as the view permissions currently set for this page.
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Enter the size of thumbnails in pixels. The default is 160 pixels. This number sets the maximum width or height, whichever is largest.
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Enter the URL, page heading, title bar caption and link caption. For a description of these properties, see: create a new blank page.
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When you have finished editing the page properties, select Create new page. A confirmation message appears with a link to view the new page. Follow the link to view the published page.
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To add images to your Gallery, go to Edit > More, then select the Files tab and upload your images. Each image you upload automatically displays in the gallery.