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How to create photo albums in Gallery

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to Gallery

1) Click the Add Album link

Now let’s learn how to create photo albums

2) Then enter the Album Title here

3) Enter the name of the album here

4) Enter a summary for the album here

5) Enter Keywords for the album here… these will allow for easier searching of photos

6) Then enter an album Description here

7) When ready, click Create

That’s it!  The new album has  been created successfully

This is the end of the tutorial.  You now know how to create an album in Gallery. You can now begin filling your new album with photos

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How to edit photos in Gallery

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to Gallery

Now let’s learn how to edit photos

1) Click here to select an album action

2) Select Edit Album

3) Then click Vacation Pictures… which is the name of our album

Let’s choose an item action

4) Click the Edit Photo action

From here we can choose a wide variety of actions to perform on the photo

5) Enter a new Title for the photo here

We can edit all the details of our photo on this page

As you can see, this is also where we can password protect the photo, or adjust the size of its thumbnail

6) When finished making changes, click Save

That’s it! The changes have been saved successfully

7) Let’s return to the album main page… click Vacation Pictures

We can see the new title of our photo here

You can also delete photos from the album from here… let’s demonstrate

8) Select Delete Photo

9) Click Delete

The photo has been deleted

This is the end of the tutorial.  You now know how to edit photos in Gallery

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How to install Gallery from Fantastico

This tutorial assumes you’ve already launched the Fantastico application

Now let’s learn how to install Gallery

1) Click the Gallery link here

This is the Gallery installation screen

Gallery is an image gallery system featuring albums within albums, thumbnailing specific picture areas, captions, rotate, reorder pictures, album based attributes, album mirroring and more

2) Click the New Installation link here

3) Enter the name of the directory you want to install in… or leave this field blank for installation in the root directory

4) Enter an admin username and password in the following boxes

5) Enter an admin name here

6) Then enter an admin email address

7) When ready, click here to install

8) Click here to finish the installation

That’s it! Gallery has been successfully installed in your account, and is ready for you to start configuring it

9) Click here to login to your new installation

This is the Gallery we just installed.  We can configure and use Gallery from this page.  Let’s close this window now

From here you can visit the site by clicking here or remove the script from your account by clicking here

Your new installation is now listed here on the script’s home page

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to install Gallery to your account from within Fantastico

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How to manage photo albums in Gallery

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to Gallery

1) Click here to view the album actions

From here you can do several things… add album to cart, delete album, edit album, edit permissions or move album

2) Select Edit Album

This is the Edit Album page, where you can edit all aspects of your photo album

3) Click the General tab

On this page we can edit the name, title, summary, and description of an album

4) Click the Album tab

On this page we can set numerous settings for the album including sort order, and image and thumbnail sizes

5) Click the Theme tab

On this page we can edit the theme or skin to change the look of our albums

If you would like to delete the album, that can be done by clicking here

This is the end of the tutorial.  You now know how to manage your albums in Gallery

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How to change your password in Gallery

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to Gallery

1) Click Your Account

Now let’s learn how to change your password

2) Then click the Change Password link here

3) Enter your existing password here

4) Then enter and verify a new password

5) Then click the Change button

That’s it! The password has been changed, and you’ll now need to use this new password to login to Gallery

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change your Gallery password. Remember that it’s a good idea to change your password often, for security reasons