MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
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| - | Albums are the containers in Media Gallery that hold your media items. Albums can also hold other albums, called sub-albums. Each album has a unique set of properties that control how it looks and also how it will handle various media objects. To create a new sub-album in your main album use the **Create Album** option from the pull down menu. You will give the album a **Title** and **Description**. | + | To create an album in Media Gallery, select the **Create Album** option from the Options drop down menu. Each album has a set of [[photo_album_help:edit_album#Album Attributes (Configuration Options)|configuration attributes]] that control how the album will be displayed, options for media presentation, and access rights. |
| - | =====Album Configuration Options===== | + | ===== Edit Album ===== |
| + | In this section you enter the **Title** and **Description** of the New Album. You can also change the parent album (effectively moving the album to another parent). | ||
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| + | If the album you are editing contains sub-albums, you have the option of forcing all children albums to have the exact same permissions as the parent. If you choose to do this, check the check box labeled: **Force Child Update**. | ||
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| + | =====Deleting Albums===== | ||
| + | An album can be deleted by selecting the Delete button in the album edit screen. If you select to delete an album, you will be given the option to move all sub-albums and media to another album or delete them. If you choose to have all the contents deleted, it is permanent, there is no undo function and all the media and sub-albums will be removed. | ||
| - | The album configuration will control many aspects of how Media Gallery will work. The album configuration will control who can view the album, what type of media it can hold, who can upload to it, how the media will be presented and what features and functions will be available. Understanding all the different configuration options is very important since they play a very important role in the overall media presentation. | ||