MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
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| - | To create an album in Media Gallery, select the **Create Album** option from the Options drop down menu. Each album has a set of configuration attributes that control how the album will be displayed, options for media presentation, and access rights. | + | 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. |
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| + | ===== Edit Album ===== | ||
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| + | 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**. | ||
| - | =====Editing an Album===== | ||
| - | In the album view screen (you must be viewing the album you wish to edit), there is also an Administration Drop down menu, this is where you select to Edit an existing album. The edit screen is identical to the create screen and allows you to modify the settings of an album and also change the parent album (effectively moving the album to another parent). | ||
| - | 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**. | ||
| =====Deleting Albums===== | =====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. | 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. | ||
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| - | =====Sorting Albums===== | ||
| - | From the Gallery View Screen, there is an option to sort your albums. This will control the presentation of your albums to your site users. Albums are sorted in descending order, meaning the album with the highest order value is listed first.\\ \\ Select **Sort Albums** from the //Options drop down menu// and you will be presented with a list of all your albums. To sort the sub-albums of a parent album, select the Parent Album's link and that will give you a list of all sub-albums for that parent. | ||