- If you are installing this plugin in a Wordpress installation, follow the instructions marked WORDPRESS.
- If you are installing this plugin in a Wordpress Mu installation, follow the instructions marked WPMU.
WORDPRESS: Installing for the FIRST TIME
- Download the latest version of the plugin to your computer.
- Extract and upload the folder dynamic-content-gallery-plugin and its contents to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory. Please ensure that you do not rename any folder or filenames in the process.
- Activate the plugin in your Dashboard via the Admin Plugins menu.
- Configure the plugin's Settings page in Admin Settings.
WORDPRESS: Upgrading from an older version
AUTOMATIC UPGRADE
You can use the Wordpress Automatic Plugin upgrade link in the Admin Plugins menu to automatically upgrade the plugin. However, if you have made edits to your existing jd.gallery.css and jd.gallery.js files, and do not want to lose this edits during the automatic upgrade process, it is recommended that you follow the manual upgrade instructions below.
MANUAL UPGRADE
- Deactivate the old version of the plugin in Admin Plugins.
- Make a copy of your existing jd.gallery.css and jd.gallery.js files and download these copies to your local computer.
- Delete the existing dynamic-gallery folder and its files from your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
- Then follow the above instructions "WORDPRESS: Installing for the FIRST TIME" to install the new version on your server.
- Upload your backed up copy of jd.gallery.js from your local computer to the newly installed /dynamic-content-gallery-plugin/scripts/ folder, overwriting the version of this file that you have just installed. This will ensure that any configuration changes you have made to jd.gallery.js will be preserved after the upgrade.
- For users of version 1.0.0 of the plugin, and who have made extensive changes to the CSS contained in the file jd.gallery.css, note that due to changes in the way the gallery CSS is handled in the new version of the plugin, you should not overwrite the newly installed jd.gallery.css file with your backed up copy of this file. Just use it as reference when configuring the gallery layout and CSS options in the Settings page.
WPMU: Installing for the FIRST TIME
- Download the latest version of the plugin to your computer.
- Extract and upload the folder dynamic-content-gallery-plugin and its contents to your /plugins/ directory (do not install in the mu-plugins directory). Please ensure that you do not rename any folder or filenames in the process.
- Activate the plugin in your Dashboard via the Admin Plugins menu.
- In order for this plugin to be visible to blog owners, the plugin has to be activated for each blog by the Site Administrator.
- Each blog owner can then configure the plugin's Settings page in their Admin Settings.