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How do I configure Flash Gallery?

All settings are optional, and made through the shortcode syntax.

Here's an example that will display a gallery with five rows, 650px high, and 3 Albums with 10 images in each:

`[flashgallery orderby="ID" rows="5" height="650px" albums="Prep_10 % Exhibit_10 % Presentations_10"]`

It's nothing fancy - a title, an underscore and the number of images you want to put in that album. Separate each album with "%". So if there's 100 images attached to a post and you do;

[flashgallery albums="First Album_50 % Second_25 % Third_25"]

You'd get three albums, "First Album" would get the first 50 images of the post, "Second" would display the next 25 and "Third" would display the last 25.

All the regular [gallery] parameters still apply, and you've got these extra to play with:

• cats = "Album1_12 % Album2_33 % Album3_66": deprecated since 1.3, use albums instead
• albums = "Title1_10 % Another Title_20": two albums, and their image count
• height = "400px", "100%"
• hidetoggle = "false": true to not show the toggle gallery-link.
• delay = "3": time to display images in slideshow, in seconds.
• exclude = "39,42": exclude images with ID 39 & 42
• rows = "3": number of rows in the gallery thumbnail view.
• background = "background.jpg": URL to high-rez background
• logo = "logo.png": URL to logo
• transparent = "false": set flash's wmode
• scaling = "fill", "fit" or "noscale": how images are scaled when displayed(default: fit)
• thumbsize = "110": size (in pixels) of thumbnails ignored. gallery auto-senses thumbsize since 1.3
• color = '0xFF0099': color of the interface highlights
• usescroll = 'true': enable browsing by scrollwheel
• showtitles = 'false': display picture title over thumbnail
• allowdownload = 'true': give option to download image from right-click menu
• rowmajor = 'false': arrange thumbs in column order or row order? (eg. top-to-bottom or left-to-right)
• animate = 'true': let thumbs fly into position

Notice that color is a hexadecimal value with the 0x-prefix, not # as is common in CSS and web development.

My thumbnails overlap / look wierd / behaves badly

Flash Gallery assumes you've got square thumbnails - same width as height. Make sure you've checked "Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions" in WordPress Admin -> Media.

You can run Regenerate Thumbnails to apply your new settings to all images you've uploaded.

Where's the FLA-source?

In the development version.

How do I create WordPress galleries?

Use the built-in media uploader to create and insert galleries in your posts. See the screencast (at 01:35), or read the instructions.

How do I ask for help?

1. Search the forums and post in a relevant thread if one exists.
2. Always tag your post with Flash Gallery
3. State your problem succintly, provide a link!
4. Always tag your post resolved and publish your solution.

Can I help you in any way?

Absolutely! Please help me out by Flattr-ing my plugins, or send me a book? Used ones are fine! :)