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How do I create a new gallery?

1. Access 'Settings/WP Flickr Background' from the WordPress Administration
2. Select the 'Galleries' submenu
3. Click the 'Add New Gallery' button

How do I add Flickr photos to a gallery?

After you create or edit a gallery, visit Flickr and start searching for photos that interest you. Once you have found the desired photo, click the Share This button above that photo and select Grab the link. Then just copy & paste the link into the provided field and click the Add Flickr Photo button.

Examples of valid links are:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bees/155761353/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bees/155761353/sizes/o/
• http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/1418878_1e92283336_m.jpg

After you have added photos, click the 'Add Gallery' or 'Save Gallery' button found at the bottom of the page.

Tip! Many web browsers allow you to drag a photo directly onto the field next to the 'Add Photo' button, making it very simple to add photos!

How do I add regular photos to the gallery?

Adding a regular photo works the same way as adding a photo to a blog post. While editing a gallery, simply click the Add Media Library Photo button. You can now upload a new photo from your computer, use a photo from another website or use an existing photo in your WordPress Media Library.

You may want to ensure that the Size is set to Full Size to maintain the best quality for the background. If you wish to add information about the author for the selected photo, you can add this to the Alternate Text field.

The background image looks very 'jagged', why?

If the photo is from the WordPress Media Library, you should ensure that the Size is set to Full Size before adding. Simply delete and then re-add the image with those settings.

Although the plugin automatically selects the largest available size, some Flickr photos may have a resolution less than 1024x768. Some end users use a screen resolution larger than this, so when stretching these photos to fit their screen, they may appear of poor quality. Unfortunately, the only direct solution to this is to find a Flickr photo with larger available resolutions.

My website seems slower now, why?

There are several ways to speed up WP Flickr Background:

1. Access 'Settings/WP Flickr Background' from the WordPress Administration
2. Under the 'Advanced Configuration' heading:
   • Disable the theme background by checking/ticking 'Theme Backround'
   • Enable 'Javascript Compression'
   • Enable 'Cacheable'

Or you create a file named '.confighash' in the /wp-content/plugins/wp-flickr-background/ directory and make it writable. On Linux or similar operating systems this can be done with:

1. touch .confighash
2. chmod 666 .confighash

The browser has become sluggish, why?

A few browsers have difficulty rendering large images overlaid by other content. There are a few options you could try:

• Disable both horizontal and/or vertical image stretching
• Choose images which list the largest available size as smaller than 2048 x 1536

Some visitors complain about Javascript errors, what can I do?

You may wish to turn off the Javascript compression used by the plugin:

1. Access 'Settings/WP Flickr Background' from the WordPress Administration
2. Uncheck/untick the 'Javascript Compression' under the 'Advanced Configuration' heading
3. Save the changes