jAlbum Gallery Block

FAQ

Is this plugin working on images within WordPress?

You don’t have to add the images to the WordPress Media collection. Simply use the jAlbum application with the Embed skin to create and upload albums separately from WordPress.

What is the workflow?

1. First, you create an album using the jAlbum application with the Embed skin.

2. Upload to a separate (static) folder on your server, e.g., /albums/albumName. Make sure to avoid naming conflicts with existing WordPress posts. If you already have a post (page) called “album” and you create a folder at the site root called “album”, they might interfere, and instead of the post, the visitors will only see the contents of the static folder.

3. Open a WordPress post (or page) and use the jAlbum Gallery button to insert a new album.

4. Provide the URL to the album in the inspector panel’s GALLERY URL box, e.g., /albums/albumName.

5. Once finished, click “Update” to save the post.

Can I use an album from another site?

Yes, you can. However, you’ll have to have access rights to the album’s server. It’s called “Cross-Origin Resource Sharing” (CORS), and can be controlled many ways, e.g. through the .htaccess file in the site root. For example, adding Header add Access-Control-Allow-Origin "http://www.your-site-here.com/" allows file access from the mentioned site. Once you already allowed access to “*” (any site) you don’t have to do anything more.