@robertfudge – I see two possible options …
1) Insert each gallery into its own page then use the “Link to page” option so the Album will display the gallery’s page. On that page, add an appropriate description in the content area for the gallery before inserting the gallery.
2) You can create a custom template for the gallery that displays the gallery description automatically. You would then need to go under Gallery > Gallery Settings > NextGEN Basic Thumbnails (the display you are using) and set the default template to this new custom template.
Also to note, the second option where you create a custom template could be used in the first option in place of manually typing the gallery description into the page’s content area.
Thanks!
– Cais.
More details in addition to above….
I see that a lot of people are struggling with this, so I will share my solution in very simple terms, but in an “understandable” way:
Just make a copy of your gallery.php file (located within the view folder which is located in the Next Gen Gallery directory; the path is something like: YOURDOMAIN.COM/WORDPRESS_INSTALATION_FOLDER/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/GALLERY.PHP)
Let’s name it gallery-new.php. Open the file with any text editor or Sublime, and paste this echo to the title and description (just paste it below this line):
<div class=”ngg-galleryoverview” id=”<?php echo $gallery->anchor ?>”>
<?php echo $gallery->title ?>
<?php echo $gallery->description ?>
You can also add a “Go Back to Galleries” button by adding a very basic line of code:
Go Back
Save your file and upload it.
HERE IS THE “TRICK”:
Log in into WordPress, in the dashboard, select the Gallery icon (Next Gen Gallery’s icon, more specifically > GALLERY SETTINGS > NEXT GEN BASIC THUMBNAILS).
And here is the simple solution: just select your template in the TEMPLATE menu (right below Show Slideshow), in this case select gallery-new.php, then save the changes and you’re done! 🙂
@robertfudge – Thanks for sharing your process applying the second option I suggested.
Well Done!
– Cais.
