Title: Can MLA Do This? Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Can MLA Do This? * Resolved [Philbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbeaux/) * (@philbeaux) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-mla-do-this/) * Firstly, a quick thanks to you David for your work. * Now, If you could, please take a look at this site here: * [http://www.nosaintshistory.com/New-Orleans-Saints-History-Pictures/](http://www.nosaintshistory.com/New-Orleans-Saints-History-Pictures/) * One of the biggest reasons I downloaded MLA and started trying to learn it is because of that site. It’s actually a site I put up a few years ago with a add- on called Gallery3. The problem is Gallery3 is very outdated and no longer being supported. My question is, Is it possible to recreate something like this with MLA? Not just the grid view, but paginating the individual images and adding content and meta-data? Or, am I getting a little too presumptuous about what MLA can do? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-mla-do-this/#post-7529861) * Thanks for your questions and the link to an example page. The short answer is“ yes, with a bit of work.” * I had a look at the HTML markup used for the “New Orleans Saints Pictures and Images” example page. The “grid view” is a straightforward HTML unnumbered list( ul). You could use an MLA custom markup template to generate similar HTML output. * The visual appearance is achieved by a number of CSS styles, most of which start with “g-“. These are supplied by the Gallery3 plugin., I believe. The stylesheets contain several references to, for example, “Gallery 3 Clean Canvas Theme Screen Styles” and file names like `themes/clean_canvas/css/clean/screen_candy.css`. If you can find all the relevant styles and create a stylesheet in your theme or an MLA style template you should be able to get the same appearance. * The content and “meta-data” can be added to your MLA markup template. The specifics depend on where it comes from, custom fields, taxonomies, etc. At worst you might have to use some of the hooks provided by the `[mla_gallery]` shortcode to compose the data you need. * In summary, it can be done but it will require some development effort. Without access to your site’s theme and plugins it is hard to be more specific. I will leave this topic unresolved for now in case you have more specific questions on this project. * Thread Starter [Philbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbeaux/) * (@philbeaux) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-mla-do-this/#post-7529864) * Thanks David. I have no illusions that what I ask would not be without some work, but hey, that just makes it all the more fun, right? I am somewhat familiar with Gallery3’s mark-up. What you looked at is the result of heavily edited templates and CSS, a lot as a matter of fact. I don’t have a problem with you marking this topic as resolved because you have answered my question. I do not intend on asking you “how” but, if I can, could you please point me in the direction of what I need to learn to achieve what I’m trying to do? You mentioned custom fields and taxonomies. What resources could I look at to understand what those are and how to use them? And templates….. I have no idea how to use or work with them. Where can I go to understand templates, especially the MLA Templates? Once again thanks David. You’ve at least let me know I at least have access to the tools I need. * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-mla-do-this/#post-7529965) * Thanks for your update and the additional details. * My “custom fields and taxonomies” comment was a general response to your “meta- data” requirement. Your example page shows “Views:” and “By:”, and these must be stored somewhere. Custom fields are a [standard WordPress feature](https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields) and MLA lets you manage and use them in many ways. Have a look at the `custom:` prefix in the “Field-level substitution parameters” section of the Settings/Media library Assistant Documentation tab. You can see an example of their use in the“ A table-based Style and Markup template example” Documentation section, which also shows custom Style and Markup templates. * Taxonomies are another [standard WordPress feature](https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies). You can use them to assign terms to your images and then create galleries filtered by term so you can add images to your Media Library and automatically display them on the appropriate posts/pages. * In addition to the simple template example in the Documentation there have been several support topics regarding custom templates. Here is one topic, which links to additional topics along the lines you need: * [List items](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/list-items-1?replies=4#post-8166401) * Based on your example page, here’s a rough idea of the kind of template (untested) you could use: * **Style template:** * ``` ``` * **Markup template** **Open part:** * ``` ``` * I’m sure that needs work, but it will give you the general idea. I’ve assumed that your meta-data is stored in WordPress custom fields, but the template can be adapted to other sources if you know where the data is. * I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have problems or further questions regarding the above suggestions. I’m happy to work with you on the specifics of your application. * Thread Starter [Philbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philbeaux/) * (@philbeaux) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-mla-do-this/#post-7529970) * Thanks for the detailed response. I do have 1 question now that I’m thinking about it. Would it be best to use a custom post type for a gallery or would just using a page do? * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-mla-do-this/#post-7529978) * Every application I have encountered has used standard posts/pages to contain their `[mla_gallery]` shortcodes. I have not seen an application that uses a custom post type. * Some applications have put `[mla_gallery]` in a widget. MLA provides the “MLA Text” widget for this purpose. * A few applications have used a `do_shortcode()` function call to execute `[mla_gallery]` in their PHP template files. * Please post any additional questions that come up as you proceed. Good luck! 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