Title: Editing Plugin / Layout
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Editing Plugin / Layout

 *  [FPHT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpht/)
 * (@fpht)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-plugin-layout/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m using the NextGEN gallery plugin. I am editing gallery.php to show one thumbnail
   only for each gallery and loading the other images in the background so that 
   when the thumbnail is clicked a lightbox opens.
 * Take a look at this [page](http://dougalblack.co.uk/new/services/free-standing/)
 * You’ll see two entries for the same gallery. The first is an “extended gallery”
   entry, and the second is the single gallery (which opens in the lightbox). I 
   am trying to make the second look like the first. So far I have managed to do
   this – adding the gallery title, description and border.
 * However, I’m struggling to make the description sit beside the image, as it does
   in the first one…. any ideas?
 * This is the code for gallery.php…..
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
       Template Page for the gallery overview
   
       Follow variables are useable :
   
       	$gallery     : Contain all about the gallery
       	$images      : Contain all images, path, title
       	$pagination  : Contain the pagination content
   
        You can check the content when you insert the tag <?php var_dump($variable) ?>
        If you would like to show the timestamp of the image ,you can use <?php echo $exif['created_timestamp'] ?>
       **/
       ?>
       <?php if (!defined ('ABSPATH')) die ('No direct access allowed'); ?><?php if (!empty ($gallery)) : ?>
   
       <div class="ngg-galleryoverview" id="<?php echo $gallery->anchor ?>">
       <?php if ($gallery->show_slideshow) { ?>
   
       		</a>
       	</div>
       <div class="ngg-album">
       <?php } ?>
       	<div class="ngg-albumtitle"><?php echo $gallery->title ?></a></div>
       <p><?php echo $gallery->description ?></p> <strong>!! THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION</strong>
   
       <?php if ($gallery->show_piclens) { ?>
       	<!-- Piclense link -->
       	<div class="piclenselink">
       		<a class="piclenselink" href="<?php echo $gallery->piclens_link ?>">
       			<?php _e('[View with PicLens]','nggallery'); ?>
       		</a>
       	</div>
   
       <?php } ?>
   
       	<!-- Thumbnails -->
       	<?php foreach ( $images as $image ) : ?>
   
       	<div id="ngg-image-<?php echo $image->pid ?>" class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box" <?php echo $image->style ?> >
       		<div class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail" >
       			<a href="<?php echo $image->imageURL ?>" title="<?php echo $image->description ?>" <?php echo $image->thumbcode ?> >
       				<?php if ( !$image->hidden ) { ?>
       				<img title="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" alt="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" src="<?php echo $image->thumbnailURL ?>" <?php echo $image->size ?> />
       				<?php } ?>
       			</a>
       		</div>
       	</div>		
   
       	<?php if ( $image->hidden ) continue; ?>
       	<?php if ( $gallery->columns > 0 && ++$i % $gallery->columns == 0 ) { ?>
       		<br style="clear: both" />
       	<?php } ?>
   
        	<?php endforeach; ?>
   
       </div>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       ```
   

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 *  [Marcus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mschumann/)
 * (@mschumann)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-plugin-layout/#post-1977177)
 * I like your website, very nice. How did you place the images in your pages? Are
   they programmed manually? Can you give me a hind how to connect the link / image
   with the gallery? I can’t identify the relevant parts of your web-code
 * Here is a way to protect your changes from updates. Maybe you haven’t seen.
    
   [http://nextgen-gallery.com/templates/](http://nextgen-gallery.com/templates/)
 * thx Marcus

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