Finally we have achieved the Final version of v0.5.
Get it here.
I have attached the change log to this post to see the latest changes. Here’s some main features:
- No more tables! Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional output with CSS styling. Easy to get Strict valid.
- External language files to ease the implementation of multi-language galleries. Currently only English language file in distribution, will add more when the other language files are up to date.
- Possible to allow webusers/webgroups to manage their own or shared galleries and have "admin" webusers/webgroups.
- Integrated javascript display modes (MooTools and Scriptaculous/Prototype): Slidebox, Lightbox v2.0, Slimbox, SmoothGallery, etc. Easy to plugin other scripts.
- Possible to sort pictures with dragging. (MooTools and Scriptaculous/Prototype)
- Watermarking (text or transparent PNG), Image masking with gray scale masks, drop shadow effects.
- Fully templateable output. Template parameters support @CODE: and @FILE: bindings.
- Possible to use config files to set snippet parameters. Easy to share examples in forums etc.
- Possible to query pictures from certain galleries. Think of it like integrated MaxiGallerySolo features if you will.
- Possible to list all gallery documents, or just under certain parent for certain level in the site tree hierarchy. TV’s supported!
- Possible to create centralized gallery management views. Possible to view galleries from another pages. Possible to manage gallery from another page. Possible to have images open in another document.
- Possible to set a max images limit in a gallery.
- Possible to have 3 sizes from a image. Thumbnail, normal and big image. Images will be automatically resized to certain max width/height with image portition kept.
- Possible to set quality percentage of each image size.
- Possible to paginate gallery overviews to multiple pages.
- Easy to setup photo blogging with Jot, look for instructions in the MODx Wiki.
- Support jpg/jpeg, png and gif images (gif’s are converted to png). Also in zip-archives if ZZIPlib is installed.
- Possible to use FTP commands to create gallery file system folders. This is needed in certain server environments.
- Tons of bugfixes...
Many things are missing from that list, but I can’t remember it all. You can get more detailed info from the change log, but not even it tells everything.
My next job is to revamp the Wiki page and make some templating examples there what I have already posted around the forums. Then I’ll redo my own website and put examples there.. That’ll keep me busy for few days..
So, I’m sorry that there’s not very good documentation for it at this stage, but I’ll update it as soon as possible. Now.. go and update your snippets to the newest version and post any issues here that you may encounter.. cya!!!
