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Gallery settings

The Settings tab of your gallery's admin page decides how the gallery looks and behaves for visitors: statistics, the folder menu, thumbnails, the rating type and the folder it opens on.

Watch it done: a short silent video with captions · 0:43. The steps below show the same thing picture by picture.

Before you start

  • Log in and open ADMIN › Manage Help Videos (the Manage item of your gallery).

The settings

Step 1. Open the Settings tab.

Step 1: Open the Settings tab.

Step 2. Show statistics under thumbnail: Yes shows each picture's rating and number of views under it.

Step 2: Show statistics under thumbnail: Yes shows each picture's rating and number of views under it.

Step 3. Group navigation by year: Yes sorts the folder menu under years.

Step 3: Group navigation by year: Yes sorts the folder menu under years.

Step 4. Navigation style: Always Mobile Menu or Automatic Mobile Menu, for the folder menu.

Step 4: Navigation style: Always Mobile Menu or Automatic Mobile Menu, for the folder menu.

Step 5. Default thumbnail resize mode: Strict Width, Strict Height, or Strict Width And Height, for how pictures are fitted into the small previews.

Step 5: Default thumbnail resize mode: Strict Width, Strict Height, or Strict Width And Height, for how pictures are fitted into the small previews.

Step 6. Rating type: stars (one to ten) or a heart.

Step 6: Rating type: stars (one to ten) or a heart.

Step 7. Gallery opens on: the first folder in order, the newest folder, the oldest folder, or a folder you choose. If the folder named here is gone or hidden, visitors land on the first folder in order.

Step 7: Gallery opens on: the first folder in order, the newest folder, the oldest folder, or a folder you choose. If the folder named here is gone or hidden, visitors land on the first folder in order.

Step 8. With "A folder I choose", pick the folder in the list below it.

Step 8: With "A folder I choose", pick the folder in the list below it.

Save

Step 9. Click Save Settings to keep your changes. (Not clicked in this video.)

Step 9: Click Save Settings to keep your changes. (Not clicked in this video.)

Check it worked

Open your gallery as a visitor (log out or use a private window) and see which folder it opens on.

Good to know

  • To change the order of the folders themselves, use Re-order Folders on the Media tab.

Related help

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