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- | ====== [Page] Edit Album ====== | ||
- | When editing an album there are many options and actions related to.\\ | ||
- | Edit album can be achieved when browsing an album or clicking to edit an album from albums >> manage. | ||
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- | ===== Properties tab ===== | ||
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- | ==== Information box ==== | ||
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- | The album representative is the thumbnail displayed on the main page (category.php) to represent the album. If there is no photo on the album and sub-albums nothing will be displayed until some photos are added or a representative is set manually. | ||
- | If there are photos in the album, click **[refresh]** to find a new random album thumbnail from the album or any sub-album.\\ | ||
- | Click on the thumbnail to jump to "edit photo" page and change any information. | ||
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- | The choice of a representative depends on the ''allow_random_representative'' configuration parameter (see ''include/[[user_documentation:use:features:conf_locale|config_default.inc.php]]'' for more information). | ||
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- | **Actions available** | ||
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- | * **jump to album**: link to the site on this album.\\ | ||
- | * **manage album photos**: link to **[Photos » Batch Mananger]** with a filter for this album selected.\\ | ||
- | * **add photos**: link to **[Photos » Add]** with this album selected as upload.\\ | ||
- | * **manage sub-albums**: link to **[Albums » Manage » List]** with the current album selected.\\ | ||
- | * **delete album**: A confirmation is needed to delete an album. If deleted, all photos becomes orphan (no album associated) but none is removed. Orphans photos can be managed from **[Photos » Batch manager » Predefined filter » With no virtual album]**. | ||
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- | ==== Properties box ==== | ||
- | **Name**: rename the album (a virtual rename in case of a [[user_documentation:administration_panel:physical_album]]). | ||
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- | **Description**: short text giving a general idea of the content, this text will be displayed at the bottom of the thumbnails page. | ||
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- | **Parent album**: if it is empty the album belongs to root. Choose a new parent album to move the current album. | ||
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- | **Lock**: if "yes", the current album and its sub-albums are unavailable for visitors. Only administrators can see locked albums. Unlocking an album also unlocks all parent albums but does not unlock sub-albums. | ||
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- | **Comments**: Authorize or not visitors to comment photos in this album. Sub-albums are not affected. | ||
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- | ===== Photos sort order tab ===== | ||
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- | Enable change of photo order of the album. | ||
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- | * **Use the default photo sort order**: The photos are ordered by it´s posted date, newer first. Default photo sort order is defined in the configuration file by two options: ''order_by_custom'' and ''order_by_inside_category_custom''. More description is available checking the ''[[user_documentation:use:features:conf_locale|config_default.inc.php]]'' file or activating the [[user_documentation:administration_panel:local_files_editor]] plugin and displaying the reference file. | ||
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- | * **Manual order**: When set to manual order, photos order can be changed by dragging and dropping anywhere. | ||
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- | * **Automatic order**: Use some of pre defined orders for photos. There are many options to choose from, including date created, date posted, rating score*, visits*, and so on.\\ \\ (*)Warning: Be sure to test these sort orders by yourself as they can give unexpected results. | ||
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- | ===== Permission tab ===== | ||
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- | This page permits control visitors access to album and sub-albums. | ||
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- | ==== Access type box ==== | ||
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- | * **public**: If the album is set to public, any visitor can see it and also all parent albums becomes public.\\ | ||
- | * **private**: If the album is set to private the **Groups and users box** is enabled to choose witch users can access this album. Making an album private, it´s sub-albums becomes private too. | ||
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- | ==== Groups and users box ==== | ||
- | If an album is set to **Private**, the Groups and users box is shown. It is possible to grant permissions for [[user_documentation:administration_panel:groups]] or individual users. Making an album private, it´s sub-albums becomes private too. To make sub-albums accessible, you may want to check the **[Apply to sub-albums]** checkbox to set permissions on all sub-albums simultaneously. If not, you can set permission individually later. | ||
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- | ===== Notification tab ===== | ||
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- | Send an information email to group members | ||
- | Group: Choose the recipient group of users to receipt the email. | ||
- | Complementary mail content: Free text to send to them. |