Gallery

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the basics of getting started with the Gallery application. Unlike some of our more in-depth documentation, this guide is intentionally introductory and is designed to give you enough information to begin exploring how Gallery can work for your own site. First Look After first installing the software, the Gallery area will look similar to the image below, containing a single category named Member Albums. This default category is provided for demonstration p

Many communities choose to create their own Gallery categories to organise content in a way that best suits their structure. Setting up and managing categories within the Gallery is straightforward and can be done directly from the AdminCP in Invision Community, giving you full control over how images and albums are organised. Creating Categories You can view and manage your existing Gallery categories by navigating to the following area in the AdminCP: Community → Gallery → Categories Here, yo

Basic Settings Within the Invision Community Gallery, you can adjust a variety of settings that control how the gallery functions. You can access these Gallery settings in the AdminCP by navigating to: Community → Gallery → Settings Overview From here, you can configure image size settings, adjust logging and RSS options, and enable image protection by applying a custom watermark to uploaded images. A few of these options will be discussed in a little more detail below Basic Gallery Settings Wa

Uploading content to the Invision Community Gallery is handled through a simple step-by-step wizard. You can access this by clicking the 'Add Images' link on any Gallery page, as shown below. Add Image Option Choosing/Creating Albums After selecting this option, you’ll first be asked to choose a category, unless you are already viewing one. If your member group has permission to use albums within that category, you’ll then be prompted to either 'select an existing album' or 'create a new one'