UI Templates – Gallery Server

5 Dec, 2014

Use dropdowns for easier data entry, better searching, and increased data integrity

By Roger Martin| 2017-03-09T11:33:01+00:00 December 5th, 2014|Tips & Tricks|2 Comments

[Updated 2017-03-09: The code snippets were modified to work in Gallery Server 4.X installations.] Gallery Server supports 75 pre-defined properties for your media assets, such as title, caption, and more. There are also 20 custom properties you can use for any purpose you desire. You can make any of these editable on the Metadata page in the site admin area. When you do, Gallery Server gives you a text box where you can edit the property. For example, here I’ve given one of the custom properties the name ‘Color’: When I am logged in as a user with edit permission, I can edit the value by clicking on it: This works well for many situations, but wouldn’t it be nice to restrict the entry to a list of predefined choices? For example, what if the only colors you want to allow are black, gray, brown, [...]

2 Jun, 2014

Gallery Server Pro 3.2.1 Released

By Roger Martin| 2016-12-01T16:37:40+00:00 June 2nd, 2014|Announcements|0 Comments

Today we released 3.2.1, which contains a small set of bug fixes and a couple minor behavior changes. There are no changes to web.config or the skins, so upgrading from 3.2.0 is as easy as copying the files from the upgrade package over the existing files in your gallery. Instructions for upgrading other versions are in the Admin Guide. Bug fixes Left pane UI template partially updated during upgrade Parent nodes in the tree cannot be unchecked in certain cases Quotation marks in user and role names cause trouble Page scrolls to top when dialog auto-closes The first two bug fixes were added to the 3.2.0 packages as soon as they were identified (May 19 and May 23, respectively), so they may already be fixed in your installation of Gallery Server Pro. More details about the bug fixes are in this report. Behavior changes Remove confirmation message after drag and [...]

15 May, 2014

Gallery Server Pro 3.2 Released

By Roger Martin| 2016-12-01T16:37:41+00:00 May 15th, 2014|Announcements|4 Comments

Today we released 3.2, containing a number of new features and bug fixes. New UI templates for tag/people trees and tag/people clouds (Enterprise edition) View recently added/top rated media (Enterprise edition) RSS/Atom support (Enterprise edition) Drag and drop sorting Faster loading of large albums Improved touchscreen support Metadata editing in virtual albums Improved upload page includes new thumbnail preview Latest version of libraries: Entity Framework 6.1, Plupload, jQuery, jQuery UI, jsTree, jsRender, Web.API, and more This release is a free upgrade to 3.X license holders. To upgrade, copy the files from the upgrade package over your existing web application and merge any web.config changes into the updated web.config file. More details, including help for new installations and upgrades for other scenarios are in the Administrator’s Guide. The demos have been updated to 3.2, so check out the new features. New UI templates (Enterprise edition) Enterprise license holders get a lot [...]

20 Jun, 2013

Deep dive into UI Templates

By Roger Martin| 2016-12-01T16:37:47+00:00 June 20th, 2013|Tips & Tricks|4 Comments

One of the best new features in 3.0 is UI Templates. The main user interface for browsing a gallery is built from jsRender templates you can edit using only HTML and JavaScript skills. In this post we’ll take a deep look at how it works and how you can harness its power. Overview Let’s start by identifying the five sections of the gallery that are built from UI templates. These images show the five templates: header, left pane, right pane, album, and media object. The center pane shows either the album or media object template, depending on whether the user is looking at an album or an individual media object. I should point out that the Actions menu and the album breadcrumb links are the only portion of the page that is not part of any template. Instead, its HTML is generated on the server and inserted into the page [...]

31 May, 2013

Gallery Server Pro 3.0 Released

By Roger Martin| 2016-12-01T16:37:47+00:00 May 31st, 2013|Announcements|0 Comments

Two years in the making, version 3.0 of Gallery Server Pro is finally here! This is a major release and includes a tremendous number of new features and updated styling. Among them: UI rewritten using modern HTML5/CSS3 Resizable, dockable 3-pane layout New template engine lets you easily change the UI using only HTML/CSS skills Tagging support for media and albums Editable properties of media and albums Skinnable UI - ships with dark and light skins Two slide show modes - full screen and inline Looks great on any device - iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mac, Linux, and Windows Improved video encoding Improved sorting Download Gallery Server Pro 3.0 New UI using modern HTML5/CSS3 The default skin is a gorgeous light text on black background: The new design was inspired by user feedback where I learned that images are best viewed against an 18% neutral gray background. The background color I [...]