Using the Gallery

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All registered users get their own album in the Cheddarmonger Gallery, and you are certainly welcome to post pictures here. I do reserve the right to edit pictures or delete things that are either duplicates or totally inappropriate. I'm pretty fussy, so you might find me fiddling with your picture, such as cropping thumbnails or filling in custom fields.

This gallery has lots of useful features. Here's some tips on how to make the most of your own personal photo gallery.

General
Almost all text fields in the gallery allow bbcode formatting. See the coding and composition link for more information.

Adding Pictures
Adding pictures is quick and easy; full instructions are here.

Editing Pictures
You have ownership and all power over the pictures you post in your album. In order to keep the whole gallery as unified as possible, I suggest the following steps after you upload your picture to the gallery. Use the edit link or the Edit Photo choice from the Item Actions dropdown to show the photo editing options, which is displayed over a couple of tabs:

  1. General -- What to put on the General tab.
  2. Photo -- Configurable options on the Photo tab when editing pictures in the gallery.
  3. Modify Photo -- a few cool, powerful features here.
  4. Crop Thumbnail -- This allows you to choose which part of your picture is used for the thumbnail.
  5. Custom Fields -- This is great for searchability. These fields are here to create a living miniatures database!

Dynamic Albums
A great new feature; using keywords or vital statistics in gallery items to create dynamic albums! Click here for more information!

Linking to Pictures
This site creates a static link when storing your pictures, so you can easily display your pictures on other sites. Click here for some information on this awesome feature.