Photo Gallery - Categories

Photo Categories

Additional categories can be added as desired.

1. Go to the administration utility at http://<domain name>/Admin/login/.
2. Click on Photo Gallery.
3. Click Categories in the navigation menu.

To add a new category:

1. Click the New Category (upper right corner).
2. Complete the form with the following information:
   1. Title: Limited to 35 characters. This is the primary name of the category and is displayed in the page title and navigation.
   2. Abbreviated Title: Limited to 15 characters. This is used in the navigation menus where the title is too long to display properly.
   3. Description: The description is only displayed for root/main categories.
   4. Private: Indicates whether or not someone must be logged in with a valid username and password to view the gallery.
   5. Active: To indicate whether or not you would like the category to be displayed. This can be used to temporarily suspend a gallery or prevent a new gallery from being viewed prior to its release.
   6. Subcategory Index: Indicates whether categories UNDER this category (i.e. sub-category) will be displayed by category (Yes) or lumped together in the standard list format (No).
   7. Parent Category(s): For top (highest) level, check A Main Category. To create a subcategory, place a check on as many of the other existing categories as you want.
3. Click the Add button (lower left corner).

To edit a category:

1. Click the Edit icon () next to the category you wish to edit.
   (click a category name to view its sub-categories)
2. Edit the category information as outlined in Step 2 above.
3. Click the Update button (lower left corner).

To delete a category:

1. Click the Delete icon () next to the category you wish to delete.
   (click a category name to view its sub-categories)
2. You will be asked to confirm the deletion of the category.
3. Click Yes button if you are sure you would like to delete the category.
4. WARNING! Once a category has been deleted, it cannot be recovered!