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Server related settings

Upload path / URL

Some services need to the full path to the album page, like Facebook. Unfortunately, when you make the album the final address is unknown to the skin (and jAlbum), this is why this box is here. Make sure to use the protocol you want to use: http:// or https:// . Example: http://mysite.com/albums/Summer%202018/ - note: the closing slash and the protocol are mandatory!

Use the skin's favicon

By default, the skin will provide a favicon for the album - the tiny icon used in the browser's tab - but you can disable this if your site already has a favicon at the site root.

Use Microsoft IIS or Azure server configuration

By default Apache servers are configured to serve JSON (and other files used by the skin) properly. Unfortunately, MS servers come poorly configured and you either go to the site's control panel and add the proper associations or turn this option on, by which the skin will save a configuration file along with the album. I'd say it's better to configure the server properly instead of this. Read section 9 in this blog post on how!

Use the skin's expiry file

Servers are used to cache files for better speed, but this might cause some files to be hard to renew. The skin comes with some optimized default caching expiry directives, which you can use if you think your server isn't optimized in this regard.

Use "robots.txt"

Shall the skin copy the default robots.txt and humans.txt files to the generated album. These files are harmless; contain info that allows robots to index the album and contains some credit text. You can decide to skip them. It doesn't make much difference though. To stop bots, for instance, you will have to disallow them.

Avoid using Content Delivery Networks

Normally the skin loads some files (libraries) from Content Delivery Networks in order to speed up the page load. Those who dislike it can turn this off and use the files from their own servers.

Google Analytics

Use Google Analytics

Choose the type of Analytics you use. The current is the "Global site tag" method, but you can use the older "Universal" too. The "Classic" got deprecated these days.

Google property ID

The ID you got from Google, e.g. UA-NNNNNNNNN

Support Display Advertising

Some users use these sub-stats - turn on if you're one of those.

Search Engine Optimization

Title SEO text

You can add additional text to the album's <title> tag besides the album's title for SEO purposes.

Description SEO text

You can add additional text to the album's <meta description=""> tag besides the album's description for SEO purposes.

Number of preloaded thumbnails

By default, the skin will load 20 thumbnails in order to speed up the page load. The rest of the thumbnails are loaded dynamically when the visitor scrolls down. This number determines how many images are present in the 'static' HTML files, which some think affects Google bots. However, this is not the case today. The bots scroll down all way through the page bottom and index all the other photos too.

Add ALT tags for search engines

The HTML specification requires providing ALT tags on images for those using screen readers. In the absence of ALT tags, you'll get page validation errors. However, in the case of a picture gallery, it's not probable visually impaired will visit it. And even if they do, the skin can only add the file names as ALT tags if there are no comments, so unless you have nice comments for the photos, it has no point in adding these tags.

Tracking consent and Cookie policy

Since 2016 (?) the sites have had to warn users about cookie usage, and since 06/2018 they also have to provide them a way to opt out of such background tracking (GDPR). Some of the functionality in Tiger skin requires loading external libraries, like Google or Facebook integration, which falls into this category. The skin will ask users if they allow loading such external libraries, and once allowed it will remember this setting for any album on the site. If the user declines using the external API's the skin will function, however the affected functionality won't. The affected functionalities: Facebook Like, Facebook Commenting, Facebook Box, Google Box, Google Analytics, Google +1, PinIt button, Tumblr button, Disqus commenting. The skin alone does not utilize any tracking. It stores cookies (local storage) in order to remember user preferences, cart contents, and music playback state.

Ask tracking consent (GDPR compliance)

Asks tracking consent for API's fall into the GDPR regulation. The functions related to these API's will not work until you allow loading them, and also when you disallow loading them, this preference will be remembered for a few hours, and the functionality will be blocked without further notification.

Show cookie policy

Shows the skin is using cookies to track user preferences.

Stay

Leaves the panel this long, then disappears. If no action was taken it will show up the next time too. Note, if you are using an older album this length might be too short because the cookie policy alone was showing for 3 seconds only. The GDPR message, however, is much more complex and needs some 10-20 seconds to read and act.

URL

The URL of the Cookie Policy or Privacy info document on your site. (Optional)

Debug mode

Turn on this feature to get more detailed error information, also this helps me to debug albums showing errors. For production albums, turn this OFF!