jAlbum/Settings/Advanced/Widgets

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Widgets Settings configure widgets if you are using them. Before widgets can be used you must be signed-in to the jAlbum application, you sign in with the same user name and password as for jAlbum.net. If you are not signed in you will be prompted to do so, just click on the sign-in button and fill in the details. Widgets must also be activated in Settings/Advanced/Metadata/include widget support. If it is not enabled you will see another alert, just click on the ‘Include jAlbum widget support button.

Note, if the album is not hosted on jAlbum.net it must be listed on your jalbum.net profile page. If you're signed into the jAlbum application when you upload the album, it will automatically be added to your profile page. You can also manually add an album to your profile page by browsing to your profile page and choosing ‘Albums’ from the drop- down menu below your username. Then click on the button ‘Add external album’ and then enter the full URL to your album. Finally, select a thumbnail image to represent it in your Albums listing.

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The widgets should now be enabled and you can select the widgets to include in your album by checking the tick box to the right of the widget name. If you enable a widget and then disable sometime later, you will get a notification message saying widgets have been changed and your album needs updating before you can see the effect.

  1. About: The About widget shows information about you, the person behind the photos, including your jalbum.net user image and information (such as description, location and a link to your homepage). It also shows your albums description, when it was published and what skin it was built with. The About widget also lists thumbnails to your other albums for easy browsing.
  2. Comments: Let visitors comment on your album and on each image. Get feedback and connect with your visitors. You can also comment as a guest so you don't need a jAlbum account to comment on an album.
  3. Counter: The Counter widget displays how many total visits you've got on your album and how many visited each image. Note, even if you just refresh the page, it will be counted as one more visit.
  4. Share: The Share widget make it easy for visitors to share your album on their favorite social networking site (such as Facebook, Twitter or MySpace), blogs or e-mail to friends.
  5. More about widgets: You can find out more about widgets by clicking on the link More about widgets, which will take you to jAlbum.net’s widgets page.
  6. Save as default: Makes the selected widgets to the default setting for the upcoming albums.

The result

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Widgets cannot be previewed locally, to see them you must look at your published album. At the bottom of each page you will see the widget bar, by default in its minimized state. Clicking on the different sections will open up that widget. Widgets can be customized, you do need to know javascript, CSS, HTML and how to edit jAlbum templates! An example of a custom color scheme is shown.