When developing skins or comparing project settings you might want to know how the GUI settings relate to the key/value map of the jalbum-settings.jap file. Below is a list, in alphabetical order, of many of the settings keys and where they map to in the jAlbum core GUI.
acceleratedScaling=Settings/Images/Advanced/Attempt to use hardware accelerated scaling accountProfileName=Upload/Account/profile name albumAddress=Upload/Location : Settings/General/Address albumHeight=Share/Embed album/Album height albumWidth=Share/Embed album/Album width chainDirectories=Settings/Advanced/General/Chain directories classicReaders=Used by old Java versions of jAlbum, defaults to false closeupDirectory=Settings/Advanced/Naming/Close up directory closeupPrefix=Settings/Advanced/Naming/Close up prefix cols=Settings/Pages/Thumbnail layout/Columns copyOriginals=Settings/Pages/Image linking/Copy originals if needed cpuCores=Preferences/General/No of threads creator=Settings/Images/General/Copyright embedding/Creator creditText=Settings/Pages/Credit links/Text dateFormat=Settings/Advanced/General/Date format directoriesFirst=Settings/Pages/Image ordering/directories first directory=Settings/General/Image directory disableColorSubsampling=Settings/Images/Advanced/Disable color sampling displayVersion=No setting, generated value excludeBacklinks=Settings/Pages/Credit links/Exclude credit links excludeByDefault=Settings/Advanced/General/Exclude new images by default exifImageDescription=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Comment sources/EXIF Image desc. exifUserComment=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Comment sources/EXIF user folderThumbSize=Settings/Images/General/Image bounds/Folders forceJPEGThumbs=Settings/Images/Advanced/Force JPEG thumbnails forceJPEGImages=Settings/Images/Advanced/Force JPEG images forceProcessing=Settings/Images/Advanced/Force processing of small images generateJSON=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Generate JSON data hiDPIImages=Settings/Images/General/HiDPI images hiDPIThumbs=Settings/Images/General/HiDPI thumbnails highQualityThumbs=Setting removed from version 18 homepageAddress=Settings/Pages/Link to home page/Address (URL) homepageLinkText=Settings/Pages/Link to home page/Text ignorePattern=Settings/Advanced/General/Ignore pattern imageBackgroundColor=Settings/Images/Advanced/Background color for translucent images imageLinking=Settings/Pages/Image linking from thumbnails/Link to… imageOrdering=Settings/Pages/Image Ordering/ imageSize=Settings/Images/General/Image bounds/Images imageVariants=Settings/Images/Variants/Images includeDirectories=Settings/Advanced/General/Include subdirectories in index pages includePattern=No setting - symmetry for ignore pattern? indexPageName=Settings/Advanced/Naming/Index page name internalVersion=No setting, generated value iptcCaption=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Comment sources/IPTC caption jpegComment=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Comment sources/JPEG keepMetaData=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Include photographic data in generated images keepXmpData=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Include XMP metadata in generated images makeThumbs=Set by the skin mediaRSS=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Generate media RSS feed metaData=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Include photographic data in generated pages notes=Settings/Advanced/Notes/Text field notifyNotes=Settings/Advanced/Notes/Notify on project load outputFormat=Settings/Images/Advanced/Output format outputDirectory=Settings/General/Output directory overrideExistingCopyright=Settings/Images/General/Copyright embedding/Override existing pageExtension=Settings/Advanced/Naming/Page extension processFolderThumbs=Settings/Images/General/Bounds/Process folder thumbnails qualityPercent=Settings/Images/General/JPEG quality qualityPercent=Settings/Images/General/WEBP quality readXmp=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Comment sources/XMP remoteDirectory=Upload/Selected location resourceDirectory=No setting reverseOrder=Settings/Pages/Image ordering/Reverse rights=Settings/Images/General/Copyright embedding/Copyright rightsURL=Settings/Images/General/Copyright embedding/Copyright URL rows=Settings/Pages/Thumbnail layout/rows scalingMethod=Settings/Images/General/Scaling method/Smooth sharpenPercent=Settings/Images/General/Sharpen slideDirectory=Settings/Advanced/Naming/Slide directory slides=Settings/Pages/Image linking from thumbnails/Make slide pages smoothScalingType=Settings/Images/General/Scaling method/Custom style=Skin and Style/Style subdirs=Settings/Advanced/General/Process subdirectories superimposeFilmIcon=Settings/Images/Advanced/Superimpose play icon on video thumbnails textEncoding=Settings/Advanced/General/Encoding textFileComment=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Comment sources/Jalbum (text file) themeImageSize=Set by the skin thumbnailDirectory=Settings/Advanced/Naming/Thumbnail directory thumbnailPrefix=Settings/Advanced/Naming/Thumbnail prefix thumbSize=Settings/Images/Image bounds/Thumbnails thumbVariants=Settings/Images/Variants/Thumbnails titleSource=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Title source updatedDirsOnly=Settings/Advanced/General/Process only updated subdirectories useCustomVideoSettings=Settings/Videos/Use custom settings useThumbForFolderIcon=Settings/Advanced/General/Use thumbnail for folder icon videoParameters=Settings/Videos/Advanced videoResolution=Settings/Videos/Resolution visibleOnProfilePage=Upload/Privacy/Visible on profile page webPassword=Upload/Privacy/Password widgetInjection=Settings/Advanced/Metadata/Include jAlbum widget support writeUTF8=Settings/Advanced/General/Write UTF-8