Basic Image Gallery Page (& Multiple Gallery Holder Page)

Introduction

Provides basic image gallery functionality to a SilverStripe site.

Designed to provide a simple, fool-proof way for users to add image galleries to their website.

Applies Basic Image Gallery Extension
to a PhotoGalleryPage page type, and includes a PhotoGalleryHolder type.

Maintainer Contact

• James Cocker ([email protected])

Requirements

• Silverstripe 4.1+

Installation Instructions

1. Install:

composer require purplespider/basic-galleries ^2

2. Visit yoursite.com/dev/build to rebuild the database.
3. Log in the CMS, and create a new Photo Gallery Holder page.
4. You can then create Photo Gallery Pages underneath this holder.
5. On a Photo Gallery Page, click on the Image Gallery tab, then click Bulk Upload to add images.

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Config

You can customise the CMS tab that the gallery appears on, as well as the title of the gallery displayed in the CMS:

HomePage:
  extensions:
    - PurpleSpider\BasicGalleries\PhotoGalleryExtension
  gallery-title: Image Gallery
  gallery-cms-tab: Main

Version Details

• 0.* = Silverstripe 3
• 1.* = Silverstripe 4
• 2.* = Silverstripe 4 (Uses newer version of PhotoGalleryExtension with a polymorphic relation, so upgrading from 1 to 2 will break existing galleries.)

Upgrade Notes

To v1 (extension moved to seperate module)

• Change any references to the extension, e.g. if applied to the Homepage type, from PurpleSpider\BasicGalleries\PhotoGalleryExtension to PurpleSpider\BasicGalleryExtension\PhotoGalleryExtension
• PurpleSpider\BasicGalleries\PhotoGalleryImage is now PurpleSpider\BasicGalleryExtension\PhotoGalleryImage (in case you applied your own extension to it)
• Run dev/build to update table names automatically (via legacy.yml)

to v2 (individual page and elemental relations changed to a single polymorphic relation)

• Complete "To v1" upgrade instructions, inc dev/build
• Run /dev/tasks/upgrade-basic-galleries script to update database for existing galleries.