Managing Photo Galleries and Albums

Photo Management takes place under the Gallery section of the WordPress Dashborad/Left Side-bar.

Difference between Photo Galleries and Albums

It is important to understand the difference between Managing Galleries and Albums in WordPress.

Galleries are a collection of Photos.
Albums are a collection of Galleries.
- Each school home page, for example, displays an ALBUM that contains several school galleries.

To add a series of photos to an existing or new Gallery:

Go to the Gallery Category on the Left Column of the Dashboard
Go to Add Gallery/Images
If adding a few photos to an existing photo gallery
Select the upload Images Tab and browse/locate each individual photo from your computer and click on add images.
Select the import image folder if you have a folder of images saved on your computer (this will upload the entire folder of images to the gallery).
Select the Gallery Title from the Drop Down menu (ex: Trapper Athletics)
To create a NEW Photo Gallery
Select Add new gallery
Name the Gallery (Title)
Click on the Add Gallery button (see screen shot below)

Important: Once you have created a new gallery you need to link it to an ALBUM to ensure that it shows up on the live website.

Under Gallery (on left side bar of the main Dashboard), select ALBUM.
At the very top of the Album page, you must select an Album from the Drop Down. For schools – this will likely be the School Main Album (Barrow High School, for example)
Once you select the Album (Barrow High School, for example) it will pop up with a list of existing Galleries (on the left).
To add a new Gallery to the Album, simply locate the gallery on the Right (under where it says Select gallery) and drag it over to the Album on the Left.
Click on UPDATE and you are done. Your new gallery will now show up in the appropriate Album or collection of photos/galleries.

** Refer to the Displaying Photos section for details on displaying photo Albums and Slideshows on your Web Page.