As a photo gallery, Mydyngallery offers almost everything you would find in other ‘full feature’ galleries as well as features and effects that up till now required several different plugins to generate. The biggest drawback with this version (1.4.1) I experienced was the mixed language barrier between the French to English translation. Where most of the Admin options were translated through the en_US.mo file the ‘Settings’ options did not translate, as well as the ‘Admin Component’ menus. With the help of iGoogle Translator I was able to work my way around these language obstacles and make adjustments within the installer .xml file and core programming code. Much the same issues were experienced when seeking documentation assistance at the programs web site. It’s in French and some of the demo examples would not translate. Now for our French speaking friends, this is not a problem and I’m sure a welcomed experience, but for me, it was tough to get my hands around this application initially because of the language barrier.

That being said, overall Mydyngallery is an excellent photo gallery application that bridges functionally and eye candy into a nice package with lots of options and special effects to choose from. Side note: Don’t expect the thumbnail special effects to function until you download the eight JavaScript files from netzgesta.de (bevel.js, reflex.js, edge.js, corner.js, glossy.js, instant.js, slided.js & filmed.js) and upload them to your hosting server (components/com_mydyngallery/plugin). Conversely, in order for the English translation to take effect you will need to make sure that your Global Configuration language is set to english and the Country Locale is set to en_US. Receiving email assistance and feedback from the developer was helpful in getting Mydyngallery up and running on my web site. Thanks Jerome!