FW Gallery 
Version
2.2 (last update on Apr 22, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
77
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
9 July 2010
Editor's Note
- This extension has additional addons listed in an extension specific category.
- This extension requires registration to download.
Main Features:
* iPhone app for FW Gallery
* Lightbox with zoom option
* Gallery access limit option
* Modern gallery designs
* Social share buttons (Facebook, Twitter)
* Extension upgrading without uninstallation
* Sub-galleries support, nested-level structure of sub-galleries and pagination in subcategory
* Capacity to read EXIF information
* Option to set image frame size
* Different colors for every gallery
* Voting system, including possibility to order images by their voting-result
* Images sorting
* Image rotation
* Configurable settings
* Width/height options for images and thumbnails
* Image/gallery description option
* Single gallery/image view
* Option to hide gallery/author name
* Mechanism for integration with external services such as Facebook & Picasa
* Watermark: yes/no option
* Copyright: yes/no option
* "New" icon indication
* Configurable date format
* HTML editor
* 8 languages included
* download and print buttons
* JoomFish integration
More features are available together with multiple free or commercial addons like:
* Video Plugin (YouTube, Vimeo, BlipTV, FLV, AVI, MOV, DIVX support)
* Batch Upload Plugin
* Front-end Manager
* Fancy Slideshow Module
* Carousel Module
* Latest Module
* Stock Plugin
* JomSocial Plugin
* Facebook Plugin
* Comment Plugin (Komento & Disqus integration)
* Picasa Import Plugin
* Content Plugin
* Search Plugin
* Manual Resize Plugin and others.
You are welcome to visit the product page for more details.
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The product worked exactly as shown on their demo. I would have like some better documentation so I can figure out how to configure some of the options on the back end, however I figured it out. This extension is very simple to use and adds some style to your website.
If you have 10's of pictures to upload at one time, it will take a while to do unless you pay for their batch uploading module.
If you have 10's of pictures to upload at one time, it will take a while to do unless you pay for their batch uploading module.
This was great experience to install and have up and running in minutes. Excellent job!
Owner's reply
Hello to everyone!
Thank you for your review! Now it is possible to extend the functionality of your gallery with the help of FW Gallery Comment Plugin (that allows usage of JComments, JomComment components and Disqus system).
This is very simple, lightweight but still much power full image gallery component i ever seen. Best features i liked are thumbnail, watermark, image comment to explain about image and THE MOST IMPORTANT is images can have different dimensions. So u need not break your head to make all images of same dimensions to view them properly. A small remark i would like to make is "During image slideshow, image name (not image file name) is added with description at the bottom of the image. I think only description should be displayed ". But this is not problem at all. Many thanks to for developers for such nice J15 component making available absolutely FREE OF CHARGE. I can not rate this component more than EXCELLENT. My apology
With Regards,
Nilesh Kulkarni
With Regards,
Nilesh Kulkarni
I think it may be a perfect extensions with some additions, like jcomments integration and jomsocial integrations. jomcomment its old system and comercial
Owner's reply
Thank you for your review and suggestion. We`ll add Jcomment in future release!
You are very welcome to offer your ideas in our poll as well >> http://fastw3b.net/forum/index.php?topic=97.0 ;)
I have tried a number of Joomla photo galleries and have found all of them to be lacking in features or are very complex to configure. FW Gallery strikes a perfect balance. It provides the features that my clients need, without being overly difficult to use, which is important since most of my clients chose to maintain their own sites.
The only thing I'd like to see is the ability to resize thumbnails after they have been created. Other than that, I think it is perfect for my needs.
Keep up the great work!
The only thing I'd like to see is the ability to resize thumbnails after they have been created. Other than that, I think it is perfect for my needs.
Keep up the great work!
A really great component for Joomla! photo galleries, very simple to use and now there are plugins to enable batch upload and lots of other features, I can see this becoming the gallery of choice.
The best thing in my opinion is that feedback is being listened to, with regular releases and improvements coming thick and fast - a great sign of a strong development team and reliable extension.
The best thing in my opinion is that feedback is being listened to, with regular releases and improvements coming thick and fast - a great sign of a strong development team and reliable extension.
This is the best gallery I have ever used with Joomla! It has all the features. One suggestion, It'll be great if we can upload more than one image at a time. I mean the support for multiple image upload. Thank you for the great extension
Owner's reply
It is possible now with FW Gallery Batch Upload Plugin. Thank you for your review.
I can't say enough about this component. I've struggled to find a decent photo galley in Joomla for a couple years. The FW Gallery almost exceeds all of my requirements. The most recent version, 1.3, is what really pushed it over the edge for me and this is now the component I am using to render photos in Joomla.
Thanks
Thanks
This is a very simple gallery component, only suitable for showing one people's photo albem on his blog.
In my test, the worse is, the Lightbox in their Demo does NOT pop-up at all. There is NO option for Lightbox in parameters either.
In my test, the worse is, the Lightbox in their Demo does NOT pop-up at all. There is NO option for Lightbox in parameters either.
Owner's reply
Thank you for your reviews! We are glad you like it! We`ll correct soon the lightbox functions and let you know about it.
I just installed FW Gallery, had a few errors of me not reading completely, but within an hour had all my photos displaying correctly in my test site. I intend to use this for all my sites, now.
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