AtomiconGallery 
Version
1.0.3 (last update on Apr 7, 2010)
Rating
Compatibility
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Favoured
42
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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119377
Date Added
23 January 2010
The gallery is developed with the ease of use and designers in mind.
Easy to implement and use for both you and/or your clients.
The whole gallery setup is so transparent you can easily customize the gallery without being a Joomla! guru.
It has a thumbnail generator/images resizer, you can add descriptions to your images.
It also makes use of the fabulous slimbox. But that can also be easily overridden with your own lightbox implementation.
* Thumbnail and Image generation
Creating thumbnails and resizing images
* Easy implementation
Installation is easy and the parameters are easy to follow
* Transparent and clear CSS
The CSS setup is very transparent making it easy to customize for designers
* Runs out of the box
It runs straight out of the box
* Easy navigation
Users can easily navigate through the gallery
* Languages
Easily translate the gallery (support for three languages initially: English, Dutch, German and Swedish)
Changelog:
(february 24th 2010 :: version 1.0.2)
* Fixed the 'exotic filenames' bug (e.g. names like 'ab(20).jpg' work from now on.
* Added the swedish language (huge thanks to: Ola Heed, from www.gadgit.se)
* Fixed a few common CSS problems with templates.
hello thx for the great component its very very easy to work with & also work out of the box.
allow me just to make some additions:
- a RTL support would be great.
- RTL foldernames wont allow access to it & upload photos to)
- possibility to rename folders after creating them.
thats all i can think of for the moment.
thx again for the developper.
allow me just to make some additions:
- a RTL support would be great.
- RTL foldernames wont allow access to it & upload photos to)
- possibility to rename folders after creating them.
thats all i can think of for the moment.
thx again for the developper.
When I give a site to a client they are expecting to be able to use it. They don't want nonsense like buried features, complex menus or bizarre methods for managing things that should be simple.
AtomiconGallery is a component that fits this bill. For the client it makes logical sense. Folders contain folders and files. An uncomplicated upload system makes a potentially arduous task light weight. The simple and direct interface is clear about what the controls do.
The front-end is very customisable using template overrides. May seem obvious but not everybody does this well, or at all.
The one downside is that to use a javascript library other than MooTools-based SlimBox you'll need to do a bit of coding. On sites where I had killed mootools in favor of jQuery I had some minor problems. Changes to the view file fixed this.
AtomiconGallery is a component that fits this bill. For the client it makes logical sense. Folders contain folders and files. An uncomplicated upload system makes a potentially arduous task light weight. The simple and direct interface is clear about what the controls do.
The front-end is very customisable using template overrides. May seem obvious but not everybody does this well, or at all.
The one downside is that to use a javascript library other than MooTools-based SlimBox you'll need to do a bit of coding. On sites where I had killed mootools in favor of jQuery I had some minor problems. Changes to the view file fixed this.
Very elegant and simple component for rendering photo galleries. I only have 2 things I am trying to figure out that would make this perfect for my site.
1. How do I align the Folder Description to be to the right of the photo as opposed to below it (similar to your demo site)?
2. Where do I add photo captions?
Thanks!
1. How do I align the Folder Description to be to the right of the photo as opposed to below it (similar to your demo site)?
2. Where do I add photo captions?
Thanks!
Ok to any developers that read this, this is what I have been looking for. Something that has some flexibility, can upload zips AND/OR multiple images, and is super easy for clients to mamager. Geez I have been needing this for so long I almost jsut wrote it myself. Great job on incorporating speed and ease of use
Great Stuff! This gallery component fills a niche that was missing. There weren't really any simple gallery components. This one has just the right amount of features that I look for often - simple, good looking out of the box, but also easy to customize if I want. Thank you to the developers.
This gallery component is simple beautiful; it's simple to use and looks beautiful!
A question though: what's the idea behind using "htmlspecialchars" for the descriptions? For example, if the admin would like a part of the description to serve as a link, shouldn't he be able to? My descriptions contains names of the models and photographers involved. Therefore I removed the htmlspecialchars-function (on line 37 in default_folders.php), it works fine.
An improvement: If a folder is made to serve as a category, containing other folders, that folder should not demand the existance of the real-size image. Only the thumbnail should be required. Currently, if you click on one folder containing others, the link for the real-sized image will be shown along with the containing folders, not very pretty.
Then, of course, it would be nice if the component was database-based, instead of using text-files, thus allowing features as sorting and renaming.
All-in-all, this component is excellent, thanx!
A question though: what's the idea behind using "htmlspecialchars" for the descriptions? For example, if the admin would like a part of the description to serve as a link, shouldn't he be able to? My descriptions contains names of the models and photographers involved. Therefore I removed the htmlspecialchars-function (on line 37 in default_folders.php), it works fine.
An improvement: If a folder is made to serve as a category, containing other folders, that folder should not demand the existance of the real-size image. Only the thumbnail should be required. Currently, if you click on one folder containing others, the link for the real-sized image will be shown along with the containing folders, not very pretty.
Then, of course, it would be nice if the component was database-based, instead of using text-files, thus allowing features as sorting and renaming.
All-in-all, this component is excellent, thanx!
This was just what i was looking for but there seems to be a display failure in IE 7.
When you have multiple folders or images displayed they fail to wrap properly and display in one line. this means that they dissapear once they reach the end of the div they sit in.
tried this on a couple of computers and fails both on the site i'm working on and on the demo page
boo
When you have multiple folders or images displayed they fail to wrap properly and display in one line. this means that they dissapear once they reach the end of the div they sit in.
tried this on a couple of computers and fails both on the site i'm working on and on the demo page
boo
If you're looking for a great gallery extension, Atomicon is fantastic. I know almost nothing about Joomla! or configuring websites, but after studying the included documentation I was able to get things up and running in no time. I tip my hat to the folks who created it and look forward to seeing the product evolve.
Have you come up with a way to include the gallery in an article yet? I'd love to be able to feature it on the front page of a website.
Have you come up with a way to include the gallery in an article yet? I'd love to be able to feature it on the front page of a website.
I install AtomiconGallery and have 1 problem. created new folder (in joomla backend /atomicongallery)foldername:Päike but AtomiconGallery creates this folder name:Päike in images/atomicongallery folder.how to fix folder name problem?after wrong folder name cant upload images.
This gallery very easy to use and it has almost all photo gallery functions. Looks great in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, but it still has problem with IE 6 and IE7.
Owner's reply
Alas it's a IE/CSS3 problem. Though with a few tweaks you can style it anyway you want it.
But for now it's waiting for microsoft to implement CSS3
Very nice image gallery...
Thank you for give us this valuable tool.
I have only a problem-answer. I have a photo gallery
name portfolio and i have a categories for example
3d,artworks etc... menu links
How can i see only one category when hit the appropriate link ?
The problem until now is in one link i see all categories...
Sorry for my bad english
I hope I was understandable...
Thank you
Thank you for give us this valuable tool.
I have only a problem-answer. I have a photo gallery
name portfolio and i have a categories for example
3d,artworks etc... menu links
How can i see only one category when hit the appropriate link ?
The problem until now is in one link i see all categories...
Sorry for my bad english
I hope I was understandable...
Thank you
Owner's reply
You're very kind.
1) Go to your menu item.
2) On the right side go to "Component parameters"
3) Enter by the "Folder" parameter "artworks"
(repeat those steps for every single gallery/folder)
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