Youtube Gallery 
Version
3.3.2 (last update on May 22, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
49
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
2 July 2010
Editor's Note
- This extension inserts a backlink to the developer.
Youtube Video,Youtube Playlist (All videos will be placed to the main list), Youtube User Uploads, Youtube Standard Feeds (Most viewd etc), Vimeo, Vimeo Channel, Yahoo Video, College Humor, Break, Own3D.tv (live and uploaded videos), Daily Motion, and local .FLV files.
The component that shows a gallery - catalog of selected YouTube videos. All you need is to create a Video List and Theme (Theme can be downloaded free), then add menu item with YouTybe Gallery type, or Module, or use it as Plugin inside of any article.
You may mix different video sources.
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLkXC_qWJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1wXsygQTVA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSGMqfGmjG0
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5298F5DAD70298FC&feature=mh_lolz
http://www.youtube.com/user/designcompasscorp
youtubestandard:video_feed
top_rated - Top rated
top_favorites - Top favorites
most_viewed - Most viewed
most_shared - Most shared
most_popular - Most popular
most_recent - Most recent
most_discussed - Most discussed
most_responded - Most responded
recently_featured - Recently featured
on_the_web - Trending videos
http://vimeo.com/5759428
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1667589095394987118#
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2342109/7336957
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6446891/what-pi-sounds-like
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrcy5b
images/videos/test.flv
You may have your own title, description and thumbnail for each video, and optional "Special Parameters".
To do this type comma then "title","description","imageurl","special_parameters"
Should look like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLkXC_qWJY,"Video Title","Video description","images/customthumbnail.jpg"
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLkXC_qWJY,"Video Title",,"images/customthumbnail.jpg"
Special parameters:
max-results=NUMBER,start-index=NUMBER,orderby=FIELD_NAME
Group your videos in categories, adjust the layout with many options, cover the logo, place a "glass" on top of the video, use your favorite shadow/light box.
Enable Cache to increase page load speed.
Also you may use it as a plugin. Just place { youtubegalleryid=videoid,themeid} or { youtubegallery=video_list_name,theme_name} in to any article.
BUT CREATE THE VIDEO LIST AND THEME FIRST
In components / youtube gallery create a new theme and video list add youtube, or one the many other popular video hosting link as shown above. Each Video List and Theme has it's own ID and name, this ID or Name you should use in plugin.
example 1:
{youtubegallery=Hot for words,Simple Grid} - will show Video List "Hot for words" with Simple Grid Theme, but create it first..
example 2:
{youtubegalleryid=1,2} - will show the gallery with video list id:1 and theme id:2
Images
It really is a breath of fresh air to come across this extension after going through countless others that simply try to do too much, when all I want to do is embed some YouTube videos/channels/playlists with minimal manual labour.
It would be even more awesome if it had a categories view, but I can always add that in myself.
Keep up the good work!
It would be even more awesome if it had a categories view, but I can always add that in myself.
Keep up the good work!
I have bought yesterday the PRO version of YouTube Gallery, and installed it on my 2.5.3 website.
I received an error message, and I submitted the problem on the forum. 2 hours later, I received the solution. I have applied it in 5 minutes, and everything is working perfectly!
The extension is doing its job in a wonderful way, and I am surprised about the quality of the support.
I create my first gallery - with personalization in layout and styles - in 10 minutes... what to say... keep on the good job!
You have conquered a customer.
Claudio
I received an error message, and I submitted the problem on the forum. 2 hours later, I received the solution. I have applied it in 5 minutes, and everything is working perfectly!
The extension is doing its job in a wonderful way, and I am surprised about the quality of the support.
I create my first gallery - with personalization in layout and styles - in 10 minutes... what to say... keep on the good job!
You have conquered a customer.
Claudio
YouTube Gallery is an excellent extension and the pay-for version (without the small link to the developer's site, and with CSS control) is even better. There are so many configuration possibilities but even with the most basic settings it works very well. Ideal for beginners and advanced developers alike. I had some small problems (my fault) but the developer was extremely helpful and patient.
Highly Recommended!
Highly Recommended!
Thanks for this component. It is simple to set up and works great. I am using component on display my videos from my youtube channel as small icons. I set the pagination limit to 5 but it does not seem to make a difference. Did I miss something? I am using Joomla 1.7.3.
Great job anyway.
Great job anyway.
Owner's reply
Fixed. Please try 2.0.4 version.
So much functionality it can be a little overwhelming, but after some careful trial-and-error, configuration is a dream! Full CSS configuration. Definitely would recommend to newcomers of Joomla!
Owner's reply
Thank you
Youtube Gallery is a great extension for Joomla. Just tested it yesterday and today. It can do nearly everything i want it to do. But one simple thing is missing. If the Video is finished, it should automaticly change to the next or to a random video. Also it would be an amazing feature, if it could report dead links.
If those 2 features would be added in near future, I would stand in line for this extension and buy it at releasedate :).
If those 2 features would be added in near future, I would stand in line for this extension and buy it at releasedate :).
Easy to set up. Works as expected. Thank You!
I downloaded the free version and installed it on a site I was retrofitting for a client. In development everything worked fine, and I knew I would purchase the no-logo version before we launched. After purchasing and installing the latest version it threw an error. They fixed in hours and sent the fix by email. I highly recommend the YouTube Gallery and Design Compass.
Very useful component, a lot of settings including css-styles.
And one thing is especially great. I thought that it's imposible to play video without reloading the page, but it's possible with lighbox popup! It's really super. Thank you!
And one thing is especially great. I thought that it's imposible to play video without reloading the page, but it's possible with lighbox popup! It's really super. Thank you!
Have only used it on two sites, but it really made my life easier and certainly the maintaining of it is just really easy. :-)
I added slidingGallery.js so I could style the gallery, and have a slidingGallery the way my customer wanted. :-)
Thanks for a great product
Amrit
I added slidingGallery.js so I could style the gallery, and have a slidingGallery the way my customer wanted. :-)
Thanks for a great product
Amrit
While this is very good on paper and precisely what I was after, this doesn't work as intended for me.
The gallery is displayed correctly, and the first video does indeed play with the configured parameters, but when I click on any video, i get 2 different behaviors:
- if I'm using the article plugin, the gallery opens still on the first video (thus, not on the clicked video)
- if I'm using the "youtube gallery" component it just opens on an empty page
Note: Joomla 1.6.5 and using ACESEF instead of the standard joomla SEF (could be the source of the problem)
The gallery is displayed correctly, and the first video does indeed play with the configured parameters, but when I click on any video, i get 2 different behaviors:
- if I'm using the article plugin, the gallery opens still on the first video (thus, not on the clicked video)
- if I'm using the "youtube gallery" component it just opens on an empty page
Note: Joomla 1.6.5 and using ACESEF instead of the standard joomla SEF (could be the source of the problem)
Owner's reply
Thank you Jeango. It's already fixed in 1.3.7 version.
Looks great on my customer's websites. It is very easy to customize the colours to give the gallery a "custom built" look to match your site. Not sure why some other people here choose to post customer support questions & issues in a review section. What logo are they talking about getting in the way of the description? I have no logo on my videos. Great extension, I recommend it!
I work with quite a few musical artists and having a consolidated video "viewing room" is not only essential, it's expected!
This module allows me to do exactly that. It was a bit tricky to get it looking right in the beginning, but after a few minutes of playing with the settings, did exactly what I told it to and it plays nicely with my other plugins and whatnots.
If I could rank it 10 stars, I certainly would.
This module allows me to do exactly that. It was a bit tricky to get it looking right in the beginning, but after a few minutes of playing with the settings, did exactly what I told it to and it plays nicely with my other plugins and whatnots.
If I could rank it 10 stars, I certainly would.
Decent component for what it says it will do. Does work.
However when i uninstalled the component it broke my site, and now my components are not working. Specifically K2 and Eventlist are not functioning. Now I'm scrambling to find a solution. Seems this component makes modifications in code that it shouldn't be touching.
Also the developer screens comments on his page. I have posted before and never received an answer for my problem. (The description for the video will appear on top of the videos but not below it when set up. It will only put a title below the video instead of the description. That is very poor customer service.
Honestly i would recommend the other video galleries out there over this one. Now im worried about how much code this component has obtrusively changed and im stuck trying to fix the problems this one has caused.
However when i uninstalled the component it broke my site, and now my components are not working. Specifically K2 and Eventlist are not functioning. Now I'm scrambling to find a solution. Seems this component makes modifications in code that it shouldn't be touching.
Also the developer screens comments on his page. I have posted before and never received an answer for my problem. (The description for the video will appear on top of the videos but not below it when set up. It will only put a title below the video instead of the description. That is very poor customer service.
Honestly i would recommend the other video galleries out there over this one. Now im worried about how much code this component has obtrusively changed and im stuck trying to fix the problems this one has caused.
Owner's reply
This extension does no modification to Joomla core file or any other files at all.
Any one can read the code - there is nothing like this.
Set default page.
I've installed the free component on my Joomla 1.5.22 site, unfortunately it doesn't fit my needs (there's no way to set a description of each gallery and your logo hids part of title) so I tried to remove it but everytime I do my whole site disappears (when I try to load the homepage I see only a blank page.
Thanks
Katia
Thanks
Katia
Owner's reply
You have to choose another page for your home page then.
When you uninstall extension, and it has been used for your home page - result: no home page.
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