welcome page

simon_hui

Joined: 2005-08-10
Posts: 39

Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 05:02

I like to give visitors a little welcoming message when they first access the site. This can be a static page on its own. Or if the album presentation in the default installation is kept, it can be an additional paragraph on top - but this welcoming message would no longer be there in subsequent album presentations.
How can I achieve this?

drhiii

Joined: 2003-04-27
Posts: 397

Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 06:35

This is something I have thought about as well... the ability to add a welcoming screen, splash screen, opening screen, that if it exists, it displays. If not, it does not. Pedro Gilberto (what a great theme!) has something like that is his theme that populates the left side of the top level gallery. MY larger dream is to allow individual "owners" of galleries to have custom fields, so that can add things like a bio, artist statement, and various information, that could be entered through thte Profile. This would be remarkably cool for indviduals, for artists, to be able to post this fundamental information that is basic to photo and art web sites.

But your idea is the start of it. This is a lot of typing to suggest you might look at Pedro's theme as there is something kinda like that in it.

drhiii

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 14:32

what you can already do is to have a customized theme just and only for the top album. use another theme, e.g. pg's or the matrix theme, as the default album for the rest of your gallery.

this top level theme could be just anything, your iamgination is the limit.

but true, a welcome screen would be a nice option.
also a nice sorry, you don't have permission to view anything in this gallery would be nice too.

simon_hui

Joined: 2005-08-10
Posts: 39

Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 14:39

valiant
thanks for the contribution. That is the concept. But I have no idea how to have a customized theme just and only for the top album. Is it easy enough for you to outline how that can be done?
thanks

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 17:58

- read http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:Themes on how to clone/copy an existing theme
- customize this theme
- install and activate this theme in site admin -> themes
- go to your top album (browse to your gallery), click edit album and change the theme to your new customized theme

result:
all albums use the default theme as before. the default theme is set in site admin-> themes.
the top album uses the customized theme, which is set in the edit album page, when you're in the top album.

simon_hui

Joined: 2005-08-10
Posts: 39

Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 18:46

thanks

simon_hui Joined: 2005-08-10 Posts: 39	Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 05:02
	I like to give visitors a little welcoming message when they first access the site. This can be a static page on its own. Or if the album presentation in the default installation is kept, it can be an additional paragraph on top - but this welcoming message would no longer be there in subsequent album presentations. How can I achieve this?
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drhiii Joined: 2003-04-27 Posts: 397	Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 06:35
	This is something I have thought about as well... the ability to add a welcoming screen, splash screen, opening screen, that if it exists, it displays. If not, it does not. Pedro Gilberto (what a great theme!) has something like that is his theme that populates the left side of the top level gallery. MY larger dream is to allow individual "owners" of galleries to have custom fields, so that can add things like a bio, artist statement, and various information, that could be entered through thte Profile. This would be remarkably cool for indviduals, for artists, to be able to post this fundamental information that is basic to photo and art web sites. But your idea is the start of it. This is a lot of typing to suggest you might look at Pedro's theme as there is something kinda like that in it. drhiii

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 14:32
	what you can already do is to have a customized theme just and only for the top album. use another theme, e.g. pg's or the matrix theme, as the default album for the rest of your gallery. this top level theme could be just anything, your iamgination is the limit. but true, a welcome screen would be a nice option. also a nice sorry, you don't have permission to view anything in this gallery would be nice too.

simon_hui Joined: 2005-08-10 Posts: 39	Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 14:39
	valiant thanks for the contribution. That is the concept. But I have no idea how to have a customized theme just and only for the top album. Is it easy enough for you to outline how that can be done? thanks

valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 17:58
	- read http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:Themes on how to clone/copy an existing theme - customize this theme - install and activate this theme in site admin -> themes - go to your top album (browse to your gallery), click edit album and change the theme to your new customized theme result: all albums use the default theme as before. the default theme is set in site admin-> themes. the top album uses the customized theme, which is set in the edit album page, when you're in the top album.

simon_hui Joined: 2005-08-10 Posts: 39	Posted: Wed, 2005-08-31 18:46
	thanks

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