Coppermine Photo Gallery Tutorial - Adding a New Album

How to add a new album

 

1. New albums are created through the Album manager. To access it, you should simply choose "Albums" from the top menu:

 

 

 

 

 

2. You have to choose a category from the dropdown list "Select category" and highlight the selection where you would like your album to reside in. (or choose "* No category *" if the album should go into the coppermine "root").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. To create an album, click on the "New" button and a new album will appear on the list, by default this album is labelled "New album".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Click on the text input field at the bottom of the screen, highlight the default name "New album" and type in the album name you want to use.

 

 

 

 

5. Click "Apply modifications" to submit your changes to the database. failure to do so will result in the loss of all the changes you just made. You can always return to this panel to edit and change album names, sort them within their parent category, and/or move them to different parent categories.

 

 

 

 

 

6. After clicking to Apply Modification, confirm your intent in the alert box with "OK" button (Are you sure you want to make these modifications ? button.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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