Autogallery Pro Help

[Toby]

First, why are you using permanent galleries to build archives, rather than the archived galleries in your database?

[Baxter]

you mean like this?

PHP Code:

<table align="center">
<tr>
<td>
<%PERMANENT
TYPE Text
CATEGORY Mixed
AMOUNT 50
HTML Text
%>
</td>
<td width="100"></td>
<td>
<%PERMANENT
TYPE Text
CATEGORY Mixed
AMOUNT 50
HTML Text
%>
</td>
</tr>
</table> 


[Baxter]

Originally Posted by Toby

First, why are you using permanent galleries to build archives, rather than the archived galleries in your database?

he might be just starting his tgp and needs to fillit with stuff so its not empty...i do it like that as well much faster

[rachelo]

Originally Posted by Toby

First, why are you using permanent galleries to build archives, rather than the archived galleries in your database?

Well, my TGP is not really live right now and all the galleries are mine, or sponsor galleries so I was thinking to keep them aroud.

Is that a bad idea?

[Toby]

Originally Posted by rachelo

Well, my TGP is not really live right now and all the galleries are mine, or sponsor galleries so I was thinking to keep them aroud.

Is that a bad idea?

It's just more difficult to work with, since some of the template functions don't work with permanent galleries. Baxter's solution is the only one I can think of for two columns of permanent galleries.

Your archived galleries won't go away, so I don't see any real advantage to using permanent unless as Baxter suggests you don't have enough galleries to fill both your main pages and the archives.

Here's the AGP code that I use to get two columns on my archives. It fills both columns at the same time, so if you run out of galleries in a category both columns come out the same length if even number of galleries, or left column 1 longer if an odd number.

<%TEMPLATE
NAME Text
HTML <a href="##Gallery_URL##" onMouseOver="window.status='##Description##'; return true"; onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true";>##Description##</a> (##Thumbnails##)<br>
%>

and within the page

<TABLE>
  <TR>
<%GALLERIES
TYPE Text
CATEGORY {insert category name}
AMOUNT 200
HTML Text

INSERT
{
    LOCATION +1
    HTML </td>
}

INSERT
{
    LOCATION +2
    HTML </tr>
}
INSERT
{
    LOCATION +2
    HTML <tr>
}

INSERT
{
    LOCATION +1
    HTML <td>
}
%>
  </TR>
</TABLE>