=== NextGEN Gallery ===
Contributors: Alex Rabe
Donate link: http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/
Tags: photos, flash, slideshow, images, gallery, media, admin, post, photo-albums, pictures, widgets, photo, picture
Requires at least: 2.1.3
Tested up to: 2.5

NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with a Flash slideshow option.

== Description ==

My last and hopefully best plugin for WordPress is a new Gallery plugin called NextGEN Gallery . It's named als "NextGeneration" according to the the development of the game consoles . More over it should indicate that I (try) to use all new possibilities of the great JQuery and the so called Web 2.0. 
Before I start writing the plugin I study all image and gallery plugins for WordPress, I figure out that some of them are really good and well designed, but I missed a simple and easy administration back end to handle multiple galleries.

Features:

* Sortable Albums : Create your own sets of images 
* Upload a Zip-File with pictures : Upload pictures in a zip-file (Not in Safe-mode) 
* Watermark function : You can add a watermark image or text 
* JavaScript Effect : Use any available popular image effect : Thickbox, Lightbox or Highslide
* Multiple CSS Stylesheet : Use a nice shadow effect for your thumbnails with your own CSS file 
* Slideshow : Full integrated flash slideshow
* TinyMCE : Button integration for easy adding the gallery tags
* Sidebar Widget : Show a slideshow, random or recent picture at your sidebar 
* Language support : Translated in more than 15 languages
* Upload tab integration : You have access to all pictures via the upload tab
* Tag support for images : Append related images to your post
* Meta data support : Import EXIF, IPTC or XMP meta data 
* Sort images feature

For support around this plugin please visit http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/forums/

**For your language file please visit :** http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/languages/

** PLEASE NOTE ! This gallery plugin is still in development, it can be contain many bugs ! **

== Credits ==

Copyright 2007-2008 Alex Rabe & NextGEN DEV-Team

The NextGEN button is taken from the Silk set of FamFamFam. See more at 
http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

== Installation ==

1. 	Upload the files to wp-content/plugins/nggallery

2.  Go to the web page http://www.jeroenwijering.com/ and download the JW Image Rotator and unpack the conent
	
3.	Upload the file imagerotator.swf to the nggallery folder

4. 	Activate the plugin

5.	Add a gallery and upload some images (the main gallery folder must have write permission)

6. 	Go to your post/page an enter the tag '[gallery=ID]' or '[slideshow=ID]'.
	See more tags in the FAQ section

That's it ... Have fun

== Screenshots ==

1. Screenshot Admin Area 
2. Screenshot Album Selection
2. Screenshot Thickbox Effect
2. Screenshot Watermark function

== Frequently Asked Questions ==


When writing a page/post, you can use the follow tags:


For a slideshow : **[slideshow=id,width,height]**

Example : http://nextgen.boelinger.com/slideshow/

For a album : **[album=id,extend]** or **[album=id,compact]**

Example : http://nextgen.boelinger.com/album/

For a gallery : **[gallery=id]**

Example : http://nextgen.boelinger.com/gallery-page/

For a single picture : **[singlepic=id,width,height,mode,float]**

Example : http://nextgen.boelinger.com/singlepic/

For a image browser : **[imagebrowser=id]**

Example : http://nextgen.boelinger.com/2007/06/16/new-tag-picture-browser/

To show image sorted by tags : **[tags=name,name,name]**

Example : http://nextgen.boelinger.com/2007/08/07/tags/

To show tag albums : **[albumtags=name,name,name]**

Example : http://nextgen.boelinger.com/2007/08/11/albumtags/


**Read as startup :** http://hqcode.com/?page_id=54

**A further FAQ you can found here :** http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/faq/

**And at least request your question here :** http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/forums/