Photo Gallery

 
The Merlin Photo Gallery provides an excellent method to display your photographs and pictures. It can also be used to show pictures from a contributing community.

Highlights include:

The Public Gallery Link the Merlin Photo Gallery to your website. Your site visitors will see:
  • A table of contents of all albums - in an expandable tree structure. Photos listed under each album.
  • Optional table of contents by contributor. See who the photographers are an what they have produced.
  • Click an album and get thumbnails of all pictures in the album.
  • Click a picture and get the enlarged picture with description, photographer.
  • Pictures automatically sized for window size.
  • Forward and backward scroll buttons to move through your album.
  • "Slide show" button to automatically move through all pictures. Viewer-configurable settings control how fast.
  • Pop slide show into full screen presentation.
User Management The photo gallery offers several ways in which users can participate. Options include
  • Full-access public gallery - users can both register on the site and/or view the gallery. Registered users can upload pictures.
  • Restricted public gallery - users needing upload privileges must be pre-registered by the administrator. No restrictions on viewing the gallery.
  • When a registered user logs on to the photo gallery, options open to:
    • Upload a picture. Picture sized automatically for thumbnail and Internet viewing.
    • Enter a title.
    • Enter an unlimited description/notes.
    • Enter the photographer (who gets the credit).
    • Option to allow users to download the original size for printing, etc.
    • Enter the date and time of the photograph.
    • Select which albums to place the picture in.
    • Modify and delete their own pictures.
Administration The account administrator has complete control over all forum content - through the Merlin backoffice.
  • View all albums and pictures in an expandable tree structure.
  • Add or delete albums.
  • Select order of pictures within an album - by title, date, or a user-defined order field.
  • Upload pictures into any album - under any registered member ID.
  • Remove albums and individual pictures.
  • Customize scripts that will be displayed on the gallery home page.
  • View, add, modify, delete participants - in an expandable tree structure.