Working with Albums

Overview

NextGEN allows you to create collections of galleries, called Albums.

For more details, check out our guide on Albums vs Galleries.

How to create albums

First, create the album. Go to NextGEN Gallery > Manage Albums, type the name of your new album in the box next to Add new album, and then click ADD

Select your newly created album from the dropdown.

Drag and arrange any desired galleries into the Album.

   You can also drag Albums into other Albums. That will help you create complex albums with nested albums.
 

Finally, to save your Album, click on Update.  

By default, the galleries that you have already associated with an album are not going to be visible. If you want to see all your galleries, go to the top right corner and click on Show all.

How to edit your albums

There is other additional information that you can add or edit in your album by clicking Edit Album.

• Album name: You can adjust the album name or title.
• Album Description: You can add a description of that album.
• Select preview image: Select the thumbnail that you are going to use as the preview image for that album. Note that you will need at least one gallery inside that album or else no thubmail will be available.
• Page link to: Sometimes you would like to open your album into a separate page. You can then link the event “Click” of that album thumbnail to any page inside your site.

How to add albums to a page or blog post

First, inside your page or blog post, use the NextGEN icon to insert our NextGEN Gallery Block.

Then click on Add NextGEN Gallery

Next just choose Albums from the dropdown.

Then select the album that you would like to display

Choose the album display that you would like to use.

• NextGEN Gallery Albums There are two basic album styles available in our Free version of NextGEN Gallery.
  • Basic Compact Album
  • Basic Extended Album
• NextGEN Gallery Pro Albums: There are two pro album styles available in NextGEN Gallery Pro (paid version).
  • Pro list Album
  • Pro Grid Album

Finally, just insert the gallery and that’s it! You’re ready to start creating albums and displaying your collection of galleries.