Duh Gallery

Duh Gallery enables you to display all the photos you've uploaded to your blog as a gallery organized by date (Figure 35).

Figure 35. Duh Gallery makes it easy to display a gallery of images uploaded to your blog.

Duh Gallery was written by Nate Ritter and can be found at blog.perfectspace.com/2006/03/28/duh-gallery-the-simple-wordpress-photo-gallery-plugin/.

Tip

• Duh Gallery only displays images that were uploaded using the Upload feature of the Write Post or Write Page administration panel. It does not display images uploaded via FTP. We explain how to upload images in Chapter 3.

To install, activate, & configure Duh Gallery

1.	Follow the instructions earlier in this chapter and on the Duh Gallery Web page to install and activate Duh Gallery.
2.	Display the Miscellaneous Options administration panel (Figure 36). Figure 36. Check settings in the Miscellaneous Options administration panel.
3.	Confirm that the path for uploading files is valid, and, if necessary turn on the check box marked Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders.
4.	Click the Update Options button.

Tip

• We tell you about setting Miscellaneous Options in Chapter 2.

To use Duh Gallery

1.	Upload images to your blog using the upload feature in the Write Post or Write Page administration panel.
2.	Use the Write Page administration panel to create a new Page with at least the following line of code: <?php do_action('duh_gallery'); ?> Be sure to give the Page a title and enter any other text you want to appear. Figure 37 shows an example. Figure 37. Use the Write Page panel to create a Photo Gallery Page.
3.	Click Create New Page to publish the page.
4.	Visit the Page you just created (Figure 38). Use the year and month links to reveal the images in various folders (Figure 35). You can also click an image to view a larger version (Figure 39). Figure 38. The page first appears with links to years. Figure 39. Clicking an image displays a larger version of it.

Tips

• We explain how to upload files in Chapter 3.

• Although you can use Duh Gallery code in a post, it may be more practical to use it on a Page so your photo gallery is more easily accessible.

• If you normally use the Rich Text Editor for editing posts and Pages you may need to switch to HTML view to successfully enter the PHP code.

• Read the instructions on Duh Gallery's Web page for details on customizing it.