Add any comments or questions regarding the DotNetNuke Gallery Module tutorial from Issue 57

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The Gallery module uses "Themes" which you will find in the Themes folder:  DesktopModules/Gallery/Themes. 

If you look in that directory, you will find several folders, each contains a separate theme.  If you look further, you'll see that the theme is really a CSS file.

Study an existing theme to see how it works.

To create a new theme, I would recommend that you copy an existing one, directory and all.  Then rename the files, edit the CSS, and add your own images as you need them.

Using DNN 5.5 and .net 4 this module is not in the core available modules. I downloaded it from DNN Site but it is a .net 2 module and hence does not work on my DNN do you know of a work around or a patch to fix this issue as I have built my entire site around DNN 5.5 and do not want to have to reinstall an older version just to get one module working.

I believe that the Media Module is the current version of what once was Gallery.

Hello,

No, it appears as though the Gallery module has been dropped in 5.5. The media module is for elements such as playing mp3s, videos etc, and it can display a single image, but it doesn't display images as a gallery.

Your other alternative is to use a 3rd party module such as Ventrian Simple Gallery.
Scott McCulloch Simple Gallery Module

The review is for an earlier version, but it is completely up to date with the latest DNN versions.

Whoops!

Further digging, however, shows that the Gallery module is not dead.  The home page for the project is here.  The Gallery Forum is here.

The latest version of the Gallery module is not included with Version 5.5.0 of DotNetNuke.  Here is a comment posted to the Gallery Module forum (dated 8/27/10).

"Gallery 04.03.01 RC fixed several issues related to running under ASP.Net 4.0 for DNN versions 5.04.xx. However, due to a behavior change in the core FolderController.AddFolder method introduced in DNN 5.05.00, Gallery will throw the error you are experiencing. I hope to have a Gallery 04.03.02 Beta or RC up on CodePlex by late next week. Although I have fixed this issue, I also want to take this opportunity to fix other few minor issues. Assuming all goes well with community testing of the Beta or RC, I will then submit the new package to the release tracker testing process to become an official release."

Gallery 04.03.01 RC fixed several issues related to running under ASP.Net 4.0 for DNN versions 5.04.xx. However, due to a behavior change in the core FolderController.AddFolder method introduced in DNN 5.05.00, Gallery will throw the error you are experiencing. I hope to have a Gallery 04.03.02 Beta or RC up on CodePlex by late next week. Although I have fixed this issue, I also want to take this opportunity to fix other few minor issues. Assuming all goes well with community testing of the Beta or RC, I will then submit the new package to the release tracker testing process to become an official release.

Thanks for the info Joe, hopefully it will become part of the core release in the next version of DNN

Hello,

I am trying to find a module that will show normal sized pictures that fade in and out. I want users to visit my home page and automatically the slide show begins and the users do not need to click on anything. The core gallery module shows the pictures as thumbnails and not normal sized pictures and a user must click on the module to start a slide show. If this module does not perform what I need it to do, what module can I use for this task?

Again, the home page loads and the user sees a slide show of normal sized pictures and not thumbnails and the user does not need to click anything to start the slide show, it just automatically starts on page load.

thanks for any help!

/Justin

I have had a lot of success using Ultra Video Gallery.

If you want to try the "free" route, both Will Strohl and Oliver Hine have nice gallery modules.  Google the names and you'll find them.