Rotating Banner Images
Add a banner image:
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Click on "Create Content" then "Banner Images" from the "admin" menu.
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Fill in a descriptive title (this is not seen publically).
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Click the "Browse" button and select an image to upload.
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Once uploading is complete (slow process), click on the image to change it's crop area. Select the crop area.
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Click the "Save" button.
Edit/Delete a banner image:
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Click "Find Content" from the "admin" menu.
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Select "Type" of "Banner Images" and click the "Filter" button.
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To edit a banner image, click on the "edit" link.
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To delete a banner image, select the banner image(s) using the check boxes, then select "Delete" from "Update Options", then click "Apply". Confirm the action and the banner images will be deleted.
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You can change a banner images (un)published state the same way as deleting, but select either "Publish" or "Unpublish" from the "Update Options" menu, then click "Apply".
"Unpublished" content is not visible to the public, but is to you, and "published" content is visible to everyone.
Creating Image Galleries
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To create a new gallery, use an FTP program to connect to your server and upload the images. Server / ID / PW: thehorseranch.com / <id> / <password>
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Once connected, navigate to the following directory: /httpdocs/sites/default/files/gallery
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Create a new directory name to put your images in. Do not use any spaces or special characters, just a to z and 0 to 9. eg. "2012highandwild"
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Enter that directory and upload your images into it.
Display Image Galleries
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You can display a single image gallery on any page by adding in the following text:
<square bracket open>bg|<name of your gallery>]
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Replace <square bracket open> with "[".
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Replace <name of your gallery> with the directory name. eg. "2012highandwild".
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Do not use the quotes.