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I have just installed the Phoca Gallery Component in my Joomla 2.5 site. Do I need to install the Gallery Plug-in or the Gallery Image Module as well? Where can I find more information on what the modules and plug-ins do and how to use them effectively? The 'Documentation' isn't helping me - do I have to be able to code to use Phoca Gallery?

Help!

Hi,

Do I need to install the Gallery Plug-in or the Gallery Image Module as well?

depends on what you want to do and what you like....
See examples: https://www.phoca.cz/joomlademo/

do I have to be able to code to use Phoca Gallery?

No!

Kind regards,
Benno

I'm sorry - I see these demos but I don't understand how to apply them. For example, I would like to use 'Shadowbox' for my gallery view, but I cannot see how and where to set this. I see it mentioned in the 'Options' but I don't see where I assign it to my category or my set of images. I must be missing something really obvious!

Kate

Hi,

I would like to use 'Shadowbox' for my gallery view, but I cannot see how and where to set this. I see it mentioned in the 'Options' but I don't see where I assign it to my category or my set of images.

Ok, go to your:
Joomla Administration (backend) --> Components --> Phoca Gallery --> Phoca Gallery Control Panel --> Options (the Options Button is located in the upper right corner of the Phoca Gallery Control Panel) --> Display --> Detail View Settings -->
Detail Window=Shadowbox
Save & Close

If you have allready created a menu item to Phoca Gallery Component and you click this menu item in frontend you should see your images with the detail view Shadowbox.

Kind regards,
Benno

Benno, you're an angel! Thank you so much! I simply couldn't see how to do that.

all very best!

Kate

You're welcome!

Kind regards,
Benno