Adding & Editing Albums (Photo/Video Albums)

“Photo Albums” allow to gather images and videos. Read on how to fill-in “video URL” field here – fig. 2.

To create an album, navigate to “WP-admin > Photo Albums > Add new Album”. Album editing interface is similar to Portfolio Project. Apart from, header options and widgetized areas, Albums adding/editing interface has 2 auxiliary boxes called “Add/Edit Media” (fig. 1) and “Album Options” (fig. 2).

Fig. 1. Add/Edit Media.

Add/Edit Media box is 100% identical to “Add/Edit slides” box in slideshows (please refer to this article for details).

Fig. 2. Album options.

Album Options. Here you can:

select an album page for the “Back button” (more info is available here);
choose how your album will be opened from albums list: in a lightbox or on a separate album page;
select a layout for displaying images: slideshow, gallery, list, photo scroller, masonry or grid;
decide if you want to exclude featured image from the album (i.e. use that photo only as an album cover);
decide if you want to display text content.

Depending on a chosen layout, you get a set of options for configuring this layout. For example, Slideshow (fig. 3) or Gallery (fig. 4).

Slideshow

Fig. 3. Display media as a slideshow.

The only specific option in this case (fig. 3) is slider proportions.

Gallery

Fig. 4. Display media as a gallery.

“Show media as: Gallery” allows you to display the media in form of fancy metro-style gallery. You can choose desired number of columns and make first image x2 large.

List

Fig. 5. Display media as a list.

Show media as: List (fig. 5). Choosing this option will display your images as boring list of images; there’s even no additional option here 🙂

Photo Scroller

Fig. 6. Display media as PhotoScroller.

Show media as: Photo Scroller. Basically this is the same Photo Scroller as you see in the “Page Header Options > Photo Scroller“. You have same set of options here:

layout: fullscreen slideshow (will hide text area) or fullscreen slideshow + text area;
background behind the slider;
show/hide pixel overlay.
padding;
inactive slides opacity;
thumbnail stripe. You can hide/show it by default or disable it altogether;
thumbnails width and height;
specify slider default state: playing or paused;
autoplay speed (interval);
2 blocks of settings for landscape and portrait images: min and max width, filling mode (fit or fill) for desktops and mobile devices.