.. ================================================== .. FOR YOUR INFORMATION .. -------------------------------------------------- .. -*- coding: utf-8 -*- with BOM. .. include:: ../Includes.txt .. _users_manual: Users Manual ============ Target group: **Editors** How to create a new media album ------------------------------- #. Make sure the static template *Media Gallery (fs_media_gallery)* is included .. figure:: ../Images/UserManual/include-static-template.png :width: 400px :alt: Include static template *Media Gallery (fs_media_gallery)* **Image 1:** Include static template *Media Gallery (fs_media_gallery)* If you use `EXT:bootstrap_package `_ include static template *Media Gallery Theme 'Bootstrap3' (fs_media_gallery)*. #. Create a *""* in your page-tree that's gonna hold your albums .. figure:: ../Images/UserManual/create-storage-folder.png :width: 200px :alt: Create a *""* to hold your albums **Image 2:** Create a *""* to hold your albums #. Tell TYPO3 that the *""* holds media albums by setting "Contains Plugin" to "MediaGalleries" .. figure:: ../Images/UserManual/create-media-albums-storage-folder.png :width: 300px :alt: Set "Contains Plugin" to "MediaGalleries" **Image 3:** Set "Contains Plugin" to "MediaGalleries" #. Go to *Filelist* and open the folder you want to turn into a album (the folder should contain some media assets like e.g. images) #. In *Filelist* click on the *Create new album in ""* icon in top toolbar or use *Create new album in ""* from the context menu in file list .. figure:: ../Images/UserManual/create-new-media-album-from-folder.png :width: 400px :alt: Create new album in "" **Image 4:** Create new album in "" #. Fill out the required fields and save your new album #. Insert plugin *Media Album* on a page .. figure:: ../Images/UserManual/add-media-album-plugin.png :width: 300px :alt: Add media album plugin **Image 5:** Add media album plugin #. Choose a "Display mode" for instance "Selected albums (nested)" see :ref:`Plugin settings` #. Set the :ref:`Startingpoint ` to the *""* you created the album in for more configuration options see :ref:`plugin ` .. figure:: ../Images/UserManual/configure-media-album-plugin.png :width: 300px :alt: Set starting point **Image 6:** Set starting point #. **Open FE and admire your album :)** Clear cache after a folder change --------------------------------- Clearing the cache of a certain page can be set by adding the 'TCEMAIN.clearCacheCmd' in the pageTs of your MediaGallery storage. After a change in your folder the TCEMAIN.clearCacheCmd will be invoked and the cache of these pages will be flushed.