Gallery & Image Display

These settings control how galleries, images, thumbnails, and interactive controls appear on your Good Gallery website.

Control Bar

Control Bar settings manage Control Bar behavior. The Control Bar is a group of icons displayed alongside single Gallery Page images.

Visitors use the control bar to activate display and sharing tools for gallery images. Control Bar buttons allow visitors to share gallery images on social media, display the gallery images as Thumbnails, activate the Zoom feature, start and stop Slideshows, view Image Info, and view Gallery Info.

The control bar also includes several administrator tools like Google Image Search and Image Settings. Administrator tools are only visible to logged-in administrators.

To access Control Bar settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Control Bar.

Thumbnails

Click the Thumbnails button on the Control Bar to display thumbnail images. Thumbnails are small images that represent large images. Thumbnails are displayed in groups allowing visitors to view multiple images simultaneously. Additional information is displayed when a thumbnail is selected.

To change Thumbnails button visibility options:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Control Bar.
4. Change the Show "Thumbnails" Control Bar Button option.
5. Click the Save button.

Zoom

Click the Zoom button on the Control Bar to display an enlarged view of the selected image. Available on both desktop and mobile browsers, this Control Bar feature allows visitors to closely examine image details.

To change Zoom button visibility options:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Control Bar.
4. Change the Show "Zoom" Control Bar Button option.
5. Click the Save button.

Play Slideshow

Click the Slideshow button on the Control Bar to present images in a series that advance automatically. Visitors can interrupt slideshows by clicking on any rotating image. Visitors can then navigate through the images at their own speed.

To change Play Slideshow button visibility options:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Control Bar.
4. Change the Show "Play Slideshow" Control Bar Button option.
5. Click the Save button.

Gallery Info

Click the Gallery Info button on the Control Bar to display information associated with the Gallery Page. Gallery Info is also displayed alongside Gallery Page Thumbnails.

Gallery Info is Gallery Page content entered in Content (Above) and Content (Below) areas in Page Settings using the Text Editor.

To change Gallery Info button visibility options:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Control Bar.
4. Change the Show "Gallery Info" Control Bar Button option.
5. Click the Save button.

Image Info

Click the Image Info button on the Control Bar to display information associated with the Image. Image Info is information entered in the Content area in Image Settings using the Text Editor.

To change Image Info button visibility options:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Control Bar.
4. Change the Show "Image Info" Control Bar Button option.
5. Click the Save button.

Forms

Forms settings manage the appearance of form elements including text labels, error messages, and buttons. Form content and behavior is managed with Form Settings. See the Forms section for additional information.

To access Forms settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Forms.

Gallery Page Arrows

Gallery Page Arrows settings manage the behavior and appearance of navigational arrows that appear alongside Gallery Page images. Gallery Page Arrows encourage clicks to visit the next or previous image.

To access Gallery Page Arrows settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Gallery Page Arrows.

Gallery Pages

Gallery Pages settings manage the behavior and appearance of images that appear in Gallery Pages. These settings are applied across all Gallery Pages.

Gallery Pages display images stored in Folders. Folders organize collections of images.

To access Gallery Pages settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Gallery Pages.

Image Pages

Image Pages settings manage the formatting and visibility of content displayed alongside images. Image Pages are accessed when viewing full-size images from Gallery Pages.

Image Pages refer to the image itself and any textual information associated with each image including Content, Location, Tags, and Exif.

To access Image Pages settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Image Pages.

Loading Animation

Loading Animation settings control the color, size, shape, border, and padding of animations that appear as download placeholders over images and thumbnails.

Loading animations entertain visitors while website content is downloaded. These graphics are also known as loaders, preloaders, and animated progress indicators.

To access Loading Animation settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Loading Animation.

Thumbnail Info

Thumbnail Info settings manage the behavior and appearance of text information that appears below individual thumbnails.

Thumbnail Info refers to the card-style presentation of thumbnail images on Gallery Pages. Thumbnails are small images that represent large images, displayed in groups allowing visitors to view multiple images simultaneously. Additional information is displayed when a thumbnail is selected.

To access Thumbnail Info settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Thumbnail Info.

Thumbnails

Thumbnails settings manage the behavior and appearance of thumbnail images on Gallery Pages. Thumbnails are small images that represent large images, typically displayed in a masonry or grid pattern.

When the thumbnail aspect ratio is set to 1:1 (square), the center of each image area is presented by default. The selected image area can be modified using the Square Area tool.

Thumbnail appearance can also be easily modified using the Thumbnail Templates, Thumbnail Border Templates, and Thumbnail Padding Templates. See Templates & Wizards for more information.

To access Thumbnails settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Site menu.
3. Under the Your Settings menu heading, choose Thumbnails.