How to create a Video Gallery with thumbnalis

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How to create a Video Gallery with thumbnalis

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Started 10 months ago by chynablu
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chynablu
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Hi,
I'm having no success with trying to create a video gallery with thumbnails.
I'm copied all sort of shortcodes from pages like this-
http://www.vfxdude.com/blog2/showcase/bfthumbs/

ANd I've tried to follow the Video Gallery instructions on FAQ page
http://www.vfxdude.com/bigfeature/2009/10/faq/

I'm adding video using the video embed code from you tube.

Here's the page/gallery that I have created that has no thumbnails.
http://www.papesummers.com/?page_id=570

I'm a novice, so any guidance is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

Posted 10 months ago #
vfxdude
admin

Add the videos (iframe embed or the url) to the video input field below the editor (not into the editor), then the video thumb will automatically be fetched (youtube and vimeo).

If you want to manually add image previews of the videos they can be added with the Set featured image functionality or to the thumb input field below the editor.

It is also possible to have the videos popup in a lightbox window, by installing the shadowbox plugin and then adding popup="true" to the bfthumbs shortcode.

Posted 10 months ago #
chynablu
Member

Thank you! It works great.

Next questions...is there a way I can sort the video gallery so the videos are in a preferred order?

Front Page - I'm trying to post a video (youtube) and a NextGEN Gallery below the text.
http://www.papesummers.com/
Currently, it's just the NextGEN Gallery. When I add the video, it moves the NextGEN Gallery below rather than to the right of video. Here's the current shortcode:

<div class="col2">[slideshow id=1 w=400 h=400]</div>

I've played with changing the width of NextGEN Gallery and video, but with no luck. Any suggestions?

Thank you much.

Posted 10 months ago #
vfxdude
admin

is there a way I can sort the video gallery so the videos are in a preferred order?
Bfthumbs got sorting parameters. Use the shortcode gui to see the available parameters. Example: orderby="title" order="asc"

When I add the video, it moves the NextGEN Gallery below rather than to the right of video.
It's right aligned as far as I can see. I guess you figured it out. You can also use the columns shortcode for more advanced column layouts.

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