In This Guide
Each Photo Album has a corresponding Category Settings page that can be used to edit or delete the Photo Album. Editing a Photo Album's properties is covered in this section; deleting a Category is covered in detail in the Creating and Deleting Photo Albums section.





Getting to a Photo Album's "Category Settings" Page
To get to the Category Settings page for a Photo Album, select the Photo Album and then click on the Category Settings link in the Navigation Bar.

This will take you to the Photo Album's Category Settings page.

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Moving the Photo Album
If you would like to move the Photo Album, use the Make this a subcategory of controls:

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To move the current Photo Album, select a new parent Category or Photo Album from the menu and click Move.



Changing the Order of a Photo Album's Subcategories
For Photo Albums that contain subcategories and Photo Albums, the Photo Album Management area will display the Subcategory order controls. These controls allow you to set the order in subcategories and Photo Albums appear when listed.

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To change the order in which a Category or Photo Album appears:

· Select the Category or Photo Album in the Subcategory order list.
· Click the categories_albums_settings_uparrow and categories_albums_settings_downarrow buttons to move the Category or Photo Album.
· Once you are satisfied with the order, click the Reorder button. The order will be saved.



Renaming the Photo Album
Photo Albums actually have two "names":

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· A Public Label
This is the "name" that you give to the Photo Album and by which most people will refer to it. You can change this.

To change the Public Label for the Photo Album, enter a new name in the Public Label field and click the Save Changes button.

· An internal "Name"
This is derived from the title you give it. It cannot be changed as it is part of the URL for the Photo Album.



Permissions
There are two checkboxes related to permissions:

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· Inherit permissions from parent
Check this checkbox if you want the Photo Album to have the same permissions as the Category or Photo Album that contains it.

Permissions are covered in more detail in the Restricted Categories and Photo Albums section.

· Restrict views
Check this checkbox if you want the Photo Album to be a Restricted Photo Album.

A Restricted Category is one that cannot be read by anyone who hasn't been given permission to do so. They are covered in more detail in the Restricted Categories and Photo Albums section.



Layout Type
The Layout type menu determines the layout of the Photo Album.

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There are three options:

· Grid
In the Grid layout, each page of the Photo Album is made up of a specified number of rows and columns of thumbnails. If a Photo has a title, it appears below its thumbnail.

The reader clicks on a thumbnail to see the corresponding full-size photo on its own page.

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Choosing Grid from the Layout type menu causes these Album display options controls to appear:

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The Album display options controls are:

· Sort Photos
Specifies a sort order for the thumbnails. The options are:

· Date published in chronological order
· Date published in reverse chronological order
· Custom order
· Capture date in chronological order
· Capture date in reverse chronological order

· Columns per page
Use this to specify how many columns of thumbnails there should be on a Photo Album page. You can have from 1 to 10 columns per page.

· Rows per page
Use this to specify how many rows of thumbnails there should be on a Photo Album page. You can have from 1 to 20 columns per page.


· Group by Day
In the Group by Day layout, Photo Albums are laid out in a manner similar to articles in the Main Page or Category pages:

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Choosing Group by Day from the Layout type menu causes these Album display options controls to appear:

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The Album display options controls are:

· Use blog defaults
Specifies that the layout of thumbnails should follow the same layout rules for articles.

· Articles per page
Use this to specify that you want no more than a specific number of thumbnails displayed on the Main Page (or Category Page).l You can specify from 1 to 100 articles.

· Days per page
Use this to specify that you want no more than a specific number of days' thumbnails displayed on the Main Page (or Category Page).l You can specify from 1 to 30 days.


· Mini-Thumb - JS
In the Mini-Thumb - JS layout, miniature thumbnails of the photos are laid out in a row. Clicking on one of these miniatures causes it to become the current photo, which is automatically displayed at full size alongside the row of thumbnails.

This layout style uses JavaScript; the reader must have it enabled in order for it to work.

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Choosing Mini-Thumb - JS from the Layout type menu causes these Album display options controls to appear:

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The Album display options controls are:

· Sort Photos
Specifies a sort order for the thumbnails. The options are:

· Date published in chronological order
· Date published in reverse chronological order
· Custom order
· Capture date in chronological order
· Capture date in reverse chronological order

· Thumbnail location
Use this to specify where the row of thumbnails should be in relation to the large picture. The options are:

· Top
· Left
· Bottom
· Right

· Thumbnails to display
Use this to specify how the maximum number thumbnails in the row. You can choose from:

· 3
· 5
· 7
· 9



Display Recently Updated Albums
Check this box to show thumbnails from Photo Albums to which you have most recently posted Photos in the Photo Album page.

Checking this checkbox causes the Updated Album Display Options controls to appear:

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The Updated Album Display Options controls specify the layout of the thumbnails:

· Display location
Use this menu to specify whether you want the thumbnails to appear at the top or bottom of the Category page.

· Albums to display
Use this menu to specify the n most recent Albums' thumbnails you wish to display. You can display 1 to 5 of the most recently-updated Albums.

· Thumbnail columns
Use this to specify how many columns of thumbnails you want. You can specify 1 to 10 columns.

· Thumbnail rows
Use this to specify how many rows of thumbnails you want. You can specify 1 to 20 rows.