Album covers

 

Cover Types

Basically there are 3 types of album covers: Standard, Long Description and Image Factory.
They mainly differ in lay-out.
The default cover type to be used in your site can be set in Basic settings -> Albums -> III: Album cover layout settings -> Item 4: Cover type.
For individual albums you can set a different cover type on the albums admin page.

You can configure a lot of layout features, like size and position of the cover image, height of the cover, link type from the cover image and much more in Basic settings -> Albums and Basic settings -> Links -> II: Links from standard images -> Item 1: Cover Image.

Columns

If you want to display the covers in multiple columns, you can set the maximum width for a cover in Basic settings -> Albums -> I: Album cover size specifications -> Item 1: Max Cover width. If done so, wppa will compute how many covers will fit on a row.
On responsive themes, this number will be dynamicly adjusted if needed.

If you run on a responsive theme and you want the albums to be displayed in multiple columns, select the album type you want with the addition mcr. Mcr stand for 'Multi Column Responsive'.
If the display consists out of one album cover only, the max coverwidth restriction is ignored, the cover will fill the whole available width on the page (unless your shortcode contains a size="..." specification).

Examples

All examples on this page use 'mcr' cover types.

Exaple #1 Standard mcr:

The cover photo placed at the right hand side, and the sub-album links display set to micro thumbnails, (see Basic settings -> links -> IV: Other links -> Item 12: Album cover subalbums link).

Docs by subjectAlbum covers

First album

This is the description of the first album. It has a € sign in the description.
1985
Silver medal
Views: 66539
Download album
Category: Demo

Second album

Just another album
You can even have a link here! Je kan hier zelfs een link hebben!
4
Views: 195024
Child album
Album 5
Piet's Photo album
Birds
Microscope
Crane
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Album # 4

This is album four. It has (') and (") quotes in its description as well as html.
22
Views: 103773
Turkey
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Bogolyubov

A contribution from wlukas
This album displays the thumbnails in the alternative size
2206
Views: 33358
Download album
Categories: Art, Demo

Fractals

Fractals made by OpaJaaps program Fractals 1.0
3504
Views: 22896
Download album

Exaple #2 Long description mcr:

The cover photo at the left

Docs by subjectAlbum covers
2029
Gold medal
Views: 66539
This is the description of the first album. It has a € sign in the description.
Download album
Category: Demo
4
Views: 195024
Just another album
You can even have a link here! Je kan hier zelfs een link hebben!
Download album
23
Views: 103773
This is album four. It has (') and (") quotes in its description as well as html.
Download album
2214
Views: 33358
A contribution from wlukas
This album displays the thumbnails in the alternative size
Download album
Categories: Art, Demo
3450
Views: 22896
Fractals made by OpaJaaps program Fractals 1.0
Download album

Exaple #3 Image Factory mcr:

The cover photos placed at the top, and the sub-album links display set to A list with (sub)subalbums.

Docs by subjectAlbum covers

First album

This is the description of the first album. It has a € sign in the description.
1985
Silver medal
2
Silver medal
1
Gold medal
3237
2029
Gold medal
3
Gold medal
Download album
Category: Demo

Album # 4

This is album four. It has (') and (") quotes in its description as well as html.
22
19
1951
Silver medal
671
Bronze medal
8
Silver medal
24
Silver medal
Download album

Bogolyubov

A contribution from wlukas
This album displays the thumbnails in the alternative size
2206
2211
2213
2222
2221
2204
Download album
Categories: Art, Demo

Fractals

Fractals made by OpaJaaps program Fractals 1.0
3504
3575
3377
3515
3323
3740
Download album

Displaying single covers

The shortcode:
[wppa type="cover" album="..."] displays the cover of the given album(s). If you want to display one or only a few covers, use this type of shortcode.

If you want to display the covers of all sub-albums of a certain parent album, use the shortcode:
[wppa type="covers" album="..."]

The album specification can be one of the following:

  • A positive integer number, being the id of an album
  • A $-sign followed by an album name. Note: the name is case sensitive and also language sensitive if you use qTranslate!
  • An enumeration and/or range of album numbers. An enumeration is a sequence of numbers seperated by single dots: e.g. 3.7.12.8.24 A range is a number, two dots followed by anothe number: e.g. 3..7 Both methods can be combined: e.g. 3..7.12.56.34..36

This example shows the covers of albums 2, 35 and 50.
[wppa type="cover" album="2.35.50"]

Docs by subjectAlbum coversVarious albums

Photo of the day

Here are the photos used in the photo of the day widget.
4214
Views: 175434
Download album

Second album

Just another album
You can even have a link here! Je kan hier zelfs een link hebben!
4
Views: 195024
Download album

Microscope

All these pictures are from the book 'Microcosmos', created by Brandon Brill from London.
1903
Views: 31875
Download album

The second example shows the cover of the album with title Microscope.
Note that the display of one cover only uses the whole available width.
[wppa type="cover" album="$Microscope"]

Microscope

All these pictures are from the book 'Microcosmos', created by Brandon Brill from London.
1904
Views: 31875
Download album

The third example shows the covers of the sub-albums of album number 2.
[wppa type="covers" album="2"]

Docs by subjectAlbum coversSecond album

Child album

This is a child album
It's parent is "Second album"
12
Bronze medal
Views: 54032
Download album

Microscope

All these pictures are from the book 'Microcosmos', created by Brandon Brill from London.
1903
Views: 31875
Download album