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This document applies to SimpleViewer version 2.0. SimpleViewer has been upgraded to version 2.2.0. View upgrade information.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have a question about using SimpleViewer, please check the FAQ first. Chances are your question has already been answered.

Support Forum

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Getting Started

Creating your own SimpleViewer gallery is easy. There are various ways to create a SimpleViewer gallery:

• Create a Flickr gallery using images on Flickr.
• Create a gallery using svManager.
• Create a gallery using Adobe PhotoShop.
• Create a gallery using Google's Picasa.
• Create a gallery using Adobe LightRoom.
• Create a gallery using the BuildGallery PHP Script.
• Create a gallery using the WP-SimpleViewer plugin for WordPress.
• Manually create a gallery using a text editor and image editing software of your choice.
• Upgrade an existing SimpleViewer 1.9 gallery to SimpleViewer 2.0.

Common Terms

The following terms are used frequently in this documentation:

• Gallery Folder - this is the folder that contains the SWF, the gallery.xml file and for an XML gallery, the gallery images and thumbnails. Copy the 'web' folder in the download to make a new gallery folder.
• Config Options - a list of options that describes a gallery's behavior. Contained in the gallery.xml file.
• gallery.xml - this is the document that describes how your gallery behaves. All config options are saved to this file, as well as image and caption data. An XML file is a simple text file that can be edited in any text editor. View example.
• XML Gallery - a gallery that specifies the image list in the gallery.xml file. XML galleries load images and thumbnails from the gallery folder.
• Flickr Gallery - a gallery that loads its images, thumbnails and text from Flickr.

Download Folder Contents

• web - this folder contains everything you need to upload to your website
• examples - contains example galleries
• examples/basic_embed.html - Example of basic embed code
• examples/classic.html - v1.9 style gallery
• examples/compact.html - compact mode example
• examples/flickr.html - Example Flickr gallery
• examples/local.html - Loads swfobject locally for running galleries locally without a web connection.

Creating a Flickr Gallery

If you already have images on Flickr, the easiest way to create a SimpleViewer gallery is to load your images and text from Flickr. Set your Flickr user name and/or tags in the gallery.xml file.

Due to Flash Player security restrictions, Flickr galleries will only work when uploaded to a web server. For more details, check here.

To create a Flickr gallery, follow these steps:

1. Download and unzip SimpleViewer to your desktop.
2. Make a copy of the 'web' folder. This is your gallery folder.
3. Edit gallery.xml in your gallery folder using any text editor.
4. Set the useFlickr option to true.
5. Set your flickr username: flickrUserName="felixturner"
6. To show a subset of your Flickr images, use tags. For example, to load all images with tags 'jump' and 'smile': flickrTags="jump,smile"
7. Set additional configuration options (optional).

International Language Support

SimpleViewer will automatically detect the user's system language and translate onscreen text for the following languages:

To display on-screen text in a language other than those above, use the languageList config option.