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I am clueless how to get this to display in the side bar. I have the gallery installed, I have an album with 28 images installed and inserted into a gallery. I have entered the correct information into the NextGEN Public Uploader forms. But nothing shows up on the blog page, just the gallery. I don't know why this is so hard, but I find myself constantly clicking around in the admin pages trying to figure out all the settings.

Hey,

NextGEN Public Uploader is used by adding the following shortcode to a post/page.

[ngg_uploader] or [ngg_uploader id=1] (Where 1 is the gallery ID)

There is no Widget for this plugin yet, but expect to see that implemented in a future release.

Hope that answers your question.

Thanks,

Scott

Post edited 11:57 pm – October 8, 2009 by WDS-Scott

matoca said:

Thanks Scott,

I did enter [ngg_uploader id=1] in the Default Gallery Id where my gallery is 1 and saved the changes. Is there somewhere else this must be entered to accompany the uploader?

Ok, I understand that there is no widger persay. So I must open and enter this code directly into the html for the blog body somehow? I understand this somewhat and can parrot what you describe.

Make sure your entering the shortcode in a post/page. Is that where your trying?

matoca said:

Hi Scott,

I see that this tag needs to be entered in a post. I wanted this to be available in the sidebar, all the time. So I don't understand how I will make this available at all times to users of this blog as I add posts above it, won't this post just keep dropping to the bottom of the posts?

This is a dog rescue blog so it would be nice if folks can upload their photos directly and I can just approve them. But if they can't find the uploader, then what is the point of having this available?

Is it possible to enter this code within the html code for the side bar somehow?

Thank you!

Expect to see widget functionality in a week or two. It's high on my priority list for updates.

Thanks,

Scott

I made a new “post”, inserted [ngg_uploader id=1] into it. I opened the blog and there it was! A window with a browse button. I selected a photo off my hard drive, uploaded it and within a few seconds I had an email advising me to approve it. I unchecked the exclude button and it showed up immediately in the gallery. Very cool.

This saves me from having to take emails with attached photos, saving the photo to the hard drive and then uploading them myself! This is especially helpful for rescue dogs as photos tend to come from all over. Thank you. If you want, you can check it out.  http://www.cybergiants.com/GiantRescue/

Now I just have to figure out how to actually display an email link on the blog…. I have the email address set in my isp hoster but I'm totally confused how to make it part of the home page. Well, that will be another day. I do have the NextGEN Uploader mail to address set properly, so that will have to suffice for now.

Just released version 1.3. You can now drag the NextGEN Public Uploader widget to your sidebar.