When you ran the configuration wizard, you specified an admin password. Now it's time to use it! On the main Gallery page, click "[login]" Using the username admin and the password you specified during configuration, login to Gallery! You now have full admin priviliges

Creating albums is extremely simple, just click "[new album]". The new album is created. You should see the message "Hey! Add some photos" However, before adding photos, it's usually a good idea to modify some of the album properties, such as title, description, and name.

Go back to the main Gallery page by clicking the link in the top right by the up arrow. You should see the new album on the main page. To edit the title of the new album, click "[edit title]" by the current title (for new albums, it defaults to "Untitled"). To edit the description, do the same thing by clicking on "[edit description]". Finally, rename the album. Click on the link in the sentence "Hey! Rename this album so that the URL is not so generic". Once you've done this, you're ready to add photos.

To add photos in an album, navigate to the album and click "[add photos]". You can now browse your computer and upload photos, adding an optional caption with each image. You can also change the number of file upload boxes displayed by using the select box. Another option is to upload files to your server and then specify the path on the server (the directory must be readable by the webserver user ). Finally, you can specify a URL (e.g. http://www.example.com) to "leech" images from. Note that you cannot specify the direct URL of the image, only a page to a webpage that contains images. Click "Upload Now" or "Submit URL or directory" and you're on your way.

Each item (photo or movie) in Gallery has a list of properties that can be edited.

When you are an admin or album owner, you can edit certain properties about an album. When you are an in album, there will be a number of links in the top right of the screen. Each is explained below.