PhotoSmash Tutorials

[Basic] Tutorial: Getting Started

This is the “getting started” tutorial. In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

  • Install the PhotoSmash plugin on your WordPress blog/site
  • Get a gallery up and running in a Page or Post
  • Set a gallery up so that “Anyone” can upload to it
  • Some basic concepts in PhotoSmash

Watch Tutorial: Getting Started.

[Basic] Tutorial: Sizing and Resizing Your Images

In this video you will learn about:

  • How PhotoSmash uses the WordPress Media Library for uploading, resizing, and sharing image files
  • Setting default image sizes for new galleries in PhotoSmash Settings
  • Updating all your existing galleries from PhotoSmash Settings
  • Setting the sizes of images in an individual gallery
  • How PhotoSmash uses the Gallery image size settings when Resizing images in Photo Manager

Watch Sizing and Resizing Your Images.

[Intermediate] Tutorial: Using Favorite Images Feature

This tutorial covers the Favoriting features in PhotoSmash. The video reveals that the feature still needs some work as far as the display goes ;-) . In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

  • Turn on Favorite Images feature for galleries with Standard Layouts
  • Create a gallery for User Favorites
  • Set up a WordPress widget to display User Favorites

Watch “Using the Favorite Images Feature”.

[Intermediate] Tutorial: Create New Posts on Uploaded Photos [PhotoSmash Extend]

This tutorial covers setting up PhotoSmash Extend to create new posts when users upload images. If you’re interested in purchasing a membership to get access to Extend, contact me through the Contact page. In this video, you will learn to:

  • Configure the New Post on Upload module in Extend
  • Create a custom layout to be the basis for your new posts
  • Set up the shortcode with create_post=’layout_name’ attribute to trigger the new post action for the upload form

Watch “Creating New WordPress Posts with Uploaded Images”.

[Intermediate] Tutorial: Create Custom Fields for use in Custom Galleries

This tutorial covers setting up custom fields for use in custom layouts for your photo galleries. In this video, you will learn to:

  • Add new custom fields
  • Generate the custom fields table
  • Add your custom fields to a custom layout
  • Set a gallery to use your custom layout by adding layout=layout_name to the shortcode
  • Turn on custom fields in the Standard Upload Form

Watch “Creating Custom Fields for use with Custom Layouts”.

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