Step 1 - Creating a Photo Album

Creating a Photo Album       Lets create a photo album.  Start by clicking on the menu item entitled Make Photo Album located under the Share menu located at the top of the page.  (you can also click here to open a new window)       Creation of a photo album should be done before adding images, as an photo album contains a mass import feature, to allow users to upload a batch of images at once.  It it possible to add images to an album later, but the user would need to edit the image node of the image they want added, which can be difficult and time consuming with larger albums.  This will be covered shortly.       Now that the page has loaded, we need to fill in the required information for the photo album.

1. Title - this is pretty self explanitory, like anything it needs a name.
2. Parent - we may not need to do anything with this.  Its used to place an album inside an album.
3.  Tags - enter in catagories relating to the topic of the album, seperate them with a comma (,).  if there are existing catagories similar to the album, we can select them as they appear (they will show up as more text is entered)
4. Sort Album by - the album contents can be sorted a few ways, the default is by most recent.
5. Body - enter a description if one feels it is needed.  It will display above the image thumbnails.
6. Allow others to post to this album - this check box enables other users of the site to add images to the album as well.  which is handy for collaborative projects.
7. Default album view - choice between grid view, or a list view (grid is default for a reason haha)
8. Weight - numeric value for having more than one album.  the higher the negative integer, the higher up in the list it will be (eg. -10 would be at the top, 10 would be at the bottom).  if its on its own, this setting is left default.

    If the photo album, is part of a group, we can select which group to post it in (only those groups we are subscribed to), by the audience chechboxes.       We can also choose from a few types of licenses if the default "Share Alike" doesnt fit.       Hit Submit and the album will be created.  If you wish to preview it to make sure its the way we want it, then be sure to hit preview first, then submit.  The photo album, will not be added to the site, until the user hits the submit button.        No images will be displayed yet, move to the next chapter to learn how to add images.