Demo tour wgPicasa

demo_tourThe wgPicasa extension is a very simple and powerfull component to show your albums installed at Google Picasa Web Gallery. No costs for hosting and easy in use. It is installed with the very popular "Light-box Slide Gallery. There are two versions a free version and a pro version.

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This is the Frequently Asked Questions for wgPicasa. If your question is not answered you may try to find on the forum.

How do I install wgPicasa

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There is a video available how to install the component. See here.

It's simply done by the normal install procedure of joomla.  So under extensions choose the install button and find the file on your computer (you just downloaded) and click on install. After that there will be a message that it has been done. There will be a component available under the components menu.
 

How do I upgrade?

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the component can be upgraded by simply uninstall the old component en do a fresh install with the new one. As by all upgrades make a copy of your database first!
 

Can I use more then one account

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Yes it's possible to use more accounts of the google Picasa albums. Simply make a new menu item with the new account details.
It's not possible to have them in one menu and view.
 

How can I style my picture page

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In the css file of your template you can style also the Picasa pictures. So if you like to have a border around the images and some padding, add this in your style sheet

img {border: 1px solid #CECECE; padding:4px;}
 

Is there a maximum of the total of images/albums

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No there is no maximum of pictures or albums, but of course this has influence on loading the page. If you like to have all pictures on one page, this will have extra loading time.
 

What if I make changes to the picasa webalbums

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If you make changes to the Picasa web albums, like deleting pictures in a album, or add an album. This will be automatically picked up by the component. Every time you visit the page this will be loaded with the latest information.
 

No albums to view

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Please check if you have filled in the correct user name.
Also double check if your albums are PUBLIC.
Only public albums will be shown.
 

How can I find my Album ID

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Here's how you get the album ID for a specific album.
Go to your PWA account and click on the album in question.
Click on the 'RSS' link to the right.
You should get something like the following:

picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/PWAusername/albumid/1234567890123456789?alt=rss&kind=photo&hl=en_US
Notice the long string of digits; that's your Album ID.