For NATS4, please see the NATS4 Gallery Builder Module article
Set up Gallery Builder Content
Create a new directory on your web directory on your server. (It doesn't
have to be your NATS server) Inside the directory, create a folder for
each content set and inside each content set folder, add content using
a naming convention. For example: both content1 and content2 will have a
thumb1.jpg, a 1.jpg, a thumb2.jpg, a 2.jpg, etc.
Set up Gallery Builder Templates
On the server, create a template. This template must be PHP parsable and
web accessible. In the template, reference your images using the
full path to the content set and replacing the name of the content set
with the following PHP code: <?=$_GET['content']?>.
For example:
- your content folder is: /mycontent
- your content sets are Set1 and Set2
- your naming convention is thumb1.jpg, 1.jpg, thumb2.jpg, 2.jpg, etc.
- your picture reference becomes <img src="/mycontnet/<?=$_GET['content']?>/1.jpg">
When affiliates select between Set1 and Set2, <?=$_GET['content']?> is replaced by the content
set they picked. The picture reference would then be <img src="/mycontent/Set1/1.jpg">.
Set a default content directory
To ensure the page displays correctly to surfers with a missing or bad content field set, you can set a default. Continuing our previous example, we will make Set1 our default content set. This will be used if the content set is unspecified or does not exist in /mycontent/.
if(!$_GET['content'] || !is_dir('/mycontent/'.$_GET['content'])){
$_GET['content']='Set1';
}
This will be at the top of the page, and your picture reference would remain unchanged.
Use the Gallery Builder in NATS's Ad Tools
After you setup Gallery Builder, new options appear on the Ad Tools
Administration page. Gallery Builder (GB) Content appears in the Ad
Tools drop down and two GB templates (type) appears in the hosted ad
tools section. Templates are added via hosted ad tools. Select Hosted Ad
Tools, a site, and click 'go'. Add a new template the same way you
usually do, select the Gallery Builder template, fill in the rest of the
information, and save.
Add the content set options. Select Gallery Builder Content, a site, and
click go. Using the input and browse boxes, give the content the name
you gave it on the server. Select the type, upload a thumbnail, select
or create a group, and click add. The content will appear under the
headings in a shaded line along with edit and delete icons.
Affiliate Gallery Access
Affiliates can now access the galleries using the members Ad Tools
section. After they select the program they want and click Show Ad
Tools, all sites are listed. Each site's ad types are listed on its
line.
Gallery builder templates can be found under Hosted Ad Tools as either
pictures or movies. Selecting one lists all Gallery Builder templated
galleries of that type Click Chose Content. Available content sets
appear with check boxes underneath them. Check the boxes of the content
you want and click Get Linking Codes. The link codes are then
displayed in a textbox.
To use the our example templates, unzip the attached file and place
the GBExample folder and GBExample.php on the server in a web accessible
folder. Edit the paths in GBExample.php to reflect where you can access
GBExample via the web and set up as above.
Gallery Builder Template Groups
Gallery Builder's content and template grouping lets you restrict which
content can be used on particular templates. After clicking the Choose
Content link, only content from the same group as the template
shows up in the NATS Ad Tools Admin.
On the Gallery Builder configuration page, click
ADTOOLS_GB_TEMPLATE_UNFILTERED to disable grouping.