doc/patchqueue/Gallery_Plugin_for_Ikiwiki.mdwn



I have implemented the first version of the Gallery Plugin for Ikiwiki as part of [[soc]]. This plugin would create a nice looking gallery of the images once the directory containing images is specified with some additional parameters. It has been build over the img plugin.
Plugin can be downloaded from here.
It can be used as : 
[[gallery imagedir="images" thumbnailsize="200x200" cols="3" alt="Can not be displayed" title="My Pictures"]]
where-

imagedir  => Directory containing images. It will scan all the files with jpg|png|gif extension from the directory and will put it in the gallery.
thumbnailsize(optional) => Size of the thumbnail that you want to generate for the gallery.
alt(optional) => If image can not be displayed, it will display the text contained in alt argument.
cols(optional) => Number of columns of thumbnails that you want to generate.
title(optional) => Title of the gallery.

Features of the Gallery Plugin:

You can go the next image by clicking on the right side of the image or by pressing 'n'.
Similary, you can go the previous image by clicking on the left side of the image or by pressing 'p'.
Press esc to close the gallery.
While on image, nearby images are preloaded in the background, so as to make the browsing fast.

Right now, it features only one template namely Lightbox. Later on, I will add few more templates.
For any feedback or query, feel free to mail me at arpitjain11 [AT] gmail.com
Additional details are available here.