Use this data source to display images from a directory.
Just upload some images to a directory and type in the path in the "Image Directory" box.
You may optionally set a thumbnail directory. If you do that your images should have the same file names in both directories. It is recommended to use thumbnails for multiple reasons. One is that they make the loading process faster. Another one is that the quality of the thumbnails you create with a graphics tools is usually better than the resizing the browser does.
You can also set your own custom titles for your images. All you have to do is create a text file with the title. The file name of the text file should be identical to the image. For example, if you want to put a title for the image /images/stories/my_image.jpg write it into a file with name /images/stories/my_image.txt .
Image Directory [img_dir]
A path to the directory that contains the images.
Notice: As a security measure the images directory should always reside inside /images.
Example: images/stories
Thumbnail Directory [thumb_dir]
A path to the directory that contains the image thumbnails.
If not set the thumbnails will be generated automatically from the original images.
Notice: As a security measure the thumbnails directory should always reside inside /images.
Example: images/stories
Filter [filter]
A list of filters with wildcards to filter the images. Use the asterisk symbol (*) as a wildcard. Use the pipe symbol (|) to separate different filters.
Example: *.jpg|*.gif|*.png|*.jpeg
Order by [order]
• Default order [default] Orders the images in the default image folder ordering.
• File name [filename] Orders the images by their file name.
• Title [title] Orders the images by their title, if there is one.
• Date - Newer first [mdate_desc] Orders the images by date putting the newer ones first.
• Date - Older first [mdate_asc] Orders the images by date putting the older ones first.
• Random [random] Orders the images randomly. AVOID this option in cases you have too many images (e.g. over a thousand) in the source directory.