Carousel gallery layout

The Carousel gallery layout displays a strip of images next to a main image, like so:



or possibly like so:



The Carousel gallery layout settings can be found in the Admin Panel > Image gallery (any one) > Advanced > Advanced Layout Options > Carousel.  These settings look like so:



Carousel Orientation
  • Vertical: the carousel images appear in one or more columns on the left.
  • Horizontal: the carousel images appear in a single horizontal row above or below the main image.

Carousel vertical height
This option appears when Carousel Orientation: Vertical is checked.  It is the height of the carousel strip of images in pixels.  A setting of around 400 to 600 is recommended.

Carousel horizontal width
This option appears when Carousel Orientation: Horizontal is checked.  It is the width of the carousel strip of images in pixels.  A setting of around 480 to 600 is recommended.

Scroll using
  • Buttons: this displays buttons that scroll the carousel strip when clicked.
  • Scroll bar: this displays a scroll bar next to the carousel strip that allows smooth scrolling with a mouse, touch screen, or by pressing small buttons on either end.  (Recommended choice)

Carousel grid images across
This option appears when Scroll using: Scroll bar is checked.  It allows a vertical carousel of images to display multiple columns of images, like so:



Number of images to scroll past per click
This option appears when Scroll using: buttons is selected.  This is the number of images in the carousel strip that scroll by when a scroll arrow on either end of the strip is clicked.  The recommended setting is between 2 and 4.

Display info
  • Below image: displays image information below the image
  • Beside image: displays image information on the upper right side of the image, like so:



Auto-fit big image
If checked Yes, this will automatically resize the main image so that it always fits on the screen.