---
title: "akJoomGallery : simple image gallery for Joomla"
url: https://thecancerus.com/akjoomgallery/
date: 2008-05-27
modified: 2008-05-27
author: "ican"
description: "Update: released the  version 1.1.0 with updated prettyPhoto and jQuery plugin. Download link below now links to updated version. If you need to download the old version from google code...."
categories:
  - "joomla"
tags:
  - "akJoomaGallery"
  - "image gallery"
  - "joomla"
  - "lightbox"
  - "prettyPhoto"
word_count: 524
---

# akJoomGallery : simple image gallery for Joomla

**Update:** released the  version 1.1.0 with updated prettyPhoto and jQuery plugin. Download link below now links to updated version. If you need to [download the old version](http://code.google.com/p/akjoomgallery/) from google code.

Adding image galleries inside your Joomla! pages is now super simple with the "**akJoomGallery**" Plugin.

You don't need a specialist knowledge to use this mambot/plugin. akJoomGallery allows you to use images in your content item as image gallery. With it's help you can convert any content item/page into a cool image gallery.

The idea for this plugin came to my mind when we needed to show a quick image gallery to client, and we need something lightweight, with more control over how the image is shown in the gallery page itself. We could have used other big gallery components but I was not interested in something simple and quick. Check out the implementation of [akJoomGallery](http://www.eprb.co.nz/index.php?option=com_gallery&task=view&Itemid=37).
![akJoomGallery](http://thecancerus.com/wp-content/logo.gif)

This plugin is best suited to those situations where someone want's to add few thumbnails while writing the content, and would like to display the large size images when users clicks on them, without leaving the page.

### How To Install

- Just download the akJoomGallery plugin.

`[download#8#nohits]`
- `[download#9#nohits]`

- In Administration panel of Joomla goto Installers ->Mambots(for Joomla 1.0.x) or to Extensions -> Install/Uninstall(for Joomla 1.5.x) .
- Upload this package file and Install.
- Now go to Mambots -> Site Mambots ->akJoomGallery or Extensions -> Plugin Manager->content - akJoomGallery and publish/enable the plugin based on the version you are using.

[![akJoomGallery: Simple Image Gallery For Joomla](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2527338676_70a1561a29.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecancerus/2527338676)

Now, enjoy the simplest image gallery with lightbox effect.

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### How To use

The concept is simple, next time when you are adding a image in the post or page, just remember to link you image to full size image, or to image that you want to show in the Gallery. You may want to check "title" attribute of anchor tag, this will be displayed below the image as caption in the image gallery.

Here is an example.

<a href="images/stories/joomla-dev_cycle.png" title="joom development"> <img src="images/stories/joomla-dev_cycle.png" border="0" /></a>
"title" in anchor tag will show below the images in the gallery, while "href" is the link to bigger image that needs to be shown in the gallery.
At the end of content item/page just add **{akgallery}** to tell the plugin that this page contains images that needs to be shown as gallery.

[![How to use akJoomGallery](http://thecancerus.com/wp-content/editakjoomaagll.thumbnail.png)](http://thecancerus.com/?attachment_id=95) [![In joomla 1.5](http://thecancerus.com/wp-content/akjoomla15help.thumbnail.jpg)](http://thecancerus.com/?attachment_id=97)

This mechanism gives you, the content writer, more control over way thumb images are being displayed on the page. You choose and format you images in the gallery page. Once the user clicks on the image it opens all the image in a javascript based gallery with lightbox effect.

### Credits

I will say all credit goes to [Stephane Caron](http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/) for creating, simple to use, [prettyPhoto](http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyPhoto/) plugin that made this possible.

Please leave a comment if you need any sort of help with this plugin.

**Update(13-7-2008)**: Fixed issue identified by Kim and asdftiger in comments below. I would like to thank [asdftiger](http://verticalworldmedia.com/) for help provided for identification of the issue. Links above(in how to install section)  now points to updated version.