How to Add Items from another Website:
Step 1: Navigate to the album you wish to add items to and click the “add items” link on the sidebar. Step 2: Click the “From Web Page” tab if you are not already on that tab. Step 3: Enter the address (URL) of the website that shows the images that you'd like to add. Or enter the URL of an image. Then click Find files
How to Add Items from Picasa2:
Step 1: In Picasa, use "Folder/Export as Web Page" or "Actions/Make a Webpage...", choosing XML as format in the dialog box. Step 2: Zip the contents of the resulting folder so that the .xml-file is in the root directory of the zip-file Step 3: Point the "Import from Picasa" tab of your Gallery's "Add Items" page to the local path of your zip-file and click on "Add Items" Note: Site Admins can import directly from the directory created in Step 1 using the "Import/Picasa 2" functionality of the Site Administration page after having uploaded the directory to the server.
How to Add Items from Windows:
Windows XP comes with a nice feature that allows you to publish content from your desktop directly to a web service. Follow the instructions below to enable this service on your Windows XP system. Step 1: Install and activate the Publish XP module. Login to your Gallery 2 installation, and navigate to the Add Items page (e.g. under 'Options' within an existing gallery). Find the Windows XP tab, click it and download the configuration file available to the computer from which you want to upload pictures. Once downloaded, rename it to 'install_registry.reg'. If it asks you for confirmation about changing the file type, answer 'yes'. Right click on this file and you should see a menu appear. Select the Merge option (this should be at the top of the menu). It will ask you if you want to import these values into your registry. Click 'Ok'. It will tell you that the files were imported successfully. Click 'Ok' again. Step 2: Open your Windows Explorer
-> click top menu item "Tools"
-> "folder options"
-> select "Show common tasks in folders"
-> click "ok"
-> then browse to a folder containing your photos and select the image(s) or a folder
-> there should be a link on the left that says 'Publish this file to the web...' Click this link and then follow the instructions to log into your Gallery, select an album and publish the image.
How to Add Items from Web Browser:
Step 1: Navigate to the album you wish to add items to and click the “add items” link on the sidebar. Step 2: Click the “From Web Browser” tab if you are not already on that tab. Step 3: You are now presented with one or more boxes for item uploads. Click the “Browse” button to open a dialog box that enables you to select a local file and insert its path into the form. Alternatively you can type in the local path directly into the form. Note: If you need more than the default five, click the “more” link on the bottom of the page to extend the number. Note: Provided Gallery's "Archive Upload" plug-in is enabled, you can upload zip files containing multiple files. Step 4: If you want, you can enter a caption for the item added in Step 3. Step 5: Click the “Add Items” button on the bottom of the page to upload the items selected.
How to Add Items from Gallery Remote:
Gallery Remote makes it easy to batch upload photos from your desktop to any Gallery site. With Gallery Remote you can upload photos, create albums, view slideshows, scale and rotate images, and much more. You can install Gallery Remote on all platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, ...) and adding a lot of items at once is really simple. Make sure the Remote plug-in is installed and activated. See Installing Modules. Step 1: Download Gallery Remote and install it on the computer from where you want to upload photos. Step 2: Start Gallery Remote (double-click on the Gallery Remote icon on your computer). Step 3: Enter the address of your Gallery and your Gallery username / password in Gallery Remote and click 'login' in Gallery Remote. Step 4: Select a target album and some images for upload. Step 5: Click 'upload' and wait until the operation completes.
How to Add Items from Upload Applet:
Make sure the Remote plug-in and the Upload Applet plug-in is installed and activated. Step 1: Navigate to the album you wish to add items to and click the “add items” link on the sidebar. Step 2: Click the “Upload Applet” tab if you are not already on that tab. Step 3: You are now presented with a Java based upload form that you can drag 'n' drop images to. Another method of selecting items for upload is to click the “Add Pictures” button. This will bring up a file system dialog box and you can browse to select the items you want to up upload. Step 4: If you want, you can enter a caption for the item(s) added in Step 3. By default the items filename will be used as a caption. Step 5: Click the “upload” button on the bottom of the page to upload the items selected.