How to use SimpleViewer and Flash Gallery in Drupal website

This is taken from http://www.endymios.com/flash-gallery-module and modified a bit:

Download flash gallery module and copy it to your modules directory
Download Simpleviewer from Airtight Interactive. Unzip the package.
Create a new directory inside the flash_gallery directory in your modules directory called ’simpleviewer’ (modules/flash_gallery/simpleviewer/).
Copy ’swfobject.js’ and ‘viewer.swf’ to the simpleviewer directory. Do not copy any other files from the Simpleviewer package.
Make sure that you have image.module and image_gallery.module enabled before you enable flash_gallery.module.
Enable the module @ admin > modules
Change the settings @ admin > settings > flash galleries
Create a image gallery
Copy image files into the importer folder, and then import all the images into the gallery
Check ‘build thumbnail library’ in the miscellaneous section and hit save
Navigate to http://yoursite.com/fgallery to see the module in action
Suggestion: set a path alias for fgallery
Suggestion: disable all blocks on fgallery /* as this will give you more space to display your albums

Simple Viewer can also be used separately, here is the tutorial.

Jesse Says:

May 1, 2008 at 9:43 pm

Thanks for this post!

The only problem I have, is that thumbnails are not created automatically.

I always have to check ‘build thumbnail library’ and hit save before it works as it should.

Have you had the same issue?

Thanks for your reply

kevin3stone Says:

May 1, 2008 at 9:45 pm

Yes, you’re right.

May 2, 2008 at 6:04 am

Do you know a solution?

carl casca Says:

July 7, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Any idea about how to do this in drupal 6?

The flash gallery module doesn’t exist (and it seems won’t exist) for drupal 6.

I’m pretty much a drupal novice, and so can’t be of much help here, but any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. It’s odd how such a slick program as drupal has such poor options for galleries.

thanks for any thoughts on this,

carl