Getting Started

• fixed search doesn't work for file names

• Better website verification

• fixed storing "off" values in the desing settings

• removed tree dots instead of 5 in the pagination block

• fixed pagination width when no sorting/limit options enabled

• fixed escaping fron-end links when Joomla! SEF mode is off

• fixed php 8 notices

• links in modules on pages without FW Gallery component fix
• translation requesting and loading fix

• * FWG - waterfall grid fix
• * FWG - moved watermark settings from Files desigs section to Watermark settings

• slightly changed the display of cards in the admin

• fixed batch upload and folder import of videos and music
• fixed display of vertical images configured in the component settings (when the height is greater than the width)

• fixed display of installed addons on *nix hosting when there are uppercase letters in the path

• added a check for an active subscription with an inactive site

• unable to get to the FW dashboard

• Critical Editor bug fix for Joomla 4 when editing files and categories.

• Adding new category error fixed.
• Cleaned up uploading images process and notifications fix.

• Major Joomla! 4 review
• Admin design fix
• Joomla! 4 router update

• Frontend gallery date ordering changed to creation date instead of last edit date.

• Improved integration for FWG Front-end manager add-on.
• Language files update.

• Admin CSS Styles update to make design CSS tabs editable for easier text copying.
• Renamed "Save" button to "Save Custom CSS" to make more obvious the fact that only Custom CSS can be edited and stored in the database.

• Numerous language corrections.

• Back-end language constants fix.
• CSS Styles typo resulted into broken data save fixed.
• Front-end audio files upload fix.
• Back-end big size MP4 video files upload improvements.

• Menu Item layout shows only settings for selected options
• Added Category and Files sorting option to show latest updated/uploaded. Sorting by order is still there when Order column is clicked.

• Moved uninstalled add-ons placeholders to the end of the list in Settings -> Add-ons.
• Improved mass update/installation process in admin Dashboard and Wizard.

• Vote bugs fixed for showing stars when a heart was selected, and choosing always thumb up when thumbs option was set.
• FWMG_NOTIFICATION language constant translated in admin panel for notification toasts.
• Fixed removing category cover image.
• Fixed Video Autoplay for FWG Layout Anywhere module.

• Download Access parameter in Category and Settings added to define level of users who can see and use Download button.
• Download File parameter in Settings allows choosing which file will be downloaded when Download button is clicked.

• Single file view is updated to show new FWG File Meta Tags add-on parameter to show IPTC image tags.
• Wizard Assistant Update/Install process improved and simplified.

• FWG Meta Data import meta title as file name upon upload.

• Update cache time issue fixed.
• Removed temporary admin placeholders in Add-ons section.

• Redesigned Admin panel to use available space more efficiently.
• Wizard assistant to help with key steps for straightforward configuration and management process.

• Better add-ons interaction and data exchange.
• When files are batch uploaded, all add-ons process them as if it was one by one upload.

• Major language file structure rework that affected all add-ons as well. Make sure you update all add-ons as well.
• Overall code optimization and stability improvements.

• Resolved problem with some add-ons not being correctly updated via native Joomla! updater.

• File upload optimization and improved Joomla! 4 compatibility.

• Title is changing when when files are browsed via thumbnails on a single file view.

• Important update to make FW Gallery work with mootools libraries on the front-end and in the back-end. Make sure you update add-ons that requires FW Gallery version 6.1.x at least.

• Full Joomla! 4 compatibility. Major code review and refactoring to work with new architecture and libraries.
• Stackideas Komento product integration as an alternative comments solution to Disqus.

• IMPORTANT! All add-ons must be updated to work with FW Gallery v 6.x.

• Admin -> Dashboard Add-ons update process. Some add-ons kept telling to install new update while the latest version was installed.

• 3rd level categories infinite loop that led to timeout in back-end and on a front-end. Now fixed.

• Waterfall grid responsive styles update.

• New Cascading layout for categories allowing fast tab-like navigation between sub-categories with specific design of each category.
• Admin Categories list new Parent category filter.
• Admin images file list now shows real file name as it is stored on a server.
• Admin Categories/Files: Description column shows up to 200 symbols or counter of total symbols.
• Admin Categories: Images counter shown only if images are in a category.
• Admin Categories/Files: colors for publish/unpublish button icons.
• Admin Categories/Files: nice class frame for cover images preview.
• Admin Categories/Files: full footer pagination: counter, navigation, limit box.
• Add-ons layout settings admin parameter for advanced add-on management on menu items layouts.
• Admin Settings get Font size parameter to control relative size of the elements as all styling is done using rem units which is based on HTML font size.
• New Useful Services section in admin Dashboard to help see new available services for FW Gallery.

• Merged all file types into one listing instead of file type tabs as was before.
• Site category limit pagination is now proportional to number of rows and columns selected for grid. Used to be fixed
• In admin Category edit: a current date will be stored as create date, if date is empty or incorrect.
• In admin Category edit: a first file image will be stored as a category cover image on save, if cover image is empty.
• Removed Empty categories show/hide parameter to avoid confusion.
• Copyright field is now part of the main component. Used to be part of FWG Meta Data add-on.
• Waterfall load more pagination now sorts images in columns.
• Context help and detailed parameter description with all language files update.

• Cover image was not removing in admin Category edit.
• When a file grid was loaded in FWG Layout Anywhere add-on there was no top margin for the loaded row.

• Admin Categories and Files sections context help update.

• Admin main menu constants cleanup and fix.

• - Unified files layout for all files types.
• - Added physical file name for images.
• - New parent category filter in categories section.

• - Huge update in context help for FW Gallery Admin section.
• - Cleaned up layouts in admin sections.

• - Vimeo thumbnail was not saved from a server when a video was stored.
• - Fixed linear effect for justified section in order to prevent image overlapping.
• - Casual AJAX warning fix for categories list to prevent warning message with strict reporting websites.
• - Dashboard files cleanup was deleting cover images for videos and audios.
• - Video thumbnail is stored now if no particular file was selected.
• - Fixed category pagination limit to be proportional to columns number multiplied by rows.
• - Fixed filters to apply when files tab is switched.

• - Improved integration with Slideshow Layout add-on.

• - FWG Slideshwo Layout add-on inetgration
• - FWG SEO Booster add-on integration

• - Thumbnails image stretch fix in Chrome.
• - Category ordering reset after selection.

• Files Cleanup section in admin Dashboard to detect unlinked files on server and delete them permanently.

• Loading files on Single File view in gallery thumbnails on demand rather than all at once. It was a problem for big galleries as it loaded all files at once.

• CSS Styles fix for FWG Layout Anywhere add-on to load styles in module layouts.
• Update button not working in admin Dashboard fix.

• Admin Dashboard update for installed add-ons layout.

• AJAX pagination bug fix.

• Admin Dashboard: add-ons section will now show documentation and demo links when available. You will be able to upgrade your component and add-ons just from admin Dashboard.
• Admin Translations: copying constants to Overrides option. Also an icon will appear if a constant has an override which means ignoring any value set in language file.
• Site: added files prefix to make pagination work in FWG Layout Anywhere add-on.

• Admin Dashboard: component section separated from add-ons list.
• Admin Dashboard: install all and update all buttons will appear in add-ons section header if available.
• Admin general: language file wording update.
• Site: updated style for Justified category view.

• Admin Dashboard: missing language constants added.
• Admin Dashboard: add-ons counter fixed in component section.
• Admin Categories: fixed double category creation when it was created with a cover image.
• Site: fixed AJAX pagination for categories and files.

• Flat view category layout allows show a category with all its subcategories as a flat list. See on demo Gallery -> Front-end layouts -> Flat Gallery Layout.

• Trim files description in admin in file list if it is longer than 250 symbols.
• In CSS Stlys admin show text area if no editor is selected in Joomla!.
• In CSS Stlys admin added Joomla! standard code editor with lines and markup.

• Fix design for categories with video cover.
• Updated column styles to support Flat view.
• Fixed tag gallery category ID parameter to be used only if category is defined by tags.

• Fixes to make layouts and other plugin work correctly with video and audio file types.

• A typo in SQL query that resulted in inability to verify account in Admin panel.

• Single file view can now use keyboard arrows to navigate through gallery thumbnails.
• File Grid parameter to hide file types icons in listing.
• Google Structured data add-on support.

• Added an option to get error message if images can not be properly rendered via caching mechanism FW Gallery uses. Previously it was impossible to detect why images do not generate and no errors appeared.

• Update link was not rendered properly giving error at automatic Joomla! update.

• Add-ons badges to help you see most popular, new, recommended and add-ons that have updates available.
• Add-on view page that provides detailed information on add-ons which is being constantly updated.

• Fixes "Enable add-ons" parameters for newly installed add-ons to show them as No. Previously it showed Yes, but in real this setting was not saved in an existing menu item.

• Tags import update APIs to process correctly images made with front-end cameras and then rotated or edited in phone editors.

• Special update to make extension add-ons work with Joomla! native update system and show updates available if logged in into Fastw3b account with client Access Code.

• Fixed issue that caused file slider to disappear and ignore category setting when configured on a Single File layout.

• New data type Audio Files allowing add MP3, WAV, OGG, ACC files in category or mix with other file types.
• New Audio tab in files to manage audio files.

• Use Viewing Access Levels instead of Joomla! User Groups for setting category and file access.
• Batch upload now processes audio files. Meta data will be imported if add-on is enabled.

• Updated translations on front-end and admin.
• Corrected code to remove some warning that showed for PHP 7.3.

• Batch Categories. New button in Categories section in admin allowing quick text category tree creation in minutes.

• Now Video plugin allows batch video upload. Usually videos are bigger than images and it is less important to import videos in a batch, but now it is very easy, if needed.
• Moved Add-ons section to second top in menu to make it more obvious. Also added deals and shop filter links to help identify available for purchase add-ons.

• Fixed transparent PNG background to be white instead of black. Still plan to release an update to fix the issue completely and keep it transparent. Coming in next releases.

• Free multi-media gallery component with add-ons to extend functionality. Make sure you use your Fastw3b account Access Code to link your account to download and update add-ons.
• Categories (galleries) have their own design and layout settings that inherit global Settings, but can be set for every gallery individually.
• All major functions and designs are redesigned into separate add-ons.

• Single file layout resulted into 500 error page for galleries with lots of files. Fixed.

• FWG Content Plugin gave fatal error for single file due to missing function parameters. Fixed.
• Single file layout resulted into 500 error page for galleries with lots of files. Fixed.

• Administrator Javascript conflict resulted into inability to select parameters in Configuration and disappearing tabs in Gallery parameters.

• Batch operations. Select files and move to another Gallery, change Access Level or set copyright for all.
• Basic ACL support. Now you can assign who can manager FW Gallery in admin back-end.
• On file upload Alt text is set to file name by default.
• Lightbox windows now have their own URLs so if sent they will show the file a user was looking at.
• Lightbox windows get their own page titles based on their gallery and file name.

• Lightbox single file layout enlarged to make it full width.
• Filters in Files admin section remain after browsing through tabs, uploading files or editing them.
• If Gallery is selected in admin and new file button is clicked selected gallery will be set automatically.
• Save All button now saves files ordering in admin.

• Galleries and Files settings are regrouped and synced to be the same in Configuration and Gallery settings.
• When new gallery is created all settings are set to Default.
• Saving order in admin with save icon resulted into loosing tags for all reordered files. Not anymore.

• Template override system for FW Gallery designs the same way as for any other Joomla extension via template overrides. Just use templates/[your_joomla!_template]/ html/layouts/fwgallery/common/listing/categories.php. Where common is a default FW Gallery design, but you can use any other design name to override it.

• Old files import has a moving indicator now showing import progress. It will disappear as soon as import as finished. As long as it stays the process still continues.

• On front-end gallery view when changing ordering or limit in a child category without its own menu item after refresh it would go to parent category. Now it stays on the same page.

• Admin files search by ID. Now you can use search text field to search files by IDs.

• Social networks windows now open in a resized smaller windows rather then new tabs. Based on customers request we made social windows more less confusing.
• Old version data import script update. After few new situations with data import we updated algorithm to make it even more stable.

• Watermark fix. Parameter was not rendered correctly which caused Watermark not showing. Works now.
• Ajax pagination update based on a bug report.
• Back-end File edit page title and hint update. Didn't change header title and hint and showed file list texts instead.

• Batch Upload button in Gallery edit page in Admin. Now you can upload files while editing a Gallery. Make sure you save gallery name before upload.
• Added cache folders check on Dashboard Admin view. Very often cache folders that don't have writting permissions cause thumbs problem.

• Mobile grids views layouts. Standard, Waterfall and Custom grids are now much more responsive.
• Removed file description formatting in Admin, limited to 200 and show total characters number.
• Hide ordering and limit container when nothing is shown there.

• Show file tags if a gallery has uploaded files and tags parameters. If a gallery has files uploaded and set by tags they will show up in a gallery description.
• Single file view thumb slider display. Right side arrow was moving along with container when the end of the list was reached.
• Single file view thumb slider last image not showing. Thumb margin was not calculated in slider shift and caused wrong shift on scroll.
• Wrap standard pagination to fit its container. For many pages block for standard pagination it was impossible to click the links that went out of pagination container.
• Gallery name change after Lightbox open/close. Gallery name was switching to file name after light box file view was opened and closed.
• Hide gallery date parameter works now. It was ignored before disregarding a value set.

• Changed Copy import process to allow continue from a place where it broke in case file archive was too big or some timeout or server error popped out during the process.
• Added notification message showing error if import process got terminated.

• Improved old media data import to migrate tags and votes.
• Upon installation Content Plugin and Editor Buttons are removed as they are now replaced with FW Gallery Module.

• Improved previous version media data import.
• Updated import options to Copy or Move media data when previous version is detected.
• Watermark import.

• One component instead of two. Now FW Gallery is a component with extra add-ons split into free and paid and corresponding to former Light and Grand versions.
• Backup/restore solution. Backup/restore your existing galleries when migrating to a new version.
• FW Gallery Bootstrap design. Bootstrap add-on of the design type adds a distinct look to your gallery.
• Grid display effects. Attractive images grids set in gallery settings - Standard, Waterfall, Justified, and Custom.
• Info details positions. A choice of 7 stylish file info positions - top, bottom, left, right, over slide up, and over full hove.
• Meta data section. A new section allowing to add meta keywords and meta description for better search engine optimization.
• On hover effect for a file. 2 beautiful file on hover effects - Ken Burns and Enlarge.
• Updates:

• Moved gallery layout settings to gallery level. Now gallery layout settings are configured at the gallery level, not menu item level.
• Parent gallery settings priority. All settings of the parent gallery get automatically applied to a child gallery. At the same time, child gallery settings can be manually changed if it is needed.
• Configuration section update. Divided Configuration section into General, Galleries, Items, and Add-ons tabs for better usability and navigation.
• Custom image sizes. Added the ability to set custom sizes for different images formats. Now you can set custom sizes for gallery cover, listing image, lightbox, and single file format. (edited)
• FW Gallery Bootstrap design. Bootstrap add-on of the design type adds a distinct look to your gallery.

• Gallery description next to the gallery. Now the gallery description can be placed next to the gallery.
• Tags display on the gallery view. Now the tags assigned to the gallery are displayed оn the gallery page, underneath the gallery title.
• Search by ID in the admin panel. Added the ability to search for files by ID via the admin panel.
• Search by tag in the admin panel. Added the ability to search for files by tags via the admin panel.
• Custom CSS style section. Added CSS style section in admin panel so the users could edit CSS styles of the component directly via Joomla! admin panel.
• Gallery display is a map module. Added the parameters allowing to display a particular gallery in a map module.

• Renamed Default design to Fancy. Renamed Default design to Fancy to avoid confusion with the default option allowing to set priority between menu item settings and global settings
• GEO tag for a gallery. Added the ability to assign a GEO tag to the gallery.
• Default image setting for a front-end manager. Added the ability to set default cover image for a gallery via the front-end manager.

• Tags display in menu item settings. Tags added for a new gallery didn’t display in menu item layout settings.
• Tags order. Synchronized the order of the tags between the front-end and back-end.
• Batch upload via the front-end manager. Batch upload didn’t work for the front-end manager.
• File description. Fixed the file description display in the below position.
• Video cover upload. It was impossible to upload a video cover for a gallery.

• Youtube and Vimeo videos display. Bug caused inability to display videos via https connection.

• Youtube and Vimeo videos display. Bug caused inability to display videos via https connection.

• Tags display on file preview description. Added a parameter allowing to switch on/off tags on file preview description.
• Menu layout options structuring and grouping. Placed files list displaying settings into a separate section to set logical structure in gallery layout settings. Gave titles to the sections.

• Metadata import. Bug caused inability to import metadata using batch upload.

• JavaScript conflict which could occur when using default design.
• Video styles update for layouts when information was configured to be shown underneath the file in a gallery view.

• Beauty design. New fonts and green/spa colors calm design for beauty websites.
• Gallery video cover with preview. Ability to set video as a cover for a gallery and play video on hovering a cover.
• Option defining the length of gallery/image preview description. Ability to define the length of gallery/image preview description by the number of symbols.
• Lightbox for all designs. Now single image display in a lightbox is available for all designs - Default, Masonry, Pinterest, Polaroids, and Classic.
• New full image preview lightbox script. Replaced a script that cropped image and had glitches on responsive views for better visual presentation and comfort user experience.

• Safari optimization. Now the component is optimized to work with Safari.
• Slideshow/latest module display via file/gallery description. The slideshow/latest module can be placed into the image/gallery description.
• Removed formatting from gallery preview description. The description is displayed as plain text.
• Download button for a menu item. The download button can be enabled/disabled for a particular menu item.
• Files counter for a menu item. Ability to enable/disable files counter for a particular menu item.
• Default gallery cover parameter. Now a gallery cover can be set from the existing images.
• Tested gallery with Joomla 3.9.3.

• Date/author/gallery counter display. Bugs resulted caused inability to enable/disable the parameters via menu item settings.
• Watermark text display. Bug caused inability to display a watermark text over images.
• Comments display. Fixed comments display via menu item settings.
• Latest module optimization for a lightbox. Fixed module layouts display in the lightbox.
• Links display in gallery preview description. Bug caused incorrect links display within the gallery preview description.
• Show backlink option for default gallery settings. Added show backlink option in default gallery settings.
• Bellow gallery description display. Bug resulted in an inability to place gallery description underneath the image.
• Gallery preview display in Masonry. Aligned gallery preview image for Masonry format.
• Language files update. Bug resulted in missing translations.
• Files ordering. Added files ordering buttons in the files section.

• New lightbox script that shows images full size without cropping and allows comfort preview on mobile devices.

• Editor (JCE) Button plugin fix. Used to give a 404 page when used in editor.

• Fixes for compatibility with older FW Gallery version. Bug resulted into T_FUNCTION error in some cases and didn't show some Admin sections.
• Checked menu options parameters to work as expected, grouped them in sections for easier navigation.

• Fixes for compatibility with older FW Gallery version. Bug resulted into T_FUNCTION error in some cases.

• Added anchors to galleries and files blocks in a gallery layout so a user gets back to section where pagination was clicked rather than at the top of a page.

• Removed sub-galleries parameters as redundant.
• Updated Galleries columns settings and layout on responsive devices.
• Front-end Manager design update: controls update, fields regrouped for better usability.

• Save filter parameters after editing a file. It used to get reset before.
• Checked IPTC/XMP tags to be imported when single file is uploaded or a batch upload is used.
• Checked menu options parameters to work as expected, grouped them in sections for easier navigation.

• Added anchors to galleries and files blocks in a gallery layout so a user gets back to section where pagination was clicked rather than at the top of a page.

• Removed sub-galleries parameters as redundant.
• Updated Galleries columns settings and layout on responsive devices.

• Save filter parameters after editing a file in Admin section. It used to get reset before.

• New Default design for Gallery, Image and Lightbox.
• Combined Gelleries List and Gallery views to simplify front-end configuration and improve usability.
• Layout options for a gallery album.
• Layout options for a file in a gallery.
• Option to select gallery information underneath a thumb or on hover.
• Option to select file information underneath a thumb or on hover.
• Gallery and file layout global settings can be reconfigured via menu item settings.
• Gallery can be set by selecting several galleries to a menu item.
• New design for Single item layout with a gallery slider underneath.
• Show/hide parameter for a Single item view.
• View files in a gallery with a lightbox rather than on a separate page.

• Joomla 3.9.1 compliance check.

• Layout and design parameters for Content Plugin.
• New Map module design to show thumbs on map.
• New Default design for Gallery, Image and Lightbox.
• Old default design comes as a separate design called Classic.
• Every gallery and gallery file has its own layout in a different design.
• Combined Galleries List and Gallery views to simplify front-end configuration and improve usability.
• Layout options for a gallery album.
• Layout options for a file in a gallery.
• Option to select gallery information underneath a thumb or on hover.
• Option to select file information underneath a thumb or on hover.
• Design can be set for any menu item.
• Gallery and file layout global settings can be reconfigured via menu item settings.
• Gallery can be set by selecting several galleries to a menu item.
• Gallery can be created by selecting tags assigned to files in different galleries.
• New design for Single item layout with a gallery slider underneath.
• Show/hide parameter for a Single item view.
• View files in a gallery with a lightbox rather than on a separate page.
• New Admininstrator section design.
• Added Dashboard in Admin section to monitor updates and Statistics.
• New gallery Files section design in Admin panel.

• Removed Tag Gallery layout.
• Updated 12 language files translations.
• Update for Picasa plugin and renamed to Google Images Import Plugin.

• Hotkeys for Single Image view to navigate through gallery with ←, →, ESC to go back to parent gallery.

• Tested gallery with Joomla 3.8.10.

• Fixed Front-end gallery setting saving its value and allow front-end editing. Also added a little hint to help configure Front-end Manager.
• Fixed admin navigation after saving image or category in the middle of a listing.
• Fixed high thumbnails in gallery preview.

• Single image right column fix to hide when nothing is shown in it.
• Joomla 3.8.8 compliance check.

• New gallery type is a Tag gallery! Set your gallery by choosing tags used for images and videos to create a gallery. Any image that have tags matching selected will be listed in that gallery.
• Custom images sizes configuration settings for small, medium and large versions to keep high quality at lowest resolution adapting it for used template.

• Improved design and layout settings for Galleries and Gallery view. Now design can be set for a front-end layout using Global Setting or Menu Item Options.
• Facebook import plugin update: according to Facebook security changes Facebook import was updated to work correctly. Now a user will have to create his own Facebook App rather than using common Fastw3b app we had setup, but the rest is the same.
• Joomla! 3.8.8 compatibility.

• Right data column is hidden is no data is shown, image is centered.
• Images listing pagination in admin after editing.

• pagination option: standard Joomla or AJAX load more
• 1 column display option

• active tag highlight in tags view
• HTML enabled for gallery and image descriptions

• Added default option for menu item parameters to use global configuration if parameters were not specified on purpose.

• Joomla 3.7.1 compliance check.

• Fixed bug with menu item parameters and their priority over default configuration parameters.

• Added default option for menu item parameters to use global configuration if parameters were not specified on purpose.

• Joomla 3.7.1 compliance check.

• Fixed bug with menu item parameters and their priority over default configuration parameters.