FW Gallery – Documentation
Create Your First Gallery
This section walks through the shortest path from a freshly installed FW Gallery to a live, viewable gallery on your site. The whole thing usually takes under 10 minutes.
Step 1: Open the Admin
In your Joomla admin, open FW Gallery → Files. This is where every gallery you create will live.
Step 2: Add Your First Gallery
Click New (or the + New button). The gallery editor opens with all the fields you'll need on a single form. Title plus at least one uploaded image is enough. Tags group files into virtual galleries; you can add them after the first upload.
Fill in the basics and click Save. Don't worry about getting everything right the first time; every field is editable, and there's no hidden penalty for incomplete records during setup.
Step 3: Publish It
Set Published to Yes on the file edit form. Multiple files can be published in bulk from the Files list.
Step 4: View It on the Frontend
Create a Joomla menu item of type FW Gallery → Gallery, pick the layout (Classic, Fancy, Polaroid, Pinterest, Elegant…), and visit it. Your uploaded files render in the chosen design.
You're Live
That's the minimum. Everything from here is layering: more galleries, more layouts, more add-ons. The Common Tasks section links to the next things most users want to do.