I am looking for a simple and elegant solution to have a dynamic gallery based on the "search by Media" toggle in CB gallery...
This toggle allow users to write keywords ( i.e not parsed hashtags) in description of their photos ( example #landscape #portrait....) . The search in the gallery works perfectly for this for each user.... I like it.
So, I am wondering if there is a simple way to have in addition a single gallery gathering in a dynamic way all photos from all albums from of all users. I tried to illustrate this. I don't know how it is possible ( specific gallery or autoaction ?). As media, we only upload photos reguiring albums and there is no privacy for albums ( all can be viewed by all users, only owner can upload in his gallery)
(Note: I do not will to use the smart search because the result rendering does not fit with the need to display photos and not links and i let the use of hashtag searches for other purposes if it is implemented in future CB Gallery plugin.)
It's possible to create a gallery in CB Gallery > Galleries that displays albums and media from all users, but there's no way to search by user.
To display media from all users the easiest approach is just make a copy of the "Profile Gallery" gallery. Next set the asset of the copy to "gallery.1" so it inherits most settings from the profile gallery. Finally under Filters add "profile.%" to Display > Include > Assets so it includes all profile gallery media. If you've other profile galleries (gallery fields) in use you may want to also add "1" to Display > Include > Galleries so it's restricted to that gallery. That Filters tab is entirely responsible for what displays.
Will review adding search by user somehow in a future release. Probably something like @username or @name. Basically allowing mentions in the search bar to search by user. I've no plans to implement this anytime soon though, sorry, but will make a feature ticket so I don't forget.
(Note: I do not will to use the smart search because the result rendering does not fit with the need to display photos and not links and i let the use of hashtag searches for other purposes if it is implemented in future CB Gallery plugin.)
Joomla smart search results are entirely customizable. Override the layout from your Joomla template and adjust the HTML to whatever you like.
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