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@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Automagical css image gallery in [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) using shortcodes. Li
- CSS and JS is automatically loaded the first time you use the `{{< snap-gallery >}}` shortcode on each page
- Multiple galleries/slideshows per page supported, no interference
- Automatic rotation of slideshow with a configurable interval. Can also be disabled.
+- Supports providing metadata such as `alt` and `title` attributes
### Roadmap / untested
-- Captions / title
-- Alternative text
+- Captions
## Installation
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ Quickstart:
All parameters:
-- `src`: Must contain either a comma-separated list of paths to images, or a directory path containing images.
+- `src`: Must contain either a comma-separated list of paths to images, or a directory path containing images. Note that the paths are absolute, so imagine a `/` in front of them. Also note that the shortcode assumes that they are all stored in `/static/`.
- `lightbox`: Whether a click on an image shall open a lightbox modal. Default: `true`.
- `aspectratio`: Define the aspect ratio of the images in the slideshow/gallery. Default: `16/10`.
+- `metadata`: See below for how to add metadata to your files. Default: `map[]`.
- `mode`: Can be either `gallery` or `slideshow`. Default: `gallery`.
- For gallery mode:
- `columns`: Amount of columns the images are displayed in. Default: `4`.
@@ -59,6 +60,28 @@ All parameters:
**Note: Boolean values (`true`/`false`) must be provided without surrounding `"` characters!** `lightbox=false` disables the lightbox, while `lightbox="false"` does not.
+### Metadata
+
+Using separate data files, you can provide metadata to the image files. Imagine using the following shortcode: `{{< snap-gallery src="image1.jpg, img/folder1/" metadata="images.en" >}}`.
+
+This would assume you have a file named `/data/images.en.yaml`. It may contain the following data:
+
+```yaml
+- src: image1.jpg
+ html:
+ alt: Alternative text
+ title: Title, text displayed when hovering
+- src: img/folder1/foo.png
+ html:
+ alt: Alternative text for the first picture in the image folder
+```
+
+This way, you can add any HTML attributes to the `` element for the images you describe in the metadata file. In this example, you add this for two images, one of them is in a folder whose path you provided. You don't have to add information for all files.
+
+This flexible way allows you to also translate metadata. Just use different `metadata` values to the shortcodes depending on the language.
+
+Note that a `title` is also taken as a caption to the picture in order to reduce duplicated work.
+
## Credits
The original inspiration for this shortcode came from [Li-Wen Yip's easy-gallery](https://github.com/liwenyip/hugo-easy-gallery). The first major version of this was already a 90% rewrite, and the current one has even less to do with it. However, the rewrite took some inspirations from [W3Schools](https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_lightbox.asp), thanks!
diff --git a/layouts/partials/gallery.html b/layouts/partials/gallery.html
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--- a/layouts/partials/gallery.html
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@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
{{- $imgs := .imgs -}}
{{- $galno := .galno -}}