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Introduction
1.1 Installation Guide
1.2 Congure your Menu/Video
1.3 Congure your Videos
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Welcome to the JM Video Gallery Documentation.
(You are now on the way to becoming a Joomla Super Hero)
This pdf le covers the installation and use of the JoomlaMan JM Video Gallery
Lite Component. Please read this document thoroughly and if you still experience
any difculties or if you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this
document, feel free to post them in the dedicated support forum at
http://www.joomlaman.com
Introduction
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1.1 Installation Guide
This section covers how to install JM Video Gallery.
1. Download the com_jm_video_galleries.zip to your desktop.
2. Access your site on the browser e.g http://www.mysite.com/administrator
3. Once logged in to your administration panel go to:
Extensions > Extensions Manager (See image below)










4. Next click on the Browse button so we can locate the le:
com_jm_video_galleries.zip (See image below)















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5. Once you have selected the le, click the Install & Upload button.
When the component is installed you will be re-directed to the control panel
for JM Video Gallery Lite (See image below)
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You have now successfully installed JM Video Gallery Lite
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1.2 Congure Your Menu/Video
Now you have successfully installed your new component, we need to create a
menu item so we can view how the component looks on your template.
Follow these steps to create your menu item:
(We are going to create a menu item on the default Main Menu of Joomla. If you
are using a template, you may wish to create the menu item on a diferent menu)
1. Go to Menus > Main Menu
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2. In the top menu click New
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3. Next we need to select what type of menu item we want to create, click the
Select button.
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4. We now have to select Videos
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5. You now need to give your menu item a title.
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6. Next, we need to select which JM Video Gallery categories we want to display
for this menu item.
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7. Whilst conguring your menu item you also have control over how the videos
are displayed on your website.
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Columns: Select how many columns you want to display on your website
Video Lightbox: Choose if you want to display your videos with the lightbox efect.
Social button: Turn the social buttons on or of on the video details page.
Autoplay Video: Decide if you want your video to autoplay.
Once you have selected your categories and the settings for you video gallery,
click the Save & Close button.
You have now successfully installed JM Video Gallery and Assigned your menu
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IMPORTANT
If youre using a joomla template that supports bootstrap and JQuery, you need to
make sure you turn OFF loading these libraries in the component control options.
If youre using a joomla template that does NOT support bootstrap and JQuery,
you need to make sure these libraries are loaded with the video component in the
component options.
Follow these steps to manage these settings:

Go to: Components > JoomlaMan Video Galleries (See Image Below)













Click the options button (See image below)
















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You can now control if these libraries are loaded. (See image below)
















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1.3 Congure Your Videos
Now your gallery is congured, you need to add categories and videos to the
gallery.
Follow these steps to add categories and videos to your gallery:
1. In your main admin menu, go to: Components > JoomlaMan Video Galleries
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2. We will now create a category.
Click the Category button.
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3. Now click the New button
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4. All you need to do now is enter the name of your category
(See image below).
Once you have entered your name, click the Save & Close button
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5. Now you have created your category, we need to add our videos to the
category.
Click on the Videos button. (See image below)


















6. Next click on the New button. (See image below)














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7. You can now see the screen for adding all the details for your video.
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Title: Type in the title you want to display for your video
Alias: leave this blank
Video Type: Select Where this video is coming from
Url: Enter the FULL Url of your video.
eg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4v4I7Gzk0
Generator Thumbnail: If you have entered a url from youtube or vimeo you
can click this button and the component will generate a thumbnail preview image
Image: You also have the option to upload your own thumbnail image
Description: Type the description of your video
Status: Select if the video is published or unpublished
Cat Ids: Select which categories this video should be displayed in



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You should now have successfully set up your Video Gallery!
If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this document, feel free
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