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Multiple gallery views in one contest
Switch between four different views without loading. Arrange views order. Select which contest view should be available. Open a view in full window or even in full screen mode.
Create contest upload form
Add 10 different upload form field types to your photo contest. Make them required if necessary or arrange order. Extra upload form shortcode is available, but also in gallery AJAX upload form can be activated.
Voting types
1 to 10 stars voting can be configured. Recognize by IP, cookie or user login.
Voting options
Votes per user, delete votes, show only user votes, votes per category, one vote per picture, configure messages when all votes used and many other options are available for your photo contest.
Vote without beeing registered
User will be recognized by IP or cookie. It is also possible to set IP and cookie, so IP an cookie has to be changed to vote again.
Vote as registered user
Create registration form, arrange fields order and make fields required if necessary. Configure WordPress user role when register. WordPress user will be created. Add login form. This kind of voting can not be manipulated.
Allow comments
Users can set comments for each image in frontend for a photo contest. Set emojis (emoticons) in a comment is possible. Comments can be approved and deleted in backend. Activate an email noticiation when a comment is set.
Search by content
Search by field content, categories, picture name or EXIF data of your images in your photo contest. Search is available in in frontend and backend. Search in frontend will be executed without site reload. Enable or disable search in frontend.
EXIF data
EXIF data from images will be extracted and shown in frontend. Select which EXIF data should be displayed in frontend. Available is original image date, date format, aperture, exposure time, ISO and focal length.
Image activation email
Users can upload image in frontend. Admin can review them and then activate them. An configured image activation email with link to image can be sent to user if user provided email during image upload.
Inform admin email
Admin can receive an email when a photo is uploaded with information about the image. Also CC and BCC emails can be added which should receive the email.
Original image source gallery
Simple gallery. No image opening features. Forward directly to original source after clicking an image. Add comments is not possible. Voting out of gallery is possible.
Only gallery view
Images will be not opened in single image view by clicking on them. Also it will be not fowarded to original image source. Comments can not be added. Configuration of voting out of gallery is possible.
Random sort
Random sort button or random sort each page load available as options. It can also be sorted by rating , comments and uploaded date time in frontend. In backend more sorting options are vailable.
Multiple galleries on same page
Add multiple gallery shortcodes of different galleries to same page. Multiple galleries will be displayed at same time on same page. Galleries can have different options and in gallery image upload form can be used for each gallery on same page also. For example add shortcodes: cg_gallery id=”1″, cg_gallery id=”2″ and cg_gallery id=”3″. All available shortcodes with exaplanations are instantly visible when you create a gallery.
Translations
There are 10 languages available which depends on your site language. English, German, Spain, French, Norway (not fully translated), Dutch, Russian, Slovak, Sweden (not fully translated) and chinese traditional. Additionally you can set manually own translation for every message.
Color styles
Select between optimized bright or dark gallery color style. Configure bright or dark color style for top controls or single image view extra.
Winner Gallery
Determine winner of your photo contest simply by marking winners in backend and displaying them via cg_gallery_winner shortcode. It can’t be voted in winner gallery and you can also preselect order by rating on page load.
No voting gallery
Use plugin as normal gallery plugin without the ability to vote. Simply use cg_gallery_no_voting shortcode to display gallery without votes.
User gallery
Registered and logged have full control of their uploaded photos. They can edit information, delete them and upload new photos. cg_gallery_user shortcode can be used to allow logged in uses to manage their photos.
Login via Google sign in button
Add Google sign in button shortcode to your page and allow users to login via Google account. Detailed documentation for getting the required Google client id to use button on own page is provided.
Different file types upload form and gallery
Allowed file types: JPG, PNG, GIF, ICO, WEBM, MP4, MOV, M4A, OGG, WAV, ZIP, PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, CSV, TXT
Photo contest frontend handling videos
Reviews
However the Korean input from keyboard wouldn’t work due to the conflict with the Emoji input.
The Contest Gallery support took care of this for me by creating a custom script, allowing all character inputs.
The new update just came out today, taking care of the other issue I had.
I strongly recommend this product for any photo contest.
I had a problem with the saving of settings and the support was very kind and solved in few day
Einfach nur Klasse !
After that, the best thing about this plugin is the support. The developer stay in touch helping and solving issues even not related to the tool. Integration, ideas, suggestions. Well done!!
The upload process is highly configurable, thereby avoiding complicated file names as you can put the relevant information in the corresponding fields.
Although it doesn’t have a jury voting system, the popular voting options provide a very satisfactory experience for the users.
The Contest Gallery is self-explanatory for the end users. There are only a few text strings, and all of them can be translated and adapted directly in the admin panel.
The support from the author is just exceptional, he replies immediately and fixes problems very quickly and accurately.
NORMAL version
PRO version
Gallery view options
Number of images per screen (Pagination)
Enable full window button
Enable full screen button
Allow search for images
Allow sort
Preselect order when page loads
Random sort (Each page load)
Random sort button
Bright or dark color sites
top controls style
In gallery upload form button
In gallery upload form
text configuration
Gallery Height View (all options)
Gallery Thumb View (all options)
Gallery Row View (all options)
Slider view (all options)
Blog view (all options)
Image view options
View images as gallery slide out
View images as full window slider
View images as full window blog view
Image view background
dark and bright style
Slide effect horizontal or vertical
Start gallery full window view
as slide out by clicking an image
Show EXIF data
Enable full window button
Enable full screen button
Download button
original image source
Show Nickname who uploaded image
Forward directly to original source
after clicking an image
Gallery Thumb View (all options)
Make images unclickable
(Only gallery view)
Show original image date
from EXIF data
Gallery view
Gallery name
Activate photo contest start time
Select start day
and time of photo contest
End photo contest immediately
Activate photo contest end time
Select last day
and time of photo contest
Show permanent vote
comments and info in gallery view
Allow only registered
users to see the gallery
Show text instead of gallery
(if user is not logged in)
Allow comments
Comment notification e-mail options
Voting options
Allow manipulate rating by administrator
Recognize user by IP
Recognize user by cookie
Recognize user by login
One vote per category
Votes per category
One vote per picture
Votes per user
Show HTML content instead of translation message when user used all votes
Show HTML message after every successful vote
Voting of self-added picture is not allowed
Allow vote via 1 star rating
Allow vote via multiple
2-10 stars rating
Allow vote out of gallery
(without opening an image before)
Hide rating of a picture
until user voted for this picture
Votes in time interval per user
Votes in time interval
per user amount
Votes in time interval
per user interval
Votes in time interval
per user alert message
Delete votes
(frontend users can delete their votes)
Show Facebook share button
Show Facebook share button out of gallery
Gallery shortcode URL
for Facebook share button
(It will be forwarded to this page
when
Facebook share button is used.)
Upload options
(allowed formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF, ZIP, TXT, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A, WEBM, MP4, MOV)
Automatically activate users
images after frontend upload
Confirmation text after upload
Text before upload form
Text after upload form
Forward to another page after upload
Forward to URL
Confirmation text on same
page after upload
Show upload form again after upload
Confirmation text after upload
Uploads per user
Recognize user by IP
Recognize user by cookie
Recognize user by login
Show text instead of upload form
if user is not logged in
Restrict frontend upload size
Maximum upload size in MB per image
Bulk upload
Maximum number of images per upload
Restrict resolution for JPGs
Restrict resolution for PNGs
Restrict resolution for GIFs
Modify image name frontend upload
Select possible image name options
Inform admin after upload in frontend
E-mail to administator after upload
Addressor (From)
E-mail to administator after upload
Admin mail (To)
E-mail to administator after upload
Reply mail
E-mail to administator after upload
Cc mail
E-mail to administator after upload
Bcc mail
E-mail to administator after upload
Subject
E-mail to administator after upload
Mail content
Registration options
Select user role group for registered
users over Contest Gallery
Select role groups which can edit
fields from “Registration form”
in “Edit profile” when logged
in
Text before registration form
before logged in
Login user immediately
after registration
Confirmation text after registration
Confirmation text after
e-mail confirmation
Hide registration form
if user is logged in
Show text instead
Confirmation e-mail
Addressor (From)
Confirmation e-mail – Reply mail
Confirmation e-mail – Subject
Confirmation e-mail – Mail content
Login options
Text before login form before logged in
Forward to another page after login
Forward to URL
Confirmation text on same site
after login
Confirmation Text after login
Permanent text when logged in
Logout URL
Back to gallery URL
Lost password e-mail options
Login via Google
Google sign in button shortcode
Google sign in button options
E-mail confirmation e-mail
Create e-mail field in “Edit upload form”
to send this confirmation e-mail after an upload.
After
an e-mail address is confirmed this e-mail will not be send anymore.
Activate e-mail confirmation e-mail
E-mail confirmation e-mail
Addressor (From)
E-mail confirmation e-mail
Reply mail
E-mail confirmation e-mail
Cc mail
E-mail confirmation e-mail
Bcc mail
E-mail confirmation e-mail
Subject
E-mail confirmation e-mail
URL to confirmation page
E-mail confirmation e-mail
Mail content
Image activation e-mail
Create e-mail field in “Edit upload form”
to inform users when activating their image.
Activate image activation e-mail
Image activation e-mail
Addressor (From)
Image activation e-mail
Reply mail
Image activation e-mail
Cc mail
Image activation e-mail
Bcc mail
Image activation e-mail
Subject
Image activation e-mail
URL of same page where shortcode
of the gallery is inserted
Image activation e-mail
Mail content
Translations
93 changeable translation fields
Icons
15 changeable icons
Addable registration form fields
First name (WordPress field)
Last name (WordPress field)
Input
Textarea
Select
Check agreement
Profile image
HTML
Simple captcha
I am not a robot
Google reCAPTCHA
I am not a robot
Username (WordPress field)
Nickname (WordPress field)
E-mail (WordPress field)
Password (WordPress field)
Password confirm (WordPress field)
Addable upload form fields
Image
Textarea
Select
Select categories
Date
URL
Check agreement
HTML
Simple captcha
I am not a robot
Google reCAPTCHA
I am not a robot
NORMAL version
Easy to install and works out of the box. Test the most features by downloading from original WordPress.org repository. You can update from normal version to PRO anytime and use your NORMAL version collected data in PRO version.
PRO version
Use all available options. Switch your PRO version from one domain to another anytime in your WordPress backend.