One of the most exciting things members can do with the AAQ website is publish their astrophotographs for the world to see.  The AAQ qwebsite now has an extensive gallery feature that allows you as members to create your own gallery (or set of galleries) and load images for others to see.  This article explains how to use the website to achieve this.

Getting to Your Gallery Configuration Page

Tow ork with galleries, you need to open the Member Galleries poage.  This can be found in the menus under "Member Services" > "Member Galleries".  When you get there, you will see a bunch of galleries, as shown below.

In the top right-hand corner (highlighted above) is a link called "My Galleries".  You need to click this to create galleries or load images.  When you click the link, you will see you gallery page, as shown below.

This page tells you how many galleries and images you have already, and how many you are allowed.  It also by default lists the images in your gallery.

Working With Your Images

You now have three options available to you.

Adding New Images

To add a new image, scroll down the page, and you will see a form that allows you to specify the file and all the details about the image.

Editing Existing Images

You can edit details about existing images by clicking the "Edit" icon  for any image.  When you do this, the image details will be displayed, as shown below. This allows you to record any details about the image you want others to see (and is much like writing an article for the image).

Deleting Old Images

If you no longer require an image, you can click the "delete" icon (the red cross) next to the image name to remove it.

Working With Galleries

You can have a single gallery that contains all your images, or you can have sub-galleries that contain groups of images that are related.  For instance you might group images of nebulae in one gallery, and galaxies in another.  To work with galleries, you need to click the "My galleries" link shown previously (just under your user information area).  This will show the page below.

There are four options available to you for galleries:

1. You can create a new gallery using the form provided.  Note that when creating sub-galleries, we recommend that you prefix the name with your initials - there can only be one "Galaxies" gallery!!
   
2. You can delete an existing gallery (and all it images!!)
3. You can decide whether a gallery is published or not.
4. You can edit the details of existing galleries.