Introduction

The annotations feature of TGPX allows you to display a text string or an image overlayed onto the preview thumbnail. So, for example, you could have the word "Babes" written on all of the thumbnails in the Babes category that are picture galleries and a small movie icon displayed on thumbnails from galleries that are movie galleries.

Adding an Annotation

To add a new annotation, access the Settings > Manage Annotations function from the control panel menu. Near the top of the page in the header bar that reads "Manage Annotations" click on the icon. This will display a popup window where you will be able to enter the annotation settings that you want to use. Each of the form fields are described below.

Identifier	This is a short text string that you can use to identify each annotation
Location	This is the location on the thumbnail where the annotation should appear
Type	The type of annotation you would like to add. Text - This will use a font file that you provide to render a text string on the thumbnail Image - This will take a small image and overlay it on the thumbnail

If you select a Text type annotation, the following additional fields will need to be filled in:

String	The string that should be written on the thumbnail
	Use category name If you check this box, the first category that the gallery is assigned to will appear as the string on the thumbnail. This allows you to create a single annotation that will work for all of your categories instead of setting up separate annotations for each.
Font File	The true type font file that should be used to render the string (must be uploaded to the annotations directory of your TGPX installation)
Font Size	The font size, in points, that should be used when rendering the string on the thumbnail
Text Color	The color of the text that is rendered on the thumbnail This must be in HTML color format, for example #FFFFFF for white or #000000 for black
Shadow Color	The color of the drop shadow that is rendered underneath the text on the thumbnail This must be in HTML color format, for example #FFFFFF for white or #000000 for black

If you select an Image type annotation, the following additional field will need to be filled in:

Image File

The filename of the image that you want to overlay (must be uploaded to the annotations directory of your TGPX installation)

Editing an Annotation

To edit an annotation you will first need to locate it through the Manage Annotations interface. When you locate the annotation you want to edit, click on the icon to bring up the annotation editing interface. This interface is nearly identical to the annotation creation interface, and has the same form fields with the same properties. You can make the changes that you want, and then press the Update Annotation button to save your changes.

Deleting an Annotation

To delete an annotation you will first need to locate it through the Manage Annotations interface. When you locate the annotation you want to delete, click on the icon, which will ask you to confirm the deletion.

You can also delete several annotations at once by putting a check in the box next to the annotations you want to delete, then pressing the Delete button at the bottom of the page.