How can I use this with local images?

Hey mcubed4130,

You can just create/reuse an imagefied. The widget doesn't have to change, but the formatter has to be changed to PlusGallery. So go to Manage display and select PlusGallery as formatter for the image field. That's all.

I hope this solves your problem. If you have any more problems, let me know. ;)

I've spent a good bit of time searching and reading issues. Can point me to where the instructions for using local images are given? I appears that I need to manage the image albums in PIcasa and then upload them to a directory on my web host? Where is that specified? How do I tell Plus Gallery where to find the images? I can see:

A File directory
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"Optional subdirectory within the upload destination where files will be stored. Do not include preceding or trailing slashes."
when I create an image field, but how does the system know where the upload destination is?

If there's documentation out there on this I'm missing it.

For local Images you have to use an image field and set PlusGallery as the format. For more information on how to use this check the help page of the module. (admin/help/plus_gallery_formatter)

The documentation referenced really does not address the issues, though it's helpful to know that it's there.

I was able to follow your instructions to create an image field and set it's display to Plus Gallery. By tracing through where an uploaded image went I was able to determine that they default to:

drupal/sites/default/files/pictures ... on my system at least

then in structure/content types/Picasa Album/manage fields [where Picasa Album is the content type I am trying to use for local files] I was able to set the directory to a subdirectory (call it X) beneath pictures.

When I upload a file it goes to X. I can see that plusgallery does some other work, creating for instance thumbnails and styles for instance:
/public_html/drupal/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/greylock_2010/vines_and_roses.JPG

However, uploading local pictures one at a time like this and being limited to a single directory is not really that helpful. Is there a way to set up an entire local directory structure ... e.g., at sites/default/files/mylocalgallery

with subdirectories beneath mylocalgallery corresponding to picture albums. This would work sort of the way Gallery view does in relation to Google+, creating one thumbnail for each album/subdirectory and allowing those to be clicked into.

From a big picture perspective, while it's desirable to be able, as plusgallery does, to pull albums and pictures from Google Plus, Google in their wisdom could pull the rug out from under us at any time. Having local capabilities as a backup or just in case would be valuable and wise.

Hi fkelly,

There is currently no way to set up a local directory structure. Nor can the images be downloaded automatically from Google+, etc. Feel free to file a feature request or to implement them. I don't know when or if I will be able to find the time to add these features, but I doubt it will be soon due to my thesis and work. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks for the quick response Seppe. And good luck on your thesis.

Just knowing that I am just not missing a simple way to do this is valuable to me.