Hi I am new to silverstripe and using the image gallery module..
I am tweaking the templates but cant seem to access the $AlbumTitle variable to put inside the GalleryItems control..

<h2>$AlbumTitle</h2>
<% control GalleryItems %>
// I want $AlbumTitle here :)
<% end_control %>

I have tried using Parent.. I must be missing something?

Mike

Try $Top.AlbumTitle

<% control GalleryItems %>
$Top.AlbumTitle
<% end_control %>

Yay :)

thank you so very much!

You can't directly access the parent if there is not existing relationship (has been the subject of proposals that have never quite made it to the code, see http://open.silverstripe.org/ticket/4751).

However in this case you should be able to:

<h2>$AlbumTitle</h2> 
<% control GalleryItems %> 
$Album.AlbumTitle
<% end_control %>

Since ImageGalleryItem has an existing relationship to it's Album that you can traverse.

I don't think that's going to work because $Top will put you at the current controller, which is ImageGalleryPage.

Remember, ImageGalleryItem has a has_one 'Album', so keep it simple and use the relationship you're given

<% control GalleryItems %>
$Album.AlbumName
<% end_control %>

As a matter of good practice, you should never modify core templates. You should override them in your theme dir. By modding the core code, you're making upgrades very difficult!

oops..
i been hacking away very happily :)

It worked using $Top... I had to use top.top as was inside another controll (getting the hang of this :)

<div style="background:#fff; width:591px;">
<% control GalleryItems %>
<% if First %>
<div id="image" style="background:#fff; height:470px; ">
<span class=""></span>
<% control Image %>$CroppedImage(591, 394)<% end_control %>
<div style="color:#181818;">+ You are viewing: $Top.Top.AlbumTitle</div>
</div>
<% end_if %>
<% end_control %>

You should override them in your theme dir

Do I just add duplicates into the same folder my templates are in?

actually. both work.. $Album.AlbumName as well as $Top.AlbumName