Title: [Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Missing description under thumbnails
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Missing description under thumbnails

 *  Resolved [alexandrk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandrk/)
 * (@alexandrk)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/)
 * Just updated to Nextgen-Gallery 1.0.1 have no idea how to enable description 
   under thumbnails. Please let me know if you have solution. Thank you!

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 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924586)
 * I have the same issue. Hopefully Alex will be by soon.
 *  [holdengreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/holdengreen/)
 * (@holdengreen)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924825)
 * Same Problem Here. My gallery feel naked without descriptions under thumbnails.
 *  [Alex Rabe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexrabe/)
 * (@alexrabe)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924863)
 * It’s now part of your [template](http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2008/11/25/new-in-version-100-templates/).
   Please look into the gallery.php file and edit it in the way you want. Example:
 *     ```
       <div id="ngg-image-<?php echo $image->pid ?>" class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box">
       		<div class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail" >
       			<a href="<?php echo $image->imageURL ?>" title="<?php echo $image->description ?>" <?php echo $image->thumbcode ?> >
       				<img title="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" alt="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" src="<?php echo $image->thumbnailURL ?>" <?php echo $image->size ?> />
       			</a>
       		</div>
       	</div>
       ```
   
 * Add the code **<?php echo $image->description ?>** there where you need it. (
   below the link, below the div etc.)
 *     ```
       <div id="ngg-image-<?php echo $image->pid ?>" class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box">
       		<div class="ngg-gallery-thumbnail" >
       			<a href="<?php echo $image->imageURL ?>" title="<?php echo $image->description ?>" <?php echo $image->thumbcode ?> >
       				<img title="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" alt="<?php echo $image->alttext ?>" src="<?php echo $image->thumbnailURL ?>" <?php echo $image->size ?> />
       			</a>
       		</div>
               <?php echo $image->description ?>
       	</div>
       ```
   
 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924871)
 * A+. Thanks Alex!!!
 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924875)
 * Alex,
 * Do you have any templates to download and use directly? I see you samples on 
   your page, but am looking for something a little more direct.
 * AM I correct in saying the css is embedded into the PHP file?
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [alexandrk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandrk/)
 * (@alexandrk)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924880)
 * Thank you very much for all your help!!
 *  [Alex Rabe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexrabe/)
 * (@alexrabe)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924881)
 * No the CSS is not embedded, copy the “master” template **view/gallery.php** form
   the plugin to your theme into **nggallery/gallery.php**. Then start playing with
   the CSS & the code, you will direct see the result…
 * (Your nggallery.css shoudl be as well copied to the theme folder)
 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924884)
 * Thank you, but I still must be missing something.
 * OK so I copy gallery.php and nggallery.css over to an nggallery folder that is
   in MY theme folder.
 * From there I change the name of gallery.php to gallery-round.php to give it a
   template name.
 * Then I add the round css info into the nggallery.css file?
 * Correct?
 * I did this but it still doesn’t work.
 * I do have [nggallery id=1 template=round] on my page.
 *  [Alex Rabe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexrabe/)
 * (@alexrabe)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924896)
 * The nggallery.css need to be in the root of your theme folder not in the subfolder.
   Please post also a link
 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924920)
 * you can see the link at [http://dorispatersonart.com/gallery/](http://dorispatersonart.com/gallery/)
 * I got most things working but I am unable to get the`<span>` to work for cutting
   the corners off the thumbnail images.
 * Any ideas.
 * My two parameters are:
 *     ```
       .sample3 img {
       	width: 125px;
       	height: 100px;
       	border: none;
       	padding: 7px 7px 7px 7px;
       	background: url(images/round-bg.gif) no-repeat;
       }
   
       .sample3 span {
       	width: 111px;
       	height: 86px;
       	display: block;
       	position: absolute;
       	top: 7px;
       	left: 7px;
       	background: url(images/round-corner.png) no-repeat;
       }
       ```
   
 *  [Alex Rabe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexrabe/)
 * (@alexrabe)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924930)
 * something with your round-corner.png doesn’t fit (I’m no CSS expert), I tested
   with firebug left/top 17px; and can see then the upper left border. Study the
   example from [WebDesigner Wall](http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/css-decorative-gallery/)
 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924937)
 * I see what you mean. Hmmmmm
 * I’ll have to play with it more but I used the files from WebDesigner Wall.
 * My resizing might be off.
 *  [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * (@electrolund)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924940)
 * I followed your [instructions](http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2008/11/25/new-in-version-100-templates/)
   and found that your syntax for the quicktag wasn’t quite correct. It should be:
 * `[nggallery=1 template=sample1]`
 * With this corrected, I get the following error on the preview:
 * `Rendering of template gallery-1.php failed`
 * Thinking it was a permissions issue, I made sure my gallery template file was
   0644, as are all the other default WP templates. Any ideas why this would be?
 *  [mrkingid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrkingid/)
 * (@mrkingid)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924953)
 * The syntax is actually
 * [nggallery **id=1** template=sample1]
 *  [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * (@electrolund)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-missing-description-under-thumbnails/#post-924955)
 * Ahh, you are right. My mistake. I’m still having that same gallery template error
   though. Basically if I call it this way:
 * `[nggallery id=28]`
 * The gallery loads. If I attempt to use my gallery template:
 * `[nggallery id=28 template=1]`
 * where my template file is called “gallery-1.php”, I get the error I listed above.
   Hmm.

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