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Competition setup instructions

Edit the variables below, using the ‘Elementor’ page builder

The contest within our website is split into the non-members’ pages on the ‘outside of our login. These pages are ‘stacked’ by design, to allow for scrolling vertically, as non-members will probably view on their mobiles.  Non-members can view and vote when requested, but cannot submit images. These pages are restricted by nature and without any horizontal menu bar to prevent access to members pages.
The inside pages for our members use the same templated contest structure, but have full access to submitting and voting and access to all parts of our site via links and the menu navigation bar header.

CONTEST GALLERY PLUGIN

TEMPLATES

The variable data for our contest pages is generated from a series of master templates. Given that we need to populate 5 pages outside the members’ firewall both for members and non-members use and a further three pages inside the members section for every new contest, the repeating information: dates, titles, master image, times etc need only be entered once below, rather than 15 times each! Scroll down to enter this data.

 

The programming and logic for the contest on our website are managed by a plugin named ‘Contest Gallery’. It handles the contest’s administration, such as setting up and labeling the contest elements, text, layout, etc., importing and labeling entry images, cataloging the images, and gathering voting data and security details.

Each new contest is a replication of the previous ones’ settings, but image links to the previously submitted contest have been cleared. The new contest has its ‘short-code’ reference number increased by 1 to indicate a new set of data.

Settings

The contest gallery plugin generates image galleries for competitions, tailored to the plugin’s settings. Each contest receives a unique reference number linked to the submitted images. The galleries update in real time and offer additional features that differ for members and non-members, or based on the gallery’s specific purpose. For example, it might enable voting within the gallery or only show the winning images to the viewer. When a new contest gallery is created, a distinct set of codes is produced. These codes integrate with my templates (provided below) to display the appropriate gallery on our various pages, inclusive of the selected options.

The contest code appears as a ‘short-code’ within square brackets [ ] like this: cg_gallery_winner id=”xxx”

As written, this example short-code will display the gallery of images (cg-gallery) created from the current contest number (xxx). Additionally, it then filters all the submissions to select just the images tagged as winners ( _winner) to display them within a unique gallery layout on the page.

There are 4 codes (commands) that we use, all in combination with the unique gallery id:              

VOTING – NO VOTING – UPLOAD – WINNER

 

Click on the button below and copy the previous gallery settings, selecting ‘options and forms’  and choose: create a new gallery

Click here to open the Contest Gallery Page

Keep the new window open and look for the ‘COPY GALLERY’ button. A pop-up will appear. Select Copy Gallery ID….? ‘OPTIONS AND FORMS ONLY’ from the last contest in the list.

Hit the ‘COPY’ button. A new gallery will be created. Scroll to the top of the page and the message:
You created a new gallery based on a copy. Only options and forms were copied.

will appear at the top of the new gallery. Its title will be: “Gallery name: COPY OF  (previous gallery) – COPY” Click the adjacent icon to rename the contest (Gallery Name) under the ‘GALLERY OPTIONS’ header. Don’t forget to ‘SAVE ALL OPTIONS’ (top right of screen.

Keep a note of the new gallery number. You will need this for the next steps.

Contest setup

## CONTEST TITLE (template)

Set up this template first.
This will place the contest title at the head of every contest page. 'HEADING'
Click on the green icon box above and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear.
The current template (as shown above) should be the one selected and an 'edit template' button will be visible. Click the button and a new page will be opened in your browser. Edit the contents and press the pink "PUBLISH" button on the top right corner of your screen.
Once published, all the BPG website pages with the template inserted will be automatically updated...
Close that page, repeat with the other templates as shown underneath.

Dogs!

## CONTEST IMAGE

Set up this image next.
This will place the contest image at the head of every contest page.
Click on the green icon box above and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear.
The current template (as shown above) should be the one selected and an 'edit template' button will be visible. Click the button and a new page will be opened in your browser. Edit the contents and press the pink "PUBLISH" button on the top right corner of your screen.
Once published, all the BPG website pages with the image template inserted will be automatically updated...
Close this page, repeat with the other templates as shown underneath.

## CONTEST GALLERY SHORT-CODE (PHOTO UPLOAD)

This will select the new CONTEST UPLOAD gallery to be displayed in every contest page WHERE APPLICABLE.
Click on the green icon box above and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear. cg_users_contact id="..........."
The current template name (as shown above) should be the one selected and an 'edit template' button will be visible. Click the button and a new page will be opened in your browser. Edit the contents and paste in the new short-code for the latest contest and press the black "apply" button on the top left side of the screen, or the pink "PUBLISH" button on the top right corner of your screen.
Once published, all the BPG website pages with the template inserted will be automatically updated...
Close this page, repeat with the other templates as shown underneath. 






    






    

    No entries found
    




Our Contest is feeling sad and empty! Don't be shy! 



Post your best photographs now and be the first to start the contest rolling!



 





   

       

   
        

       

            Photo contest ist over
        

    






   

       

           

            

       

       

            Photo contest ist over

## CONTEST GALLERY (ALLOW VOTING GALLERY)

This will select the CONTEST VOTING gallery to be displayed in every contest page WHERE APPLICABLE.
Click on the green icon box above and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear. cg_gallery id="..........."
Click on the green icon box above and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear.
The current template name (as shown above) should be the one selected and an 'edit template' button will be visible. Click the button and a new page will be opened in your browser. Edit the contents and paste in the new short-code for the latest contest and press the pink "PUBLISH" button on the top right corner of your screen.
Once published, all the BPG website pages with the template inserted will be automatically updated...
Close this page, repeat with the other templates as shown underneath. 






    






    

    No entries found
    




Our Contest is feeling sad and empty! Don't be shy! 



Post your best photographs now and be the first to start the contest rolling!



 





   

       

   
        

       

            Photo contest ist over
        

    






   

       

           

            

       

       

            Photo contest ist over

## CONTEST GALLERY (NO-VOTING GALLERY DISPLAY)

This will select the CONTEST NO-VOTING gallery to be displayed in every contest page WHERE APPLICABLE.
Click on the green icon box above and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear. cg_gallery id="..........."
Click on the box below and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear.
The current template name (as shown above) should be the one selected and an 'edit template' button will be visible. Click the button and a new page will be opened in your browser. Edit the contents and paste in the new short-code for the latest contest and press the pink "PUBLISH" button on the top right corner of your screen.
Once published, all the BPG website pages with the template inserted will be automatically updated...
Close this page, repeat with the other templates as shown underneath. 






    






    

    No entries found
    




This text is visible until first entry appears in the gallery. 
This text can be configurated in "Edit options" >>> "Gallery view options" >>> "This text is visible until first entry appears in the gallery"





   

       

   
        

       

            Photo contest ist over
        

    






   

       

           

            

       

       

            Photo contest ist over

## CONTEST GALLERY WINNERS (CURRENT CONTEST)

This will select the NEW CONTEST WINNERS gallery to be displayed in every contest page WHERE APPLICABLE.
Click on the green icon box above and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear. cg_gallery_winner id="........"
The current template name (as shown above) should be the one selected and an 'edit template' button will be visible. Click the button and a new page will be opened in your browser. Edit the contents and paste in the new short-code for the latest contest and press the pink "PUBLISH" button on the top right corner of your screen.
Once published, all the BPG website pages with the template inserted will be automatically updated...
NOTE: Set this value to the CURRENT contest number.

Our last contest was entitled …

Through the Window...






    






    

    No entries found
    




This is the winners gallery - if you can see this message, the judges are still counting the votes and verifying that there has been no cheating! Please return soon to view the winning entries. 
This text can be configurated in "Edit options" >>> "Gallery view options" >>> "This text is visible until first entry appears in the gallery"





   

       

   
        

       

            Photo contest ist over
        

    






   

       

           

            

       

       

            Photo contest ist over

Browse from our recent 12 contest winners. Could you do better?

## CONTEST GALLERY WINNERS (Previous contest)

This will select the CONTEST WINNERS gallery to be displayed in every contest page WHERE APPLICABLE.
Click on the green icon box above and to the left of your screen you will see the EDIT column.
The column header will change to "Edit template" In the 'content' column, under 'choose template' the template name will appear. cg_gallery_winner id="........"
The current template name (as shown above) should be the one selected and an 'edit template' button will be visible. Click the button and a new page will be opened in your browser. Edit the contents and paste in the new short-code for the latest contest and press the pink "PUBLISH" button on the top right corner of your screen.
Once published, all the BPG website pages with the template inserted will be automatically updated...
NOTE: Set this value to the previous contest number.. i.e. if the new contest is 7, set this value to contest 6.

Our last contest was entitled …

Through the Window...






    






    

    No entries found
    




This is the winners gallery - if you can see this message, the judges are still counting the votes and verifying that there has been no cheating! Please return soon to view the winning entries. 
This text can be configurated in "Edit options" >>> "Gallery view options" >>> "This text is visible until first entry appears in the gallery"





   

       

   
        

       

            Photo contest ist over
        

    






   

       

           

            

       

       

            Photo contest ist over