Documentation Joomla! component

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The LR-Connect component can be called from the menu “components” in the admin area of Joomla.

 

It will open the dashboard of the LR-Connect component.

 

The dashboard of the LR-Connect components is divided into the following parts:

  • License
  • Overview
  • Access Token
  • Collections

License

The area “license” manages the license of LR-Connect. Without a valid license, LR-Connect can be used as a free version. The free version permits a maximum of 5 collections and a maximum of 15 images altogether.

 

By clicking on the button “Upgrade Now!” you will be forwarded to the web page, where you can purchase a license.

After the purchase of a license, you receive a license key. Please insert this license key in the respective field and click on the button “Save and Activate”. If you entered a valid license key, the key will be presented.

 

 

In case you want to deactivate the license please click on the button “Deactivate”. The license key will be removed and the display will change to the free version.

 

Overview

The part “Overview” is presenting statistical data about transferred images and collections. It includes the total number of images and collections as well as used space.

 

Access Token

In the area “Token” you can generate the token for the communication between the LR-Connect plugin for Lightroom and Joomla. Copy the generated token and insert it in the Lightroom plugin in the settings of the Publish Services (Configuration of the Publish Services LrConnect).

By clicking on the button “Generate new Token” a new token will be generated, that has to be inserted in the Lightroom plugin in the settings of the Publish Services (Configuration of the Publish Services LrConnect).

 

Collections

The area “Collections” contains an overview of all the collections synchronized with Lightroom and the number of included images (in brackets).

 

After clicking on a collection the respective collection will be presented in the browser.