Adding image galleries inside your Joomla! articles is super-easy and simple with the "Simple Image Gallery" plugin.   Check it out here.

To create a gallery, use the Image Manager icon in the editor of your article.  Within the Image Manager, create a specific folder for pictures you want to display in gallery format.  For example, make a subfolder called myphotos with the folder chris.

Now, in your article type { gallery}chris/myphotos{/gallery }

All images existing in the folder "chris/myphotos" will be "automagically" presented as an image gallery, with stylish shadows on each thumbnail and "lightbox" popups to display the original images.  See the example below:

Usage Instructions

1. Create a folder anywhere inside images/stories/ by clicking on the image editor icon in the editor. For example call it our_zoo_trip.

2. Upload images to the folder created above. Now simply type { gallery}our_zoo_trip{/gallery } where you want your image gallery to appear. It doesn't have to be at the end of your article, it can be anywhere you insert it inside your content item.

3. Click SAVE and check out your gallery!

You can have as many galleries as you want inside each content item, but for performance purposes try to only add one at a time (unless you're having only 2-3 images per gallery). If you want to create a gallery from subfolders inside images/stories/, simple add them like this: { gallery}folder/subfolder/othersubfolder{/gallery }. In other words, write the path to your target folder without any slashes at the beginning or the end of your path.