Anthony_Richardson Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hi there, I'm building a website in Squarespace 7.1 and I want to know if anyone has an answer for this. I'm looking to add a Gallery Block, and you're faced with two tabs, 'Upload Media' and 'Use Existing Gallery'. When I click on 'Use Existing Gallery', it says 'There are no collections'. How do I make a gallery collection so that it shows up when I try to add a Gallery Block? Thanks in advance HiBrandie, AsiaForum, Birdsong and 5 others 8 Link to comment
Guest Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I'm having the same issue. I have both Portfolio pages set up and a Gallery page, but neither is working and I can't find an answer. Very frustrating! https://impactdesign.info Link to comment
tuanphan Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 See this guide. https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206543407-Gallery-Blocks Beyondspace 1 Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
HiBrandie Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 I'm having the same issues. I made galleries and it's saying I have no content to add to the blog. millagorilla, emalu and Beyondspace 3 Link to comment
sundaykindoflove Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Same issues here! I can't choose from any existing galleries/collections. I tried setting up a blog page, product page & gallery section with images but nothing shows up on the "Use Existing Gallery" tab. Was anyone able to figure it out? @tuanphan thanks for posting link to the Gallery Blocks guide. This guide says you can display content from a Gallery page, but in 7.1 there's only Gallery Sections. Does that mean it's not possible to add images using an existing gallery or collection? Any help would be appreciated! Beyondspace and emalu 2 Link to comment
Livia_Sole Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 8/21/2020 at 3:57 AM, sundaykindoflove said: Same issues here! I can't choose from any existing galleries/collections. I tried setting up a blog page, product page & gallery section with images but nothing shows up on the "Use Existing Gallery" tab. Was anyone able to figure it out? @tuanphan thanks for posting link to the Gallery Blocks guide. This guide says you can display content from a Gallery page, but in 7.1 there's only Gallery Sections. Does that mean it's not possible to add images using an existing gallery or collection? Any help would be appreciated! If you edit the gallery block you will see a little plus "+" sign on the bottom right hand corner. Click the "+" sign and you will get three options. One is "search images." Click to search images, then select the tab called "imported" and you will have access to your whole imported library. Beyondspace 1 Link to comment
Kaitlinroten Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Any update on this? I'd like to be able to use an existing gallery but can't find any info on how to do this. Beyondspace 1 Link to comment
tuanphan Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 On 2/17/2021 at 10:35 PM, Kaitlinroten said: Any update on this? I'd like to be able to use an existing gallery but can't find any info on how to do this. Have you found the solution yet? Beyondspace 1 Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
jdillagodzilla Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Wow, super annoying that you can't add a preexisting gallery and the + search option only lets you select one image at a time. Posting so I can follow the thread. juliaprather, Beyondspace, emalu and 1 other 4 Link to comment
tuanphan Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 6:52 PM, jdillagodzilla said: Wow, super annoying that you can't add a preexisting gallery and the + search option only lets you select one image at a time. Posting so I can follow the thread. SS bring back Gallery Block in 7.1 Beyondspace, CesO, emalu and 1 other 4 Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
FrankPrendergast Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I just got off the phone from support and they advised me not to use the gallery block, as it wasn't an intentional release apparently 😞 Beyondspace 1 Link to comment
Beyondspace Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 16 hours ago, FrankPrendergast said: I just got off the phone from support and they advised me not to use the gallery block, as it wasn't an intentional release apparently 😞 I think it's gone for good :(, in the mean time I created a snippet that can replace the gallery section to code block, make it work as gallery block. Check the detail steps here, it's free to use Bring Gallery Block for 7.1 - Coding and Customization - Squarespace Forum FrankPrendergast 1 BeyondSpace - Squarespace Website Developer 🖼️ Lightbox Studio (Enable Pinch/Zoom on lightbox, video lightbox and much more) 🗓️ Delivery Date Picker (Squarespace Date picker form field) 💫 Gallery block 7.1 workaround 🥳 No-code customisations for Squarespace (+100 Spark plugin customisations) 🥳 Freemium Squarespace Widget Templates (+1000 Elfsight Templates) If you find my answer useful, let's leave a like or upvote so others with the same issue can find their solution. Thank you! Link to comment
kakers Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 it's tricky after you show a client how to work the back end on the gallery (where they can sort images and have their project 'grouped'). I'm not going to ask my client to add one by one. Beyondspace, emalu and caseyaltman 3 Special Modern Design Link to comment
Chickenfoot Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Coming here to also say that I desperately want this feature back in 7.1 caseyaltman, qcjacques, emalu and 1 other 4 Link to comment
tuanphan Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 8:14 PM, Chickenfoot said: Coming here to also say that I desperately want this feature back in 7.1 Squarespace provided a solution 1-2 months ago (Please check in Circle Forum to see detail) Beyondspace 1 Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message Contact Customer Care - Learn CSS - Buy me a coffee (thank you!) Link to comment
emalu Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 11:43 PM, tuanphan said: Squarespace provided a solution 1-2 months ago (Please check in Circle Forum to see detail) Hi Tuan, Do you have a direct link for this — I'm not finding it. Thanks in advance. Beyondspace 1 Link to comment
emalu Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 8/9/2020 at 4:00 AM, tuanphan said: See this guide. https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206543407-Gallery-Blocks The problem is that guide isn't helpful at all in that there are still *zero* collections available to pull from, images can only be loaded one at a time, and there's no way to fully optimize gallery images for SEO like we could/can in 7.0. I've tried @bangank36/'s workaround but can't get it to work or don't understand what it's supposed to do. I've reached out to him, he said it's installed correctly, but it changes nothing that I can see? Waiting to hear back from him. What on earth is SQSP thinking removing this feature. I have 2 projects with gallery heavy content to develop and this has set back production — by a lot. So frustrating! Help? Anyone? caseyaltman 1 Link to comment
memberships Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 To save ya'll some time - It is not possible to use existing collections in a gallery in 7.1. Beyondspace 1 Link to comment
Allgood Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Why would Squarespace get rid of something beneficial? caseyaltman and ErinMurphy 2 Link to comment
austinark Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 this is such a major problem across my clients sites. Beyondspace and caseyaltman 2 Link to comment
austinark Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 imagine only having to create and caption this gallery once and then embed it. Beyondspace, fredroed and millagorilla 3 Link to comment
kkester Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 I need to display my gallery on several pages, like we did before on 7.0, and I do not look forward to having to do it individually. Why have "use existing collection" if there are no collections fredroed, ziska and caseyaltman 3 Link to comment
Temple_Owl Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 I can't believe there is no solution to this. I'm really getting tired of squarespace, everything I need for my Website doesn't work, even though it's super basic stuff. Beyondspace and fredroed 2 Link to comment
CZisman Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 @kkester Have you tried "Saving" the section so you can repeat the gallery on various pages? fredroed and Beyondspace 2 Link to comment
315designs Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) I agree, I hate that this feature is no longer, in fact I hate the entire back end of 7.1. Client's can't figure it out, it takes twice as long to do anything, and I don't understand why they went and messed up such a nice platform. Ton's of sites built on the old version, I was able to create them much faster, and therefore SS was my go-to. Now?? I am not sure if I will keep using it for new sites. Edited November 8, 2023 by 315designs lindz5223 and Beyondspace 2 Link to comment
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