What happened to the "Gallery" block in 7.1?

I need the slideshow gallery and the new 7.1 site does not seem to have it.  How do I get it back?  Thanks!

3 minutes ago, Stevens said:

I need the slideshow gallery and the new 7.1 site does not seem to have it.  How do I get it back?  Thanks!

 

It's gone, but you can get it back by this plugin

Squarespace Admin UI Tweaks (squarewebsites.org)

Note that gallery pages is no longer available, 

Well that seems like a bunch of BS!

8 hours ago, Stevens said:

Well that seems like a bunch of BS!

You still can use 7.0 templates

On 12/21/2020 at 4:20 PM, Stevens said:

Well that seems like a bunch of BS!

Came to thumbs up this. It's a total BS that they have removed gallery blocks, and now I have to pay for a stupid plug-in to have it back??? This is unreal...

If it wasn't for the trouble of moving sites, I would have left Squarespace! Dammed day I choose to sign up...

Hi, derricksrandomviews I don't know if "creating a gallery" worked back in 2020 but it sure as heck doesn't work in 2022. The Gallery section does not exist on my 7.1 template, is there ANY alternative I can use to create a carousel with images?

This is a pretty basic/useful feature, I would be shocked if squarespace removed it. 

It's so annoying that they have removed the Gallery Block in 7.1

I want to create a Small Square that changes images, I don't want to do a gallery section that spans across the entire screen. Does anyone know if this is possible?

10 hours ago, Dira said:

I am not seeing the gallery option either. This is really bad as it doesn't make sense to see that being removed. 

 

 

See this https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206543407-Gallery-blocks

It's not possible to add gallery blocks to any area with page sections, including:

• Layout pages
• Collection landing pages (blog pages, events pages, portfolio pages, store pages)
• Portfolio sub-pages
• Footers

Like everyone else here I am dumbfounded that Squarespace removed the Gallery block in 7.1 I am always recommending Squarespace to everyone, but this really sucks. I use that feature all the time. Can they please just bring it back???

You can still add gallery blocks next to text upon the Blog post layouts. With some tweaking you can make it look like a webpage.

This is a major issue! This affects the functionality of our websites in a huge way and is a basic feature that I think we all expect to be here when we pay for a premium service such as this one. Totally outrageous.

I really want to think they will bring it back. The point is not to look for ways to work around an issue (and thanks to this community, we do find them) but to have a feature that actually works well and does the trick. 

Hi there, I landed here because I had the same issue. 

I headed back to the editor and found the gallery options:

- add "section"

- select "Images" and choose the one that already looks like a gallery 

- then go to "Edit section"

- there you can choose which "Gallery Type" you prefer

- if you activate "Options - Captions" you description text will appear

Happy New Year!

I just ran into this with my client's site, however this was AFTER I tested it out with MY 7.1 site, and it worked!???!

I have version 7.1 and can add a gallery block. Both sites I'm testing this out on regular blank pages. WTF!? Why can I do it? What am I missing??

On 2/4/2023 at 4:41 PM, mallorycs said:

Why can I do it? What am I missing??

You can use Gallery blocks because you are a Circle member. There is a whole history on how this came about that you can find on the forum if you want to do research.

1 minute ago, creedon said:

You can use Gallery blocks because you are a Circle member. There is a whole history on how this came about that you can find on the forum if you want to do research.

 

Oh wow, interesting. THANK YOU for settling my brain which was going wild with bewilderment.

17 hours ago, creedon said:

You can use Gallery blocks because you are a Circle member. There is a whole history on how this came about that you can find on the forum if you want to do research.

 

This is the only solution I've found to this absolutely absurd problem. 

Has anyone found a solution to adding gallery blocks in 7.1 if you're not a circle member?

On 2/6/2023 at 6:30 PM, creedon said:

You can use Gallery blocks because you are a Circle member. There is a whole history on how this came about that you can find on the forum if you want to do research.

 

Yeah let me just pay for three websites so i can have the full functionality for one, that makes sense! 

I created an account simply to voice my intense displeasure here. It is so outrageous that they removed this very basic and vital feature. I need to have several images on my block. So, so, so insane that you cannot do that. 

I feel like we moved back 15 years. This was easy even just a few years ago. 

I guess I need to subscribe X3 websites to try to become a circle member just so I can add a carousel block? 

SMH

15 hours ago, dval29 said:

I created an account simply to voice my intense displeasure here. It is so outrageous that they removed this very basic and vital feature. I need to have several images on my block. So, so, so insane that you cannot do that. 

I feel like we moved back 15 years. This was easy even just a few years ago. 

I guess I need to subscribe X3 websites to try to become a circle member just so I can add a carousel block? 

SMH

You can ask a Circle Member add this for you. If you need you can message me & invite me as a contributor & let me know which page you want to add gallery block, I can add it for you.

Or you can consider using Gallery Section, List Section, they have similar feature

I have built a number of Squarespace sites for clients over the years. I have recently been astonished at what cannot be done in SqSp 7.1. Some pretty fundamental things such as recoloring the button in the header, resizing the menu font on mobile, and having a gallery block, require manual CSS!  Unbelievable! In future, unless a client is absolutely wedded to SqSp, I shall be recommending alternative platforms. Sorry, guys. 

Like everyone else on this thread, I'm astounded that Squarespace removed the gallery option for displaying photos in 7.1.  Because of this, I'll stop recommending SquareSpace to colleagues and friends, until we hear from the developers that they've brought this crucial feature back.   

THank you to all how explained the situation above. I spent quite a bit of time poking around assuming I was missing something. 

--Beth

On 8/22/2023 at 11:00 AM, tuanphan said:

You can ask a Circle Member add this for you. If you need you can message me & invite me as a contributor & let me know which page you want to add gallery block, I can add it for you.

Or you can consider using Gallery Section, List Section, they have similar feature

Hi Tuanphan,

Would you be able to do this for me? I wanted to replace the home page block image with a gallery - so that I can then add + use the 'before and after image slider' on it. 

Many thanks

Didier