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Atlassian CLI (Notice the 3.X versions are not free, last free download versions at Atlassian CLI

Scripts

Gallery Configurations (config.txt)

Script for linking files into a Confluence page (updateFileContent.sh)

Optional: Script for refreshing Confluence pages (refreshPages.sh)

A Lightbox as Floatbox

User Macros

User Macro: make-top

User Macro: go-topOne of these Lighboxes:

User Macro: me-image - Image lightbox with Floatbox (Best, not free for commercial sites)filecontent 

The setup

Install the Software and packages needed

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Config Tomcat to support symbolic links (see this currently unsolved issue regarding special UTF-8 characters)

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Edit the config.txt to fit Your installation

Create the User Macro me-filecontent in filecontent in Your Confluence installation

Start adding pictures files to Your installation using the updategalleryupdateFileContent.sh and optional refreshpagesrefreshPages.sh scripts

The workings

All content (Pictures and Video) are place on the servers filesystem in a Tree Structure, from a Basic root (called ContentRoot in the config.txt file)

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• Creates thumbnails for the content (image or video) in a subdir called something with "thumbs"
• Adds a macro onto the specified Confluence page to show (render) the content (image or video)
• Finally, saves the page into Confluence

Architecture

Gliffy DiagramnameArchitecture 

Questions and Answers

Q: Is there a manuel maintenance between the config.txt and the me-image macro?A: Yes, the ThumbSize and DisplaySize numbers must match in the file and macro, otherwise images will give a 404 Error 

Q: My Thumbnail Image is not displayed?

A: Check the following:

• Tomcat Linking is allowed
• The Paths etc in the macro on the Confluence Page - does it exist in the filesystem
• Permissions on the filesystem

Q: Images are so slow...why?

A: This can be bandwith, server hardware, memory - or the DisplaySize parameter - hence how large an image that must be fetched. 800 is default.

Q: Why does the me-image macro have both an parth/image-name and md5 sum parameter

A: The path/image-name is pure legacy, the md5 is the future workings, as this better supports moving images around in dirs, or renaming them.