How do I customize my gallery in Melon's gallery maker?

[hauntchockula]

I used Melon's gallery maker for my site, and I appreciate how easy it was to use. But I don't understand how to customize it. I see all the examples on the itch.io page, but I don't think it explains how to use those templates or create your own. I want it to look somewhat Win98 themed, with links to different folders in a fake Win98 prompt. Additionally, it features a back button to return to the index in another prompt. Can somebody better at the gallery maker help me with this?

[Melooon]

The gallery uses template files, so you modify the templates to modify how your gallery will be generated.

In simple steps:

• Select your source folder
• A button will appear saying "Open the Templates folder" - click it
• This will open the gallery template HTML and CSS files
• Modify the templates to your liking
• Regenerate your gallery

(aside you may need to manually upload your new html and css files because the neocities api is very unreliable and often just does not work  )

[hauntchockula]

Thank you! I was worried it was a lil dumb, but that's so helpful

~Pasted in from a PM

Thanks for replying to my post asking for help w the templates. One thing I'm curious abt is how to actually code a template myself. WOuld you mind giving me advice on that? Like I said, I was gonna aim for a Win98 aesthetic. Haven't fully figured out how the end product would look, but that's at least the concept I have. I like ur websites, very interesting coding!

[Melooon]

how to actually code a template myself.

Templates are just generic HTML and CSS with a few added {placeholders} - so you just code a normal HTML webpage and add in the placeholders where you want information to appear. The placeholders themselves are self explanatory; and beyond that you just need to learn how to code a webpage