# Creating A New Album There are two ways to create an album. Use the walk or social event button when the photos belong to a particular event. Use a normal CMS page when you want a year gallery, a social collection, or any other photo page that is not tied to one event. ![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/d50b8b80-2f72-4e41-9d73-a0f96584a2bf.jpg) ## Create an album from a walk or social event This is the usual path for walk photos. On a walk that has already started, a walk leader or administrator sees **Create album**. One click: - creates the album and the CMS page for that walk - writes a short past-tense walk report from the walk description - opens the guided photo workflow so you can add photos straight away If the album already exists, the same control reads **Edit album** and reopens that workflow. The full walkthrough, with screenshots, is [Create a walk photo album from the walk page](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-07-26-issue-312). Walk leaders can do this without content-admin rights. Other members, and the public if you allow it, can add photos for the leader to approve. That is covered in [let walk leaders and members add walk photos](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-09-06-issue-128). ![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/2f53bbb2-95d5-4c50-8532-d27136477114.png) ### The guided photo workflow When you create or edit a walk album this way, you do not get the full page editor. You get a focused view for the walk report and the photos: 1. **Walk report** - a collapsible editor at the top. Check or rewrite the past-tense write-up, then collapse it so the photos have the screen. 2. **Photos** - drag and drop, **Choose files**, or on a phone **Photo library** and **Take photo**. Multi-select and HEIC are supported. Photos stay on your site. 3. **Save** - unsaved images are counted so you know when to save. After a successful save you can share the album to Facebook and Instagram if those are connected, then go back to the walk. On any page that already has an album, **edit site** also offers a switch between **Use guided photo workflow** and **Open full album editor**. The guided view is for reviewing the report and adding photos. The full editor is for album settings, cover image, titles, event linking, and the other controls described in [Editing Album Elements](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums/editing-album-elements). ![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/538d8f9c-2ef6-4a52-b585-3e9fbfa72a6c.png) ## Create a standalone album page Use this for year galleries (for example `/photos/2026`), social collections, or any other page that should hold photos without being created from a walk. 1. Log in as a member with [site edit privileges](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/member-admin/member-privileges). 2. Turn on **edit site** from the header. 3. Open the parent page (for example **Photos**). 4. Create a new page at the path you want. If visiting that path opens a walk or social event instead of **Create Content**, do not use the address bar. Create the page from [**Admin → Page Content Navigator**](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/admin/content/page-content-navigator "{{siteUrl}}") with the path typed in full, for example `photos/2026`. Once the page exists, the year URL will show it. 5. Insert a row of type **Album**. See [Page Row Types](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/page-row-types). 6. Next to **Album Name**, click **new** and type a name for this image list. That starts an empty album rather than pointing at an existing one. The detail is in [Editing Album Elements](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums/editing-album-elements). 7. Add photos as described in [Uploading Images](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums/uploading-images). Grid is the default view for a new album; you can switch to [Gallery](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums/gallery), [Carousel](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums/carousel) or [Backgrounds](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums/backgrounds). ![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/5aec72f0-edb9-4593-863a-152914c1b183.jpg) ### Why a year URL might open a walk A path such as `/photos/2026` is used both for CMS pages and for events. If there is no page at that path yet, NGX looks for an event whose URL contains that last segment. A year such as `2026` or `2027` matches any walk or social event from that year, so you open a walk or a holiday instead of **Create Content**. A year with no matching event, such as `/photos/2028`, offers **Create Content** as expected. Create the page from the Page Content Navigator, or from the parent Photos page, rather than typing the year into the address bar. Worked examples of album layouts are in [Example album pages](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/editing-content/example-pages/albums). ## Related articles - [Albums](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums) - views, title, cover, pre-album text - [Uploading Images](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums/uploading-images) - [Editing Album Elements](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/images/albums/editing-album-elements) - [Create a walk photo album from the walk page](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-07-26-issue-312) - [Walk leaders and members adding photos](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-09-06-issue-128)