Mixing Videos and Images

Robo Gallery allows you to create mixed media galleries that combine different types of content inside the same gallery.

You can include:

• regular images
• images that open videos
• images that link to external pages

This gives you full flexibility when building galleries for portfolios, tutorials, product showcases, or media collections.

How Mixed Content Works

Each gallery item can have its own behavior depending on the fields used in the Media Manager.

The main fields controlling this behavior are:

• Video
• Link

Image Items

If no video or external link is provided, the item behaves like a normal image.

When clicked:

• the image opens in the lightbox viewer

Video Items

If the Video field contains a video URL:

• the thumbnail remains an image
• clicking the item opens the video player inside the lightbox

Supported video platforms include:

• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Facebook
• Twitch
• SoundCloud
• Wistia

(available depending on gallery type)

External Link Items

If the Link field is used:

• clicking the image opens an external page
• the lightbox will not be triggered

This is useful when you want thumbnails to act as navigation elements.

Example Mixed Gallery

A gallery can contain:

This allows you to build flexible galleries such as:

• video portfolios
• tutorial collections
• product showcases
• multimedia galleries

When to Use Mixed Galleries

Mixed galleries are useful when you want to display:

• project images with demo videos
• product images with product videos
• tutorials with screenshots and videos
• portfolio projects with external case studies

Best Practices

• Use thumbnails that clearly represent the content type.
• Keep video thumbnails visually consistent with images.
• Avoid mixing too many content types in very small galleries.

Combining images and videos in the same gallery makes Robo Gallery a powerful tool for building rich visual presentations.