How to creat a view block displaying all albums/galleries w/ images

Hi Cholden,
Here you've got an example. Use the Views import functionality to import it.

$view = new view;
$view->name = 'all_gallery_thumbnails';
$view->description = 'A tumbnail grid with all gallery cover images';
$view->tag = '';
$view->view_php = '';
$view->base_table = 'node';
$view->is_cacheable = FALSE;
$view->api_version = 2;
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Defaults', 'default');
$handler->override_option('fields', array(
  'title' => array(
    'label' => '',
    'alter' => array(
      'alter_text' => 1,
      'text' => '<strong>[title]</strong>',
      'make_link' => 0,
      'path' => '',
      'link_class' => '',
      'alt' => '',
      'prefix' => '',
      'suffix' => '',
      'target' => '',
      'help' => '',
      'trim' => 0,
      'max_length' => '',
      'word_boundary' => 1,
      'ellipsis' => 1,
      'strip_tags' => 0,
      'html' => 0,
    ),
    'empty' => '',
    'hide_empty' => 0,
    'empty_zero' => 0,
    'link_to_node' => 0,
    'exclude' => 0,
    'id' => 'title',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'title',
    'relationship' => 'none',
    'override' => array(
      'button' => 'Overrite',
    ),
  ),
  'gid' => array(
    'label' => '',
    'alter' => array(
      'alter_text' => 0,
      'text' => '',
      'make_link' => 0,
      'path' => '',
      'link_class' => '',
      'alt' => '',
      'prefix' => '',
      'suffix' => '',
      'target' => '',
      'help' => '',
      'trim' => 0,
      'max_length' => '',
      'word_boundary' => 1,
      'ellipsis' => 1,
      'strip_tags' => 0,
      'html' => 0,
    ),
    'empty' => '',
    'hide_empty' => 0,
    'empty_zero' => 0,
    'link_to_node' => 1,
    'node_gallery_setting' => 'node_gallery_gallery',
    'exclude' => 0,
    'id' => 'gid',
    'table' => 'node_galleries_gallery',
    'field' => 'gid',
    'relationship' => 'none',
    'override' => array(
      'button' => 'Overrite',
    ),
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('access', array(
  'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('cache', array(
  'type' => 'time',
  'results_lifespan' => '3600',
  'output_lifespan' => '3600',
));
$handler->override_option('items_per_page', 0);
$handler->override_option('distinct', 1);
$handler->override_option('style_plugin', 'grid');
$handler->override_option('style_options', array(
  'grouping' => '',
  'columns' => '4',
  'alignment' => 'horizontal',
));
$handler->override_option('row_options', array(
  'inline' => array(),
  'separator' => '',
  'hide_empty' => 0,
));
$handler = $view->new_display('panel_pane', 'Content pane', 'panel_pane_1');
$handler->override_option('pane_title', '');
$handler->override_option('pane_description', '');
$handler->override_option('pane_category', array(
  'name' => 'View panes',
  'weight' => 0,
));
$handler->override_option('allow', array(
  'use_pager' => FALSE,
  'items_per_page' => FALSE,
  'offset' => FALSE,
  'link_to_view' => FALSE,
  'more_link' => FALSE,
  'path_override' => FALSE,
  'title_override' => FALSE,
  'exposed_form' => FALSE,
));
$handler->override_option('argument_input', array());
$handler->override_option('link_to_view', 0);
$handler->override_option('inherit_panels_path', 0);
$handler = $view->new_display('block', 'Blok', 'block_1');
$handler->override_option('block_description', '');
$handler->override_option('block_caching', -1);

I will stick my nose in here for a second...
The above code uses panels and/or panes. To use the code without those, take this part out

$handler = $view->new_display('panel_pane', 'Content pane', 'panel_pane_1');
$handler->override_option('pane_title', '');
$handler->override_option('pane_description', '');
$handler->override_option('pane_category', array(
  'name' => 'View panes',
  'weight' => 0,
));

Adjust the grid settings to suit your needs.
You can also add a 'page' view and a path after import to make a page.

on the view, check to see that 'Distinct' is set to 'yes'

EDIT: BTW, you can also add a 'page' view to that and add a 'path' if you like.

I have double checked this views code with an import and it works fine..
This is the same as the above, but it's in a normal block format(vertical unformatted).
The panels parts is removed..

yes it is really weird.. for some reason the distinct setting in views is not working.
others have been finding this.. I posted a subscribe post in case something pops up..
http://drupal.org/node/140061 ;Node Distinct is not working anymore

I imported the view again and it does show all thumbs from all galleries only one time. I'm using version 6.x-2.0-alpha11. Can it be you have not selected cover images? Because the view uses the coverimages.

@Rik, I used your code, just changed it a little trying to invoke a change that will wake it up. I have worked with your code and it seems to be just fine on my end.

duplicate issue, different views code:
http://drupal.org/node/640548 ;Gallery duplicates due to views distinct not working

I'm suspecting that cholden needs to select a coverimage for each gallery.

@Rik,, you think he is letting the default take over for the cover image.. Instead of actually choosing or selecting one..?
interesting.. hmmm

EDIT: I'm using views 6.x-2.7

For the record I'm using Views version 6.x-3.0-alpha1.

That's indeed what I think, perhaps something going wrong with that. I know I selected all my cover images manually. Also the Views issue you are referring to is for version 5 of drupal and from 2007, I can't imagine its still broken :)

you can use a filter by "Title" to exclude one gallery

this issue has been solved.. great ! --closed

Edit: your right, I lost track of where this started... sorry

some views code was supplied by Rik..

added to handbook style views and theming:
http://drupal.org/node/544748