I think you should use this code :

<xsl:for-each select="$imageFolderContents/descendant-or-self::node [@nodeTypeAlias = 'Image']">

You forgot the dollor sign for the variable imageFolderContents

Hey,

What version of Umbraco are you using?

If you're using >= 4.5 then see this post http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/code-snippets/listfilesfrommediafolderxslt/listing-files-from-a-media-folder-in-umbraco-45x-with-xslt

Otherwise http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/code-snippets/listfilesfrommediafolderxslt

Alternatively see this package http://our.umbraco.org/projects/website-utilities/media-iterator

Rich

hi dawoe, i put in the dollar sign, but it is still not working. any further suggestion is much apppreciated. this problem has confused me for a while

hi rich green,

i'm using 4.7. The method provided in your first link does not loop each folder for images. it only list the files, no matter if its image, a folder, or other types of file.

Hi,

Did you try http://our.umbraco.org/projects/website-utilities/media-iterator?

Rich

Thanks all. After struggling for a while i finally get it working. The method is a bit dumb, but it works. 

Hope it can help others.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [ <!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;"> ]>
<xsl:stylesheet
  version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
  xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltCommon="urn:Exslt.ExsltCommon" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes="urn:Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltMath="urn:Exslt.ExsltMath" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions="urn:Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltStrings="urn:Exslt.ExsltStrings" xmlns:Exslt.ExsltSets="urn:Exslt.ExsltSets"
  exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library Exslt.ExsltCommon Exslt.ExsltDatesAndTimes Exslt.ExsltMath Exslt.ExsltRegularExpressions Exslt.ExsltStrings Exslt.ExsltSets ">


<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

<xsl:param name="currentPage"/>

<xsl:template match="/">

<xsl:variable name="mediaFolder" select="/macro/imageFolder" />
<xsl:variable name="galleryTitle" select="/macro/galleryTitle" />
<xsl:variable name="galleryDescription" select="/macro/galleryDescription" />  
<xsl:variable name="imageFolderContents" select="umbraco.library:GetMedia($mediaFolder/Folder/@id, 1 )"/>
<div class="galleryTitle">
  <xsl:if test="string($galleryTitle) != ''">
    <h3><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:Replace($galleryTitle, '\r\n', '&#160;')" /></h3>
  </xsl:if>
  <xsl:if test="string($galleryDescription) != ''">
    <p><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:Replace($galleryDescription, '\r\n', '&#160;')" /></p>
  </xsl:if>
</div>

<div id="thumbs" class="navigation">
<ul class="thumbs noscript">

<xsl:for-each select="$imageFolderContents">  
<xsl:call-template name="Image"/>
</xsl:for-each>

  
<xsl:for-each select="$imageFolderContents/Folder">
<xsl:call-template name="Image"/>
</xsl:for-each>

</ul>
  
</div> 
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="Image">    
<!-- check if there are any images -->
  
<xsl:if test="Image">
<!-- loop through each image -->
  
<xsl:for-each select="Image">
<xsl:if test="string(current()/umbracoFile) != ''">
<li>
<a class="thumb">
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:text>/ImageGen.ashx?image=</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="./umbracoFile" />
<xsl:text>&amp;width=350&amp;compression=100</xsl:text>
</xsl:attribute>
<img alt="{current()/@nodeName}">
<xsl:attribute name="src">
<xsl:text>/ImageGen.ashx?image=</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="./umbracoFile" />
<xsl:text>&amp;height=75&amp;width=75&amp;compression=100</xsl:text>
</xsl:attribute>
</img>
</a>
<div class="caption">
<div class="image-title"><xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/></div>
<div class="image-desc"><xsl:value-of select="galleryImageDescription"/></div>
<div class="download">
<a target="_blank">
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:text>/ImageGen.ashx?image=</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="./umbracoFile" />
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:text>View Original</xsl:text>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>

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