Scorpio Moon — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 19:37:19 +0000

Abhishek Reddy: I took your advice, did a search for a gallery script for my server. I found what I needed, installed it and am happy with the results. There's one pop-up window for all the photos and no javascript. I think it's a nice compromise.

Thank you for the suggestion.

AyntRyte: Thanks for telling me about Jalburn. I couldn't find a design I liked, but this is the kind of thing I would use on my mom's Web site. Thank you!

If anyone wants to check out the changes I made to my photo page:

http://www.wendywallace.com/photo/gallery

AyntRyte — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 06:00:09 +0000

As a suggestion, take a look at Jalbum
You can select different skins, layouts, thumbnail size, and scaled pic size. You can also link to the full size version in most layouts.

Abhishek Reddy — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 05:12:38 +0000

Thumbnails - yes, definitely.

Pop ups - they can be appropriate in some cases but I personally don't like them. As a user of sites like deviantart.com, I'm quite used to loading full-size images in the same window. Up to you -- just be prepared to make changes if your users don't like it.

Design - yeah, it can be hard to perfect. When it comes to sites like these, they're usually perennial works-in-progress. Still, you're on the right track with wanting to put thumbnails up.

You might, in the future, consider using a gallery script on the server-side to manage your images. Javascript, which is client-side scripting, has potential to be flaky if not done right or if users turn it off in their browsers.

Nice photos. And welcome to TWF.