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Best JQuery Photo Gallery and Slideshow – Galleriffic
This weekend, I wanted to find an open source jQuery photo gallery and slideshow script that looked great and was easy to implement. After doing a lot of research and trying out different scripts, I discovered that Galleriffic is the best open source photo gallery and slideshow available by a long shot. I’ve been really impressed with Galleriffic and wanted to share this wonderful resource for today’s post.
What is Galleriffic?
Galleriffic is an open source script that’s built with jQuery and is free to use. jQuery has a lot of built in functionality to handle Flash-like transitions and fade effects.
Features
The Galleriffic script provides paginated thumbnails on the left side of the gallery, and a large image of the current thumb on the right. To view each image, users can click on the individual thumbnails, click on “Next Photo” or “Previous Photo”, click on “Play Slideshow”, click on the main image, or even use the arrow keys to jump between thumbnails. The size of the thumbnails is completely configurable. Gallerrific’s demo includes a set of 15 thumbnails for each thumbnail set. Users can page to each set of thumbnails with the pagination control above and below the thumbnail section. A title and description can also be accompanied with each photo.
Implementation
Implementing Galleriffic was a breeze. When you download the source code, you’ll get a folder of CSS files, a folder of Javascript files, and five example Galleriffic HTML files. The images, titles, and descriptions for your photo gallery and slideshow are stored in an unordered list with the class name “thumbs”. After moving the files to my web server and creating a PHP service to dynamically generate the unordered list code, I suddenly had a very rich, professional looking photo gallery and slideshow within about 15 minutes.
Upload Photos to Facebook Using Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live Photo Gallery is a free, easy to use program developed by Microsoft. You can get it with Windows update or by going to Microsoft’s download website. Once installed it can be found in the start menu as its own icon called “Windows Live Photo Gallery” or you can type “Windows Live Photo Gallery” in the “Start” search bar.
Unlike many other programs I have tried in the past for organizing photos, I would have to say Windows Live Photo Gallery is among the easiest to use. One of the more surprising aspects of WLPG (Windows Live Photo Gallery) is that it incorporates the popular media site Facebook. This allows you to easily upload photos directly to your Facebook account.
To use Facebook with WLPG you must first have a Windows Live account. If you do not have one it is easy to set up. Click the Facebook Icon at the top of the WLPG menu bar in the “Share” section. The “Sign in to Windows Live” window, will popup. Near the bottom of that window you can click “Sign up” next to “Don’t have a Windows Live ID?”. When you are finished use your credentials to sign in. You will also need to give permission for Facebook to interact with WLPG
To send photos directly to your Facebook from WLPG, click one or multiple photos you would like to add. Then click “Facebook” under “Share”. The “Publish on Facebook” window will popup allowing you to select an album to publish to. Here you can create a new album to place photos in or choose from an existing album.
If you are creating a new album for your photos, choose the create new album tab. You will have three categories to fill. First, create you album name, then choose a descriptive text for the album. Last choose who is able to view the album. When you are finished click “Publish”. Your photos will be sent to Facebook. Visit your Facebook page and you should see your pictures in the new album or an existing album depending on the options you have chosen.
Publishing your photos to Facebook has never been easier. Just use Windows Live Photo Gallery to create an album or upload to a pre existing one.
Warmest Regards,
Erik Mjelde