Image viewer / gallery

Darkphenom

Hi I want to put a simple image viewer or gallery on my website.

Would rather not use scripting for simplicity.

I have seen one on this webpage for example : http://eaglesflying.com/index.htm
(on the right hand side)

could someone please explain how you construct something like this?

Eoin

If you want a simple to implement, yet nice looking solution then I think that "Lightbox" would do the trick.

http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/

Liam Byrne

Darkphenom wrote: »

Would rather not use scripting for simplicity.

If you mean that you don't want to use JavaScript, then you're looking at iFrames or Frames, which is a disaster of a solution which affects SEO and the browser's back button.

Not only does the example linked to use scripting, it actually uses inline code to trigger it.

<a onclick="return showImage(this, 'image_placeholder', 'image_description',500,375) " href="/classified/efvisitorandeagle_lg.jpg" title="A visitor admiring a young eagle"><img src="/classified/efvisitorandeagle.jpg" alt="A visitor admiring a young eagle" title="A visitor admiring a young eagle" width="200" height="150" class="userimage" /></a>

What makes you think that a decent gallery can be achieved without scripting ?

Lostinspace

Hi OP,

I'd have a look at http://www.webappers.com/category/components/gallery/. Flip through the 8 pages and you're sure to find something that will appeal to you. A lot of them are free and you can download the source files and then embed into your own site.

Darkphenom

eoin wrote: »

If you want a simple to implement, yet nice looking solution then I think that "Lightbox" would do the trick.

http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/

I am trying to get this to work the scripts dont seem to be working. I have set everything up but when I click on the images nothing happens.


EDIT: I realise now that I was missing some of the scripts :O

Eoin

Use Firefox with the web developer toolbar. That will show you any JavaScript errors that are occurring, which will be the first place to start. If you're using IE, then check for the yellow icon in the bottom left which indicates a JScript error. Also make sure that the files are in the same folder structure that the page is expecting.

Darkphenom

Yes, scripts do a good job of viewing images. Thanks Guys!