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The CSS one looks nice.

If you are in a hurry or don’t want to mess with too much code, check out this handy little app based on Lightbox2: http://pranas.net/webgallerycreator/

What about Scott Schiller’s 35mm Photo Viewer:
http://www.schillmania.com/projects/35mm/

I think his is really cool, works very well. Always been a fan of his work.

Thak you for this post. I realy need, all of them in one place.

Top stuff again Smashing Magazine – great list

Hi: I ran into yet another gallery solution last night called simpleviewer. Free for personal use, very easy to use (even for the technodolt) and very neat presentation with easy navigation. There is a version that integrates very well with Picasa2. Using the Picasa version means you don’t even have to create your own thumbnails. If you add captions to your Picasa gallery, these are included with the gallery images. If you don’t add captions in Picasa, the image file names are displayed instead. Captions are better. :)

Great list, thanks. I’ll check them out. Some of the screenshots are a bit confusing though – it’s hard to see where the screenshot starts and your content ends.

great scripts for web albums,
thanks…

Another script: Ibox

Hey.. it’s very nice to see all good image galleries in a single page.. i was searching for a good image gallery to use in my site.. thanks to smashing magazine..lots of million thanks to you…

Hey you forgot LightWindow, the boosted Lightbox
http://stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/

great post as usual, guys. thanks for the effort!

Thanks so much for this all in one place! Exactly what I’ve been craving.

Or you could just drop doing the JavaScript yourself and use a 100% declarative library like the one in my sig.
;)

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i really love the way u round them up, gr8 job guys.
keep it up.

thanks for the nice thematic link collection. would pick something of these for the next client projects.

Good one, galleries can be useful at times especially for projects etc

Thanks for posting them :)

I came up with another solution that is in beta right now: imgStack. Display a sequence of images in a area of your website, users can click through it with an unobtrusive fading interface. Super-easy to use: http://tint.de/imgstack-0-5

Very very useful list.
Many thanks!

Nice article. My recommendations goes to Zenphoto. I’m using it and I’m completely satisfied.

I prefer to use highslide: http://vikjavev.no/highslide/

the “previous – “next” links doesn’t work in the AgileGallery!

Is this a bug? Does anyone knows how to fix this.

I’ve written an Image Gallery for Flickr based on Dojo (http://www.dojotoolkit.org), JavaScript and CSS. It has a bunch of cool features, including intelligent pre-loading of images , fade effects and much more.

It’s open source, and it’s only dependency is the Dojo toolkit.

See http://shaneosullivan.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/flickr-and-dojo-image-gallery for more information.

thanks for sharing these useful galleries!

Excellent list !!!!
The jQuery solution is a killer lightbox solution.
I´m blogging about it ok ?

regards

Thanks for this great compilation. Here’s a YUI based lightbox gallery script, great compatibility across browsers.

http://thecodecentral.com/2007/08/17/yui-based-lightbox-revisit

Thanks for this. It was extremely helpful.

I have just added three new image widgets to the Dojo ajax toolkit, a Slideshow, a ThumbnailPicker, and a Gallery. Using Dojo’s data stores, they can display images from Flickr, Picasa, or just your own pics. Check out the blog post at http://shaneosullivan.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/introducing-the-new-dojo-image-widgets/

I didn’t see a gallery built on the YUI framework. PhotoViewer is a nice application that could be added to this list.

Very nice set. Thanks!

I like this galleries very much. Pretty handy! ;)

Magic Zoom is another tool to add to your list, particularly for showing high res versions of product images.

http://magictoolbox.com/magiczoom/

Hi,
I’ve write a script that is directly create your gallery from a directory.

This script’s name is ilksen-Hermione.

More Specifications:
Some IPTC data supported.
It will directly create your gallery from a directory.
Thumbnails are creating automatically with GD Library.
Resized versions can specify.

Requires: PHP and GD Library. No setup required.

Frontpage Slideshow by JoomlaWorks originally started as a Joomla! only extension but now there is a standalone version which can be integrated into any php based website or CMS, including Wordpress or Drupal. Related demos are available on http://www.frontpageslideshow.net.

What separates Frontpage Slideshow from the rest is that a) it uses templates and comes prepacked with 8 (more added as versions progress) and b) it utilizes 2 different slideshow engines based on jQuery and Mootools (thus providing alternatives in case of javascript conflicts). The templating of the slideshow relies solely on CSS coding and anyone can create their own template pack and use it within the slideshow.

Enjoy! ;)

Hi,
Really wonderful collection. Awesome.

Best Regards,

iGall generator gives few lines of code you need to include in your HTML, no need PHP, or ASP, works everywhere where is Javascript
And here is a link

Would like a gallery that looks like piclens, with all its 3d animation, but totally on my site, no external links, no messing with rss feeds and does not require the user to have a piclens enabled browser, ie totally browser independent. Anyone got any ideas, one for the developers perhaps.

super thank you

Sorry, but this list is complete crap. I went through each and every one of those scripts without finding a good one that does:
* NOT show a 5 second “loading” message between each image (like ALL these ajax/lightbox ones does.. Whatever happened to preloading?! )
* Offer a slideshow ability
* And transition effects, just a simple fade would do.

If anyone can offer me a link to a script that does the above I would it would make those 30 above completely obsolete!
-stfn

Just found online clone for MSVista photo gallery – Vista Photo Gallery.com. not tested yet, but thedemo looks nice.

Thanks for sharing. Good resources for animations.

that’s was a great article. congratz.

Does any one knows a gallery solution which can be used with Amazon s3?

I’d like to suggest ColorBox. It’s a jQuery based lightbox that is similar in size and features to the other lightboxes, but allows users to style the appearance and behavior to fit the theme of their website without modifying the core JavaScript file.

Thanks for this, been looking for a nice simple gallery i can use to display a few pics and this works a treat. Cheers

I’ve used most of them, and the one that works best for me (I work alot with artits…) is highslide, i prefer a minimalist design, one page – entire gallery. check out an example here:
Highslide used for gallery.
I also used it for the news and events section, when you click on an article or event, a page or flyer pops up using highslide, i love the script :)

thanks, galleries are good looking.

life saver [http://www. spiralteck.com my website]

There is also Clearbox: Clearbox, but it’s free only for personal use and commercial licence is not very cheap…

Excelentes galerias, sobre todo la “JonDesign’s SmoothGallery “

I just developed a new lightview which you may like.
based on the simpleJS lib it adds lightview functionality with just 1KB of extra css.
Supports ajax component loading, degrades for search engines, etc and has load and fade effects.

http://my.opera.com/Darksat/blog/2009/10/09/byteview-the-world-smallest-javascript-lightview

Try out TopUp:

http://gettopup.com

It’s jQuery (soon also Prototype) based and meant to be setup with great ease. The easiest setup is only to include one(!) external Javascript file. It uses one image sprite per layout and doesn’t require a separate stylesheet file to reduce the amount of requests.

The (pixel perfect) look-and-feel is Apple-like with a dashboard and quicklook layout. You can display images, Youtube content, Flash (SWF and FLV), iframes, Ajax content, QuickTime, Windows Media and RealPlayer movies! Display them separately or grouped. So check it out and give it a try ;)

I’d like to throw xFlow! into this little mix:

http://xflow.pwhitrow.com

xFlow!, the PHP and Javascript Coverflow replacement.

Written in PHP and Javascript, it’s a breeze to setup and administer, and boasts a wealth of features.

Here is flash galleries http://www.flash-gallery.com. Easy to install and modify

Great list, need to bookmark it :).

The applications are REALLY nice, especially smoothGallery,
very sad that google search does not show these EXCELLENT applications in search results if ya search for it .

An gallery that i like to use is this one: http://www.promagallery.com , that should be in the list also!

keep up the good work

I like all Gallery Bcoze It is very useful in Web Development for Me…..
I love all gallery tooo much……..

What about My PHP DropBox Gallery ?

It’s a PHP script to generate a photo gallery on the fly on your server, from a directory of your dropbox.

Demo : http://2boandco.com

Hi
Im looking for a gallery for video.

I have a button link on my site called ’showreel’. What I want is, when you click on the link,
I want the lightbox pop up (overlay) with a thumbnail video gallery + main video to show up.
Basically, I want the visitors to choose to view various videos in the thubmnail section..and when they click it, they will see it in the main area above. Just like a gallery image show…but with video. Do you guys recommend a reasonably simple script that I may use? Please email…
ahanderson@cox.net.
Thanks

Hi, thanks for great lists :)

does anyone know gallery like Facebook?

regards

thanks

http://www.giantisland.com is the the site. Sorry, I forgot to include the link under my earlier post.