Monday, May 25, 2009

LoveToKnow: Web Design
To create a photo gallery on your own website, you'll need to know some web design basics. The best place to start is with LoveToKnow's article on How to Create a Photo Gallery Website. You can also find out how to go about adding videos to web pages or how to make a photo web page. There are also details about simple web designs, where to find website hosting, how to add a wide variety of types of graphics, including animated graphics, backgrounds for your web pages and more.
Coffee Cup
Photo Gallery software to help you add a photo gallery to your website quickly and easily. The software supports the following image formats: .GIF, .JPG, .PNG and .BMP (plus a few more!). You can use the program to imbed Flash. View samples of what you can do with the software. Coffee Cup allows you to download a free trial, so you can gift this software a try and see if it will meet your unique web design needs. The software runs around $40 and the free trial is for 21 days.
Kodak Gallery
Looking for a simple solution to get those family photos up quickly and easily? Kodak Gallery (KG) offers free accounts. You can upload photos and share with your family. One of the great advantages to this system is that you can order prints right from your site or allow family and friends to order prints of their favorite photographs as well. Grandmothers love the photo books. KG often offers specials and incentives for signing up for a free gallery, such as 20 free prints or discounts on various products.
Gallery
"Your photos on your website." This software allows you to create galleries on your own website. Gallery is an Open Source project, which means it is free to download and use, but support might be a bit limited. The development documents will offer tutorials to help with getting the software set up and the basic functions. For more advanced features or problems, try out the online forums and discuss issues with current users, make sure that you offer detailed information for the most efficient help.
2 Create a Website
"Where beginners learn to create websites." This site offers detailed information on creating a photo gallery. There are even create a website videos posted on YouTube to help you learn the techniques described in these articles. Learn how to add photos, or create a graphic site map. You will also want to browse through their many HTML help tutorials, find out which free HTML builder software is the best, learn how to write content and even how to build an online store where you can sell your photos.
Firewire Layout Galaxy
Newsletter that explains how to use various web building software, such as using Flash 5.0 to build a photo gallery website. Check out the knowledge base and find out how to take a ready made template and modify it to suit your own photo gallery needs. Be sure to check out the article on using Flash MX and the Dynamic Images Slider. You'll need five images to use this unique feature of Flash MX and create a modern and very professional look for the heading of your photo gallery. This is for more advanced web designers or those familiar with flash.
Web Photo Album
"Easiest way to create photo galleries for the web." If you're a beginning photo gallery or web designer, you'll want to look at this option. You can even share your photo albums, which is a nice feature for those simply wanting to offer their day-to-day images to family and friends who may live halfway across the country. Browse through the design templates to see what looks you can give your photo album. Get a full list of the exciting features in this software, which is free to download and try out.
Coppermine Photo Gallery
A PHP script that uses MYSQL database functions. It is free software, released under a GNU GPL license. To see how the software works, you can view screenshots, flash multimedia presentation and more in the demos section. Since it is free software, there is really no support for installation or use, but you can view the tutorials to learn more about how the software works. You may also want to check out additional downloads and visit the community forums to learn even more.
Snapfish
Free and easy to use online photo gallery where you can upload digital or scanned photos. Also offers more than 90 photo gifts you can create, add text to and more. You can add your photos via email, by uploading on the site or from your camera phone. Still using a 35 mm camera? Not a problem. You can order mailers to send in film. Snapfish will develop and add the photos to your photo gallery. You can then order the prints in the sizes you want or send to family and friends.
SlideRoll.com
Join for free to start making online slideshows. You can publish the slideshows you create on the web, email them to friends or put them on MySpace and YouTube. Visit the discussion area to find out more about how the program works and tips for more advanced techniques. Check out the SlideShow creator demo to see how the system works. You can also view slideshows that other users have created and get ideas for creating one of your own.

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