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HOW TO CREATE PHOTO GALLERY WEBSITES »
Top 10 best
photo gallery web sites rated by the LoveToKnow editors.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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