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What is it?
This is a collection of photos I've taken (at this point mostly of our condo) to share with family and friends. I don't take pictures often but when I do I tend to go overboard. This provides a central point to see them all. This is also a demonstration of my Dynamic Image Gallery.
How's it work?
The dynamic image gallery uses a combination of the ASP FileSystemObject and XML to build a simple image gallery using just one asp page. Just uploading a new file to a directory creates a new entry in the gallery. Adding the necessary entries to the XML file provides image names, captions and descriptions.
- Use either JavaScript popups or full size images on the main page with image paging.
- Add a new gallery by adding a new folder.
- Only show thumbnails with matching fullsize images.
- Use XML to display gallery headings and additional image information such as friendly names, captions and long descriptions.
- Add your own XML information. XML is extensible after all.
- Leave the XML out and get a plain gallery with no additional information.
- Use file names or numeric paging for large images.
- Display multiple gallery listings on one page. The With XML and Without XML galleries on the left are both housed in different folders.
- Fully XHTML Compliant