Can you help me build a working gallery??

Johnny|lucidcomposure

Johnny|lucidcomposure

Johnny|lucidcomposure

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So I have a very basic site layout made up of several divs.

In the one that isn't blurred I want to have something that will just float images that I define in the example below:

example1.jpg


I would like this to be what is viewed as the catagory page where each image stands for a different image catagory. Upton clicking this you will be taken to what looks like the same layout but you are within one of those catagories and the images will be images from within that catagorie forming a grid (as in my above example)

by clicking one of these images I would like to be taken to a higher res version of the thumb you clicked like this:

example2.jpg


As you can see I would aso like for some simple text like controls showing a previous, next and return buttons for simple navigation.

I assume its a construction of tables but I have to say my skills with web design are very limited.

Help will be greatly accepted?
 
I'm not entirely sure what you are asking.

Have you looked at the premade gallery solutions, like coppermine etc?
 
you've got a pretty tall order there, if I'm honest. There are a few things to think about.

How do you want your images stored? referencing them in a database will allow you to give them names and descriptions and will give you better control over sorting them and whatnot. If you want to do it statically, the learning curve isn't as steep but it'll take ages if you want to be able to cycle through your images, too.

At this stage, how the page is laid out is really last on the agenda imho.
 
Coppermine templated to look like you want it to would probably be the order of the day.
 
Virtually every gallery system will do that if you write a theme, but I'm pretty sure he's asking for help with the markup not with the backend.
 
I get the impression you are saying this is too hard to do?

As far as I can imagine its just a matter of tables and some simple linking which is probably some script?

All this coppermine stuff I see looks far too cluttered. I want nothing more than the clean space and the image. Keeping it as simple as possible?
 
my Coolibah3 Photo Gallery uses Gallery2. All navigation is renderd by the sysem and it uses a back office to manage everything.

Could be what you want I think. If you know a bit of CSS and don't mind fiddling with Smarty templates then it's great.

There's also a great range of pre-made themes.
 
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