Ian Young wrote: > I have a client, like Annie who is a photographer and I would like a simple > Gallery that uses CSS as the main driver but picks the images from MySQL. > > Now if I were being really lazy, I could use a CMS - like Joomla with its > Zoom extension which does a reasonable job, can be customised and validates > and all that jazz, but..... > > So what are the thoughts? > Layout similar to Stu Nicholls very elegant but somewhat tedious as it needs > to be updated manually. > > Ian > Nicholls gallery is an attractive little visual package-- although not great on the usability and accessibility end. An i-frame gallery can be handsome and is valid providing a 'transitional' doctype is used. There are, of course, javascript/php alternatives, some of them offering the ability to a good deal of visual customization with css. And there is flash.
Lots of possibilities-- but, in the end, it is a pick your poison choice. My personal choice (since my middle name is "tedium") would be to use only xhtml/css-- thumbs clicking to a new page with the enlargement and the thumbs on it (or an i-frame gallery). Regards, ~dL PS This is an i-frame gallery: <http://dlaakso.com/>. -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
