Web Designer Resources

Quickly add a multimedia gallery to any web site

Your clients want to share photos, video and other media. Give them a full-featured gallery in less than an hour.

You don't have to tell them how easy it was...

Sharing made easy

Screen shot of rearranging objects in Gallery Server Pro

One of many usability features: Drag an item to move it to a new position in an album

Gallery Server Pro started in 2002 and has an impressive feature set:

  • Manage photos, video, audio, and documents
  • Simple, intuitive user interface
  • Zero-maintenance community galleries
  • Watermarking
  • Role-based security
  • Dozens of configuration options

Check out the full list of benefits.

 XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.1

Screen shot of a stand-alone installation of Gallery Server Pro

Gallery Server Pro follows web design best practices in separating content from styling

Gallery Server Pro is designed from the ground up to target XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.1. This offers many advantages:

  • Easily change styling by editing the style sheet
  • Works the same across all modern browsers
  • Maximum forward compatibility with future browser releases
  • Faster page rendering when compared to table-based layouts

All styles- including colors, padding, margins, and font sizes - are contained in two style sheets that can be edited with any text editor. Within minutes you can give the gallery the same color scheme as your client's site.

Integrate into existing web site

Screen shot of a stand-alone installation of Gallery Server Pro

Here we see Gallery Server Pro integrated into a legacy ASP web application through the use of an iframe.

Choose one of the following methods for adding a gallery:

Stand-alone installation. This is the quickest way to get up and running.

Integrate with existing ASP.NET site. Gallery Server Pro is wrapped into a single user control that can be added to any .ASPX web page. Take advantage of your existing login system and master pages, and share session state, application state, and global variables.

Integrate with web site using iframe. Install Gallery Server Pro as a stand-alone application on an ASP.NET-compatible server. Then add an iframe to your existing site that points to this location.

This technique can be used to add a gallery to any web site including static HTML sites, PHP, Java, or a web site built with a web host template application.

The Administrator's Guide has a full discussion on each of these techniques, including their advantages and disadvantages.

 Want extra help? Hire Roger to handle the integration for you.