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Best way to add a photo gallery?

  • July 8, 2024
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My HTML and CSS skills are beginner. I basically want to add a simple lightbox gallery to my website without it being a headache to add media to. Using an external embed works fine for my purposes but unsure what is best to use. I can embed Behance but that just creates a link tile not embedding the gallery page itself. I would ideally like to keep everything on-site without the user having to navigate elsewhere. I could use Flikr which embeds it as a slideshow feature. I'm open to suggestions.

 

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    July 9, 2024
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    My HTML and CSS skills are beginner. I want a simple lightbox gallery... without it being a headache.

    By @Swandive stream

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    With a Creative Cloud Plan you have free access to Adobe Portfolio (websites & hosting) to showcase your work online. Projects on Behance are automatically imported to Adobe Portfolio (by default). 

     

    Adobe Portfolio also integrates seamlessly with Lightroom CC, Lightroom Mobile, or Lightroom Web albums.  No special scripts or add-ons required.  See links below for details.

     

    Lastly & perhaps more importantly,  Adobe Stock Contributors are able to share their Adobe Stock collections directly with Portfolio to help promote online sales of content for royalty fees & bonuses.

    https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360036798993-Sharing-Adobe-Stock-Collections-on-Adobe-Portf...

     

    Adobe Portfolio is a no muss, no fuss solution.  Easy to use like Behance and no coding skills required.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Swandive stream
    Swandive streamAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 10, 2024

    I'm using Portfolio now (https://fastertrack.com/) but it's very restrictive. I can add in my own media easily enough but have  virtually no control over the general look of the site and can't embed most things. It's also not very future-proof given Adobe's habit of dropping software like a hot potato (Edge Animate, Muse, Encore, Fireworks). The idea of working directly with the code is that it's transferrable and I won't hit the same can't-do-this limitations of working with CMS.

      BenPleysier
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      BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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      July 10, 2024

      "Adobe's habit of dropping software like a hot potato (Edge Animate, Muse, Encore, Fireworks)."

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      Ben MCommunity Expert
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      July 8, 2024

      You might be better with a CMS. If your skills are beginner have you considered hosted solutions like Wix or Webflow to update your site and use their gallery scripts?

      Swandive stream
      Swandive streamAuthor
      Inspiring
      July 8, 2024

      I'm currently using Adobe Portfolio which works ok but is very basic and gives me very little control over the content. My idea of working directly with the code is, besides learning on the go, I won't be held back by the limits of whatever software/website I'm using and won't be tied to a particular service. So I'm using Dreamweaver but theoretically any HTML editor will do (e.g. Notepad++) and I don't have to start over.

      BenPleysier
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      BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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      July 8, 2024

      Have a look at https://blog.eamonncottrell.com/how-to-quickly-create-a-lightbox-photo-gallery-in-your-bootstrap-5-site

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