Gallery problems

[MisterNeutron]

- Is it possible to built menus and submenus as I've tried in Wordpress: http://wordpress10xx.galaxyphoto.de/ ?

No, that still has to be hand-coded, but that's not difficult. There are lots of menu examples out there. The menu system I use on my demo site requires only some very simple HTML and a small chunk of CSS. With some jAlbum skins, inserting a top menu would be difficult, or even impossible. But in the skins I've developed, there's a simple way to insert the extra HTML and CSS into the album.

BTW, you had asked about the difference between jAlbum and Matrix. jAlbum is the core program - it organizes the album projects and handles all of the image processing (creating thumbnails and web-sized images from your originals, for example). The skins actually produce the page coding, and the results can be very different from one skin to another. Three quick examples, all using the same images:

Matrix skin: (demo removed)

Photoblogger skin: (demo removed)

Mr.Burn5 skin: (demo removed)

You would hardly know that those three albums were produced by the same basic software package. And there are many other skins, though only about 15-20 that are actively maintained.

Are there other advantages of jAlbum?

Unlike Highslide JS, it is very well-supported. Visit the forums - http://jalbum.net/forum/ (over there, I'm jGromit instead of MisterNeutron )

Probably it is the best to buy jAlbum?

When you're ready to start playing with it, download and install it, and try it free for 30 days. After that, it will stop working if you don't purchase a license.

[mide]

Hi,

o.k., there are lots of possibilities.
As you see in my last posts I'm not a specialist in hand-coding.

I have a few other questions before I will start with it.

- Would top navigation menus be possible as in my Wordpress-Example?
- Is an instruction for hand-coding included in the Help-Menu? http://jalbum.net/help/en/Help

If it is possible I want to create a style like this: http://www.chart32.de

Which skin do you recommend to realize this style?



Kind regards
Michael

[MisterNeutron]

- Would top navigation menus be possible as in my Wordpress-Example?

Yes, but you'd have to write the code for them yourself.

And don't make the mistake of saying, "it has to look exactly like this other example." You will end up with endless frustration by doing that. Different software packages do things in different ways, and trying to force package X to do something exactly the way package Y does it leads to endless problems.

- Is an instruction for hand-coding included in the Help-Menu?

No. jAlbum's help documents can't teach people how to write HTML and CSS.

If it is possible I want to create a style like this....

Another quick demo, using Matrix: (demo removed)

I didn't spend any time tinkering with colors, and haven't included a top menu, since that would take a bit more manual effort. I also haven't included clickable links in the image captions, but that's very simple. The breadcrumb trail on the upper left is active, i.e., clickable. The "Home" link in this album takes you to my demo site, but it could point anywhere, of course.

[mide]

Hi,

And don't make the mistake of saying, "it has to look exactly like this other example."

You are right, that makes no sense. My main theme should be the Highslide Js style for my astro - images.
( it's funny, that lots of your demos also include some ) Have to see, what I can do with this software.

I think now it's time to test jAlbum. At the weekend I will download it.

Thank you very much for all your help and advices!!!

Kind regards
Michael