Image Gallery

Jeremy Keith Jul 2, 2007

General

Display a gallery of images with titles and descriptions for each image. Easy to set up and completely customizable.

Choose an image to begin

Notes

Created by: Jeremy Keith / Anonymous
Web Site: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/imagegallery/

Source Code

Paste this source code into the designated areas.

External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: imageGallery.js

/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source!! http://www.javascriptsource.com
Created by: Jeremy Keith / Anonymous | http://www.alistapart.com/articles/imagegallery/ */
function showPic(whichpic) {
  if (document.getElementById) {
    document.getElementById('placeholder').src = whichpic.href;
    if (whichpic.title) {
      document.getElementById('desc').childNodes[0].nodeValue = whichpic.title;
    } else {
      document.getElementById('desc').childNodes[0].nodeValue = whichpic.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
    }
    return false;
  } else {
  return true;
  }
}

var previousToggle=null;
function toggleMe(a){
  var e=document.getElementById(a);
  if(!e)return true;
  if(e.style.display=="none"){
    e.style.display="block";
    if(previousToggle)previousToggle.style.display="none";
    previousToggle=e;
  }
  return true;
}

CSS

Paste this code into your external CSS file or in the <style> section within the HEAD section of your HTML document.

img {
  border: none;
}

a {
  outline: none;
}

li {
  display:inline;
}

#desc {
  font-style: italic;
}

Head

Paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML document.


<script type="text/javascript" src="imageGallery.js"></script>

Body

Paste this code into the BODY section of your HTML document


<!--  Place the name (and path, if necessary) of the regular size images in the 'href' attribute. Do not give the size of this image. Place the name (and path, if necessary) of the smaller size images in the 'src' attribute. Place the descriptions in the 'title' attribute. Be sure to change the number of each paragraph, e.g., 'para1', 'para2', to match the image below.  -->
<ul>
  <li><a onclick="toggleMe('para1'); showPic(this); return false;" href="pix1.jpg" title="Ma quande lingues coalesce, li grammatica del resultant lingue es plu simplic e regulari quam ti del coalescent lingues. Li nov lingua franca va esser plu simplic e regulari quam li existent Europan lingues."><img src="pix1-smaller.gif" width="50" height="38"></a></li>

  <li><a onclick="toggleMe('para2'); showPic(this); return false;" href="pix2.jpg" title="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat."><img src="pix2-smaller.gif" width="50" height="38"></a></li>

  <li><a onclick="toggleMe('para3'); showPic(this); return false;" href="pix3.jpg" title="It va esser tam simplic quam Occidental: in fact, it va esser Occidental. A un Angleso it va semblar un simplificat Angles, quam un skeptic Cambridge amico dit me que Occidental es."><img src="pix3-smaller.gif" width="50" height="38"></a></li>
</ul>


<div style="width: 400px; padding: 10px;">

<!--  Place the title of each image here.  -->
<div id="para1" style="display:none; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 800;">The Majestic Mountains</div>
<div id="para2" style="display:none; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 800;">The Spacious Lake</div>
<div id="para3" style="display:none; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 800;">The Lonely, Barren Tree</div>

<!--  Place the name of any image you want to initially display here. Do not give the size of this image.  -->
<img id="placeholder" src="blank.gif">
<div id="DivContent"></div>
<div id="desc">Choose an image to begin</div>
</div>

<!--  If you want the smaller images to display at the bottom, place the images in the list above (with the 'onclick' events) here.  -->

Leave a Response

(23 comments)

Eric,[br /][br /]There are other scripts here that can do what you need.

Lee Dec 2, 2008

hi there,[br /][br /]thanx for a great javascript. Im just wondering if it would be easy to add and forward and backward function when I look at the pictures.[br /][br /]kind regards[br /]/eric

Eric Nov 19, 2008

Your question is beyond the scope of these comments. You will need to post it over on [a href="http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=3"]the JavaScript forum[/a]. Thanks!

Lee Oct 31, 2008

You'll need to post your question [a href="http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=3"]over on the forums[/a].

Lee Jun 26, 2008

Great when tested locally but cannot get it to work when uploaded as part of my website

Derek Harris Jun 25, 2008

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