Image Galleries
I had a friend recently ask me what he would need to do to get an image gallery up and running rather quickly (and cheaply). After doing a bit of searching, I came across these two goodies. Both are flash based galleries (but don’t require you to even own/open flash), customized via XML - and both are free.
SimpleViewer
SimpleViewer.net is home to a collection of excellent image viewers. They are free to download and use on both personal and/or commercial projects. They subscribe to the ‘Don’t make me think’ philosophy, so the galleries are relatively simple to edit. Upgrade to the Pro version ($45) for even more customization.
Warm Forest - Sycamore theme
The Sycamore Free Version is a one page flash site that works well if you want to show several images in a project grouping - great for design portfolios. Very easy to edit/customize through XML. The free version is limited to 12 projects, and has a link back to Warm Forest. The full version ($49) contains no Warm Forest branding and allows unlimited portfolio projects. All source files are included in the full version as well – including all FLA’s and ActionScript classes.
