When you want to display and share photography, it’s important to find a solution that is organized and professional. I like JAlbum because it transfers photos from my computer hard drive onto my website. I specifically chose JAlbum for one of my websites because it included a Flash slide show, and a Flash gallery on the same page.

The JAlbum website (www.jalbum.net) promotes its web hosting feature – JAlbum will provide users with web space for their photo gallery. I really prefer to let JAlbum publish photos on my own site. The JAlbum application installs and runs from a local drive, similar to Picasa. There are versions for Windows and Mac based operating systems.

VIEW A JALBUM GALLERY RUNNING ON MY WEBSITE

Here’s how to get started with JAlbum:
1. Install JAlbum onto your computer.
2. Open JAlbum and Create a New Album.
3. Add Photographs and Images to the Album.
4. Select a Skin (I choose FotoPlayer); or find skin from the internet: click on the “more skins” link to look on the jalbum site. Once you’ve selected a skin, the download and installation is done for you.
5. ADD WEB HOST INFORMATION FOR PHOTO ALBUM
Select Tools -> Publish/Manage from the menubar

• Step 1: FTP ACCOUNT LOGIN (These FTP settings can be obtained through your web host provider.)
  Server Name: (host / URL) eg. www.janbthomas.com
  User Name: (FTP account name)
  Password: (FTP password)
• Step 2: Navigate to Host Subdirectory
• Select the Close Button

6. Make the Album.
7. Click on the “Publish/Manage” Button to send your new album to your web server using JAlbum’s FTP utility.

This application is free and developers provide some really nice skins that can include both slide show and gallery features in one nice Flash package.

Here is a gallery I created for a documentary photographer: www.robertlterrell.com/gallery/documentaryphotos.html.

Next Step: Adding Headers and Menus to a JAlbum Gallery

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