Galleria
This page archives the original Galleria 1.0 project (2007–2010). Galleria's next generation moved to GitHub and is still maintained: github.com/aino/galleria · galleriajs.github.io. See you there.
Galleria is a javascript image gallery written in jQuery. It loads the images one by one from an unordered list and displays thumbnails when each image is loaded. It will create thumbnails for you if you choose so, scaled or unscaled, centered and cropped inside a fixed thumbnail box defined by CSS. The core of Galleria lies in its smart preloading behaviour, snappiness and the fresh absence of obtrusive design elements. Use it as a foundation for your custom styled image gallery.
Features (v1.0, as originally published)
- Unobtrusive javascript: degrades gracefully without javascript or CSS
- Lightweight (4k packed)
- Displays the thumbnail when the actual image is loaded
- CSS powered: create your own gallery style
- Super fast image browsing since images preload one at a time in the background
- Can scale thumbnails and crop to fit in the thumbnail container; custom thumbnails supported
- Stylable caption from image or anchor title
- jQuery plugin: takes one line to implement
- History-object support to enable the browser back button
The original demo pages (demo_01, demo_02) redirect here. For live
demos of the modern version, use the GitHub project above. Original license: MIT, per the
headers still found in jquery.galleria.js copies across the web pointing at
devkick.com/lab/galleria/.
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