Hands down, Highslide JS is the finest thumbnail/photo viewer for web based photos... Period! The software's creator, Torstein Hønsi, and his support engineer, Hilde Tindlund, are both located in Norway. These are top notch people and the support they give this product is second to none. The highslide site has almost anything one would need to get this product up and running, but Hilde runs the RoadRash site that has other examples. And, if you still have problems, they are wonderful with support and it's always timely. If you need a great way to display photos on your website, make sure you check out the Highslide JS and RoadRash websites!
Still, there were a couple of things that weren't really covered, or were out of "the norm" for the way I like to do things. To that end, I put this page together so that I could have a quick reference to some examples that I've put on my own site. They may not be the highslide approved way of doing things, but I don't know that I asked them, and they work. So, if you can get some use out of the examples here, feel free to do so.
Need to process a single photo randomly selected from an array? Hit your browser's refresh button a couple of times and watch the photos below. The enlargements are all highslide. If you can make use of this, view the source here, or take a look at this page for the stripped down source code.
I happen to have some great photos. Most of them are mine, but some of the photos of the mountains throughout this site belong to Richard Weisser who owns and runs the SmokyPhotos.com website. I don't mind if someone uses them for a screen saver or even to republish them. I would appreciate credit if you use them, and you'll need to check with Mr. Weisser if you use his. Regardless, you can't pimp my photos AND make me pay for the bandwidth. Hot linking the photos from here is not allowed and will yeild this photo instead of the one you're seeking.
Anyway, if you want the high res photos, you're welcome to them, but you'll need to tell me which photo you want so I can email it to you. The example of how to do that for the purposes of Highslide JS are posted on this page. They aren't listed here for source code simplification.
There are occasions where I need a single photo to get to a point, but a series of photos works much better to illustrate a process. For example, one of my hobbies is woodworking, and a single photo can indicate a portion of a furniture build, but a series of photos clear up a lot of confusion about it. This is an example of how to do that...
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View the source code on this page, or you can check this page for a stripped down version. Hilde's example can be seen on this Roadrash page.
