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10 Mootools plugin for showing image gallery

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:39:23 +0000

In the previous post, I discussed about jQuery plugins for showing image gallery. This time, I checked for Mootools alternative. Like jQuery, I was able to found gallery plugins which have similar functionality. Listing 10 of them. Pick one that suits your need.

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E2 Photo Gallery

It is a simple and easy to use (provided, you’re using PHP) gallery plugin which supports thumbnail images with carousel view. It is supplied with a php file which can scan a specified folder for images and it can create the gallery automatically.

Dependencies	MooTools 1.1
Size	Less than 5KB
Restrictions	None
Demo	Open \| Open in new window
Download	Open in new window

JSGallery2

It is a simple gallery plugin with support for thumbnails with paging. The transition effects are simple. The latest version is based on MooTools 1.2. There is also an older version for MooTools 1.1

Dependencies	Mootools 1.2
Size	Less than 14KB(Uncompressed)
Restrictions	None
Demo	Open \| Open in new window
Download	Open in new window

Image Gallery by TutorialDog.com

It is a light weight plugin which supports thumbnails and image captions. As it uses a carousel like view for thumbnails, it can be implemented in less space.

Dependencies	MooTools 1.2
Size	Less than 4KB(Uncompressed)
Restrictions	None
Demo & Download	Open \| Open in new window

noobSlide

NoobSlide is a multipurpose script which can also be used as a gallery. Lots of different styles are supported. It can also be used as a content slider. The animation is also good. There are lots of examples provided in their site. You can also find a version for MooTools 1.1.

Dependencies	MooTools 1.2
Size	Less than 3KB(Compressed)
Restrictions	None
Demo & Download	Open \| Open in new window

UvumiTools Gallery Plugin

It is an unconventionally styled gallery. Thumbnails are listed with a zoom effect on hover. Once you click the image, the view is switched to a 3d looking carousel of thumbnails + the main image. The animations are also good.

Features

Automatic resizing of images
Handles broken image links
Mouse wheel scrolling
Support for captions with animation effect (Fancy Caption)

Dependencies	MooTools 1.2
Size	Less than 17KB(Compressed)
Restrictions	None
Demo & Download	Open \| Open in new window

MooPix

MooPix is a script that is specifically written to handle Flicker images. There is support for a slide show mode and thumbnail mode.

MooPix isn’t a slideshow, it’s a way for you to access your public Flickr photos without doing PHP, Ruby, or Python situps.

Dependencies	MooTools 1.1+
Size	Less than 2KB(Uncompressed)
Restrictions	None
Demo & Download	Open \| Open in new window

PhatFusion Slideshow

This is one of the earliest image galleries available for MooTools. Still it is a neat looking gallery with thumbnails and slide show mode.

Dependencies	MooTools 1.1+
Size	Less than 13KB(Uncompressed)
Restrictions	None (MIT)
Demo & Download	Open \| Open in new window

MooFlow

MooFlow is a script that emulates the famous CoverFlow of Apple’s. Interestingly it supports full screen option like a flash player which fills the browser viewable area. Mouse wheel and keyboard navigation is supported.

Features

Easy to setup
Automatic resizing of images with full size viewer (popup)
Fullscreen option
Reflections
Can run multiple instances in same page

Dependencies	MooTools 1.2
Size	Less than 13KB(Uncompressed)
Restrictions	None (MIT)
Demo & Download	Open \| Open in new window

Slideshow 2

It is an advanced imaged gallery with excellent transition effects. It supports cross fading of images and Ken Burns effect. The scripts are separate for core functionality and different transitions so that you only need to include the transitions you want.

Features

Excellent transitions – cross fading & Ken Burns
Good styles
Slideshow mode
Auto scrolling thummbnails (Examples for vertical thumbnails provided)
Support for image caption
Lots of examples provided

Dependencies	MooTools 1.2
Size	Less than 35(Including core 26KB (Uncompressed) and transitions)
Restrictions	None (MIT)
Demo	Open \| Open in new window
Download	Open in new window

SmoothGallery

It is another excellent script which can be used to show image galleries as well. The thumbnails are shown inside the images and auto scrollable. In the new version transition effects are also supported.

smooth gallery

Features

Controls & thumbnails are placed inside the main image, which enables it to be placed in a small area.
Auto scrolling thumbnails
Image Caption
Images are linkable, which makes it suitable for a featured content gallery

Dependencies	MooTools 1.2
Size	Less than 24KB
Restrictions	None (GPL)
Demo	Open \| Open in new window
Download	Open in new window

Conclusion

When comparing features, Slide Show2 is the best script for showing an image gallery. It supports different types of transitions, customizable options and provides a lot of examples in their website.

Smooth Gallery is also good. It takes less space in a web page and can be used as a featured content slider.

Mootools Vs jQuery
In the previous post, I’ve listed 10+ image gallery plugins for jQuery. Finding plugins for both jQuery & Mootools is a fairly easy job. Also, both libraries have plugins which matches in functionality. So I think, it is just a matter of choice. If you are comfortable with jQuery use it, or use Mootools otherwise.

Anyway, I think Slideshow 2 & Smooth Gallery are excellent scripts which lacks alternative in jQuery. jQuery has CrossSlide which has transition effects similar to Slide Show 2, but it is not complete as a gallery plugin as Slide Show 2 is. And for Smooth Gallery, I couldn’t find a jQuery alternative. Hope someone will port it to jQuery.

Edit: Links corrected, missing image for Smooth Gallery added

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Highslide – The best image gallery script?

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:40:00 +0000

Highslide is a standalone javascript library created mainly for showing image galleries in a more user friendly way. HTML/Ajax and Flash support is added as plugins. It has improved a lot over time. Now it is in version 4.0

Unlike many other libraries, multiple images can be opened at the same time. And a user can arrange the images as he wish on the browser. So it is definitly more usable than image gallery script that can show only one image – typical example is lightbox effect (opening the next closes the current).

The animation is also brilliant. Very smooth zooming of images. To open an image, you just need to click and to close, click on it again (Customizable in different ways). If you want to open two images, just click on the required images and those two will be popped up. Opening one image does not close the other.

Advantages:

Stand alone javascript. Does not need a library.
The most user friendly way to show images
Good effects
Can show HTML, AJAX content or Flash.
Can open multiple images
The opened image windows are draggable so that the user can arrange it in anyway. This is very useful if you want to compare two images.
Creative Commons License – Free for personal use

Disadvantages:

Not free for commercial sites. Requries a license. It can be purchased for one site or unlimited

The author has given good documentation and examples in his site highslide.com

Another cool site to check out is, http://youflow.finnrudolph.de. The author has successfully combined coverflow, youtube API and highslide to create a good mashup.

Is it the best?

Well, I think it has improved a lot. Using this script you can completely avoid browser popup windows. The ability to show images and non image (html, iframe) contents in a more userfriendly way makes it one of the best script ever made. The only drawback I see is the license. What do you think?

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Shadow box

admin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:16:02 +0000

Shadowbox is a cross-browser, cross-platform, cleanly-coded and fully-documented media viewer application written entirely in JavaScript. Using Shadowbox, website authors can display a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating away from the linking page.

This is a multi purpose pop up functionality like thickbox, graybox etc. Unlike many(for eg: thickbox), it doesn’t depend on a javascript library like jquery or mootools. So it is easier to integrate on any site without worrying dependencies.

Advantages

XHTML compliant
Highly configurable
Can be used to display any media including SWF, Videos, images, sites etc
Remains focused irrespective of scroll
GPL Licence – Can be freely used/modified in any site
Skinnable

Specifications

Dependencies	None (Can be implemented using any library (Jquery, mootools, prototype etc) using the accompanied script or even without any library support)
Size	Less than 30KB (compressed)
Restrictions	None (GPL license)

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