22
Jul
Highslide Photo Template
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Highslide photo template is created by Paul van Roekel. This template shows square-sized thumbnails that you can click to zoom in and out, or scroll through the images. The Highslide template uses the Javascript thumbnail viewer from Highslide JS. You can generate this slideshow using Picasa and the Highslide photo template.
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You can download the template here.
Review
| Criteria | Review | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Design | Highslide template is a simple design that does not require flash to be installed. The default view shows small squared thumbnails that you can zoom in and out to full-size by clicking on the thumbnails. You also can move the full-size image around and zoom in a different image, although there’s really not much room to have more than one full-size image on display. | 7 |
| Loading speed | This template does not require flash so the default thumbnail view loads pretty quick, then loads individual full-size images as you click them. | 8 |
| Number of clicks | Click a thumbnail to zoom in to full-size view. Click again to zoom out or move the full-size image around. Click another thumbnail to zoom in. And click yet another one to zoom in another image. Then you have click all of the full-size images to zoom back out. That’s a lot of clicking. Or you could just zoom in on one image and use the keyboard to navigate through the images in full-size. | 5 |
| Browsing efficiency | Click on a thumbnail to zoom in, then use the left/right key to navigate through the images efficiently. However, the full-size image still zooms in and out as you navigate (without the clicking) and might make you a little dizzy. | 6 |
| Image size | The full-size image is the size of the image you set when generating the photo gallery, so if you set image resolution at 800×600, landscape images cover most of the browser window and portrait images cover about half. | 7 |
| Caption | Caption appears when you hover the mouse over each thumbnail but does not appear on the rest of the template or in full-size images. | 4 |
| Customizable | This template is HTML-based so you can customize most of the template including photo title, thumbnail size, and description. You also can customize the CSS stylesheet that comes with the template. | 8 |
| Embed in blogs | The default thumbnail images adjust automatically to your monitor’s resolution, however this feature doesn’t appear to work well when you embed the photo gallery inside a blog. | 3 |
| Browser-friendly |
This template works well with both IE and Firefox. |
10 |
| Downloadable images | You can download both thumbnails as well as full-size images. | – |
Overall |
Overall, Highslide is a simple template that looks clean and is easy to view and navigate through images. |
6/10 |
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