SharePoint QA
patrick.abel
Member
Is there a solution available for showcasing pictures without the use of sharepoint's out-of-the-box picture library? (or improving upon it).. I have tried using Lytebox from http://www.codeplex.com with limited success, but am looking for an easy way to showcase pictures in multiple sub-areas within our sharepoint portal. Any insight would be awesome! thanks
Patrick
The OOTB picture library is actually a very good option, and you should think twice before discarding it.
Its main advantage is that for each picture you upload, it automatically creates a compressed view and a thumbnail view, far more convenient and performant for display on Web sites.
I just created a demo and I'll publish the tutorial soon:
http://pathtosharepoint.com/PhotoVideo/default.aspx
The size of the original pictures is ~500kB, and thanks to the picture library I work with Web views (~50 kB) and thumbnail views (~6 kB). Far more efficient!
As you understand, using the OOTB picture library doesn't mean that you are tied to the default SharePoint views. You still have the choice of the rendering method, which will depend on what you intend to do with these pictures.
patrick.abel
Member
Chris,
Thanks for the advice, I did a little more playing around with the OOTB potential and it may be much more viable as far as efficiency is concerned for what I am trying to accomplish.
I noticed I can actually style it very similar to some of our other libraries as well which does give continuity for our end-users. Thanks for the tip!
Patrick
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