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Building a Photo Album in Dreamweaver

German author Jolantha Belik writes a series about creating photo albums.

Part 1: Using the Web Photo Album Extension

Many Dreamweaver users don’t even know that there is a Web Photo Album extension for Dreamweaver that is much more powerful than the built-in Web Photo Album feature.

There are three ways to build a web photo album in Dreamweaver MX 2004:

Using the Image Viewer Flash Element:
This is a slide show made with a built-in Flash Element in Dreamweaver MX 2004. You can learn more about the Picture Viewer Flash Element in the Dreamweaver Help. I will cover how to use this Flash Element in the last article in this series.

Using the Built-in Web Photo Album:
Well, you could use the built-in feature to create a Web Photo Album. It creates a very simple and boring photo album with a white background and black text. For instructions on how to use this built-in feature, see Creating a web photo album with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and Macromedia Fireworks MX.

Using the Web Photo Album 2.2 Extension:
This is a very comfortable way to create a nice web photo album based on templates. In this article series, I will show you how to use this extension, modify photo albums created with this extension, and create your own templates for this extension.

Update July 4:
Part 2: How to Modify the (Finished) Web Photo Album Using CSS
Part 3: How to Modify a Photo Album Template
Part 4: How to Build a New Photo Album Template