Photography Portfolio Template

This template is perfect for showcasing your portfolio with style. It has a minimalist design with powerful features, such as the integration with SWFAddress, useful for activating the browser's back button.

You can define as many galleries as fit the menu, and each gallery can have an unlimited number of images.

On the homepage you can link some of the galleries directly to that section. We use 6 only, for people with resolution smaller than 1024x768. You can use even less thumbs than galleries, but link only some of them which you like more.

If you click on the photographer name or tag line, it takes you directly to the Contact page. Both are customizable from XML, as well as the content on the Contact page.

The images scroll left and right, making sure the border is where the first or the last image centers the screen. You can add any size for the image as long as these fit the height of 420px. (optimized for 1024 x 768). They automatically position based on the width.

You can also define the stroke value in the XML file, and for each image in the large view, you can define the background color (as it is defined for example in the Brands gallery).

You can set the default section that will be used for when the website opens, or with the help of the swfAddress you can share a direct link to any of the sections.

Features:

1. SWFAddress (back button navigation and direct link to a section).
2. Customizable from XML.
3. Supports unlimited images.
4. Supports different background colors for each image.
5. Youtube video section.

 

Joe Castleberry

on 26/8/11

 

I found another bug , or mis-written code perhaps.

After clicking to enlarge several images " maybe after about 10 or so " , I noticed that the enlaged images drop in resolution for the remainder of the time you view the site. Basically my images that are 1100 pixels wide , end up around 800 wide when this bug starts to happen , the only thing I can do to fix it is to close my browsers tab and re-open my page again.

In some rare instances , I have noticed my images go a step further , and reduce in resolution again . Starting at 1100 pixels wide , going down to approx. 800 pixels wide , then after a couple more minutes of view images , they make there way down to about 400-500 pixels.

 

Corneliu Chitanu

on 31/8/11

Thanks again. We'll take a look and I'll post another comment with the solution for this issue.

 

Corneliu Chitanu

on 1/9/11

Please download the files again and replace the preview.swf file you were using with the new one. It should fix the problem.

 

Joe Castleberry

on 31/8/11

 

I dont know if you seen it , but I also had the question on the previous page as well , thanks !

 

Joe Castleberry

on 31/8/11

 

Sorry , I just noticed you responded to the message on the previous page already.

 

Corneliu Chitanu

on 1/9/11

No problem. Check the comment above too, please. We updated the component. Thanks for reporting the problem.

 

Joe Castleberry

on 8/9/11

 

I sent you guys a message via email , but never received a response - the message came from email address [email protected]

 

Corneliu Chitanu

on 9/9/11

Hello Joe,

Thank you for notifying us. We just checked our SPAM folder and found your email in there. This is the reason we didn't reply. We'll answer as soon as possible.

 

Joe Castleberry

on 12/9/11

 

I have another request , and I definitely believe this would be a much needed addition .

With so many uploaded images in my portfolios , there is now easy way to rearrange images in different orders without all the renaming - is there a possible way to may rearranging images easier. Whenever I want to add my newest work - I have rename like 60 files just to make sure my newest work is towards the beginning of my portfolio - just a sggestion , but I feel its an important one for workflow purposes .

 

Corneliu Chitanu

on 14/9/11

Hi Joe,

Yes, we understand the need for this kind of interface. We'll consider working on this enhancement in the future. It implies much work on the project, but we'll discuss it. Thank you.

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1. How to make the stroke around the homepage images thinner?

You need to adjust this number in Home.as, and then compile the swf file again:

private var imageStroke : Number = 10;

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Photography Portfolio Template - change log

Update 28 March 2011
- added the possibility to add an Youtube video as a section to the template. In the main.xml file you'll need to add a "swf" type section that has an unique swfAddressValue and menuName. At the xmlPath attribute you'll need to enter the URL of the Youtube video. You can copy the Youtube video URL from your browser address bar or go to the video page and press the Share button.
- fixed some issues regarding the menu.

Update 05 - 14 April 2010
- a video player was added as an option to display videos as well as images.

Update 05 - 22 June 2010
- we added the ability to add an external link on the homepage, by clicking on a thumbnail which has a link set in home.xml

Update 05 - 24 November 2010
- we updated the SWFAddress, which fixes the browser back and next buttons on IE8

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