Making galleries with Drupal…

Making image galleries with Drupal is not an easy task : there a dozens of modules, views and block specifications out there. Here is a list of modules I’ve tested on 6.15

• Image tools
  • working with images in drupal is immediately enhanced with the imagecache module that allows administrators to predefine actions for uploaded images : crop, resize, grey, and can be extended

• Working with file upload
  • Content Construction Kit has the ability to load multiple files per content type, with the FileField type (can be extended to ImageField for imagecachje integration)
  • the fupload module does a good job but the interface is strange  : it requires you to go beyond the node editing form to update images titles for newly created image nodes.
  • itweak is a nice file attachment module that integrates attachments with all content types, using the core upload module
• Working with views
  • the views_cycle module uses views to format records to a jquery cycle plugin animation
• Displayin
  • LightBox
  • thickbox
• Other modules
  • Fast Gallery
  • Slide show Pro integration (flash)
• see also
  • revisiting galleries