aquabluedreams Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 (edited) I need inspiration to redo our website! It was once focused on just underwater photography but now has become the family photo album. We are just enthusiastic amateurs and it has morphed into our version of a Facebook page and we are ok with that aspect. Used Redframe decades ago to build it and I don't think they have kept up with the times. Any suggestions for a better website building tool? Of course it has to be photo oriented. Not looking to sell photos or anything. Any comments on the current one are welcome. www.aquabluedreams.com Edited September 16 by aquabluedreams 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVBldr Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 (edited) I've been using Adobe Portfolio for a while now and it does a decent job, and easy/ intuitive to use and allows for some organization of the albums, and it's free with the Photo package subscription. Edited September 16 by RVBldr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ross Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 My website is built with Jalbum, a web gallery builder that has many skins built to use with it. It's mostly straight forward to use, just point it a folder structure and it can build a web gallery with any hierarchy you like. The software has a licence fee which is not too high and a decent support forum. I use the Mercury skin which uses a responsive layout which scales itself to match the device accessing it. Jalbum mercury: https://jalbum.net/en/skins/skin/Mercury/wicket:pageMapName/Dogs my website: https://aus-natural.com/index.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlaity Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 I recently reorganized by subject rather than by dive trip, except for a few recent big trips. Based on the pics that people usually want to see -- sharks, sea lions, turtles., etc. https://photo.jefflaity.com Smugmug has some interesting gallery website examples on their homepage. I liked this example: https://www.christianpondella.com/ You can publish directly to a Smugmug site from Lightroom with their plug-in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubadiggy Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Used https://www.squarespace.com and found it pretty user friendly with options to upscale into a business model. Diggy https://www.scubadiggy.com 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquabluedreams Posted September 17 Author Share Posted September 17 Some very nice layouts! I may need a "entry" page where some can see dive shots, another option for rowing, and one for travel/dryland..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvanant Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Square space also www.blueviews.net Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humu9679 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Really good stuff people! @RVBldr @Chris Ross @jlaity @scubadiggy @bvanant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Stearns Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Here is one of mine – www.underwaterjournal.com I am currently finishing up my photo website which I expect to release Dec 1st, 2024 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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