best way to do facebook style photo gallery ? use flash ?

"Aryk Grosz Wrote: "

Hey guys, Im trying to create a photo gallery where photos are listed, but when a user clicks in to one, they can click next and previous.

Im trying to do the most efficient way here. Im thinking I need to store the entire set of photos so I know where the photo is in relation to the other photos in the set so I know the next photo and the previous.

I was thinking of flashing the photo set across the pages, that way I dont have to do a database call.

I could put the photos into the session as well, that way I dont have to worry about flashing all the time.

Any ideas? Keep in mind that I want to use as little server side resources as possible. =)

Thanks in advance...

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Hi Aryk Grosz, you could try to make a picture slideshow with thumbnail gallery templates. so that you'll see the thumbnail the pictures while they are playing. Flash SlideShow Builder is a good program for doing that. http://www.flash-slide-show.com/flash-slide-show.php?sid=3 This software is easy-to-master, and no flash background knowledge is required, yet you can still make an excellent flash slideshow with 200+ transition effects, background music, text caption, etc. Hope this would help.