CNET Editors' review
JAlbum is a longtime favorite free Web album generator. There's no wizard to direct you through the process, but a quick look through the menus will be enough to get you started creating image collections online.
To get started, specify the original image folder, set the album-destination folder, select the images, and generate the album--it's really not more complicated than that. Using the integrated FTP client, you can upload your album to your Web site or you can use the integrated Web server to serve your album from your computer. The JAlbum site also lets you post your projects to their Web hosting service for free, as long as you don't mind registering your name and e-mail address. There are several great-looking templates and skins to choose from, with more skins available online from JAlbum.
You also get an editor for basic photo manipulation, widgets for adding more functionality to albums, and faster uploads with automatic album-zipping. If you've been looking for a new way to post your photos, JAlbum is a great choice with an extremely easy-to-use interface and plenty of options to create the perfect album.
Publisher's Description
From JAlbum:
JAlbum allows you to create nice-looking photo galleries for the Web. You simply select or drag and drop folders containing images or movie files onto JAlbum, and it creates thumbnails and HTML pages to publish your images as a gallery or as a picture slide show. The galleries are based on various templates, and their appearance can be further customized by advanced users. The application's additional features include support for IPTC/EXIF data, style sheets, lossless image manipulation, pluggable image filters, and a built-in FTP/SFTP client.
What's new in this version:
- Portuguese translation updated.
- Windows version would hang when dragging and dropping images from the file chooser onto jAlbum. This bug has been around for over a year and is now finally fixed.
- Mac version would fail with "Could not initialize class com.adobe.xmp.impl.XMPMetaParser" error on OS X Lion
- Error reporting for skins that require "compatibility mode" to run wasn't tight
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4.2 starsout of 24 votes
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"Make webpages from photograhs"
Version: JAlbum 10.2
Pros
Makes nice looking web pages from photographs
Cons
Getting too complicated. Too many options, extras and addons.
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"Easy to Use, but got buggy in new versions"
Version: JAlbum 10.1
Pros
Easy to use and looks great
Cons
Since going to shareware the program is buggy and has annoying licensing popups when you gallery is live and only live. I went back to 9.6 after I found 10.1 was slow to load large galleries and would sometimes hang up. Was fine going back to 9.6
Summary
Would still suggest to friends, but on the lookout for another freeware option again like it used to be.
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"Simple and easy to use."
Version: JAlbum 9.5
Pros
Resizes photos as you desire. Many different skins for websites. Looks very professional when published.
Cons
No easy way (that I know of) to insert your own links.
Summary
This is a solid, useable website builder that I wish I had years ago.
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"easy to use and nice lay out"
Version: JAlbum 9.4.1
Pros
lay out, easy
Cons
no slide show
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"A wonderful engine for easily generating website"
Version: JAlbum 9.4.1
Pros
JAlbum offers exceptionally easy ways to create a website with a large variety of skins and variations.
Cons
I haven't found an easy way to insert HTML links.
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"Great program"
Version: JAlbum 9.1.3
Pros
Does what I want it to do.
Cons
None that I can think of.
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"easy to use photo gallery"
Version: JAlbum 9.1.3
Pros
does every thing it say it does, very easy to use
Cons
none that can think of
Summary
one of the most simple photo app. to use
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"great program"
Version: JAlbum 9.1.3
Pros
user friendly
Cons
none that I can think of
Summary
a must have program
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"Clean and lean-gets the job done with minimum of fuss"
Version: JAlbum 9.1.3
Pros
Easy to use on a basic level - numerous skins available to match your site's "look" - also, using your unique URL (from JAlbum), having a "show and tell" with friends, family and ... clients is dead simple.
Cons
No manual - online or off -- help is more of a "fill in the blanks" exercise, but this is a very small price to pay for an excellent -- and free -- program.
Summary
Would recommend JAlbum without exception as a basic pix gallery program.
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"Great for building Photo based web pages"
Version: JAlbum 8.13
Pros
easy to use.
automates the processCons
need to convert my NEF files to JPEG before I can use
Summary
Great Photo App
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