Image Gallery Plugin

So I’ve tested out NextGen, Smooth Slider and a few other plugins but I am really not happy with them. NextGen uses Flash and the JWPlayer which I do not like at all.

All I want to be able to do is have our clients manage each image for each individual page. Something super EASY to use and with a very basic “FADE” script that goes from one image to another.

The company I work for is willing to pay for a premium plugin if we need to do that as well. I’m just tired of going with plugins that either do WAY TOO MUCH or incorporate FLASH.

Currently I have a basic PHP script in place:

<?php if (is_front_page()) /* Is this the front page? */ { ?>

<div id="slideshow" style="background:url(/wp-content/uploads/gallery/main/BC3769-flash.jpg) no-repeat;">
<?php
// images dir

$path = "wp-content/uploads/gallery/main";
$dh = opendir($path);
while ($file = readdir($dh))
if($file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != "Thumbs.db" && $file != "index.html" && $file != "index.php"      ) {
{
    echo"<img border='0' src='/$path/$file' \";    >
    ";
}
}
closedir($dh); // close dir
?>

For other pages I have the same thing setup but changed the “slug” name:

<?php } elseif (is_page('boulder-photos')) { ?>

<div id="slideshow" style="background:url(/wp-content/uploads/gallery/boulder-photos/mtns.jpeg);">
<?php
// images dir

$path = "wp-content/uploads/gallery/boulder-photos";
$dh = opendir($path);
while ($file = readdir($dh))
if($file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != "Thumbs.db" && $file != "index.html" && $file != "index.php"      ) {
{
    echo"<img border='0' src='/$path/$file' \";    >
    ";
}
}
closedir($dh); // close dir
?>

I am using that in correlation with “Custom Upload Dir” plugin which allowed me to set the upload directory based on the “slug” of the page. Yeah I know, not the perfect setup, but the PHP above is pulling those images into the jQuery for the FADING to each image stuff to work. I would LOVE a plugin to do this. This system isn’t perfect but the best way I could get this done without one of those buggy plugins.

Anyway if anyone has any better ideas, I’m sure you do :), then let me hear em!!

Thanks as always,

Mark