Tutorial is finished!
The first tutorial is complete! It took alot longer then I expected. This tutorial was NOT intended to show you how to create a template from scratch, it is simply to go through all of the code of the LightroomGalleries.com Template 1 in order to give you a good understanding of where things are and what they do.
I am going to follow up this tutorial with a more straightforward and to the point tutorial. We will start from a stripped down template with only the bare essentials and then add design elements to it. I hope this tutorial give you a better insight into how an Adobe Photoshop Lightroom web gallery template is created. It is not s simple task, but once you have a look at the files and kind of know where things are and what they do, you should be able to create your own without problems. Most of the functionality required is already programmed into this template. All you really need to do is plug in your own css styles, html, images, and whatever else you want to include.
Please post any comments, suggestions, questions, and advice in the forums. I am not an XSLT or XML master so there are probably better ways of doing and/or explaining things, which I’m sure some of you are eager to point out, and PLEASE DO!
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Thanks for helping me to activate my forum account. The notification didn’t show up in my Inbox or Spam. Very strange. Anyway, I’ve ripped apart your first template and have produced my own, integrating Slimbox into Lightroom.
Get it here: http://theturninggate.com/blog/adobe-lightroom-slimbox-template
I have to admit, I didn’t understand much of the XSLT and XML. If you’d be willing to help me clean up the code, and maybe add more customization to the Lightroom panels, I’d be very appreciative. The gallery works as is, though.
Cheers!