101 uses for a Media Gallery...well nearly...

Media or picture galleries are becoming ever more familiar to web users. Imagine your Ebay account without a gallery displaying auction items from all angles. The humble picture gallery however can be put to many other uses than simply showing a series of photographs. A couple of demonstrations are provided below.

Using DotNetNuke,  any content displayed in this manner can be placed in the protected area of your site so that only registered users can view it. A simple but effective means of providing added value to your members or clients.

Several media gallery modules are available for DotNetNuke that provide the means of displaying photos, illustrations, screen shots etc. in automated or user controlled sequences. Using a media gallery module you avoid the costly specialist development of animations and still have full control over content.


Rolling presentations

If you want to present pictorial or graphical content in a dynamic way then this is easily achieved. 'Slide' timing and transitions are easily controlled and as site editor you'll have complete control over sequencing and maintenance of your content. Here's a simple example:

Documentation and tutorials
Documenting your products and services or training end users is a time consuming but essential exercise. Once prepared, the materials have also to be maintained. Making training materials available online is nothing new but consider how using a media gallery can streamline 'step by step' guides or facilitate self-paced tutorials. In this format, the documentation appears less daunting too. Example below: