Esotropiart

Woo hoo! I was finally motivated to redo my art galleries. I decided that I could re-use a large portion of the code I created for the albums, and maintain relatively the same format for the gallery page. It is so nice to be free from manually maintaining static galleries. That was absolutely horrible! Now I can just add art to the database, upload the image, and BINGO! Yose. What a relief. Now to delete all those old files that I'll never use again; clear up some server space. See the new EsoGallery linked from all over the site, or click here. I intend to add some more functionality and information on the gallery page, but my primary wish is to maintain a clean interface with faster download rates. I don't want a bunch of flashy, fluffy Javascript and movement like before. So don't expect more than just pure functionality. My opinion is that too much interface distracts from the art itself (not that the art is much to speak of). I don't like to add features just because I can. I prefer to keep it simple. I believe it takes more wisdom and discernment to hold back, rather than thoughtlessly adding every feature and flashy thing under the sun. I do, furthermore, intend to add a thumbnail view so that a large chunk of images can be browsed visually. Obviously when a thumbnail is clicked, that image will be loaded into the regular gallery view.