jQuery Plugin For Stacked Polaroid Image Gallery - Photopile

Photopile is a jQuery based polaroid image gallery that the photos are stacked & scattered randomly in a container and will display the larger version of a photo in a popup window when clicked.

See also:

• jQuery Draggable and Rotatable Photo Viewer - Polaroid
• jQuery Draggable Polaroid Photo Gallery Plugin

How to use it:

1. Include the jQuery library and jQuery Photopile plugin's javascript in the footer.

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script> 
<script src="photopile.js"></script>

2. Include the jQuery Photopile plugin's stylesheet in the header.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="photopile.css">

3. Wrap the images in a container following the Html structure like this. Use <a> tag's href attribute to specify the large version of your images.

<ul class="photopile">
<li> <a href="images/01i.jpg"> <img src="images/01t.jpg" alt="Alt 1" title="" width="80" height="60" /> </a> </li>
<li> <a href="images/02i.jpg"> <img src="images/02t.jpg" alt="Alt 2" title="" width="80" height="60" /> </a> </li>
<li> <a href="images/03i.jpg"> <img src="images/03t.jpg" alt="Alt 3" title="" width="80" height="60" /> </a> </li>
...
</ul>

4. Set up the plugin at the beginning of photopile.js

var numLayers = 5;  // number of layers in the pile (max zindex)
var thumbOverlap  = 50; // overlap amount (px)
var thumbRotation = 45; // maximum rotation (deg)
var thumbBorderWidth  = 2;  // border width (px)
var thumbBorderColor  = 'white';// border color
var thumbBorderHover  = '#EAEAEA';  // border hover color
var draggable = true;   // enable draggable thumbnails

// Photo container
var fadeDuration  = 200;// speed at which photo fades (ms)
var pickupDuration= 500;// speed at which photo is picked up & put down (ms)
var photoZIndex   = 100;// z-index (show above all)
var photoBorder   = 10; // border width around fullsize image
var photoBorderColor  = 'white';// border color
var showInfo  = true;   // include photo description (alt tag) in photo container

// Autoplay
var autoplayGallery   = false;   // autoplay the photopile
var autoplaySpeed = 5000;   // ms

// Images
var loading= 'images/loading.gif';  // path to img displayed while gallery/thumbnails loads

Change log:

2018-06-06

• JS update

2014-07-24

• Basic autoplay functionality added that loops through the photopile in sequence. Set variable autoplayGallery = true to use.

2014-07-02

• Added max-width to thumbnails for large resolutions greater than 1024px

2014-06-23

• Added a description div element to the photo container that displays an image's alt tag. 

2014-05-07

• Added a description div element to the photo container that displays an image's alt tag. 

2014-04-30

• Added next/prev functionality to navigator and implemented draggable thumbnails using jQuery UI
• Updating sprites and background images

2014-04-26

• Added style {-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;} to thumbnail li's to eliminate jagged edges
• Developing navigator

2014-04-25

• Added width and height attributes to thumbnail images

2014-04-24

• update.

2014-04-21

• enlarge improvements

2014-04-20

• Photo container enlarge complete
• Bug fix in enlarge method (width/height switch)

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This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by bigbhowell. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.