Create a Flickr Photo Gallery Using Feeds, CCK and Views
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a photo gallery which uses photos imported from Flickr.
The modules that I'll use to create the Gallery are:
ImageCache
Improve JPG Quality in Imagecache and ImageAPI
Whilst uploading images for my Projects and Testimonials sections, I noticed that the Imagecache-scaled images weren't as high a quality the originals on my Mac. I did some searching online and found out that, by default, Drupal resamples uploaded jpgs to 75% of their original quality.
To increase the quality of your images, change the setting in the two following places:
Using ImageCache and ImageCrop for my Portfolio
Whilst working on my own portfolio/testimonial website, I decided to have a portfolio page displaying the name of each site and a thumbnail image. For this Blog post, I'll be using a site called Popcorn Strips which I built for a friend earlier this year as an example.
