JAlbum Wiki

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Category Graphic Apps Gallery & Cataloging Tools

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Jalbum

URL	Jalbum.net
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	Photo gallery creation and sharing
Owner	Jalbum AB
Launched	2002
Revenue	Donations / Advertising / Hosting subscriptions
Current status	Active

Jalbum consists of freeware cross-platform software for managing and creating digital photo galleries, and a free / paid-for photo sharing service on which to publish them. Jalbum software has been used to create over 23 million photo galleries, with over 40000 users hosting theirs on jalbum.net.^[1]

[edit] Software

Jalbum can be thought of as similar to Google's Picasa, or Apple's iPhoto,^[2] and is credited as being extremely easy to use, flexible and versatile.^[3]^[4] It relies on the Java virtual machine so can be run on most operating systems, and is available in 32 languages. The software allows users to manage their photo collection, sorting photos into albums, performing basic digital editing and commenting (although not tagging) individual photos. The main focus is on producing HTML and Flash based galleries, for publishing online or distributing via other means. Users can customise the look and functionality of their photo galleries by using a small set of templates or skins that come with the program, or by choosing from over 100 skins available for free download.^[5] The community that has formed around Jalbum produces a variety of creative skins, offering galleries based on standard HTML designs, AJAX slideshows and popular Flash based image viewers. Jalbum was created by Swedish programmer David Ekholm in 2002. The current version is 8.2, released in March 2009.

[edit] Hosting Service

The website jalbum.net is used as a social photo sharing website, as well as to promote and distribute the software. 30MB of space for photos is offered free to all users who register, with upgrades to 1GB or 10GB available for a yearly subscription fee. Free galleries remain hosted indefinitely, with no risk of deletion due to inactivity.