This is a very simple image gallery with thumbnails using HTML. I have added some jquery so that we can incorporate some effect while users click on each thumbnails. The image basically pop up to the center of the screen when user click on them. Position of the image can be changed easily by changing the 52nd line [‘top’:160] in gallery.js script.

First step is to create a simple HTML based image gallery page.

<div id="main">
<p>
<ul class="thumbs">
    <li>
        <a href="img1.jpg"  rel="slide"  rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 1">
            <img width="200" src="img1.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img2.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 2">
            <img width="200" src="img2.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img3.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 3">
            <img width="200" src="img3.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
	</ul>
<p>
<ul class="thumbs">
    <li>
        <a href="img1.jpg"  rel="slide"  rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 1">
            <img width="200" src="img1.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img2.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 2">
            <img width="200" src="img2.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img3.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 3">
            <img width="200" src="img3.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
	</ul>
	<p>
	<ul class="thumbs">
    <li>
        <a href="img1.jpg"  rel="slide"  rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 1">
            <img width="200" src="img1.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img2.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 2">
            <img width="200" src="img2.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img3.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 3">
            <img width="200" src="img3.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
	</ul>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
<div id="cache"></div>
<div class="close"></div>
</div>

Clear:both property means no floating elements allowed on either the left or the right side.

Next step is to add some style to the HTML image gallery.

<style type="text/css">
body{margin:0;padding:0; font-family:Verdana; font-size:14px;background-color:#000}
a{text-decoration:none; outline:none;}
ul,ol,li,img,p{
	margin:0;padding:0; 
	list-style-type:none; 
	border:none;
	}
#main{
	margin:20px auto 50px auto; 
	padding:20px; 
	width:750px; 
	background:#fff; 
	border:1px solid #ccc;
}
ul.thumbs,ul.thumbs li{float:left;}
a.image_gall{
	 margin:5px 30px 5px 0;
	border:4px solid #fff; 
	background:#fff; 
	display:block; 
	padding:2px; 
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px;
	border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888;
	box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888;
}
h1{font-size:26px; font-weight:normal;}
h2{font-size:20px; font-weight:normal;}
#cache img{
	border:4px solid #fff; 
	background:#fff; 
	display:block; 
	padding:4px; 
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	cursor:pointer; 
	left:0;
	z-index:8; 
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px;
	border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 45px #888;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 45px #888;
	box-shadow: 0 0 45px #888;
}
.close{
	background:url(close.png) center no-repeat;
	position:absolute;
	height:40px;
	width:40px;
	z-index:20;
	cursor:pointer;
}
</style>

Our image gallery is now finished. If you test your page you will see simple HTML based gallery with no effects.

To add effects we need to include some javascript like this

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="gallery.js"></script>

Please download gallery.js file HERE, This code is well commented so that you are good to modify them according to your need.

Find the entire code below.

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="gallery.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
body{margin:0;padding:0; font-family:Verdana; font-size:14px;background-color:#000}
a{text-decoration:none; outline:none;}
ul,ol,li,img,p{
	margin:0;padding:0; 
	list-style-type:none; 
	border:none;
	}
#main{
	margin:20px auto 50px auto; 
	padding:20px; 
	width:750px; 
	background:#fff; 
	border:1px solid #ccc;
}
ul.thumbs,ul.thumbs li{float:left;}
a.image_gall{
	 margin:5px 30px 5px 0;
	border:4px solid #fff; 
	background:#fff; 
	display:block; 
	padding:2px; 
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px;
	border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888;
	box-shadow: 0 0 5px #888;
}
h1{font-size:26px; font-weight:normal;}
h2{font-size:20px; font-weight:normal;}
#cache img{
	border:4px solid #fff; 
	background:#fff; 
	display:block; 
	padding:4px; 
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	cursor:pointer; 
	left:0;
	z-index:8; 
	-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-border-radius: 5px;
	border-radius: 5px;
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 45px #888;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 45px #888;
	box-shadow: 0 0 45px #888;
}
.close{
	background:url(close.png) center no-repeat;
	position:absolute;
	height:40px;
	width:40px;
	z-index:20;
	cursor:pointer;
}
</style>
<div id="main">
<p>
<ul class="thumbs">
    <li>
        <a href="img1.jpg"  rel="slide"  rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 1">
            <img width="200" src="img1.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img2.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 2">
            <img width="200" src="img2.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img3.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 3">
            <img width="200" src="img3.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
	</ul>
<p>
<ul class="thumbs">
    <li>
        <a href="img1.jpg"  rel="slide"  rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 1">
            <img width="200" src="img1.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img2.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 2">
            <img width="200" src="img2.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img3.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 3">
            <img width="200" src="img3.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
	</ul>
	<p>
	<ul class="thumbs">
    <li>
        <a href="img1.jpg"  rel="slide"  rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 1">
            <img width="200" src="img1.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img2.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 2">
            <img width="200" src="img2.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="img3.jpg"   rel="slide"  class="image_gall" title="Big image 3">
            <img width="200" src="img3.jpg"  />
        </a>
    </li>
	</ul>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
<div id="cache"></div>
<div class="close"></div>
</div>

Please don’t forget to change the image file names accordingly.

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Make sure you have a close.png file in the same path where you call this script.

DEMO

Tested in Mozilla Firefox & Chrome. Not Sure About IE 🙂

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