WideRange Galleries Blog (Images)

Written by Jack Brauer, owner and lead programmer at WideRange Galleries, this blog is meant as a resource for clients to keep track of latest features and tips to maximize the potential of their photo gallery websites.

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Advanced Image Sizing
Advanced Image Sizing
June 2025

With the newest WideRange version 5.10, I have enhanced the image sizing algorithm so that large images will now scale both horizontally AND vertically so they can be viewed in their entirety on any screen size without any vertical scrolling necessary! This offers a subtle but considerably improved viewing experience for all users, since images will now display smaller on small screens and larger on large screens.

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Tiled Galleries
Tiled Galleries
November 2024

Tiled gallery formats have been around on some of our websites for years, but recently I upgraded and improved the code and performance, so I'm happy to announce that as of version 5.9.7 the tiled formats are now standard options for all of our websites! These formats offer a dynamic, modern look that can give your galleries a more dramatic visual impact...

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Version 5.8: Full Screen & More
Version 5.8: Full Screen & More
June 2022

After a few "quiet" version updates during the last year, this month I've launch a bigger update with Version 5.8 of the WideRange Galleries website software. This version gives lots of tender loving care to image presentation, as well as some other useful updates...

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WebP Images
WebP Images
May 2021

With the release of WideRange Galleries version 5.4, our websites are now equipped with the next-generation WebP image format! WebP is a modern image encoding format that offers significantly smaller file sizes resulting in faster loading pages and reduced bandwidth consumption...

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Responsive Images
Responsive Images
June 2015

WideRange Galleries websites are equipped with a fantastic feature for displaying photos at their finest on all types and sizes of screens: Responsive Images!

Summary

• Responsive images look significantly sharper on high-resolution retina screens...

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