Organizing Images on Webpage

Wetling23

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This is the index page for all the pictures on my website. If you follow one of the links (other than the one for "comics"), you'll see an iframe in which the thumbnails and full size images are displayed.

I'm looking to update this because it is combersome and ugly, but I'm not sure what's best. Ideally, whatever layout I use should be easy to edit and the same for every page.

I've thought about going with three layouts so far. The first option is to put a frame on the left side of the screen with one or two pictures per row. When you click on the thumbnail, the full image is dispalyed on the right. The second option is the place a list box on the left side of the screen with just file names or short descriptions. When you click on the name, the full image is displayed on the right. Finally, I've thought about creating a page full of thumbnails. When you click on one it will either open the full image in the same browser window, or in a new one.

What do y'all think is the best option among those listed? I'm open to other suggestions too.

Thanks
 

Wetling23

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Hehe, yeah. I didn't take many of those pictures because my GF would probably get a bit jealous.

Any thoughts on image organization?
 

BlueWeasel

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If it were my site, I'd lean more towards having individual thumbnails that linked to the fullsize image. Not everyone is going to want to see the full image of every picture, and maximizing the amount of thumbnails on each page would give them option of seeing the ones they want. I don't really care much for frames, and definately don't like the idea of trying to come up with a description of each picture.
 

Wetling23

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Yeah, frames suck. My thoughts with a page of thumbnails are that you can see all the thumbnail at once (given a high enough resolution), but I don't like it that when someone clicks on a thumbnail, a window opens with just the picture (no navigation or other formatting) so they have to click the back button (or close a window) to get back to the thumbs.