Auto thumbnail gallery

A method for enabling a user to automatically delete a plurality of thumbnail images in a Web page that represent a plurality of original images, a each thumbnail image having size that is substantially smaller than each corresponding original image, comprising:

• enabling the user to select the plurality of original images that are to be represented on the Web page by the plurality of thumbnail images;
• producing a thumbnail image from each original image;
• determining a position of each thumbnail image on the Web page in accord with a format specified by a template;
• and
• automatically deleting the plurality of thumbnail images from a storage if the Web page on which the thumbnail images are referenced is deleted, to cleanup the storage by eliminating the thumbnail images that are now not being used.

A method for enabling a user to selectively adjust the size of each of a plurality of thumbnail images in a Web page that represent a plurality of original images, each thumbnail image having a size that is substantially smaller than each corresponding original image, comprising:

• enabling the user to select the plurality of original images that are to be represented on the Web page by the plurality of thumbnail images;
• producing a thumbnail image from each original image;
• determining a position of each thumbnail image on the Web page in accord with a format specified by a template:
• employing at least one of a default number of thumbnail images per row of the template. a default height for each thumbnail image. a default width for each thumbnail image. a title of the template. a description of the template. and a preview image file name;and
• displaying an option to enable the user to selectively adjust a size of a thumbnail image on the Web page, and to selectively automatically apply a selected size to all of the plurality of thumbnail images on the Web page.

A method for enabling a user to manipulate a format of text associated with a plurality of thumbnail images in a Web page that represent a plurality of original images, each thumbnail image having a size that is substantially smaller than each corresponding original image, comprising:

• enabling the user to select the plurality of original images that are to be represented on the Web page by the plurality of thumbnail images;
• producing a thumbnail image from each original image;
• determining a position of each thumbnail image on the Web page in accord with a format specified by a template;
• employing at least one of a default number of thumbnail images per row of the template. a default height for each thumbnail image. a default width for each thumbnail image. a title of the template. a description of the template. and a preview image file name;
• and
• displaying an option to enable the user to manipulate the format of the text associated with the plurality of thumbnail images to achieve a desired format.