Pelican Gallery
A simple gallery generator built for the Python Pelican static site generator, requires Python PIL
Overview
The Pelican-Gallery plugin is an innovative tool designed for users of the Pelican static site generator, aiming to simplify the creation and management of image galleries within your website's content. This plugin enhances standard features by introducing a gallery attribute to articles, allowing for the easy incorporation of visually appealing galleries into your posts. Whether you are a blogger, artist, or photographer, the Pelican-Gallery plugin makes it easier than ever to showcase your images in a customizable and performance-efficient manner.
With features that promote flexibility and ease of use, this plugin not only supports multiple image presets for various sizes and formats but also ensures your images maintain their visual integrity through intelligent resizing based on aspect ratios. This means you can curate your content more effectively while ensuring that your galleries look stunning across devices.
Features
- Gallery Attribute: Easily add a gallery attribute to your articles, allowing you to embed visually rich content seamlessly.
- Multiple Presets: Define and use multiple image presets, enabling you to customize how your images appear across different contexts.
- Intelligent Resizing: Automatically resizes images while preserving aspect ratios, ensuring your galleries maintain their intended look without distorting the visuals.
- Compatibility with PIL: Requires the Python Imaging Library (PIL) for enhancing image manipulation capabilities, providing robust support for various image formats.
- Easy Installation: Drop the gallery.py file into your plugins folder and get started with straightforward setup instructions tailored for different operating systems.
- Custom Transforms: Encourages users to create additional image transforms by referencing the extensive documentation available for the PIL library.
- Configurable Settings: Simple integration into your existing Pelican configuration with specific settings that ensure compatibility with other plugins and variables.
- Open Source License: Distributed under the MIT License, allowing developers to utilize, modify, and share the plugin freely.