New from DevShed.com there are two new articles that go hand in hand to introduce you to the creation of a PHP/GD-based photo album.

Part One of the series starts off with a description of the album you're about to create, the dives right into the code. With the creation of the constants to determine fixed-size thumbnails, they show you how, with a few simple functions, you can make a powerful image class to help in resizing the image.

Part Two of the series builds on the class built in the first part of the series. It also shows you the admin interface behind it all, allowing you to add/remove images and work with your different albums. They tie in a database to help with the storage of the "meta-data" for each album, including name and description.

Both pieces are a good start to a script that's one of the most widely needed on the web today. I constantly see people looking for a good gallery script, only to discover that they have to recreate it all over again to get what they want...