One huge factor to me in these kinds of sites is EASE factor. Gotta have a solution that minimizes your own time. Doing my own webpages, with the editing of text, etc.... is time consuming. A quick/dirty way to upload photos, WITH built in scripts for thumbnail creation and sizing etc, and scripts to display and navigate through them... is a real plus.
This has nothing to do with free, hosted sites - but for those hosting your own pages... there are some nice utilities (including often AJAX technology) which help make these steps quick.
One I found nice is the infrastructure that Brian Baylis (or his
designated Web maven) use on the San Diego show pages.
Check it out - click the thumbnails:
http://www.sandiegocustombicycleshow.com/
Rich Pinder Van Nuys, CA
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> I think it may be worth noting .........