Most people are aware that there are many jQuery photo gallery implementations available on the Web; many as jQuery plugins, which allow for quick implementation. There are benefits to taking the time to learn how to create your own. You will gain a deep understanding of how some of these plugins work, making it easier for you to customize them to better suit your needs. You will also learn more great features of jQuery and how to implement some of the skills you have learned earlier in this book.
We will first need a blank HTML file named recipe-7.html saved in the same directory as the latest version of jQuery. To create an image gallery, we are also going to need some images. Find a variety of images freely available on the Internet for use in this recipe. Save at least eight images within a folder named images in the same directory as the recipe-7.html file.