Picture Library in SharePoint 2010

Introduction

Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in SharePoint 2010.

Question: What is a Picture Library?

In simple terms "It provides a common platform on the site where the users can share, upload and see the pictures". I think we are now good to go and implement this wonderful concept.

Step 1: Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration and navigate to a specific site:

Step 2: Navigate to "Site Actions" -> "More Options...":



Step 3: Select picture library from the listed category. Give a name to the picture library:



Step 4: The picture library is now created. The site looks like this:



Step 5: Now upload a picture into the library:







Step 6: The pictures in the site now looks like this:



Step 7: Selection of a specific picture looks like this:



I hope this article is useful for you. I look forward to your comments and feedback.