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JAlbum - A flexible tool for creating online photo albums
Authored by: Midnightbrewer on Jul 07, '03 10:39:52AM
I'm currently using Gallery 1.3.3 (and the 1.3.4 update just came out, with version 2.0 in the works.) It's amazing, and all browser-based PHP. Handles things such as automatic thumbnail sizing, multiple albums, hidden albums, and multiple users with permissions. Even includes optional connections to online printing services if your users want to receive hard copies of your gallery items. I highly recommend it.

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Gallery 1.3.4
Authored by: ryangreenberg on Jul 07, '03 11:17:43AM
Gallery works like a charm. It was fairly simple to install; the configuration wizard helps you troubleshoot problems really well and gives good advice on how to fix the config problems.

The system itself looks clean and is moderately customizable, although you do have to keep the grid layout that gallery uses.

I just use the web transfer, but there is a Java Gallery Remote client that helps with picture uploads. I'm waiting to see what other handy features Gallery 2.0 incorporates.

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Web vs. local
Authored by: robg on Jul 07, '03 11:52:22AM

I was looking for a local tool with image previews, an easy to use interface, etc. I installed gallery, and it would clearly be my choice if I were trying to create a huge online gallery. It has some amazing features with the indexing, searching, thubmnailing, etc.

But I'm not looking to create a huge image collection online. I just want to put up a few albums, and I don't want to have to rely on PHP, Perl, or Java to create or view the albums. Also, working through a browser in gallery really slows the process; I much prefer a local app to a web app (another reason I like iBlog as a blogging tool, and why I edit all the macosxhints stories in a local text editor instead of the online editor). Web browsers make lowsy application front ends.

Don't get me wrong -- gallery is amazing for what it does. But it really requires more work to install and use than is required for my simple needs, and it requires a certain level of hosting that not everyone will have. Since the JAlbum albums are 100% HMTL, they can be hosted anywhere you can serve a web page...

-rob.



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