ober Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Hey all.. I'm looking for a free photo gallery that doesn't look like complete crap.The best thing I've been able to find is this:http://www.sgal.org/I just want something clean that doesn't integrate with a store or a bulletin board. It needs to have the ability to create thumbnails and a multi or batch upload is a must.I've been wanting to create my own for when my kid is born, but I just haven't had time.Any suggestions appreciated. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I've used http://www.quirm.net/category.php?id=14 (Enhanced Simple PHP Gallery) - its small and neat - with no database.Its a tad slow for large albums tho.I've switched to use Gallery. I've managed to cut it down to give something like:http://www.kartbuilding.net/gallery/main.phpBut - it requires a mysql db. Perhaps try the first.-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-142465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 I guess I should have stated that I want to use a DB for some of it. Obviously I don't want to store the images that way, but I want a login/backend system and full CMS for it.*sigh*... I think I'll go with singapore for now and then just port it to my own. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-142467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Ober - if you want a DB for login and comments etc. - Gallery is the way to go.http://gallery.menalto.com/-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-142499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 I looked at that... I just wanted to make sure I could turn off the "buy this" crap. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-142537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 come on ober, I would think you could create your own without too much difficulty. I'm lazy too though, I never really finished what I was working on for my picture gallery. I started strong and then just lost my motivation for some reason. Pretty typical with me. I didn't have a batch upload, but something pretty close. I would upload all photos to a directory with ftp and then I had a page that I just select a folder and let php resize, copy, and enter all data into the db. You have to think about execution time and upload size for larger galleries. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-143119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 That's the thing... I totally want to do it, but I waited too long and the baby is almost here. To really have a solid app, it needs a LOT of functionality and that means MUCHO time-o. Time is a precious commodity for me lately ;).I do want to write one eventually though... because the crap available is a complete waste of time. I do think this "gallery" thing steve pointed out might just work. The other one that I found is probably a close second. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-143256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Ober - if its functionality you want - gallery has it. Gallery can use the Upload Photos tool in Windows xp. Great for people who just want to publish a load of their photos. It can rotate images, scale, crop, change brightness etc. etc. of images. You can upload a zip of all your photos - it'll unzip em and populate the db etc. etc.I have found 1 problem with gallery however - doing a "slideshow" (where you can set the seconds of slide transitions etc.) if you have 300 images in 1 gallery - the slideshow takes a bit of time to get loaded.but as for "crap available is a complete waste of time" - I think you need to look more into it.-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-143483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 where the hell is the demo? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-143524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 There doesnt seem to be a fully fledged demo showing all its features. This is the only examples/demo page of gallery I found on their website:http://gallery.menalto.com/forum/g2_demo_sitesYour best bet is to do a quick install. It will be worth it! A few points:It takes a lot of work to customise the interface.The extensions for image manupliation are modules that need to be added in at the server side. E.g. g2 module and ImagicMagik etc.-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-143553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 Yeah... I found the demo to be a bit rubbish myself. I do have it uploaded to my server (took forever)... and I'll probably install it this morning. I'll let you know what I think after that. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-143561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 Well... i have to say... out of the box, I'm impressed. I'm definately gonna do some customizing as far as the look, but I can't really complain! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/30886-free-photo-galleries/#findComment-143620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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