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. 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 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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 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? 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 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. 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! 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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