Gallery PHP software wanted

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KIPAX

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Anyone know of a PHP gallery thats free. I want one I can use and maybe make my own changes.. I can do PHP but dont see any point in re inventing the wheel
 
If you're not interested in the bloat that is Coppermine or Gallery2 then you might be interested in Zenphoto; ideal for showcasing your own work and it's easy to customise both its layout and behaviour.
 
I ahve been having a play with zenphoto (cheers will) and its quite easy to follow and change.. will be able to make it do what i want and add my own cart :)
 
Oakey22 said:
i am also interested in something like this, but would like a shopping cart aswell, is this possible with qdig?
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Yes, but you'd have to write the code yourself.

I'm looking at changing my gallery s/w because jAlbum just takes too long to build my galleries now. Qdig looks like a good place to start writing a new one as it builds based on a directory tree so I can manage the albums easily but I'd need to expand it considerably with:

paypal/google checkout
larger thumbs/thumbs only view
better navigation (tree menu maybe)
being able to jump to an image and better handling of files that don't exist (to let my race search work).
plus some other bits and pieces

It's just a case of finding the time to learn, stumble and hack together the code :eek:
 
zenphoto has paypal and google checkout plugins .. not tried em yet though
 
Yeah, I've just downloaded it to have a play. The docs don't make it very clear about how the images are stored as I'd like to avoid anything that uses MySQL but looking at the same galleries it looks like it's just folders :thumbs:
 
They all use mysql to store info about the pics. well anything decent does..
 
Hiya

I too use Zenphoto for my gallery which is great, but it doesn't have all the features i wanted.

So i opted for 2 CMSs, with the other being SOHO launch. My main site uses SOHO and the the gallery which is a subdomain of the main uses Zenphoto.

So you could always go down that road should you not find zenphoto ticking all your boxes.
 
KIPAX said:
They all use mysql to store info about the pics. well anything decent does..
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Storing info about the pics is fine, but I'd prefer to have the pics in folders on the site which, unfortunately, Zenphoto doesn't do :(

The problem I've found with shared hosting and large databases (10k plus images) is that it can slow right down to the point where navigating from one photo to the next becomes painful :(
 
Ok, played a bit more with zen, it seems to cache the gallery quite nicely so it might be just what I'm after. Had fun with the paypal plugin, a few bugs and niggles with the code but it seems to be working now :thumbs:

Theme editing seems to be as easy as wordpress and works with my normal trick of copy/paste html source from a page into DW and then identify and tweak the CSS from there, save, upload, done :)
 
Oakey22 said:
my host does not have mysql, need to pay another £80 a year for that, maybe i should upgrade and take the plunge, want it all ready for the summer this year as part of my photography plan, year 1 :) year 2 is world domination. LOL
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Um, find a new host?!
That is WAY overpriced!
 
Oh dear.. I broke it. I changed an option for the comment spam filter and now it won't display that tab properly and I can't change the settings any more. It doesn't fill me with confidence that a) I could break it so easily and b) the only way to rescue it seems to be a complete clean and re-install as it's the db that's broken :eek:

I've posted on the support forums in the hope there's an easy fix, if not I guess Zenphoto is for the trash :(
 
I've been using www.dataflame.co.uk for the last 6 years and the few little problems have been sorted out quickly. Their basic package is £60p/a including MySQL (1DB, but unlimited tables).
 
I ahve decided to amke my own.. I am at ease with phpadmin so I dont need an admin system.. just the gallery


#1
have made a script to take pics from upload folder.. put into gallery folder and create thumbnails

#2
have setup database.. next is while doing #1 it needs to insert info into database

#3 make page for #1 that will be a form for choosing catagory, date, description etc.. this will tell #1 exactly where to place the files as the POC is working wiht fixed folders

once i get file upload and DB inserttion sorted.. then its just a matter of displaying menu and pics. the menu will be bespoke nd will let people choose a team and stuff liek that :)

making it myself means i will ahve more control but less features... features i dont use now with fotopic so no worries until i want to add them...
 
I did write a fairly decent web galley in ASP.NET when I was back at uni....lost the code a long time ago though :)

Doing this kind of simple database insert/update/delete application is pretty noddy stuff when you're spending your days doing 3D graphics engines in OpenGL :D

Just bought my domain today and having a look at Zenphoto to see how that all hangs together...
 
Oakey22 said:
kipax where did you learn to do that? i wouldnt have a clue on how to create a gallery of my own.
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I believe he uses PHP, check it out, it is actually really easy once you get into it:
http://uk.php.net/tut.php

KIPAX, are you going to implement a caching system? I would be interested in that as I have never looked in to it before.
 
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