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From: Mike Warren on 8 Aug 2010 22:43 I have been on the lookout for some software web gallery software for several years, but everything I find has things I don't like. These are the main things I'm after: 1/ Usable on my own web site. 2/ Must not be tied to some other site or company remaining in existence. 3/ Low cost. 4/ A UI that allows easy uploading of photos and organization without needing any particular computer skills. This is so my wife can control her own gallery without needing to ask for help from me. 5/ Pictures automatically resize to fit in the browser window. This one is non-negotiable. 6/ Fast. 7/ High compatibility with different browsers etc. 8/ Configurable themes and colours. 9/ Photo descriptions must allow for clickable links. The closest I've found so far is FotoPlayer http://www.fotoplayer.com/ and have set up a test gallery to play with it: http://mike-warren.net/test It doesn't meet condition 2 above as it appears to rely on JAlbum. It's also slow, like all Flash based galleries, but it seems to me that Flash is active on more systems than JavaScript now days, and people mostly have fast enough connections that this is not as important as it once was. I have seen some commercial photographer sites that look very nice for me, but I suspect that they were custom made as there are no links to the software used. Photography is only a hobby for my wife and I, and I do not want to spend a lot of time creating and configuring our web galleries. So much so that I haven't updated our main galleries since 2005. :-) -- - Mike
From: Mike Warren on 8 Aug 2010 22:50 Mike Warren wrote: >I have been on the lookout for some software web gallery software for Brought to you by the department of redundancy department. :-) -- - Mike
From: Savageduck on 8 Aug 2010 23:11 On 2010-08-08 19:43:54 -0700, "Mike Warren" <miwa-not-this-bit(a)or-this-csas.net.au> said: > I have been on the lookout for some software web gallery software for > several years, but everything I find has things I don't like. > > These are the main things I'm after: > > 1/ Usable on my own web site. > > 2/ Must not be tied to some other site or company remaining in existence. > > 3/ Low cost. > > 4/ A UI that allows easy uploading of photos and organization without > needing any particular computer skills. This is so my wife can control > her own gallery without needing to ask for help from me. > > 5/ Pictures automatically resize to fit in the browser window. This one is > non-negotiable. > > 6/ Fast. > > 7/ High compatibility with different browsers etc. > > 8/ Configurable themes and colours. > > 9/ Photo descriptions must allow for clickable links. > > The closest I've found so far is FotoPlayer http://www.fotoplayer.com/ > and have set up a test gallery to play with it: > > http://mike-warren.net/test > > It doesn't meet condition 2 above as it appears to rely on JAlbum. It's > also slow, like all Flash based galleries, but it seems to me that Flash > is active on more systems than JavaScript now days, and people mostly have > fast enough connections that this is not as important as it once was. > > I have seen some commercial photographer sites that look very nice for > me, but I suspect that they were custom made as there are no links to > the software used. > > Photography is only a hobby for my wife and I, and I do not want to spend > a lot of time creating and configuring our web galleries. > > So much so that I haven't updated our main galleries since 2005. :-) Here is an HTML gallery built with Lightroom. It could also be done with Bridge. Since this was not for serious publication, I kept it simple. It could be easily polished with links and other text added and it can be imbedded into a web site if needed. < http://homepage.mac.com/lco/Sites/WFT_201005w/index.html > -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Mike Warren on 8 Aug 2010 23:19 Savageduck wrote: >Here is an HTML gallery built with Lightroom. It could also be done with >Bridge. > >Since this was not for serious publication, I kept it simple. It could be >easily polished with links and other text added and it can be imbedded >into a web site if needed. >< http://homepage.mac.com/lco/Sites/WFT_201005w/index.html > Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, that does not appear to meet any of my requirements. :-) -- - Mike
From: tony cooper on 8 Aug 2010 23:33 On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 02:43:54 +0000 (UTC), "Mike Warren" <miwa-not-this-bit(a)or-this-csas.net.au> wrote: >I have been on the lookout for some software web gallery software for >several years, but everything I find has things I don't like. > >These are the main things I'm after: > >1/ Usable on my own web site. > >2/ Must not be tied to some other site or company remaining in existence. > >3/ Low cost. > >4/ A UI that allows easy uploading of photos and organization without > needing any particular computer skills. This is so my wife can control > her own gallery without needing to ask for help from me. > >5/ Pictures automatically resize to fit in the browser window. This one is > non-negotiable. > >6/ Fast. > >7/ High compatibility with different browsers etc. > >8/ Configurable themes and colours. > >9/ Photo descriptions must allow for clickable links. > >The closest I've found so far is FotoPlayer http://www.fotoplayer.com/ >and have set up a test gallery to play with it: > >http://mike-warren.net/test > >It doesn't meet condition 2 above as it appears to rely on JAlbum. It's >also slow, like all Flash based galleries, but it seems to me that Flash >is active on more systems than JavaScript now days, and people mostly have >fast enough connections that this is not as important as it once was. > >I have seen some commercial photographer sites that look very nice for >me, but I suspect that they were custom made as there are no links to >the software used. > >Photography is only a hobby for my wife and I, and I do not want to spend >a lot of time creating and configuring our web galleries. > >So much so that I haven't updated our main galleries since 2005. :-) To narrow down your requirements, have you considered replacing your current wife with one that is more computer savvy? -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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