[Discuss] Photo Manager

[matt at mattshields.org (Matt Shields)]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Theodore Ruegsegger <gruntly at gmail.com>wrote:

> Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Theodore Ruegsegger <gruntly at gmail.com> writes:
> >> I've built a web application called Photo Album Manager that manages
> >> all metadata in a PostgreSQL database. Not sure that counts as
> >> lock-in, since it's all free software and it's easy to migrate data
> >> from one RDBMS to another.
> >
> > Okay, why did you do this instead of using something like Gallery2?
> > http://gallery.menalto.com/
>
> Short answer: I started this over a decade ago. Looked at the
> available packages and they didn't meet my needs, especially scale
> (tens of thousands of photos) and searchability. Checked from time to
> time but found that the community seemed to be focused more on pretty
> "skins" than efficient management of large collections. A quick look
> at the Gallery site suggests it's worth another look. I can't find
> anything that looks like a simple walkthrough or tutorial, whence I
> could easily get a clear idea what it does and how it looks; I'd be
> grateful for a pointer to one. Failing that, when I have a chance,
> I'll set it up and try it.
>
> Ah, looking over the Gallery site again, I see a big difference.
> Sharing your photos requires not only a website to host them but that
> that website have PHP and DBMS support to run Gallery. Photo Album
> Manager/PhotoTrove requires a webserver with PHP and PostgreSQL to
> manage photos and assemble albums but the finished albums can be
> uploaded to any website as a static set of HTML pages or simply burned
> to a CD to display on any computer, no website required.
>
> Longer answer:
> Why Another Photo Album Manager?
> http://www.tux.org/~tbr/photoalbummanager/doc/desiderata.html
>
> Regarding tutorials, walkthroughs for Photo Album Manager:
> How to Build and Edit a Photo Set (with screenshots)
> http://www.tux.org/~tbr/photoalbummanager/doc/howtoset.html
>
> User's Manual (with screenshots)
> http://www.tux.org/~tbr/photoalbummanager/doc/usermanual/
>
> The Photo Album Manager is still available and still works fine, but
> if you get serious about using it, let me know and I'll make the
> considerably improved (more features, fewer annoyances) PhotoTrove
> available.
>
> Ted
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Also, ffmpeg required if you want to upload video.

Here's an basic example of Gallery that I setup for a friend
http://krazyflake.com/ Skip thru first couple pages to get to Gallery.

Yes, the opening pages are great, and the layout is plain, but this is what
my friend insisted on.

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