FOAK: Photo Gallery web manager thingy.

As you can see from the subject heading I don't know what the **** I'm
talking about or doing but here goes.

I created and manage [in small technical values of the word 'manage']
my business website www.k2a.co.uk

I know it's not much to look at but we get over 12,000 hits a month[1]
and it generates lots of business. It's been running for about six or
seven years and I try to update it on a regular basis.

I'm not looking for a critique of the site or it's contents as it's got
to remain simple enough for me to cope with but what I do need is
advice on is creating a photo gallery which I can constantly add to
when we make something new and interesting.

I notice that some of you post your holiday / fest snaps in what look
like nice little viewers with thumbnail and full views. I'd like to
have a 'Gallery' section where people can view a photo with a caption
explaining what it is.

Before replying please re read the subject heading again and think
'this idiot needs this in layman's terms'

TIA

[1] I put 'Kornikova' in the meta tags ;-)

 

Google for JAlbum - if I can use it, so can you. I think it can do what you
want but I only used the very basic features.

 

Photoshop Elements is by far the easiest way I've found to do it - it
takes care of all the HTML, resizing and thumbnailing in one click of a
button.

 

"I could show you, but I'd have to charge."

Faffing around with 3rd party graphic packages everytime you want to upload
an image is a ball-ache.
I'd just allow individual photos to be uploaded via your website.

You just need :

1. a simple HTML page with a simple form to facilitate the upload of the
images.
Use the following :

<input type="FILE" name="upload"> (which will give you a 'Browse' field &
button)

Make sure the form definition includes .... enctype="multipart/form-data"
.... or the upload will fail.

2. A small intermediary script (I'd use PHP) to move the uploaded file to
the required folder, rename it (if necessary) and resize it (if necessary),
perhaps making a thumbnail copy of the image on the fly and saving it to
another folder.

3. A gallery page (again, I'd use PHP for this) to read all the thumbnails
from the thumbnail folder and display them with something <a
href="bigphotos/photo342.jpg" target="_blank"><img
src="thumbnails/photo342.jpg"></a>

As Prawn said there are rucks of ready-made PHP scripts out there you can
plumb into your own site - or you can pay me to do it. )

Seriously, if you need the scripts for the above I can send you examples of
others I've done and you can use what you need. Lemme know. (sorby69 at
gmail dot com)

 

Cane,

I run a website for Ferrari replica builders, using a free product
called Gallery.

See
http://gallery.sourceforge.net

If your ISP has the required software (Apache web server, PHP etc) it's
fairly easy to put up and use.

One of the main advantages of this software, is it's ability to load up
multiple pictures at a time and for them to be automatically scaled to a set
size, with the ability to see though original as well.

If you need any more info email and I'll try and help.

John

 

I use Web Album Generator

http://www.ornj.net/

As demo'd here

http://www.gomezz.f2s.com/RBR2003WebAlbum/index.html