looking for online photoalbum software - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 02:57:50 pm
content: I know this is not a photo forum but hopefully one of you guys can help.I have just come back from a trip volunteering and will shortly be handed 4000+ photos that I want to put online as a photo album. But I also want to have descriptions for the pictures and i want the option to be able to have people rester on the website and be able to post comments / descriptions of the photos.To give you a better understanding. We were 50ish people, split into 4 teams all doing different outdoor activities, I was in 1 team so I have no idea of what the other teams did and no time to put descriptions on 4000 photos, so if I can register members of the trams they can do that at their leisure and will know more about the photo than me.Any ideas guys ? I'm looking at jalbum but I'm not sure that has all that I want

author: siliconmix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 03:08:33 pm
content: dunno .where did you go ?

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 03:09:39 pm
content: http://www.calvert-trust.org.uk/lake-district/introduction

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 03:55:07 pm
content: Something you might also consider is using one of the online photo sharing sites likeflickr. You would probably have to pay a small fee for 4000 pictures, but features like allowing a specific group of people to comment, tag and even add notes to pictures are usually much further developed on these sites (since social sharing is their core feature).

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 04:00:47 pm
content: hm yes I generally don't like stuff like twitter and prefer as much control as possible over my site. I don't want to pay a fee as this is a voluntary thing, I don't mind a one off small fee for a software but not ongoing costs. I also hoped to put some google adds on the site and give the revenue if any back to the project as we do this yearly. Each year a new album will up.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 04:27:02 pm
content: java/php based?filesharing based?(you did mention its not what you want). cms based?....right! FACEBOOK!

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 04:55:04 pm
content: I tried facebook a couple of years ago and it did not work very well. php is fine, I have the hosting hence i do not need a file sharing web service, something like coppermine would work but I'm looking around to see what is available before jumping in

author: Kilroy
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 05:02:21 pm
content: The ladies in my social circle rave on and on about shutterfly.com.And, apparently, the ladies know best.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 05, 2012, 05:09:56 pm
content: Quote from: Kilroy on May 05, 2012, 05:02:21 pmhm if it ever loads.... - eventually did.

author: jamesp15
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2012, 04:42:47 am
content: I have used Coppermine in the past for various projects similar to what you describe. It is PHP based.http://coppermine-gallery.net/There are some sample galleries on that site I believe, if there isnt I can link to one of my dead projects so you can preview some.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 06, 2012, 09:00:49 am
content: Yes I'm thinking I'll give coppermine a shot, I've used it before and there does not seem to be anything else that will do it.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 06, 2012, 09:24:26 am
content: Gallery3 is my favouriteIt was supplied free on both on my hosting providers. easy to set up and use. Size of thumbnails and final images is under your control and images can be watermarked.Simon, drop me a PM or email if you want a test site. I have Coppermine as well.

author: metalphreak
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2012, 03:56:48 pm
content: I've used Gallery2 in the past and it's pretty good. Just haven't had the time or inclination to migrate to Gallery3

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 06, 2012, 04:12:28 pm
content: Quote from: metalphreak on May 06, 2012, 03:56:48 pmDo either allow people to register (or be registered) as users so that they can upload images and comment on images ? this is a main feature requirement that coppermine scores on at the moment.

author: mc
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 06, 2012, 08:11:53 pm
content: Gallery 2 certainly allows user registration, but I think you've got to add it as an extra, but the addon system is very easy to use.I've still got a site running G2 embedded, and it's my favourite gallery package.All my memories of coppermine involve horrendous useability, and I pretty much gave up with it and havn't looked at for years, so things may of changed.

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2012, 10:50:58 am
content: I use the following two services but I am not sure if they both fulfill your multi user requirement (Different users able to post pictures to one account/album).http://picasaweb.google.com/oBsRVr666http://leech666.imgur.com/