Galleries with photos from ConTeXt meetings: any ideas?
Hello, we currently have two old galleries on contextgarden.net (both hidden, no links to them and both password protected). We have additional galleries on Facebook (accessible to a rather wide audience). And dozens of other photos that have never been uploaded anywhere. And some galleries spread all over the place. I have a few questions: - Should photos from meetings be private or public? (The ones from BachoTeX are public for example.) - In either case I need suggestions about the best option to store photos on new server. (Which software to run?) Mojca
Am 2011-10-25 um 19:36 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
I have a few questions: - Should photos from meetings be private or public? (The ones from BachoTeX are public for example.)
It’s a privacy issue. I’d suggest "public with unguessable URL", like Picasaweb albums, plus limited period. So you can share it with all participants without password, but avoid searchable public display of people who don’t like it. Additionally I’d suggest to keep a few selected pics on a really public site (like news), where every pictured person gave their "model release".
- In either case I need suggestions about the best option to store photos on new server. (Which software to run?)
Oh, there are a lot of good album applications - depends on your desired workflow. E.g. if you’ve full access to a web server, you could use jAlbum (album-only app) or your photo management app (iPhoto, Picasa, ...) to generate HTML. Or you use a service like Picasaweb (don’t know if Flickr knows semi- public albums). Or you use an album module of some CMS. Or you install a standalone album webapp (then chose a PHP or Ruby or Python or whatever based one...) Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 20:47, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
E.g. if you’ve full access to a web server
We do.
you could use jAlbum (album-only app)
Thank you. I have not dealt with gallery software for ages, so this is the first time that I hear about it.
or your photo management app (iPhoto, Picasa, ...) to generate HTML. Or you use a service like Picasaweb (don’t know if Flickr knows semi-public albums).
I don't want Facebook to handle photos. And I'm not particularly fond of Picassa and Flickr either. That is for people who don't want to pay for their own server & care about maintainance to share just a few nice photos. iPhoto and Picasa are somewhat limited with OS and the person uploading photos. I would prefer a web-based solution, so that a few people can easily upload photos without having to care about their OS and other technical details.
Or you use an album module of some CMS. Or you install a standalone album webapp (then chose a PHP or Ruby or Python or whatever based one...)
I mostly asked because I bet that there are many people who tested many solutions and know why one solution is worse than the other. Requirements that come to my mind: - ability to make protected albums (probably a strict requirement) - ability to easily download a bunch of photos (it is not a strict requirement, but I would like to let participants download photos in full resolution without having to right-click hundred times) - nice user interface for end user (pretty important) - not too difficult to upload photos (less important since it only has to be done once) - ability to export in some way if we decide to change gallery software at some point (not strict requirement) - ability to manage permissions (to let just a few people upload photos) - not too commercial/limiting licence (I don't care if it is commercial software as long as it doesn't require me to pay a lot of money if more than three people browse through album) Mojca
Am 2011-10-26 um 23:11 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
you could use jAlbum (album-only app) Thank you. I have not dealt with gallery software for ages, so this is the first time that I hear about it.
It’s nice, provides lots of templates and is generally very customizable (even if you often lose your settings with a new release, since the templates change), but single-user. see jalbum.net
iPhoto and Picasa are somewhat limited with OS and the person uploading photos.
Of course; single-user, too.
Or you use an album module of some CMS. Or you install a standalone album webapp (then chose a PHP or Ruby or Python or whatever based one...)
I mostly asked because I bet that there are many people who tested many solutions and know why one solution is worse than the other.
I guess Menalto gallery would be a good choice, never used it myself, but when I worked with Zikula CMS, its Menalto integration was the most popular gallery module (I used a simpler one that was better integrated into the CMS, because I merely needed a media manager for article pictures). Comparing with Menalto’s list of features:
Requirements that come to my mind:most popular - ability to make protected albums (probably a strict requirement)
permissions ✓
- ability to easily download a bunch of photos (it is not a strict requirement, but I would like to let participants download photos in full resolution without having to right-click hundred times)
plugin "DownloadAlbum" ✓
- nice user interface for end user (pretty important)
main feature ;) ✓
- not too difficult to upload photos (less important since it only has to be done once)
main feature, via Flash ✓
- ability to export in some way if we decide to change gallery software at some point (not strict requirement)
no function, just files in a directory ✗
- ability to manage permissions (to let just a few people upload photos)
several users ✓
- not too commercial/limiting licence (I don't care if it is commercial software as long as it doesn't require me to pay a lot of money if more than three people browse through album)
GPL ✓ Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
On Tue 25 Oct 2011, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
- In either case I need suggestions about the best option to store photos on new server. (Which software to run?)
I've been using Gallery ( http://gallery.menalto.com/ ) to host my personal photos for years, and I've found it user-friendly, stable, well-documented, and very flexible -- I haven't tried version 3 yet but I haven't read anything negative about it. As ever, Wikipedia has a useful checklist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_gallery_comparison Hope this helps, Pont
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