Re: Galleries with photos from ConTeXt meetings: any ideas?

[Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>]

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
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