Online gallery software

[shed driver]

I look after a small site for the association for ex crew members of an aircraft carrier. Over it's many years of service there are many pictures which I'm trying to collate. Currently I'm using Coppermine for the gallery solution. With over 2700 pictures (and 6Gb) the software is proving to be a little slow. The batch uploader runs on Flash so it may not be around for too much longer. Is there an alternative? I don't fancy trying to catalogue and reupload them all to Flickr as this may require a paid account?

Many of the pictures are fleeting memories from 50 - 60 years ago, it would be a shame to lose them.

The current hosts have cPanel with installatron functionality.

SD.

[ging84]

I used to use Gallery but it seems to be dead
http://galleryproject.org

[rich888]

Have you tried Google Picasa (which is no longer updated though can still be downloaded onto your PC or Mac) or the online version which is Google Photos. I use Picasa which has indexed hundreds of thousands of photos (don't ask!), I believe the online version behaves in a similar manner so you probably won't need to change any folder names.

Flickr is a good alternative though I'm not too sure why you think you need the paid version with only having 6GB of pics because I believe the total free storage limit is 1TB and a max 200 MB per photo which should be more than ample!

[Roy the Boy]

I use Coppermine - it was avalable as an add-on on my web hosting service. I reduce the file size of my photos before uploading and find this helps with speed.

Edited by Roy the Boy on Friday 7th September 12:49

[stemll]

I use Piwigo. You can either download the code and run it on your own server or opt for their hosted service for €39 a year, unlimited photos

[shed driver]

stemll said:

I use Piwigo. You can either download the code and run it on your own server or opt for their hosted service for €39 a year, unlimited photos

Just uploaded the piwigo code to my site and got it working. I'm hoping I can find all the dvds of the original photos and ftp them. If not I will have to download the files and then sort out all of the albums etc.

Any ideas if there is an automated script for migration from one platform to another?

SD.

[stemll]

shed driver said:

stemll said:

I use Piwigo. You can either download the code and run it on your own server or opt for their hosted service for €39 a year, unlimited photos

Just uploaded the piwigo code to my site and got it working. I'm hoping I can find all the dvds of the original photos and ftp them. If not I will have to download the files and then sort out all of the albums etc.

Any ideas if there is an automated script for migration from one platform to another?

SD.

I've never migrated so can't help. There are a couple of mentions on the Piwigo forums but not sure if there is anything definite.

[shed driver]

Sorry for the bump - wondering if any kind soul can give pointers with a bit of code?

I've installed piwigo into it's own directory - public_html/piwigo

I know want to pull a few random images from the gallery and put them onto the main website pages that are in public_html (all in .php)

I've uploaded the piwigo-random-backend.php into the piwigo directory and just need help configuring it. I've edited the file to point to the gallery, I think.

// Your piwigo gallery here:
$protocol = ((!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] != 'off') || $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] == 443 || $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PORT'] == 443) ? "https://" : "http://";
$site = $protocol . "./";

I'm not managing to pick anything up on the target page - I think I need to stop working nights and try and relearn coding. The website hasn't been touched for about 6 years until Coppermine fell over following a php upgrade, so my knowledge is rather rusty.

Virtual pint to any kind soul who can help out. Real pint if you aren't too far away - Manchester near the Trafford Centre.

SD.