Display exif info in static webpages

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I am putting some static webpage together where I will add my notes, and photos. I want to display exif info and other notes, such as when and where and what the weather was like etc. I don't want to have to add all the exif info by hand, if I don't have to. It would be a pain and take ages reading through all the exif info.

The pages are only for myself as a sort of diary, reference point sort of thing, and I am not uploading it to my htdocs directory. I have done a similar thing with wordpress by running XAMMP and running it on localhost. Its just a pain using wordpress, as when I clean pc I have to install all the software again!

That's why it would be easier just doing basic html pages, if I could get exif info to display that is :thinking:

I know I could use sites like flickr, but then my content would not be on my own pc then.
 
If you want to extract the exif information dynamically (i.e. not using an exif viewer and hard coding it into the HTML page) you are going to need to use some form of dynamically generated pages. This normally means a server with MySQL and some form of content management system and dynamic web pages though php or something similar. Or am I missing what you want to do here?

BTW, you shouldn't need to wipe a PC and reinstall, but that's another discussion ;)
 
arad85 said:
If you want to extract the exif information dynamically (i.e. not using an exif viewer and hard coding it into the HTML page) you are going to need to use some form of dynamically generated pages. This normally means a server with MySQL and some form of content management system and dynamic web pages though php or something similar. Or am I missing what you want to do here?

BTW, you shouldn't need to wipe a PC and reinstall, but that's another discussion ;)
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Well I want it as html pages so I can simply keep to either a pendrive/ memory hard drive etc. I did have it on wordpress and coppermine on my pc, this I did by using XAMPP and I ran this on my laptop. Just a pain when the software wordpress does an update, easier just doing basic html pages thats all. Oh by the way, I always clean my computers every so often, that way it keeps it running pretty quick.
 
jonbeeza said:
Well I want it as html pages so I can simply keep to either a pendrive/ memory hard drive etc. I did have it on wordpress and coppermine on my pc, this I did by using XAMPP and I ran this on my laptop. Just a pain when the software wordpress does an update, easier just doing basic html pages thats all.
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So you either have to manually enter everything into static web pages or setup XAMPP again then. Exiftool will extract all the exif information so you don't need to open programs to read it from the photos should you want to generate static pages.

jonbeeza said:
Oh by the way, I always clean my computers every so often, that way it keeps it running pretty quick.
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I don't, and my PCs don't slow down - I'm just careful what gets installed and I check what is running fairly regularly. There isn't an inherent reason why PCs (or Macs for that matter) slow down by themselves.
 
I think I will keep it nice and simple, I will do what I was thinking I will have to do, and that is do it by hand !
 
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