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I've just installed some gallery software on my site and I'm darned impressed, it's a joomla component so you'd need to have a joomla site to use it (I think)

http://marnoch.org/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=27

Ignore the rest of the site just now, I started to change it yesterday after it lying dormant for years and it still needs a lot of work.
 
Steep said:
I've just installed some gallery software on my site and I'm darned impressed, it's a joomla component so you'd need to have a joomla site to use it (I think)

http://marnoch.org/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=27

Ignore the rest of the site just now, I started to change it yesterday after it lying dormant for years and it still needs a lot of work.
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Steep - Very slick & professional gallery - Some great images there too esp Mount McKinlay (?) one ... Paul :thumbs:
 
PaulBoy yes Mount Mackinley is a great shot, not one of mine though but the master landscape photographer Ansel Adams (all hail the master!). It's just there to fill up space while I test things out.
 
Looked interesting and I had a play around with it. But when I found it was re-sampling images for use in the gallery I gave up. A pity as the interface is nice ;(
 
Looks pretty good. Your gallery is definitely up there in the top bracket for smoothness and atractiveness.
 
nice and clean. curently looking for a way of displaying my images effectively...I've a few ideas but no know-how on creating the site, might give joomla a look
 
PXl8 you can change the default gallery width to whatever you like to use. Then if you make sure to size your images to suit it won't resample them (again I think)
 
Shiato, Joomla is the amateur site makers dream, it's so adaptable and there's so many ready made templates out there you really only need to pick that suits you. My only complaint would be that it's a bit linuxian in it's approach to help.
 
Steep said:
PXl8 you can change the default gallery width to whatever you like to use. Then if you make sure to size your images to suit it won't resample them (again I think)
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I was using the Windows Manager app to test it with, even when I told it to fit the images inside a 800x800 area and the images were all 800 on the longest side it still re-sampled them and made them larger in the process :(

The manager app also broke it self when building the data files by putting them in the wrong folder to start with. The end-user side of the gallery s/w was great, the backend stuff (at least the Windows version) let it down though.

I guess building the XML by hand and just copying the files would solve it but that's out of the question with several hundred images to deal with.
 
Gotta agree with Steep that joomla is an ace program and you can even setup blogs using it - although I have used blogger for mine for simplicity purposes at this stage.

Gallery is great free software and the best component to use if you want integrated with joomla although there are others.

This free software is actually released as free to use but is in fact licensed (GNU licence if you want to google it) and can only be used when complying with there terms.

I have used gallery - good, zoom gallery - not so good and coppermine which is my weapon of choice for great gallery software but does not always look good when integrated with joomla.

Joomla is Content Management Software and is a well supported system however there are other CMS systems around. It has an initial steep learning curve but once you get your head round; content types, components and plugins you are away. Templates are available for free however the best ones cost a few quid (they are not subject to the free licence share so a market has sprung up supplying templates).

I have made the following site in Joomla www.freeflyscotland.co.ukwww.freeflyscotland.co.uk and my own website www.garywilliamson.co.uk is all in coppermine although I need to do some work on it and intend to use joomla to do it (despite previous remark).

Steep I have a number of templates, if you see one you like give me a shout as I may have a copy.

Happy to share experiences with anyone who is considering Steep's route.
 
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...I'm not familiar with linux in any shape or form...could you explain?
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To understand a linux help page you need to understand linux. They tend to be written by people who have a wealth of knowledge but no idea how to express it in simple terms and think you should know what they are talking about anyway. A bit like Grundig tv instruction books used to be back when they were still a Dutch company and made tv's.
 
HIMUPNORTH, the template I use is called pixel perfect from Rocket Themes, I actually bought it because I liked it so much. It's user configurable to a very great degree. (look top right and you'll see choices for colour, size, font)
 
CMS systems are nice and simple to install and use, though a word of warning.... keep them updated! With most CMS packages the people that write them release updates quite regualy, keep an eye out for them and install them when they come out. I work for a large web hosting co and spend a lot of time suspending sites where they havnt kept it all updated and have ended up with their sites getting hacked :(
 
Steep said:
HIMUPNORTH, the template I use is called pixel perfect from Rocket Themes, I actually bought it because I liked it so much. It's user configurable to a very great degree. (look top right and you'll see choices for colour, size, font)
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I know, I have that one too! Am using it for my deli site which is in development www.corneronthesquare.co.uk

Diabolos - good point. You spend a fair bit oftime patching all free php software as hackers seek to exploit it's email sending capabilities for spam use and identity theft.
 
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