[RndTbl] recommendations for good linux web server based photo gallery software?

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From: roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Gilles Detillieux
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 3:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [RndTbl] recommendations for good linux web server based photo gallery software?

 

Just a quick followup: I tried to install Gallery3 on my RHEL 5 clone but it balked because the PHP version wasn't high enough.  I could have forced the issue by uninstalling all the php RPMs and installing php53 instead, but I was really concerned that might break something with my squirrelmail installation, and I didn't want to take that chance.  So, I installed the gallery2 RPMs from EPEL, and it seems to be working fine now.  It took quite a bit of fiddling to get the configuration working the way I wanted, and I've had to turn off SELinux enforcing.  I'm going to collect some audit data to figure out what rules to add so I can turn enforcing back on without breaking Gallery again.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Gilles

On 05/30/2013 10:52 AM, Gilles Detillieux wrote:

Thanks, Wyatt, John, Shawn, Sean and Jeff.  Though I was going to try Gallery 2 because of the EPEL RPMs for it, I think I'll go with version 3 if the setup is that simple.  If that doesn't do the job, I may investigate OpenPhoto, or else go with an online service.

On 05/29/2013 08:27 PM, Wyatt Zacharias wrote:

I've used Gallery 3, and setup is quite simple, though it does require a sql server. 
Once you extract the tar ball with all the php files I think it's as simple as running the setup.php file from your browser and plugging in your sql server details and the automated script does the rest. 

On May 29, 2013 5:01 PM, "Gilles Detillieux" <grdetil at scrc.umanitoba.ca <mailto:grdetil at scrc.umanitoba.ca> > wrote:

After spending too much time figuring out how to install and configure My Photo Gallery (http://fuzzymonkey.net/software/photogallery/) on my CentOS 5 web server, only to realize it's completely inadequate for the task we have in mind, I thought I'd turn to the group for help before wasting a lot more time.  Do any of you have experience with good photo gallery software for Linux?

I want something web based, which would make it reasonably easy to invite select individuals to upload photos for various events (seminars & symposia) we hold.  Ideally, we would set up a gallery for each event, then e-mail attendees access info (username & password) which would give them access to that gallery to upload photos taken at the event.  After a time, we'd close off access for uploads, e.g. by changing the password, but keep the gallery up for public viewing from our site.  It would have to be something really easy to use, simple and reliable, so that invitees don't have to spend a lot of time leaning or fighting with the site to upload a half-dozen pictures.  It would be really nice if it allowed them to add comments to the photos too.

I was thinking of trying Gallery 2 next, which is apparently available from EPEL for CentOS 5.  But it looks like something pretty big and complicated with lots of packages, and it needs an SQL database on the back end, so I don't know how much of an effort it will be to install, configure and learn.  So, I thought I'd ask before investing a whole lot more time on this.  Any experience with this or other gallery software?  What's good out there that would fit the bill for our needs?  Or should we just give up on this idea and get everyone to upload to Flickr?

Thanks!
Gilles





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Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 0J9  (Canada)
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