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[icepixie]

Psst, anybody know of good, free software that makes web albums basically like what's seen at LJ Pics or MyPhotoAlbum, but then lets you upload them to your own webserver? There seem to be several around, and I really just want recommendations if anyone's used any of them. Non-PHP is preferred, as I've never used it and know nothing about it.

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Saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith this afternoon. It could've been about 45 minutes shorter, but was still entertaining, which is really all you can ask from a summer movie. I wasn't sure it was possible to be more ludicrous than Alias, but this was. Oh, this was. It was kind of like Moonlighting (remember the episode where they were bouncing around in a mattress store? I was having flashbacks) meets the Spy!Fam. And tell me I wasn't the only Scaper who saw this and felt a desire to yell "Crackers. Don't. Matter!" at a certain point. Heh.

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[alethialia.livejournal.com]

And tell me I wasn't the only Scaper who saw this and felt a desire to yell "Crackers. Don't. Matter!" at a certain point. Heh.

Bwahahaha!! It's funny because it's true.

[icepixie]

It is so true! :D

[cleverocity.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy (http://www.cleverocity.ca/album/) with this Gallery software (http://gallery.menalto.com/), although it is php - I know next to nothing about php myself. Generally it is very easy to use, and you don't actually need to know php or anything to use it as it has a very good interface with nice clicky buttons. (As proof, my computer-illiterate mom is able to operate her gallery (http://cleverocity.ca/janegallery/Dolls) without any trouble.)

[icepixie]

Every time I look at your albums, I comment to myself on how much I like the design, so I was hoping to use the software you use. I downloaded the server software stuff and the GalleryRemote thing I guess you use to actually put pictures in galleries(?), but haven't done anything with them yet. I'm a little wary, as the FAQ/documentation was not written for idiots like myself. (I was under the impression that it would take a folder of photos, put them into a pretty configuration, then spit out an HTML page you can fiddle with and upload...ha! It took poking around at the Coppermine site alorarose linked to below to realize that I needed to upload the Gallery program to my server. See, me idiot. *smacks head*) But hopefully nothing will blow up... *crosses fingers*

[cleverocity.livejournal.com]

I haven't even used the Gallery Remote, I just use either the web interface for a few, or the whatchacallit, Windows XP Publishing Agent to upload lots of pics or whole folders at once.

I find their forums to be very useful, as pretty much every question I've had has been asked and answered already. If there's anything I can try to answer for you, don't hesitate to ask!

[icepixie]

Windows XP Publishing Agent

Ah, see, I use a Mac, so I think I would have to have the Remote thing if I wanted to upload whole folders.

I tried installing the stuff on my webspace, but it won't even let me get to the config screen; there's some kind of parse error in the config.php document. I hunted through the forums for answers to parse error questions, but no matter where the error occured, the solution was reupload, which is doing nothing for me. I could post and ask for help, but I think at this point it's just gotten too damn complicated for my limited patience. (Also, my computer literacy is at about a fourth-grade reading level. *g*) The thought of possibly fiddling with code does not appeal. I think I might have more luck with Coppermine, which is at least giving me an install/config screen, even if my webhost seems reluctant to actually create/name/authorize/whatever the mySQL database they promised me...

[alorarose.livejournal.com]

My gallery (http://www.vaidah.com/gallery/) is Coppermine!! Yay (http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/). It is very spiff and I find it very easy to use. It also has a batch upload feature.

[icepixie]

Thanks for the suggestion. It's nifty, and I can actually get to the installation screen once I upload it, which is a big plus, but my server seems unwilling to play nice with mySQL stuff. Bah.