{"id":826,"date":"2012-08-07T06:11:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T06:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2024-11-19T07:51:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:51:49","slug":"good-photo-gallery-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/good-photo-gallery-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Photo Gallery Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tugboat1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"tugboat1\" alt=\"tugboat1\" src=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tugboat1_thumb.png\" width=\"193\" height=\"136\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a while now, I have been looking for a photo gallery application.&nbsp; I\u2019ve tried almost everything, from hosted services to&nbsp; open source apps (Flickr, SmugMug, 500px, Google+, Photobucket (being updated soon), Gallery, Shutterfly, Facebook (ugh!) and many others.. ) and there is always something missing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I need a workhorse.. (or tug boat!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I traveled this road of trials and tests, I&nbsp; discovered&nbsp; some specific features that I was not willing to live without.<\/p>\n<table width=\"495\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"363\"><strong>Desired feature<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"130\"><strong>Research<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"353\">Public \/ Private \/ Invisible Albums<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"140\">Commonly Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"346\">Tags, Comments, Rating<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">Commonly Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"346\">Unlimited photos \u2013 at a reasonable price<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">Commonly Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"346\">Virtual Albums<br \/>\nAbility to add a photo to an album without moving it<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">Rarely Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"342\">Ability to place photo can be in multiple albums<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"151\">Rarely Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"339\">Group-based permissions after login<br \/>\n(access to albums based on my permissions)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"154\">Rarely Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"337\">Modern Themes (that work on iPad)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"156\">Rarely Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"336\">Support for Add-ins (community Active)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">Rarely Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"336\">Ability to auto-place Watermark<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">Sometimes Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"336\">Multiple administrators<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\">Sometimes Found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"336\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I stumble upon an open source package called <a href=\"http:\/\/piwigo.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Piwigo.org<\/a>&nbsp; which happens to also have a hosted service.&nbsp; Really great product and service!&nbsp;&nbsp; I think it covered all of the things I was looking for!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Side note:&nbsp; I also looked at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenphoto.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ZenPhoto.org<\/a> which was compelling and pretty close\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After playing with both I found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">Piwigo was much easier to install \u2013&nbsp; It&nbsp; had an easy to follow setup \/ diagnostics\/troubleshooting page.&nbsp; For some reason Zenphoto gave me troubles\u2026<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">Piwigo Galleries and image folders location are independent from each other:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">Virtual Galleries, not dependent on folder structure)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">Can configure and point to multiple image folder location sources<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\">An image in the system (no matter its location) can be assigned to any number of&nbsp; 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