[Hampshire] Gallery software
I was using Gallery2 on my original VPS running on lenny which I'd installed from the sid repo. Gallery2 hasn't even made it into testing, or rather it did but was withdrawn for some reason so isn't likely to get into squeeze any time soon. It is still in sid and is in lenny-backports so am wondering which would be the best version to install - or should I download the zipped tarball for Gallery3 and install that. I know some people on the list had also used Gallery2 but wonder what their current thinking is and if anyone has switched to Gallery3. I actually liked the ease of use of Gallery2 and am not sure I'd want to switch to another app, like albumshaper for example -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Gallery software
On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 09:06 +, john lewis wrote: > I was using Gallery2 on my original VPS running on lenny which I'd > installed from the sid repo. > > Gallery2 hasn't even made it into testing, or rather it did but was > withdrawn for some reason so isn't likely to get into squeeze any time > soon. > > It is still in sid and is in lenny-backports so am wondering which would > be the best version to install - or should I download the zipped > tarball for Gallery3 and install that. > > I know some people on the list had also used Gallery2 but wonder what > their current thinking is and if anyone has switched to Gallery3. > > I actually liked the ease of use of Gallery2 and am not sure I'd want > to switch to another app, like albumshaper for example > Gallery2 is the nicest of them, I've tried gallery3 and didn't like it so much. It's worth a shot to try it, you might like it. Zenphoto is another nice one, but I still prefer gallery2 to most of them.. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Gallery software
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:49:17 + Ian Grody wrote: > Gallery2 is the nicest of them, I've tried gallery3 and didn't like it > so much. It's worth a shot to try it, you might like it. Zenphoto is > another nice one, but I still prefer gallery2 to most of them.. thanks Ian, I downloaded the deb file from sid and installed using dpkg rather than adding the sid repo to /etc/apt/sources.list and then using aptitude to install. It won't get updated automatically but since there has been no development of this version for some time I don't suppose that matters. It has taken me an hour or so to add the images from the old location to the new as there seemed to be no simple way to do it in bulk. Still have to go through the pics adding captions as they seem to be missing in many cases but I can take my time over this -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Gallery software
As a long term Gallery user (& customiser), I thought that I should throw in my 2p worth. Gallery 2. The latest version is 2.3. If it isn't in your distro's repository the tarball is easily downloadable from the Gallery site. V2.3 is the last major release of the V2.x codebase. AFAIK, only bugfixes from now on. Gallery 3 This is a major revision of the gallery software. Again if V3 is not in your repo the gallery site will provide all you need. The UI for V3 is quite different from V2. Some people have switched back to V2. You can import many V2 customisations right into V3. For those who don't know. Gallery is a php app (set of scripts) that sit on top of a database. I prefer MySql. It is easily managed via the admin web pages once installed. Many ISP's and Hosting companies provide Gallery in their packages. It can be extensively customised. Some of the examples are beautiful and don't look like photo galleries at all. Stephen D -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Gallery software
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:36:50 + Stephen Davies wrote: > As a long term Gallery user (& customiser), I thought that I should > throw in my 2p worth. > The UI for V3 is quite different from V2. Some people have > switched back to V2. > You can import many V2 customisations right into V3. Thanks Steven for the comments on V3, I think I'll stick with V2. > It is easily managed via the admin web pages once installed. > Many ISP's and Hosting companies provide Gallery in their packages. > It can be extensively customised. Some of the examples are beautiful > and don't look like photo galleries at all. I am quite happy with it looking like a photo gallery!! PS. I thought of you whilst watching the recent TV series on Madagascar -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Gallery software
On 23 March 2011 21:19, Ian Grody wrote: > Gallery2 is the nicest of them, I've tried gallery3 and didn't like it > so much. Same here . I was using Gallery 2 for quite a long time . When Gallery 3 came I jumped for it right when it was in beta , but it was a dissapointment . It IMHO has a different way of looking into things . Customisation ,permission and setting looked so simple in 2 . Also the ajaxy part was buggy for me . Hated it to the core . I just hope 2.x would be supported for more time . Regards, Pavithran -- pavithran sakamuri http://look-pavi.blogspot.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
