PhotoDir, PhotoDir E1 + E2

a php-based gallery-script for your homepage!

News:

- August 31, 2004:

release after months of testing, site updates.

Info:

PhotoDir E1 + E2 (E1, E2 = Evolution state 1 and 2) is a free PHP script with associated files, that let you easily make your photos and digital images available on your website in an organised fashion. It is originally written by rossp.

Base Features of PhotoDir:

- No database required!

- Easy to follow user interface

- Neat thumbnail generation on the fly

- all images are placed on 'tiles' to ensure consistent sizing.

- Thumbnails are cached intelligently, lowering server load when you have large folders of images

- No administration required

- just create a directory, put your images in it, and its automatically added to your gallery!

- Extremely neat interface

Features included in E1:

- previous and next links to support a simple slideshow

Features included in E2:

- previous and next links to support a simple slideshow

- simple MySql based voting and comment support for each picture

- there is no need to store the images into mysql

- This is unique in the whole internet @ time of checking (july-september 2004) !!!

- mail-notification on votes/comments

Downloads:

Simply go to my download page. It's free, 'cause it's GPL.

FAQ:

What is the different between the 3 PhotoDir's?: PhotoDir was originally written rossp.org. It has the great advantage to simply upload your pictures into an folder and PhotoDir makes the rest! It creates thumbnails, links each picture from it's thumbnail to its main, big picture. That's all! PhotoDir E1 has the same features as PhotoDir - plus: support for a slideshow! Previous and next buttons were made by some complicated array-functions. PhotoDir E2 has the same features as PhotoDir and PhotoDir E1 - plus: support for voting and comment an image via mysql-db (more infos down).

What is so special in PhotoDir E2? PhotoDir E2 has the advantage to work as a mysql-based picture gallery without having to upload all pictures into the DB or via a web-interface. Simply upload your pictures into your homepage-gallery-directory via ftp and vote/comment like hell! Any comment or vote for a picture is stored in database-tables with the directory and picturename as primary key. This is unique! No gallery i know has this feature! Any gallery with features mentioned here need a web-based upload formular and complicated upload mechnism wich excludes mass-picture-uploads...

How do i install PhotoDir? Base setup-instructions are included in the main PhotoDir-release.

How do i install PhotoDir E2? The same as above! Refer to the main PhotoDir-install script-readme!

How do i install PhotoDir E2? Create tables in your database. Edit the galleryscript. It's well documented! The mysql-statements are stored in the gallery-script. That's all you have to do with your mysql-db. You'll never touch it again!