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

[Gilles Detillieux]

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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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <grdetil at scrc.umanitoba.ca>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 0J9  (Canada)

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