a php gallery with random image

blade007 · 29 Dec 2006 at 09:36

I'm looking for a light-weight image gallery, say for 100 images that allows me to bring in a random image to the homepage.

I've tried gallery2, and it's very good, more suitable for bigger galleries owing to it's good organisation. But it's a bit on the lethargic side.

anyone found or use anything else? i'm particularly interested in the random image capability.

ranarama · 30 Dec 2006 at 11:29

Have you had a look at coppermine? It has a random image generator but may not be exactly what you are looking for. I decided not to use it as it involved too much hacking to get it to look exactly as I wanted it to. I haven't found a better alternative yet though.

blade007 · 30 Dec 2006 at 19:10

Have never tried coppermine. Does it integrate into a website design?

I was really looking for a light weight solution. I've spotted one in the wild, someone who inhabits the forums built it.. just have to find a way of asking. (hope it's not custom code ...)

ranarama · 31 Dec 2006 at 00:48

I wouldn't say it integrates into a website design really. It's got a fixed back end which sorts your photos into a database with a lot of options. It's CSS based so you can change the design to look how you like but as far as the content is concerned it wasn't as flexible as I wanted it to be (without a lot of new learning and effort anyway).

Have a look here for the sort of layout you can achieve with it.

blade007 · 31 Dec 2006 at 01:06

coppermine looks like a fairly strict layout, unless you have decent php coding skills. looks a fair bit faster, though.

The great thing about gallery2 is it integrates well, and has all the plugins you want .. it's just that to get all that flexibility it needs heavyweight code.

here's a gallery2 installation I did as part of a site:-

gallery

it's really really good. But slow. A server upgrade, might have to investigate this, should help. There are about 300 photos in that gallery. All nicely indexed and easy to find.

But now, for a new site, I'm looking for something that takes say 50-100 photos but is much quicker.