Gallery Software

AHarvey · 4 Feb 2011 at 03:26

Hi all,

I know I could have posted this in the HTML area but wanted the opinions of photographers.

If you have a website, what gallery software do you use?

I am creating my website and want a large image display on the main page that moves from one image to another, then I want a nice gallery software for the galleries and client areas.

Simian · 4 Feb 2011 at 08:32

I'm interested in this too!!!..

atmax1 · 4 Feb 2011 at 12:09

You can use wordpress with plugins, very simple to code for as well...

Raymond Lin · 4 Feb 2011 at 12:14

I can't code so i pay someone to do it lol.

Just google my name

AHarvey · 4 Feb 2011 at 12:33

atmax1 said:
You can use wordpress with plugins, very simple to code for as well...

Wordpress is good but I find trying to figure out who to customise is it harder than just coding from scratch.

Raymond Lin said:
I can't code so i pay someone to do it lol.

Just google my name

Yours was on of the first I checked out, and your home page has the sort of slideshow I want, but it doesn't say what it is

lol

Paul11 · 4 Feb 2011 at 12:36

simple viewer is quite good

atmax1 · 4 Feb 2011 at 14:33

If you can code or design then buy a theme? am i allowed to say a site who sells themes on here?

Alex53 · 4 Feb 2011 at 15:59

Two galleries worth trying;

http://gallery.menalto.com/
http://coppermine-gallery.net/

I've tried loads and I find that Coppermine is the best one for me (after tinkering with the options a bit) but the themes aren't too hot, so I end up customising the them beyond recognition.

Other than a dedicated gallery software you might want to try a content management system like Wordpress or Joomla and then installing a gallery addon to that. If you want a blog style site then Wordpress is perfect really.

In terms of installing all this, I'd get hosting that includes cpanel and a script installer like softaculous. That means you can install all of the above with a few simple clicks without having to worry about downloading and configuring anything, just a few clicks to set your own admin password, etc and they are installed for you.

neil_g · 4 Feb 2011 at 16:25

jquery
lightbox

or for a gallery/store - photocart

Alex53 · 4 Feb 2011 at 16:54

neil_g said:
jquery
lightbox

or for a gallery/store - photocart

Is that the photocart that costs $329?

A.N.Other · 4 Feb 2011 at 18:43

There are some in the sticky, but a popular version is some derivative of a lightbox system (of which there are hundreds) with a custom / wordpress integration.

asim18 · 4 Feb 2011 at 22:13

I use PixelPost (click my sig)

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AHarvey · 5 Feb 2011 at 01:37

I've managed to find an old list I made of galleries and software, now its just a case of trying them all out.

I've looked at Pixelpost before asim, but as a stand alone package I found it limiting as its purely a photography blog. I do like some of the sites I have seen using it though so I may try and integrate it in to another page. I am just not sure about its use in a business site.

neil_g · 5 Feb 2011 at 09:03

Alex53 said:
Is that the photocart that costs $329?

yes, this one - http://www.picturespro.com/i/photo_cart/

Shadowness · 5 Feb 2011 at 09:46

I did mine using WordPress. I know nothing about coding websites etc, but I customised my template with little problems.

Really easy to update/change too.

Simian · 5 Feb 2011 at 11:30

Paul11 said:
simple viewer is quite good

Oooo works a treat for me My PhotoBlog finally got my BT webspace working so I gave it a test run!!... :cool:

Using the SVBuilder (AdobeAir) is a doddle... but I can still fettle it in .xml (make use of Dreamweaver CS5 that I got from work!) if I want!!..

neil_g · 5 Feb 2011 at 18:24

slideshowpro i found today too $35/£21

Snapshot · 6 Feb 2011 at 06:40

I use JAlbum. The linking bits on my web site are so simple I use Word for them.