On Thursday 18 February 2010 14:54:37 Harry Putnam wrote: > Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> writes: > > On Thursday 18 February 2010 01:35:12 Iain Buchanan wrote: > >> On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 17:14 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> > I wondered if anyone here can speak on the various photo and > >> > gallery generating tools available on linux. > >> > > >> > I have photos on smugmug.com and wondered if there is do it > >> > yourself tools that come anywhere close the sophisticated > >> > handling they do. > >> > >> never tried smugmug and don't know what your requirements are, but I > >> push JAlbum. You can create some pretty good looking albums and run > >> them from CD / HD / webserver (I especially like the fact that you don't > >> need a webserver). It can synchronise to your website. There are a > >> plethora of options and free + commercial skins, plus plug-ins to let > >> you sell them online. > >> > >> Unfortunately it's just the generation tool, you have to find your own > >> hosting. > > > > A really low-tech solution that was more than enough for me was the > > ability of Konqueror 3.x to generate an html page with thumbnails > > and link it to the folder with all your chosen photos. With KDE4 I > > had to install kim4 for editing my pics and creating an html > > gallery. > > That does sound close to what I need, but it involves jacking around > with KDE, something I swore off of a while back.
Use Knoppix or similar to see if it does what you want, as you want it and then decide if it is worth you installing Konqueror and kim4. JAlbum is a more substantial application built for this purpose (as long as you have Java on your machine). -- Regards, Mick
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