| abstract |
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thumbnail galleries are good way of browsing images on the web, but
many of the existing software packages are difficult to set up, or
require periodic maintainence when new images and directories are added.
gallery six was designed to solve these problems while keeping a minimal
list of requirements.
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| features |
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designed for the less technically inclined, to be as easy to install
and administer as possible.
provides a simple user interface for browsing directories of images
and other files, with thumbnails of each image.
generates thumbnails automatically. no scripts to run after images are
placed on the webserver. add images and directories at any time, no
reconfiguration necessary.
optional web based editing of captions for each image and page.
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| sample |
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here's what it looks like in action.
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| requirements |
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php, built with GD library support. these are
available as packages for most unixes.
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| download |
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version 2.3 is the most recent
version.
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| caveats |
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directories containing large numbers of images (>100) will take a
substantial amount of time to generate the
thumbnails if paging is not enabled. this may cause a
long load time the first time the directory is
browsed. setting the $max_entries
parameter to nonzero to enable paging will cure this.
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| license |
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gallery six is released under the GNU Public License, Version
2.
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| news |
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27 dec 04 version 2.3 released. add ability to hide files and
directories by chmodding them to unreadable. fix undefined variable
and index warnings.
1 may 02 version 2.2 released. paging
now works properly when viewing files and editing captions.
31 dec 01 version 2.1 released. separate css file for
colors and styles for easier customization. list directories separate
from files. break index into multiple pages if filelist gets too long.
29 dec 01 version 2.0b1 released. changed name from
thumbdex. added multiple directory support.
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| todo |
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edit captions for directories too.
add links in the title path to quicly traverse up multiple directories.
separate config file, writable by the webserver. eliminate all
hand-editing.
themes.
framed version, like LiveFrame.
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