Posted by vrlist.info on 11/28/07 09:35

Why do you want to use MySQL? If it is not a must, Gallery is a great
solution. You just need to create a MySQL database and the
installation is very simple.

You can check, it is in Spanish, but with graphics step by step, the
installation of Gallery:

http://sistemasoperativos.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/instalacion-de-gallery-221-paso-a-paso/

(you can use a online translator)

Good luck

Luisa - http://www.vrlist.info

On Nov 27, 10:06 am, Baron Samedi <Papa.Legba....@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I had static HTML pages, I used the Egg gallery generator -http://www.tirain.co.uk/ian/egg/it was perfect for me, but is not so
> useful now that my site is PHP based.
>
> Here is what I am looking for - I just thought that I would ask if
> anyone knows a program which does this, before I code one myself.
>
> The main thing is that it scans a source directory for images,
> generates an index of thumbnails and corresponding pages to view each
> image - and that it will let me add text comments.
>
> - I don't want to use MySql.
> - Egg actually generates the web pages offline. This isn't a
> requirement of mine, but more a function of the most important
> requirement ...
> - I want to be able to add comments to the thumbnails, and have these
> stored somewhere (Egg uses a .INI file). Then if I want to add new
> images, the directory gets rescanned and these comments are still
> associated with the old images, but I can add comments for new images.
> Also, I can, of course, edit comments, or delete them (or delete
> images from the source directory and rescan it.
> - Egg let's me specify some HTML to be added at the page header or
> footer. I'd like to do the same for PHP, or use a template.
> - Egg lets me drag the images around, so that the thumbnails appear in
> the order that I want them to appear in.
>
> Thanks in advance for information on any program that can do this...

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