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LoonyPandora:
Hi there,

is there any plans to support this image manipulation package? like Gallery? - it uses a trimmed down version that anyone can install on their system (don't have to own it, install anything, or be root - just upload a few files) - and it works a treat.

Lack of support for this is the only reason why I don't use Album.pl now... I don't have ImageMagick you see... I love the integration with YaBB, but it's nothign without auto-created thumbnails  :-X

so much so, I fiddled about with Gallery, and got it to work somewhat with my YaBB Member database.. but it is FAR too much hassle, and most of it doesn't work... I would dearly love it if Album.pl could support this.

Thanking you for your time :)

Dino:
Album.pl is written in Perl, and it's a one-man show: Mike Bobbit.

Gallery is written in PHP, and it looks like there's at least twelve developers and programmers that contribute to its development.

Personally, I feel that album.pl is supported extremely well. There's nothing like getting support right from the horse's mouth. Mike doesn't have a flashy website like Gallery's because he's spending most of his time helping people (via the forums), adding user-requested features (via the forums), and tweaking his code.

As far as Imagemagick, most ISP's will install it if requested. Many already have it loaded.

Installation of album.pl is one of the easiest things to do: you upload a few files, modify some permissions, and point your photo directory to it. It's a snap. You can have an online photo gallery operational in a few mintues, literally. You don't even NEED ImageMagick or any other programs to be operational.

Gallery looks like it would take me a week to just get it going. Furthermore, you MUST have ImageMagick or Net PBM installed on your server in order for it to work.

However, thanks for pointing out Gallery. I'm always looking at playing with different apps. I'm sure Mike will be interested in checking it out too.  ;)

LoonyPandora:
Oh, don't get me wrong, I do appreciate this script, and I have used it in the past - and yeah, it is simple to use. - and yeah, I realise only one person is working on it. - not complaining or anything (if it came accross like that I apologise) - just suggesting impovements ;)

I just really need thumbnail generation, and NetPBM is simple. I'm having a go myself at writing a gallery script for YaBB over at boardmod (well, the thumbnail part anyway...) - but I thought I would ask over here, if it could be put on the to-do list maybe. as this is the better script overall.

For me, ImageMagick is a no go, I've pushed my ISP to install it, and they wont, which is why I'm with gallery, struggling along, trying to make it work with YaBB (and failing somewhat)

I just pointed out how gallery has this really easy way to auto generate thumbnails - thought it might be of interest - because I sure would love it in album.pl ;D

Mike Bobbitt:
Thanks for the stalwart defence, Dino!

As for NetPBM, I admit total ignorance, but I'll review it and see if I can add it to the script. If it's an ImageMagick replacement, that would be handy: not everyone can have ImageMagick. (Hopefully NetPBM is more ubiquitous).

Anyway, thanks for the info, I'll check it out and add it to the to do list.

Cheers

Mike Bobbitt:
Hey Looney,

I've installed NetPBM now. Looks like you need to be root to install it, though maybe pre-compiled images are different. If that's the case, it's not much better than IM.

At any rate, I've had a quick scan through, and can't find a way to resize a regular image. I thought pnmscale would do, but it only works with pbm files.

Any chance you know the prog/syntax for scaling gif/jpeg etc? It'd save me a lot of time...

Cheers

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