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Subject: [OM] Re: flickr alternative
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:06:20 -0400
Got a link for "Singapore"?

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:
> Tom Fenwick wrote:
>> Looks pretty good...  And the free 100 photos is enough for a good portfolio 
>> if it allows a reasonable amount of flexibility.  I will investigate. 
>> Something much closer to a personal website than flickr or pbase would be
>> fun - especially for nothing!
>>   
> Certainly appears to create nice, pro looking pages. Hard to tell what 
> it's like to use without trying it. Some interfaces are really a pain, 
> awkward menu structures, slow, etc. Gallery 2, for example, can make 
> perfectly nice galleries, but drives me a little crazy to use. There 
> have been others with that problem, but I forget the names.
> 
> It isn't clear from the demos whether ViewBook has an option to display 
> EXIF info. Because of the audience I post many images to, I like to be 
> able to do that.
> 
> The 100 image limit would catch up with me quickly.  :-)   As soon as 
> you go over, it's $12/mo. One GB of space on IDCSoft.com, and I'm sure 
> other providers, is $6/per month. With one's own web space, all sorts of 
> control and options open up - and no ads, etc. So for one with lots of 
> images and a free gallery creator, that's a cheaper option.
> 
> I find myself using Singapore more and more. It looks nice, with several 
> different templates available, and is easy to use as a viewer. Tossing 
> either an image or a new gallery up on the web with it is amazingly 
> quick and easy. The Singapore admin interface isn't bad, but I use 
> CoffeeCup FreeFTP to simply drag and drop files from Windoze Explorer in 
> to the web directories.
> 
> With some additions to the modified .php file Dan Mitchell provided, I 
> get great EXIF display, including FF eq. focal lengths.
> 
> Another cool thing for me is the ability to add labels, descriptions, 
> etc. offline, without those annoying little delays as screens display. 
> If you go into admin and make one little change, like giving a gallery 
> or photo a name other than the directory or file name, Singapore writes 
> a little .csv file. I download that and fill in the details in Excel, 
> where you can very quickly annotate, reorder, etc. Insertng extra breaks 
> controls the line breaks in the information display. Several images with 
> the same info for a field? Just copy it instantly. Upload the modified 
> file, reload the page, and it's all done.
> 
> By far the quickest, easiest way to display image galleries that I've 
> tried. JAlbum is cool and free. I particularly like the way it sets 
> everything up on my computer, then can upload the finished gallery on 
> its own, with no separate FTP app. Again, it avoids all those screnn 
> display delays of creating a gallery on line. But I find myself using 
> Singapore.
> 
> Moose
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