I hate to ask for this: Gallery-Alternative?

istrebitjel

Joined: 2003-10-07
Posts: 4
Posted: Tue, 2003-10-07 20:33

Hi,

I've been a happy Gallery user for quite some time (yes, I even donated *g), but I had to change my provider recently and the new has saf_mode on for PHP - that means I can't use Gallery any more :(

Has anyone found a comparable product (I know, nothing really compares to Gallery), that doesn't require safe_mode to be off for PHP?

All helpfull links are greatly appreciated!

Marco
 
valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509
Posted: Tue, 2003-10-07 22:20

in another thread of this forum here, someone posted "coppermine" as an alternative to gallery.
http://chezgreg.net/coppermine/
but the link is obviously half dead (forbidden).
4images isn't a real alternative if you ask me.
i guess with gallery 2 and other db based galleries you won't need safe_mode (even if g2 will require safe_mode off, i guess you get by without enabled safe_mode).
 
joan
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Joined: 2002-10-21
Posts: 3473
Posted: Tue, 2003-10-07 23:01

http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/

(you need GD if you have safe mode enabled)
 
alindeman
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Joined: 2002-10-06
Posts: 8194
Posted: Wed, 2003-10-08 01:38

Be aware, though, that GD1 creates absolutely horrendous thumbnails. I don't know about GD2..
 
istrebitjel

Joined: 2003-10-07
Posts: 4
Posted: Wed, 2003-10-08 17:25

Thanks folks,

I checked out PHPhotoalbum (which Coppermine is based on) and ran again into problems, with safe_mode, because some tasks took longer then 30s...

Coppermine is better, but of course I only have the horrible thumbnails with GD1... Well, at least you can upload your own thumbnails and scaled images...

Marco