G3FrontendHS (GHS)

stimpy

Joined: 2010-07-19
Posts: 13

Posted: Fri, 2011-08-26 08:10

Hi everybody!

I really love menalto gallery and I'm using it since v1.
It provides me with everything, my geek-heart demands: Great organization capabilities, extended item information, user management, ...
...but since I started taking more than snapshots again I wished, it'ld look a bit more fancy and a bit less like a catalogue..

So I started writing a frontend to Gallery3 a few weeks ago: G3FrontendHS (or short: GHS)
It combines the completeness of gallery3 with the fancyness of HighslideJS using the REST API of g3.

Since there is no way to retrieve protected items via REST without downloading them first (which would be a major performance and/or size issue for bigger installations), ghs will only display public viewable items.

It's still at a very early beta stage, but it works for me and for a friend, so now I'm looking for some more beta-testers..

Here's a demo: http://stimpyrama.org/ghs/
..and here's the download: http://stimpyrama.org/blog/39-computer/174-ghs (the site is german, ghs is i18ned and comes with german and english lang-files..)

For the even more bleeding edge, heres a svn-repo: https://www.amb-net.de/svn/pub/webdev/g3frontendhs/

Cheers,
stimpy

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Fri, 2011-08-26 18:29

This is great!. Super job.
I would like to see less delay as it retrieves the images. It seems it waits for all the images to be retrieved first before displaying them.
I have not looked close, but perhaps the left sidebar can be loaded after the initial image is displayed?

Now to install it myself.....

Cheers!
Dave

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stimpy

Joined: 2010-07-19
Posts: 13

Posted: Sat, 2011-08-27 08:16

It's preloading 2 full-size images (for better slideshow speed) and all the thumbs, yeah..
I don't know if it's possible to load the thumbstrip afterwards, cos it's part of HighslideJS - not my work.. ;)
But I agree, it'ld be better if it loads later.. I'll have a closer look next monday..

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Sat, 2011-08-27 18:09

You might want to create a codex page and a post in the G3 forums, for better exposure. I'm surprised that nobody else has see this. Most likely since this is the Other Clients and Tools section.

Dave
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stimpy

Joined: 2010-07-19
Posts: 13

Posted: Tue, 2011-08-30 12:45

I thought, this would be the right area for a frontend like mine.. ..But if it isn't, maybe a moderator would be so kind to move it to the right area..?

About the thumbs-load-time-problem: No, this can't be changed, right now. Sorry.. :/ But I'm not the only one at the HighslideJS forums, asking for this - so maybe in a later version, there will be a way..

stimpy Joined: 2010-07-19 Posts: 13	Posted: Fri, 2011-08-26 08:10
	Hi everybody! I really love menalto gallery and I'm using it since v1. It provides me with everything, my geek-heart demands: Great organization capabilities, extended item information, user management, ... ...but since I started taking more than snapshots again I wished, it'ld look a bit more fancy and a bit less like a catalogue.. So I started writing a frontend to Gallery3 a few weeks ago: G3FrontendHS (or short: GHS) It combines the completeness of gallery3 with the fancyness of HighslideJS using the REST API of g3. Since there is no way to retrieve protected items via REST without downloading them first (which would be a major performance and/or size issue for bigger installations), ghs will only display public viewable items. It's still at a very early beta stage, but it works for me and for a friend, so now I'm looking for some more beta-testers.. Here's a demo: http://stimpyrama.org/ghs/ ..and here's the download: http://stimpyrama.org/blog/39-computer/174-ghs (the site is german, ghs is i18ned and comes with german and english lang-files..) For the even more bleeding edge, heres a svn-repo: https://www.amb-net.de/svn/pub/webdev/g3frontendhs/ Cheers, stimpy
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floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Fri, 2011-08-26 18:29
	This is great!. Super job. I would like to see less delay as it retrieves the images. It seems it waits for all the images to be retrieved first before displaying them. I have not looked close, but perhaps the left sidebar can be loaded after the initial image is displayed? Now to install it myself..... Cheers! Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

stimpy Joined: 2010-07-19 Posts: 13	Posted: Sat, 2011-08-27 08:16
	It's preloading 2 full-size images (for better slideshow speed) and all the thumbs, yeah.. I don't know if it's possible to load the thumbstrip afterwards, cos it's part of HighslideJS - not my work.. ;) But I agree, it'ld be better if it loads later.. I'll have a closer look next monday..

floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Sat, 2011-08-27 18:09
	You might want to create a codex page and a post in the G3 forums, for better exposure. I'm surprised that nobody else has see this. Most likely since this is the Other Clients and Tools section. Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

stimpy Joined: 2010-07-19 Posts: 13	Posted: Tue, 2011-08-30 12:45
	I thought, this would be the right area for a frontend like mine.. ..But if it isn't, maybe a moderator would be so kind to move it to the right area..? About the thumbs-load-time-problem: No, this can't be changed, right now. Sorry.. :/ But I'm not the only one at the HighslideJS forums, asking for this - so maybe in a later version, there will be a way..

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