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mgwebster
Joined: 2006-05-29
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Posted: Mon, 2006-05-29 09:03
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Hi, The hack needs to look at each image file in the server based folder (after I upload the images), strip the first five characters off the filename, if the album does not already exist, create an album using the remaining 9 characters, create a user with the same name as the album name, password being the first five characters, and put the image in the album. Purpose is to shoot say, 700 images at a school formal of say 100 families, and give each family a unique login to view only their images. Any one interested in giving me a price for this work? Mark. |
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I think we'd like to hear more about your tether and renaming system. Something can definitely be hooked into it, and the tether is imho the best place to hook anything in, but the complexity of doing so will depend entirely on that system. How open is it, and how easy is it to muck about in there?
Alternately, I'm thinking some kinda cron lackey process to shuffle files around from some incoming queue to the appropriate sections of the gallary install, something to do all the required housework, is still possible. Just not as pretty or reliable.
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We would be more than happy to have you contribute this module to the community, but the Gallery project does not solicite paid work like this. Also, since you'd be required to access the G2 API (which is GPL code) in order for this to work, you would not be able to charge people for this module.
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As far as charging goes, he can charge as much as he likes for the hourly work that gets done. The resulting product has to be released under the GPL though, as dmolavi points out.
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I think you guys have it backwards. As I read it, mgwebmaster is looking to pay somebody to do this work for him. In which case, he's asking in the right place (this forum). The result doesn't have to be contributed back to Gallery, nor does it need to be under the GPL unless mgwebmaster chooses to redistribute it.
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Hi,
I use DSLR Remote pro, an off the shelf package from Breeze Systems http://www.breezesys.com/DSLRRemotePro/index.htm
It hooks to my Canon 5D Digital SLR by USB cable to my notebook computer, and downloads as I shoot. The main window allows me to put a comment in a text field, and renames each file as I shoot with the comment string plus consecutive numbers.
At a school formal I can shoot, say 500 shots of 120 families without making notes of names etc. I just ask each group their family name, punch it into the comments field and start shooting.
What I want to do is also ask each group a 5 character password and include that in the comments field so the files are named with that as well. I then need a software patch for gallery2 to strip the password off the file name, and put each file into an album named with the family name, and limit access for users to those with a login of the family name and password of the stripped 5 character password. This will automate my workflow, and respect the privacy concerns of clients who don't want other people seeing their photos.
To keep it as simple as possible, I can ftp the upload to a static directory, say .../gallery2/autoalbum/ before running the code. That way there doesn't need to be any user input via. forms etc. as the upload directory will remain constant, it's only a matter of running the code on any files in the 'autoalbum' directory at the time. I had hoped the code might be relatively simple ......?
Cheers
Mark
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Hi Bharat,
You're right, I want to pay someone to write the code for me. If others found it useful, I would consider contributing it back to the group, but at this stage it's just something I want to use for myself.
Cheers
Mark
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Have a look at www.g2mods.com, they did some work for me a while back, and I was very happy with the work they did.