Deciding whether to install Gallery as plug-In vs. application

Elchanan

Joined: 2008-04-17
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Posted: Thu, 2008-04-17 03:10

Greetings, we are just looking into gallery software for the first time, and we are both surprised and intrigued by the availability of the application as a plug-in for either Joomla or B2Evolution.

Has anyone gone this route, rather than installing Gallery as a standalone app? What are the differences in functionality, if any, the benefits or disadvantages of choosing one path over the other?

Thanks!
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valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
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Posted: Thu, 2008-04-17 23:56

gallery integrates with other applications. gallery's functionality doesn't change when integrated. by integrating gallery with another application, you remove some walls between the two applications. e.g. single-sign-on / single-user-registration, etc.

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Elchanan

Joined: 2008-04-17
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Posted: Fri, 2008-04-18 21:31

Thanks so very much, Valiant. To implement, do we install Gallery as a freestanding app and then install the plug-ins to whatever we wish (B2E, Joomla, etc)? Or does the plug-in implement the whole application? (Latter seems unlikely .. and sorry if this seems a lame question.)

And for clarity (and assuming the former solution, above), if we install Joomla, then Gallery, then the Gallery plug-in for Joomla, would a user then come to our site, go through whatever login setup we have via Joomlam then automagically be logged into Gallery as well?

To take it a step farther, suppose we have Joomla, B2E, and Gallery. We install the Gallery plug-in to Joomla. Do we also need toe B2E plug-in ... or does B2e have a similar plug-in for Joomla? (If someone happens to know.)

I SO appreciate help with this ... thank you!
Elchanan
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valiant

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Posted: Sat, 2008-04-19 21:02

please read the joomla/g2 integration documentation. documentation -> integrations -> joomla.

yes, you're logged in to g2 when you log in to joomla.

yes, you'd need a separate b2e integration to joomla / g2.

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Elchanan

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Posted: Sun, 2008-04-20 00:47

I often chuckle at such suggestions from experienced users to beginners. Would you be willing to post a link to he specific documentaion you are suggesting that I read? (On the Joomla site there is no "documentation" link at all, at least none that seems obvious to me.)

Also, I take your last response to mean "yes, you would first install Gallery and then also install the Gallery plug-in to Joomla, B2E, or whatever." Do I understand you correctly?

Thanks again!
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