Need some help image hosting/web album

Which gallery software do you like better

  • Gallery One

  • Gallery Two

  • They are the same

  • Neither


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dr_zero

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Ok I have my own domain and host and I dont use nearly what I pay so I went looking for a way to store images and make them where others can see easier.
I found several Web Albums out on the web and dowloaded 3 to try 2 so far seem to be very simple and look pretty good to me on the desktop. Now this is where you all come in I would like if you could visit the two galleries and see how they work with your different pc's and browser options and give me some feedback on which one you like better and why.
The colors can all be changed I just chose 2 simple black background styles to start with as not to distract too much.
So here we go! Here is the link that has both galleries just click on the folder you want to see first and they will start to load.

http://www.drzero.org/temp/pic/del/

Thanks for taking the time to chekc these out and giving me the feedback!

I will post the two I used if anyone is interested after the results are in.
 
"Gallery 2" because I prefer the thumbnails centered on the page and I don't care for the frames around the thumbnails in "Gallery 1." If it matters, I'm looking at them in Safari on a Macbook Air.
 
Definitely Gallery 2, the presentation is just better and it had a slide show option which I prefer. I didn't see one in Gallery 1. Also there seemed to be quite a lag using the arrows to get to the next pic in Gallery one. I'm viewing them from Flock on a PC.
 

"Gallery 2" because I prefer the thumbnails centered on the page and I don't care for the frames around the thumbnails in "Gallery 1." If it matters, I'm looking at them in Safari on a Macbook Air.

Cool thats good to know about the Mac!

Definitely Gallery 2, the presentation is just better and it had a slide show option which I prefer. I didn't see one in Gallery 1. Also there seemed to be quite a lag using the arrows to get to the next pic in Gallery one. I'm viewing them from Flock on a PC.

Thanks for the input! I shouldnt say yet but I like #2 better also but my wife likes 1 better. I like the slideshow option and the copyright tag it puts in.

There is one more I have been playing with but its made to be so simple its kinda confusing LOL

If I can get one made up with it I will try to get it posted also.
 
I whipped up a new version this one has a slide show and it has larger images once again any input is appreciated!

Oh its gallery 3 and it should be up soon
 
Hmmn, I think I still like #2 best but I like how #3 puts the pictures off to the side once displayed. That's no help at all is it?
 
The layout in 2 looks great :thumbsup2

I like it also and that is the easiest and smallest when it setsup funny how that works LOL

Hmmn, I think I still like #2 best but I like how #3 puts the pictures off to the side once displayed. That's no help at all is it?

3 is the fanciest of the 3 and has all kinds of stuff and has the largest pictures and all kinds of layouts and skins but is alot of overkill I think LOL

But keep the input coming! I do appreciate it.
 
sorry i voted neither cause i definitely like 3 the best. i like the frames around the photos, imo some of the smaller photos( like the arch) got lost on the other pages so the frames set them off. the only thing i would like different is larger thumbnails. if 2 of the photos are similar they are hard to make out the size they are. the other 2 were to stark and dark to me. and i might lose the bar with the buttons. i like the buttons but the green bar doesn't seem to do anything ( unless i missed it's purpose)
i didn't care for the frames around the thumbnails on the second one( hoping i looked at them in the right order, not the cloud one) they looked like you had tables you were trying to use to line up the photos.
if you didn't want to do the frames around the big photos i might make the background of the page a little lighter...it just seemed like a huge black space with a little bitty photo on a few of the darker photos( and i presume you would have more similar coloration on the whole site)

personally i can never decide on my own site if i like the thumbnails with the slide or just the big photo by itself( my slideshow on zenfolio is the big photo only, the one i made for my home page from slide .com has the thumbnails..).i sort of think the thumbs take away from the big shot but i like to have the others showing in case someone wants to go back to see one again or just makes it more interesting as a glimpse of what lies ahead. so no commitment from me on that aspect
i use firefox 3.1.2( ?the latest, i just downloaded it a couple days ago) and a stinkin old pc with a puny moniter
 
I like the slide type frames in 3, but the images are a little large for my display (especially the closeup of the dragonfly, which is a great shot but a little buggy for me :lmao: )
 
First off thanks for the feedback! It really helps :thumbsup2

I looked at all the comments so far and can see where you are coming from and so I went ahead and worked up a new number 3.

It has the dark background I like but it defines the picture with a thin frame so images like the canon are not lost in the black background.
The thumbs are centered
Has a slide-show
Images are a tad smaller - I was concerned about the larger images before but its a learning process :thumbsup2

Now this one also has a watermark on the images also I dont think its overpowering but it is there which I like.

If found a new template for software 3 and I like it better than the stock ones it has some nice options.

Well if you all dont mind take a look at the new one and let me know what you think!
 
sorry i voted neither cause i definitely like 3 the best. i like the frames around the photos, imo some of the smaller photos( like the arch) got lost on the other pages so the frames set them off. the only thing i would like different is larger thumbnails. if 2 of the photos are similar they are hard to make out the size they are. the other 2 were to stark and dark to me. and i might lose the bar with the buttons. i like the buttons but the green bar doesn't seem to do anything ( unless i missed it's purpose)
i didn't care for the frames around the thumbnails on the second one( hoping i looked at them in the right order, not the cloud one) they looked like you had tables you were trying to use to line up the photos.
if you didn't want to do the frames around the big photos i might make the background of the page a little lighter...it just seemed like a huge black space with a little bitty photo on a few of the darker photos( and i presume you would have more similar coloration on the whole site)

personally i can never decide on my own site if i like the thumbnails with the slide or just the big photo by itself( my slideshow on zenfolio is the big photo only, the one i made for my home page from slide .com has the thumbnails..).i sort of think the thumbs take away from the big shot but i like to have the others showing in case someone wants to go back to see one again or just makes it more interesting as a glimpse of what lies ahead. so no commitment from me on that aspect
i use firefox 3.1.2( ?the latest, i just downloaded it a couple days ago) and a stinkin old pc with a puny moniter

I have heard what you are saying and I think number 3 might be a pretty good compromise with a dark back without getting lost.

I like the slide type frames in 3, but the images are a little large for my display (especially the closeup of the dragonfly, which is a great shot but a little buggy for me :lmao: )

LOL yeah I have not posted that one cause I know some would not like his close up LOL

I adjusted the images down some in 3 if you want to check it out now.

Thanks again to all who have let me know what they think!

Its good to see its working will types of hardware and browsers I know some pages look good to me in IE but in Firefox they get all out of sorts.
 
Stick with your own web site.
The flexibility and control over the presentation is worth it. If you are not into writing code (and who really is?) there are many templates that can be customized to create a photo site that is like no other, all yours.
 
The only problems with I have encountered is with Gallery2 is with my host. I use yahoo small business, and have problems with uploading pics occasionally (file size restrictions), and just can't get imagemajik installed on my server to get the square thumbnails to display correctly.
 
I'm not sure what you are using for the software but if I may be so bold to make a completely different suggestion for you?

I use a piece of Open Source software called Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com/) on my site: http://gallery.fulcer.net/

I have my own server and domain so spent a long time looking for picture gallery software that I could use that was easy to maintain, was easy to upload pictures too, and was flexible enough in how it showed pictures that I could change it to look how I want.

Of course, I've stayed with the 'normal' install, but I could do others. if you look at the gallery site, there are dozens of other themes that you can use.

The things that I like about Gallery are:

  • Easy to install
  • Lots of addins, like uploading to shutterfly,etc.
  • Free
  • I can (and have) uploaded hundreds of pictures to it at a time.
  • User can leaves comments/etc (which I have turned off)

Anyway, I'd recommend it to anyone that has their own hosting solution and is looking for Gallery software. I've got about 17,000 pictures in my gallery and am always adding more. Let me know if you have any questions.
 
LOL yeah I have not posted that one cause I know some would not like his close up LOL

I adjusted the images down some in 3 if you want to check it out now.

Thanks again to all who have let me know what they think!

Its good to see its working will types of hardware and browsers I know some pages look good to me in IE but in Firefox they get all out of sorts.

They fit better now. Looks great! Even the bug--amazing detail!
 
They fit better now. Looks great! Even the bug--amazing detail!

TY TY its all MarkBarbieri's fault LOL he showed me a close up and I was like oh thats cool I have to try that LOL
That was a hard shot cause mine was still living and would not sit still to get in that close to him. The shot was made a Nikon 70-210 f/4 zoom without a tripod so I was thrilled to say the least with the detail. I really love that lens it is my main lens for shooting day to day

like 3 better than ever now:thumbsup2

Cool! right on! :thumbsup2 I like it better now also, just like with the critique's it helps to get folks input they can see things and might have ideas that you might not know that really helps.

Thanks again for all the input!
 















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