Upload pictures from phone to my own website

[gregulator]

Not sure where to post this, but:

I currently use jAlbum to host photos on my own website. It basically generates the album on my PC, and then pushes them via ftp to the site.

I would love to be able to post pictures from my phone (iOS and Android), and am wondering what my options are? I want to use my own host, I don't use FB, Flickr, etc. Let me know if any of you guys are using something that you like! I love jAlbum, but the fact that it lacks the phone upload feature is a major drawback.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Try to connect your phone to the PC, making it look like an external drive.
This is the most efficient.

Or create email with the photos as attachment. Depending on email used, you do not need to send, but just save as draft. Or email them to yourself and read email on your PC, download the images at that point.

 

[postmark]

I'm assuming he's trying to do this strictly from his phone without having to connect back to the PC. Unfortunately I don't know enough about jAlbum to help out. Does it not have a web login available to upload photos?

 

[EagleKeeper]

I'm assuming he's trying to do this strictly from his phone without having to connect back to the PC. Unfortunately I don't know enough about jAlbum to help out. Does it not have a web login available to upload photos?

connecting to the PC will be the fastest way to get it to the PC.

I would also expect that the PC connection to the internet is faster than the phone.

 

[beginner99]

connecting to the PC will be the fastest way to get it to the PC.

Yeah but I'm pretty sure he want' to do this remotely. when he is nowhere near his PC. But in general his request is unclear.

OP, do you want them to be moved to your pc? or do you want do directly upload them from the phone to you website?

For android I suggest you search for an ftp client. if you install an ftp server on your pc that should work.

 

[Train]

Would you be against using drop box? My phone automatically uploads any picture it takes to dropbox. I haven't used it myself, but there are API's you can use to do with the images once they are up. If not directly from dropbox maybe IFTTT.com might be able to do it all for you with minimal setup.

 

[gregulator]

Try to connect your phone to the PC, making it look like an external drive.
This is the most efficient.

Or create email with the photos as attachment. Depending on email used, you do not need to send, but just save as draft. Or email them to yourself and read email on your PC, download the images at that point.

And people wonder how poorly written requirements lead to bad software! Sorry, I didn't explain the problem very well:

I want to upload remotely from a phone. No, jAlbum does not have this feature on the website. I am looking for photo album software that I can host on my server, can update from my PC, AND can remotely add pictures from my phone. I looked into Drupal and Wordpress and neither seem to have that feature (I may be able to login as admin from a phone and manage it, but an easier method would be preferred).

I am not sure how well an FTP client would work (do they have a good one for iOS too?), I guess I would need a photo album that dynamically searches directories for photos to display. jAlbum pre-renders/organizes the photos so it wouldn't work.

I definitely want to stay away from all "cloud" services, and just want it on my host. If there is nothing out there like this, maybe it would be a good OS project for me to create!

 

[Leros]

Does a standard multi-part file upload form work on a mobile device?

 

[Ken g6]

I may be able to login as admin from a phone and manage it, but an easier method would be preferred

And how hard is that, really? With Drupal, and on my Android phone, I'd bookmark the login page (/user), go there, my login info would be remembered so I'd just click login and be logged in. Then I'd go to the upload page (potentially bookmarked, potentially linked from my user page or something) and upload. If you're worried about losing your admin login information on/from your phone, you could create a special user that only uploads photos.

But I've never tried an iPhone. Maybe they make it much more complicated?

Edit: Need to upload lots of pictures at once?