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hi, I'm starting an image host for one of the forums I frequent. for the frontpage of the site, I want it to have an image browser/viewer so that members can have an easier time finding the pics they want (with thumbnail previews) rather than going through the server-generated list of files. Is there such program that can do this? I think I saw one before, and it was Flash-based but I have no idea what it's called

any help would be appreciated

thanks!
 
You could do this with a lot of languages, the biggest problem I see though is generating the thumbnail views. If you use Flash, then that runs client side and the user would end up downloading the full size image, then shrinking. That will add a lot of bandwidth to the site, which is expensive. I think there is a way to do Flash stuff server-side, but it costs a ton of money for the server software to do it.

If you use PHP or Perl on the server side, then you have to research how to shrink images using those languages. I'm thinking it won't be pretty. You may want to dig around the net for some pre-written code that you can modify for your site.
 
look into the Gallery php stuff, I use it for my home server that servers around 2000 pictures, and the originals are 10-20 Meg tif files. I convert them to .png (using imagemagik script) and then I upload them to the gallery. It will thumbnail them and stuff, and then they can vote on them, add comments, etc.
 
Originally posted by: Cheetah8799
You could do this with a lot of languages, the biggest problem I see though is generating the thumbnail views. If you use Flash, then that runs client side and the user would end up downloading the full size image, then shrinking. That will add a lot of bandwidth to the site, which is expensive. I think there is a way to do Flash stuff server-side, but it costs a ton of money for the server software to do it.

If you use PHP or Perl on the server side, then you have to research how to shrink images using those languages. I'm thinking it won't be pretty. You may want to dig around the net for some pre-written code that you can modify for your site.
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yeah that was my intent... I'm not gonna program any PHP or CGI from scratch
 
I'm a fan of simple php gallery myself. You just put pictures in folders and it displays them as such. It does thumbnails and resizes pictures to something uniform for the main viewing. Very clean and simple.
 
Originally posted by: kamper
I'm a fan of simple php gallery myself. You just put pictures in folders and it displays them as such. It does thumbnails and resizes pictures to something uniform for the main viewing. Very clean and simple.
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SPG is nice and simple. Be sure to check it out. Also see filebrowser by Lussumo.
 
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