Do-it-yourself Flickr/Zooomr
Coding, Geeky, Web April 27th, 2006
There's been a lot of buzz about picture-based sites lately, mostly centered on Zooomr, a Flickr-like web app that has a lot of other functionality. Wouldn't it be great if you could host your own Flickr/Zoomr, and have a ton of great plugins and stuff?
Oh, wait, there is! Introducing Gallery 2!
It's beyond me why people aren't freaking out about this. I've been using Gallery for my family's website for quite a while, and Gallery 2 is an incredible work of art.
Check out these screenshots! (appropriately, the screenshots are hosted in a Gallery 2 app).
Now just add in some AJAXy stuff, and you've got your own unrestricted Flickr/Zoomr! (provided you have a host with php/mysql) An active user base, great plugins, what's not to love?
If you've got your own hosting, gallery is a must-have.
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April 27th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Very impressed with Gallery 2. Installed it after reading this post, and it is indeed very good. There are lots of themes and plugins, and so simple to set up and get going. Thanks for the tip
April 27th, 2006 at 8:52 pm
no prob! check out the javascript uploader – upload all the files in any directory, withc just a few clips! (I’ve done over 500 at a time…it works well.)
July 20th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
I’ve got a copy of juploadr but it only authorizes direct to flickr. How’d you get it to go to zooomr?