i need help finding a free Gallery script

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MrPotatoes
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i need help finding a free Gallery script

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hey, i'm looking for a free and easy to use gallery script. with a very important feature "Batch".

i have thousands of images all organized in folders by type and things of that nature but i don't want to upload every single one of them. that's stupid and i think having to upload in general is stupid.

i'm looking for something that is no nonsense with install. i've found a few with short tags EVERYWHERE and i am not going to take the time to fix that. it's stupid that people even still do that. it's a horrible idea to start with and it's stupid that people keep working with it. then there are the other install issues where it's looking for 80 different PHP type extensions and apache extensions that some hosts might not have. and to force me to change the php.ini file to make it have 16MB of memory is just aggrivating.

with the batch i'll even allow it to work with zip files. that's fine too. i've seen that in a feature list but it was too much effort to even get installed. see above paragraph. another thing that i want is automatic thumbnail creation. i don't need anything crazy but something that just works and it doesn't have to look fantastic. seriously, i don't care.

it would be great to have albums that follow folder structure. at least hierarchal(sp) album support. i can make my folders follow the same album structure no problem.

something that loads quickly and i don't have to spend 80 years to get to one page. that's more than frustrating. i don't want to do that.

not nessessary but i would like admin control of albums and users. where i'm the only one that can upload pictures and i could have flood control but that last part isn't nessessary.

i can't seem to find anything like this. do you guys know of anything that i'm looking for that is free? this is really frustrating me :(

* batch file import
* automatic thumbnail creation
* folder -> album support
* flood control
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Post by pickle »

You've got a very specific set of requirements and a big list of things you find annoying - you're gonna have a tough time. The two big ones are Gallery and Coppermine. I'm not sure either of them support folder->album importing though.

I built my personally gallery program in a weekend & I managed to have all the features you asked for. It's not done yet though so I'm not releasing it - the point is you could roll your own if push comes to shove.
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Post by Charles256 »

give me six months and I'll have one for you. developing it currently. :-D
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Post by MrPotatoes »

i found a really good one that i'm using constantly. it's called dalbum. no database nessessary and i can batch anytime i want. it's fantastic. the only thing it could use is AJAX drag/drop support to reorganize files but other than that it's fine. i like the way that it is.

i did find another one that was nice but it was 30bux. i would have paid but this seems good enough.
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