SimplePhotos Request List
3 years, 1 month ago I’m going to have some time soon to knock out an updated version of SimplePhotos (I hope!). I’m going to use this post as a request list for version 0.4 of the photo gallery software, allowing you to comment and let me know what you’d like to see in the new system. So far, these are some of the ideas people have offered up.
Fixes
- Fix the incorrect photo count
- Allow the script to run in safe mode
- Allow script to run with ‘register_globals’ turned off
- Sort the front page alphabetically rather than in order of update
- Try not to use shell_exec()
- Use a link rather than cookies for thumbnail size
Enhancements
- Add an FAQ/Help page on this site
- Add a bug tracking system
- Setup a dedicated website at simplephotos.co.uk
- Add forward/backward buttons on a photo page
- Get a logo/icon for the software
- Movie files display an icon which plays the movie
- Make recursive directories work (aaargh!)
- Display the actual image name on full size page
Now’s your chance to grumble, complain and nag to get the features you want in the next photo gallery update. I can’t promise they will all be there, but I’ll do my best.
Simplephotos, Photo, Gallery
July 14th, 2005 at 7:16 am
Thank you David :).
Well, some things that I wouldnt mind seeing:
Maybe an addon for the description that has tags in it for a category and rating and then having a nice little ’supernavbar’ (you know what I mean) that can sort by name, size, category, and rating.. etc.
Hope that isnt too much :).
Great job on the software, I really love it.
Also, on the simplephotos page you might want to change the URL from www.patrickweber.com/album/ to http://www.patrickweber.com/files/album/.
Thanks.
~P
July 14th, 2005 at 7:20 am
Also, if it isnt too much to add, maybe even an admin panel of some sort (doesnt need to be heavy, just something simple) that can let us choose which gallerys are displayed, hidden, or password protected.
July 14th, 2005 at 7:20 am
Thanks Patrick
The only problem with a few of those is that they are very difficult to implement without a database in palce (rating, description, tags etc). They would require files to be created and written to the server to store information (which is starting to get a little bit messy).
Heh - And as for the admin section, that’s totally un-simplephotos!
I am thinking about creating a rather full featured piece of gallery software for a photographer friend, which I may make available after the project is completed. It could be called ComplexPhotos!
July 14th, 2005 at 7:58 am
Hehe, well, I was referring to something like one (xml) file that contains all the stuff, but would be generated when the album is viewed.
like it would contain like:
David’s First Album
img0001.jpg
David’s first photo
3
photo, first
1435533
ALbum2
I guess that is getting a little bit complicated.. but just a simple php script could do that :).
lol, Complex Photos! Yeah, I guess the admin thing is a bit over the top for simple photos..
July 14th, 2005 at 8:00 am
Darnit! I forgot to do the tags manually.. well, I guess if you view the source it should show..
July 14th, 2005 at 11:34 am
If you’re able to pull of the recursive folders, that’d be great! In addition, I’d like a one-page script I could hit that would go and create all my thumbs… especially if you get the recursive folders working.
That way it wouldn’t appear slow to the browsers first hitting new images.
Oh, and do release “ComplexPhotos” if you finish it!
July 19th, 2005 at 10:49 pm
One thing i noticed, is that there is no place where the actual image name displays on the main view of an image, and I think it could be an idea to add it somewhere, and yeah, like SeanW said, one page to make all the thumbnails.
Thanks!
September 21st, 2005 at 6:28 am
Allowing syntax in the comments section. For instance a common appostrope becomes a slash then apostrophe such as it/’s or that/’s or I/’m. Don’t know how complicated that is to code. If its too much we’ll all deal with the slashes.