MG2 Photo Gallery Software - Free

[328iGuy]

I have seen a lot of discussion on JAlbum but not much on MG2 so thought I would post something.

I have used them all and just came across MG2 the other day; it is PHP based and absolutely amazing to configure, setup, add new photos. It's all made a breeze through the PHP interface.

I highly recommend people try this out if you are looking for a free gallery software that is extremely configurable with downloadable skins or easily modified to you're personal taste.

I have just started configuring my own personal photo gallery online and am using MG2, I encourage others to check out my site if you want to see a working gallery in action with basically a standard skin I downloaded (pbstyle) and modified the colours.

My Photo Gallery
http://www.matthewperry.ca (http://www.matthewperry.ca/)

MG2 Homepage
http://www.minigal.dk/

If anyone has any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Regards,
Matt

[ejwebb]

I just downloaded JAlbum the other day and have not had a lot of time to play with it - what is it about MG2 that you like better?

[328iGuy]

I just downloaded JAlbum the other day and have not had a lot of time to play with it - what is it about MG2 that you like better?

One word.....PHP :D.

[Poco]

Interesting... I like the face that it doesn't require a database. A lot of people (like me) have cheap hosting that doesn't provide any database support. I have been meaning to upgrade to more space and a DB but maybe not...

[ejwebb]

Well, maybe I am ahead of myself here because I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I have been using a blog site to post my pictures and they handle all of that stuff - I just choose a template and upload photos. I saw JAlbum in a previous post a few days ago and pulled it down to play with. It easily converted a whole folder of images to an album but I have no idea how to get that on the web. I know no HTML so this looked like an easy way to get started with all this stuff - any recommendations on where to start?

[PhotosGuy]

It easily converted a whole folder of images to an album but I have no idea how to get that on the web. JAlbum will do that for you too. If you can't find it in the manual, then ask in their forum.

[tim]

They're quite different pieces of software. MG2 is an application that runs on a server, and probably uses a mySql database. JAlbum generates html and thumbnails on your PC, and you upload static html to a server. They're for different purposes. There are heaps of alternatives to MG2, like exhibit engine, coppermine, and gallery.

[328iGuy]

They're quite different pieces of software. MG2 is an application that runs on a server, and probably uses a mySql database. JAlbum generates html and thumbnails on your PC, and you upload static html to a server. They're for different purposes. There are heaps of alternatives to MG2, like exhibit engine, coppermine, and gallery.

MG2 actually doesn't use a mySQL database at all, it's simply static files.

[tim]

MG2 actually doesn't use a mySQL database at all, it's simply static files.

It still runs on your server though? I guess the main difference then is JAlbum creates a bunch of static files, and MG2 generates things at runtime.

[328iGuy]

It still runs on your server though? I guess the main difference then is JAlbum creates a bunch of static files, and MG2 generates things at runtime.

As far as the server goes, JAlbum needs to run on you're web server as well. :lol:

[Poco]

Well, I like MG2. I did a test and followed the directions. Without any MySQL DB. Just dropped in the files over FTP (changed some permissions) and started uploading using the web interface. Nice. I even changed the skin.

Check it out, I just uploaded a few pictures from my recent trip to New Zealand http://okuda.ca/gallery

[shortie]

Hi

I have been using JAlbum for sometime now and it can be very flexiable

Have a look at

http://www.malpas.com/misc-album/index.html

Cheers

Shortie

[PhotosGuy]

Shortie, I like the skin you picked. The black background isolates the pics nicely. Which skin is it?
I use the "Vertical" skin with the Black.css "Style" for albums to send to friends.

[shortie]

Hi PhotosGuy

I used BluPlusPlus as a start and a black.css and a little bit of editing here and there

If you want the Skin I can Zip the Folder up for you

Shortie

[tim]

Shortie, you could always put it on this site for others to use if you wanted.

http://jrepository.engblom.org/

[PhotosGuy]

If you want the Skin I can Zip the Folder up for you Thanks, but why not put it on the site as Tim suggested?

[mdr]

I used SnipeGallery (see www.snipegallery.com), also free and mysql/php based. Customised it (see www.marcderidder.com) although I've still got to dot the i's and cross the t's.