Im looking to implement a (free or low cost) image gallery that uses PHP and MySQL. In my own searching I found coppermine, but was looking for some suggestions from other DP members. Thanks
Well, I don't know what your definition of low cost is but PhotoPost is a good one. If you are looking for integration with a vBulletin forum, you may want to check out the gallery software at www.vbadvanced.com.
For 59 bucks I highly reccommend this one as it is fully intergratable into your existing design. http://www.comdevweb.com/photogallery.php It also has bulk upload / auto resize/thumbnail with zip files wich is very handy.
ohh, there are pleanty of. I personally use smartor album, you can check out it in use at my site www.photographersstop.com (go to album) Coppermine is good, but somehow I didn't go for it There is gallery, gallery2 There will be more and let me know if you are looking for any specific feature.
have you tried simpleGal http://robm.me.uk/projects/simplegal/, its free and auto creates thumbnails etc. a demo is here -> http://www.teennonsense.com/funny-pics/
I will recommend PhotoPost the best gallery software (can run individually as well integrate with popular forum software) Note: Spider friendly URLs on our pages. You can see our site live in action here: TechArena Photo Gallery
I have used coppermine, and gallery2. I prefer gallery2 - it just seems a little less clunky interface-wise. However Gallery2 is still at a release canidate version, so the documentation is not so good. Idle speculation - Gallery2 has a brighter future. I do not know anything about the other package mentioned in this thread but I might check them out myself.
Thanks for the heads up...I think I will try Gallery2. I took a quick look at the site and features, and it seems that it will be officially released in a few weeks with some great features.
I spent the weekend playing with Gallery2 and think it offers amazing potential. I was especially pleased to see how active the forums were and how many contributors have already updated mods to work with the new version.
I've been using coppermine for a long time and I think it is pretty good. Does the job and all that but IMHO there is one negative side. Customizing the layout is a real pain in the butt. So I recommend everything else than Coppermine
In my due diligence, I found an article comparing Gallery2 and Coppermine. http://www.cpzhao.com/web/comparing-gallery2-and-coppermine-2.html
After MANY hours of searching, I found it. Full Album Pack for phpBB that replaces Smartor's Photo Album: http://www.mightygorgon.com/viewforum.php?f=682 You can disregard my emails and PM's, sorry to bug ya.