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  • Hello

    I was just about to install Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index) but it seems to be 18+megs, and I only have 50megs of hosting. Now I’m guessing you can delete some of the files after its installed if you’re not using certain parts, but it still seems awful big.

    Are there any other gallery plugins that are not so weighty, allow integration with WP smoothly, and allow for thumbnail pages, details pages, and inline editing of captions etc… this is my holy grail, and it seems damn hard to track down.

    Have look at Exhibit but it seems more geared for photos, and I’m talking paintings here.

    Thanks for your time

    Jim

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  • Are you running on a free host? Otherwise, most basic hosts are up toward 500MB or 1GB space for a <$10/mo package.

    Gallery is certainly one of the better systems out there. What’s the difference between ‘photos’ and ‘paintings’ in your eyes? Also, how are you going to fit any significant number of images in your space?

    -d

    Thread Starter 3stripe

    (@3stripe)

    No just a basic package, hmm. Don’t actually need to host a large amount of images, only about 50-100 I think at most.

    18megs just seems an awful lot of bumpf that’s all, can’t work out what it all does.

    18 MB doesn’t seem like all that much if you’re planning to do serious image hosting. If you’re looking at less than 20mb a month of image uploads, use Flickr.

    hmm there is a minimal installation version as well
    http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:Download

    Flickr is very user-friendly. I have a pro account for $24 per year. The free account does the same thing with less space available, but enough for what you’re trying to accomplish.
    Good luck.

    Right…except Flickr is now owned by Yahoo! !

    http://www.pixelpost.org/
    php / mysql / 149KB zip

    Worth looking at ?

    Thread Starter 3stripe

    (@3stripe)

    I find it sad that Flickr has been swallowed up by a corp.

    It’s sad, but I suppose we should get used to it. We suffer b/c the big guys want to cat fight.

    You might want to look at some of the recommended hosts’ listed here. I think you may be getting’ ripped at your host.

    Thread Starter 3stripe

    (@3stripe)

    uberwerks… i have dreamhost for myself… which i know is a good deal!

    the 50meg hosting ssomething i bought for my mum’s website, nice and cheap as her site is pretty simple.

    (althgough since i bought this, dreamhost have now changed their rules to allow unlimited domains on each hosting package, so i think i will transfer her domain over to my account next year anyhow 😉

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