Photo Archive

Photo archive is a cgi application for archiving photo images, some of the features implemented are:

• All the information is stored in a postgres database.
• Users may register and upload their photos.
• Users may create any number and levels of folders (albums).
• Thumbnails are created automatically.
• The latest uploads are shown in the main page.
• Photos may be viewed by album, category, total list or by the most viewed.
• Comments may be attached to the photos:
  • Caption
  • Category
  • Place
  • Comments
  • Exposure date
• Users may add comment to any photo, the photo author is notified by e-mail.
• Special user for administration of the archive, the administrator may:
  • Moderate photos.
  • Define categories.
  • Define page header and footer.
  • List user information incl. passwords.
  • Delete users.
• E-mail notification when new photos are uploaded.
• Page for sending e-mails to the registered users.
• Rating of photos:
  • Users may rate each others images.
  • Page for viewing the top rated images.
• The size of images (pixels and file size) may be controlled i.e. the image may be resized automatically.
• English and Spanish version.
• Useful for photo-clubs to archive their images where each user may upload and maintain his/her own photo album.
• Statistics

• Language selection.
• Switch for enable/disable mail notification.
• How may images to show per page.
• The maximum size of image in pixels and file size in Kb.
• How long to keep images in the recent upladed page.
• Timeout for automatic logoff.
• Switch for enable/disable rating.
• Minimum number of ratings before showing it.
• Minimum rating before adding to the top rated list.
• Limit of rating for showing it (to avoid showing very low ratings).

Screen shots

The main page

The upload photo page

Requires

• Python
• Postgres (older versions may not work)
• Apache web server

The application has be used with success on Redhat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9 and Fedora Core 2.
The current version of Photo Archive is: 1.52

The homepage:
http://photoar.sourceforge.net/

The project/download page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/photoar/

A test installation (it may not always be up and it is not very fast, P166, 64Mb)
http://rmt.zapto.org/photo/

Photo Archive License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Reidar M. Tronstad E-mail: rmtron@users.sourceforge.net
Updated: 03/APR/2005