I have created a personal website where I have a gallery which I made with the help of the article, “Build An Automated PHP Gallery System In Minutes” by Mayank Gandhi. Of course, the final output is a result of a lot of help from my sitepoint friends. Now I thought that if I always use this kind of a code to make a gallery page, I will be able to give access to my client to the admin page and let him upload photos himself.
I also want to try out some other kind of galleries which I can incorporate into my sites. I was browsing through the sitepoint forum and looking through some gallery
pages.
What about the gallery on this page, http://www.james-ridge.com/photo-gallery/. Has this been made using only css? Can I make have a mysql database and create this kind of a gallery page using Php and Mysql so that photos can be uploaded by the client himself with the help of an admin page?
I came across some tutorials for galleries using CSS. But many of them have limits on the number of photos that can be uploaded. Also, if I just use css to make a
gallery page, each time, the client needs to upload a photo, he will have to contact me, isn’t it? Because if I have a set of photos and use CSS for the layout I will only be able to build a static page, isn’t it? I need the advice of my sitepoint friends.
You could create that via pure HTML/CSS, and I see no reason to do so otherwise. I can tell you from the client that it’s highly likely that no databases were involved. Uploading images with PHP and storing to SQL isn’t really an issue, although it’s a good deal of work. Bottom line is, ify ou want to do it, you can. The client will benefit from your work if you do it.
It also allows dynamics. If your client had an image needed to be uploaded, he’lln eed to contact you. But if you automate it with an upload form, and use a loop to print out each result, he won’t need you.
Sounds like from your needs, you’ll need the upload form. If you have a fixed set of images from the get go, and you don’t really see it changing (often or otherwise), you can just stay static.
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Heh, interesting you linked that page. I coded the homepage
Thanks a lot. Your reply cleared many of my doubts. Now I know that whether I need an upload form or not will depend on the client’s requirement and I can check with the client whether he will need a limited number of photos or if needs to add photos, how often he will need to do it and make my decision as to whether I should stay static or not.
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Heh, interesting you linked that page. I coded the homepage
I have this habit of looking at the sites of my sitepoint friends. They are my learning tools. It helps a lot as these sites are well coded and if there is a portfolio, that is an added bonus. Likewise, I clicked on your site and found this site. I must say that I am at the moment using the sites in the portfolio as my learning tool. So, I must say a double thanks to you.
Apart from the homepage (which has been modified a bit), none of the code is mine. Be wary of that when learning through that method. I gave the client a base template to work with (he knows a smidge about code.) And you’re welcome :).
Apart from the homepage (which has been modified a bit), none of the code is mine. Be wary of that when learning through that method. I gave the client a base template to work with (he knows a smidge about code.) And you’re welcome :).
Thanks. I will keep that in mind. In fact, once I did try out a tutorial for a shopping cart and in the process of taking the help of Sitepoint, was told by a SP mentor that the tutorial was not good. Sitepoint, my mentor, my Guru, really rocks.