MyGaL ^^^^^ Version: v1.0 Date: 2009/09/29 Programmer: MANEGLIA Yves State: public freeware email: yves.maneglia@libertysurf.fr homepage: http://maneglia.blogspot.com/ What is MyGaL ? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MyGaL is a free Gallery album Launcher. It can browse folders to display image, thumb and informations. Features ^^^^^^^^ - Easily installable : just download and unzip MyGaL at top directory you want to explore (Be aware that your server must support php with GD and EXIF module) - Show JPG/TIF thumbnail if present in Exif section of the photo (nowadays all camera put thumbnail in photos) - Preview JPG/TIF images if no thumbnail present in Exif section of the photo (however for this the whole image must be loaded which can take a lot of time) - Preview of GIF/PNG images as i consider they are usually not big pictures. - Show image name, last modified date and size - Show user comment if present in Exif section of the photo - Autoadapt diplay according to the users client window (tested from 1440x900 down to 800x600) - Navigate trough folder (you won't be able to navigate up to parent directory of where MyGaL script was installed) License ^^^^^^^ MyGaL is public freeware, however i can fix bugs and suggestions are welcome. Public Domain: Products in the public domain have no license. They are explicitly not owned by anyone, and anyone may get them and do what they like with them. This may occur when an author decides he no longer has the time or interest to maintain a program, and will release it to the public domain for the use of anyone who has an interest. The product is freely available, but the author has no responsibility for it, is not required to fix bugs or make enhancements, and is not liable if the product causes a problem for you. FAQ ^^^ Q : How do i install MyGaL on my Website ? A : Just unzip MyGaL on the top folder you want to explore. Beware that as it is a PHP code, your Website need to support PHP with GD and EXIF module installed (note that you can test MyGaL locally on your computer if you install some PHP server like Wamp for example) Q : The preview of photos takes too much time to load, whats wrong ? A : MyGaL can display JPG/TIF image thumbnails that are present in the EXIF section of your photos. If not present, it needs to download the whole picture for the preview which can takes some times. So in your case before uploading photos to your server, you should add thumbnail in your photo by using Exifer freeware (Exifer can add thumbnails for multiple photos at once if you select them in the same time). Q : I want to see a comment of my photo in the window, how to do it ? A : MyGaL displays user comment only when they are present in the EXIF section of your photos. Try to add/edit the comment by using freeware like Exifer. Q : How can i customize the look of the album ? A : You need to edit MyGaL.php file starting whith the style sections that you can edit. Change 'style.css' to other css style file like 'style_dark.css'. By default, at least 4 different style are present in the MyStyle2 folder (dark, blue, white and ocre themes), but you can create your own style. If you look further, you will find that you can change some other variables like $maxthumb that represent the maximum number of thumbnail to display per page. Q : MyGaL doesn't display the same way in Firefox or IE. A : MyGaL should be displayed correctly in Firefox 3 and IE8, but i don't know for older browser (if you see a baloon window centered on the icon you survol with the mouse, then the display is not correct). That is because MyGaL Doctype is still html and not xhtml. The reason is that when i started to writte the code i was totally beginer in html/css/php programming and thus not aware of display problem in web browser.