easiest client interface for maintaining photo gallery?

[bessington]

Hey everyone! I have a client that would like to be able to add/change the photos on a site I am building to showcase his paintings. He has little to no experience/patience with internet applications - basic web browsing is about it. So i am looking for a GUI application that will allow him to upload his photos to this site. I was thinking perhaps the best option would be a blog - maybe moveable type? does anyone have any experience with this situation and can perhaps offer me some advice? Thanks!

-Bess Fernandez

[bill]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld bessington!

There are several decent photo gallery scripts available for free that you might want to look at. The two that I hear the most about are Gallery and Coppermine.

[encyclo]

Another option that I found after a recommendation on this board was JAlbum [jalbum.net]. The difference with JAlbum is that the pages are generated on your machine then uploaded as static HTML and graphics. Requires Java installed to run.

[bessington]

Thank you for your recommendations! I tried all three.. Gallery I couldn't seem to configure properly.. perhaps with more time and patience.. Coppermine works well, and is perhaps the easiest tool for a client to log into and upload new pictures. Now the tough part is creating a Coppermine template based on my page design. JAlbum worked well too - but I am a bit nervous about the client installing it on his machine and it not working correctly. Also, after I defined my local photo album folder it didn't seem to recognize new images added after the project was created. hmm.. that might be my error - but just wanted to share my experience with these tools. Thanks for your recommendations!