Coppermine Photo Gallery 1.21 Integration

[tgmorris]

Originally Posted by gmarik

I would preffer coppermine templates in vb DB, but something, if not this, should be done.
Are you ready to post a tutorial how you changed your bridge files? I could post my comments and CSS files after that, we could work together on that, doen't we>?

Here are the changes I made to the vb3 bridge file to get the vb css data loaded into the generated HTML file.

[PBC]

Eh....I like Coppermine better already.

[gmarik]

tgmorris
Thanks for the sharing

PhotoPost
dream on ... ;o)

[TheComputerGuy]

I love the idea that photopost can take multimedia. They were one of the first to intergrate. If I had spare cash I would buy it, infact still considering it.

Coppermine is getting better about a lot of things. They are still trying to catch up some other features Photopost comes standard with.

[MPDev]

Don't get me wrong, I think Coppermine is one of the better free gallery products out there. I never paid much attention to it until the story about the author going missing was reported and the code was moved into sourceforge. I saw one or two example sites and thought it looked real nice. Fast forward to two weeks ago when someone pointed out some of their "new" features and I see some similiarities to the layout we have.

Keep in mind, we were doing this long before Coppermine was released (and some others).

If you are looking for a free gallery script there are a couple decent ones to choose from - each with it own way of presenting galleries and having your users interact with them. If you are looking for a free product, then Coppermine is a good choice.

If you would like the benefits from a paid gallery - including support, frequent updates and cutting edge features - PhotoPost is a great alternative. I fully expect that our Gallery/Forum templates will be copied soon enough (we offer two templates to display a gallery - see attachment). We have 6 fulltime support people on staff and perform installation services - these are things you don't always get with a free product. Flaming newbes on the coppermine forums seems to be almost a sport.

I've always encouraged people to research their options. I believe PhotoPost to be a value based on the features and support. Others who have more time to invest in modding maybe prefer to start out with something free.

[gmarik]

support - CPG is so well-coded it doen't really needs one
cutting edge features - name me 5 and I'll say ok

The price is too high, the design - hard to integrate to make it look really good ...

[MPDev]

From their "no need for support forum forums"

hyperion, Dev Team member:

Let me clue you in:

This is not a commercial product. It is FREE.

Therefore, you have no right to demand tech support.

Also, as it is free, no one really cares if you move to Photopost. Open source is not a genitalia measurment contest.

Your server may have been running itself for the last four years; I doubt you had anything to do with it.

Judging by the Support fourms, you're a little over confident of the code itself. But, more people need help installing their application than need help fixing it. Having someone to be able to help them when their server isn't configured properly or don't understand something is alot better than getting flammed and told they could care less what you do.

Like I said, do your homework and pick whats best for you.

[tgmorris]

Originally Posted by PhotoPost

From their "no need for support forum forums"

hyperion, Dev Team member:

Let me clue you in:

This is not a commercial product. It is FREE.

Therefore, you have no right to demand tech support.

Also, as it is free, no one really cares if you move to Photopost. Open source is not a genitalia measurment contest.

Your server may have been running itself for the last four years; I doubt you had anything to do with it.

Judging by the Support fourms, you're a little over confident of the code itself. But, more people need help installing their application than need help fixing it. Having someone to be able to help them when their server isn't configured properly or don't understand something is alot better than getting flammed and told they could care less what you do.

Like I said, do your homework and pick whats best for you.

Sort of like being told to go to PhotoPost Dev and getting answers like

PhotoPost support is handled on the photopost.com forums, not here. This forum is for people coding modifications for PhotoPost.

I'm not sure, but I believe you have to modify the includes/functions_online.php file to include case statements for the files (around line 1237).

We do have alot more people looking for help than offering at this point. I hope that will change soon, but until it does some requests may be dififcult to fill.

Could the support on the coppermine forum be "friendlier"? Possibly. But I think that about a lot of places from time to time.

I don't think this is the correct place to get into a pi$$ing match over which is a better product or has better support. Each product has its advocates and detractors. If Coppermine can get to a point that it can be made to integrate with the look & feel of vb then it will make a lot of people that like free s/w very happy. Those that want to continue to pay for products can chose to do so as well.

[MPDev]

<i>Sort of like being told to go to PhotoPost Dev and getting answers like.</i>

No its not - it's not at all "like" that and I would assume that you would know the difference.

All of your quotes are published from a mods site I put up for people who like to work on the code outside of the actual product. Getting people to the right forums where the PhotoPost support staff handle customers will ensure they get the proper attention they deserve.

[TheComputerGuy]

Well I do love the forum home on photopostdev.com I have been trying to recreate it with coppermine very hard thing to do.

But either way the products coexist and hopefully they will peacefully