What is phpGraphy
phpGraphy is a free PHP script released under GPL license that let you share your pictures on your personal website in a very convenient way. It has been written with the goal to be very customizable so it can integrate itself easily within your existing website (it’s also works perfectly well by itself).
1.2. phpGraphy History
phpGraphy has originally been written by Christophe Thibault in year 2000, he has driven the project for almost a year, from the first release 0.9 up to release 0.9.7. Then he become too busy to continue improving the application.
I decided to continue to add the features that where missing to me. At the end of last year (in 2004), while chatting with Christophe, I told him about the modifications I’ve made etc. and that’s how we came to “Hey but why won’t you take the project maintenance ?”.
Since, another developer (and now friend), oniryx, has joined the ranks and we’re both doing our best to continuously improve the application.
1.3. phpGraphy Features
FIXME:UpdateWeb/SynchronizeHere!
On-the-fly Thumbnail/Low resolution picture generation
Unlimited Categories and Sub-categories (it uses directories)
Integrated fast text database mode (MySQL also supported if prefeered)
Users comments
Rating system
Web interface management
Picture upload via web interface (or via FTP)
Top rated/Last commented/Last added pictures pages
Slideshow mode
User level support, so you can hide some pictures from unwanted people
EXIF/IPTC metadata support
Lossless JPEG rotation (via exiftran/jpegtran)
Video, sound and text files support
Themes including templates, header/footer and language file
Following W3C standards – XHTML 1.1 / CSS 2.0 Valid
Multilingual support (See TranslatorPage for complete list and status)
Installation Wizard
Highly configurable / Easily customizable
Free (under GPL license)
1.4. phpGraphy Architecture
TODO: Create a schema like the one used in subversion (From UserPC to WebServer)