[Kde-imaging] Re: Digikam

[Caulier Gilles]

Le jeudi 10 Mars 2005 14:25, Benjamin Piwowarski a écrit :
> >>>and to build a proper "web gallery" manager to it:
> >>>in this way, multiple web sites & galleries with specific properties
> >>>(user access, style) can managed.
> >
> >FWIW:  There are many (KDE) web gallery application out there.
> >Implementing all you want if not a small programming task.  So
> >I would suggest to check if an existing application fits your
> >need an try to integrate via a kipi-pluigin.
> >
> >Of course what to it's your choice and important is that you have
> >fun.  Keep us informed and welcome on (kipi) board.
>
> I know there is a lot of existing galleries generators. But I would like
> this one to be tightly integrated to digikam; the idea would be to have
> persistent folders - each base folder representing a web server. The
> hierarchy within a web server would be a hierarchy of galleries, where
> each setting can be overwritten.

I think it's not a good idea to put it digiKam core because you lost the 
benefice of use this feature like a plugin in kimdaba, gwenview and showimg ! 
Like a kipi plugin, you will have more feedback form users...

> Photos could be put in a gallery just by drag & drop. 

This is possible to create a plugin with a dialog and use drag & drop. I use 
drag and drop between host app. and sendImages/MpegEncoder/BatchProcess kipi 
plugins.

> Photos could be 
> shared between galleries and it could even be a support for seach (on
> tags, etc.). Changes on photos/galleries could be automatically detected
> and web sites would be automatically updated.
> I am not sure if it can be developped as a kipi plugin nor if such a
> project exists (I didn't find it on the web).
>
Gilles Caulier