[TYPO3-dam] Looking for a gallery...

[georg kuehnberger]

Michiel Roos [Netcreators] wrote:
> georg kuehnberger schreef:
>> ben van 't ende [netcreators] wrote:
>>> georg kuehnberger wrote:
>>>> Karsten,
>>>> It's not DAM, but did you have a look at the gallery2 implementation?
>>>> As far as I can see G2 offers all you need and even more.
>>>> reards georg
>>>
>>> Hey Guys,
>>> Wel G2 is no T3 extension and 
>>
>> Ben you might have not seen yet:
>> http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/extension-manuals/gallery2/0.0.28/view/1/2/ 
> Well, yes. You mentioned gallery2, so of cource Ben looked it up in the 
> ext_rep.
> All the gallery2 ext does (as you know of course), is that it makes the 
> gallery2 database accessible from the TYPO3 backend en frontend. I don't 
> know (by reading the manual) if gallery2 can read the files from the 
> fileadmin (probably can). 

So right you are; it's no real integration, and handles it's own 
metadata; in addition it's unfortunately not (yet?) syced to fe_users;

> But it sure cannot do anything clever with the 
> dam, like use the Meta data from an image for the description (it might 
> be able to use the jpeg comment field or whatever, but nothing from the 
> dam tables).
> Gallery2 uses it's own database (tables at least). It's not a TYPO3 ext 
> in any way (except that it's 'glued' into TYPO3).

right; same or alternative DB, however g2 is mantaining it's records in 
it's own tables, as you already mentioned;

anyway; I just thought I'd mention g2 as it's offering quite some 
mentioned/required functionality and might act as a meaningful alternative.

regards georg


> So I really agree with Ben and Karsten. We can use a do-all be-all 
> gallery extension that can use the dam, use nested categories, 
> subgalleries, zoombox, lightbox, etc.
> Any volunteers?
> :-)
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
> Michiel Roos
>