ta9n / cameralife

Camera Life -- Run your own photo website

Camera Life

Version 2.6
Copyright (C) 2001-2012 William Entriken
https://github.com/fulldecent/cameralife
[e-mail]

Camera Life is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the file LICENSE for more information.

Introduction

Camera Life is a system for cataloging your photo collection. It gives users the ability to search or browse your archive in intuitive ways, with an attention to powerful administrative functions.

Features

1. Great photo organization

   Photos are sorted in folders and also by albums/topics with automatic categorization by keywords.

2. Full audit trail

   If you have open access and someone adds lame comments or photo descriptions, you can easily revert changes to the site.

3. Easy to install and try

   See the installation flyover at http://youtu.be/aWDdMfyPwwo (1 minute 5 second video)

4. Easy to get photos in

Users can upload photos via the web, FTP access, iPhoto, iPhone, Mac/Windows/Linux software, Digikam, or any other product that supports the Gallery Remote protocol.

5. Responsive

Supports OpenSearch and RSS. Is built using JQuery/AJAX for modernbrowsers, but gracefully degrades without Javascript for accessibility... or if you want to load it on a cell phone made in the 90's.

6. Integrates well with your site

Code is documented and integrates with your database and security model. Photos store on your server, Amazon S3, a remote FTP/SFTP server, and rsync.net. It scales if you want to offload thumbnailing to separate server(s).

Installation

See the file INSTALL or UPGRADE, as appropriate.

Maintenance

1. Administration

Regularly login as admin and click Administer at the top of the main page. Items that require your attention will show in red.

2. Add albums

To create new Albums, login and choose Create Album from the front page. Or start a search and click 'Create an album with these results'

Support

Please file issues at https://github.com/fulldecent/cameralife

Lead developer is available to consult on custom integration of Camera Life.

Thank you for choosing Camera Life for your photo displaying needs!