I think it looks horrible and is -15 for user friendly

jamieptaylor

Joined: 2006-01-26
Posts: 2

Posted: Thu, 2006-01-26 20:14

I build simple web sites, and for folks that need and have 0 knowledge of web anything, lucky they can surf without hurting themselfs.

This Gallery is the one I used for a memorial page, my own personal photo album, as well as for my step fathers web site.

90% of the reason I used it was because once it was done and all set up, I gave the two folks user/pass, and it's SOO user and web site for dummies usable.

What we have now? bloody freaking mess, and I will be moving away from using it. If these people wanted a gallery that looked like a phpnuke gallery, would of been easier just to do their web sites that way.

but it's so impersonal and "Blah" that way.

I am just very let down by this so called UP grade, and "new" version. I can never "turn" over a gallery to someone I build a web site for like this, if anything ever needed added/changed, I would have my family and friends all whining to me constantly to make changes for them.

*shrugs* just my 2 cents..

valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509

Posted: Thu, 2006-01-26 21:59

- gallery 1.x is still maintained and further developed, you can stay with that if you want
- @impersonal look:
it's just the default look and it's looking much cleaner / more professional than G1, IMO. if you want a more personal, playful look, just change the theme.
there are already a few nice themes. you might find the PG theme meeting your criterias.
http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery/screenshots/screenshotsG2/themes/pg/

http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:UserContributions#Themes

fryfrog

Joined: 2002-10-30
Posts: 3236

Posted: Fri, 2006-02-03 01:33

I like the G2 + WP (WPG2) with a modified version of the "Wordpress" theme. It does a good job of keeping things very simple by reducing what is displayed and adding a link to a "detailed" version for when you need to see the details.

Unlike G1, G2 can be warped fairly easily to fit your needs. While it isn't *easy* to learn and create your own theme, it is possible to change the look of G2 so much that if you remove the "Gallery" logo/copyright/text stuff you might not even realize it was Gallery 2. Compare that with G1 who's themes pretty much all look the same ;)
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jamieptaylor Joined: 2006-01-26 Posts: 2	Posted: Thu, 2006-01-26 20:14
	I build simple web sites, and for folks that need and have 0 knowledge of web anything, lucky they can surf without hurting themselfs. This Gallery is the one I used for a memorial page, my own personal photo album, as well as for my step fathers web site. 90% of the reason I used it was because once it was done and all set up, I gave the two folks user/pass, and it's SOO user and web site for dummies usable. What we have now? bloody freaking mess, and I will be moving away from using it. If these people wanted a gallery that looked like a phpnuke gallery, would of been easier just to do their web sites that way. but it's so impersonal and "Blah" that way. I am just very let down by this so called UP grade, and "new" version. I can never "turn" over a gallery to someone I build a web site for like this, if anything ever needed added/changed, I would have my family and friends all whining to me constantly to make changes for them. shrugs just my 2 cents..
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valiant Joined: 2003-01-04 Posts: 32509	Posted: Thu, 2006-01-26 21:59
	- gallery 1.x is still maintained and further developed, you can stay with that if you want - @impersonal look: it's just the default look and it's looking much cleaner / more professional than G1, IMO. if you want a more personal, playful look, just change the theme. there are already a few nice themes. you might find the PG theme meeting your criterias. http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery/screenshots/screenshotsG2/themes/pg/ http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:UserContributions#Themes

fryfrog Joined: 2002-10-30 Posts: 3236	Posted: Fri, 2006-02-03 01:33
	I like the G2 + WP (WPG2) with a modified version of the "Wordpress" theme. It does a good job of keeping things very simple by reducing what is displayed and adding a link to a "detailed" version for when you need to see the details. Unlike G1, G2 can be warped fairly easily to fit your needs. While it isn't easy to learn and create your own theme, it is possible to change the look of G2 so much that if you remove the "Gallery" logo/copyright/text stuff you might not even realize it was Gallery 2. Compare that with G1 who's themes pretty much all look the same ;) _________________________________ Support & Documentation \|\| Donate to Gallery \|\| My Website

I think it looks horrible and is -15 for user friendly

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