I'm Jacob Clark

We’ve been looking into various ways we’ll be able to store the required data within Thundergallery to make it a really dynamic system, we’re going to be looking at three different versions:

1. MySQL
2. MongoDB
3. Flat File (No Additional Server Database)

Really, MySQL & MongoDB are just for a choice, the Flat File system will be for those who don’t have access to MySQL or MongoDB, in some cases web hosters are very limited and not everybody can spare a single MySQL/MongoDB Database just for an image gallery!

I’ll have another update for you by the end of the week!

jc.

So 8 hours ago I introduced a new development of mine, Thundergallery. Which is a lightweight, open source PHP gallery system. Not designed to be standalone but included into sites to give them a fully manageable gallery system at ease. (Not ruling out the possibility of a standalone system too though, just yet.)

The initial barebone system is now complete, the link between the image upload, MySQL database and gallery display function all ties together and gives a very bare gallery system, with a nice jQuery plugin to give it some edge.

The next steps are to create a nice administration section for the plugin, here the ability to add users that can upload to the gallery, remove images and other features are going to be added.

That’s all I have to report right now, but I hope to have a live demo ready for tomorrow evening.

jc. @imjacobclark

It’s been along time since I’ve developed any kind of web application, finished it and then released it, but recently I’ve come across the need for a heavily customizable (and lightweight) Image Gallery.

Something that can be downloaded, installed and then with a single line of code and a sprinkle of customization, bam, a fully featured image gallery.

You can check out the progress over at http://www.fusionstrike.com/thundergallery

I’ll be posting information regularly about the development and I’ll be pushing an initial commit up to GitHub when I have a fully working system.

jc. - @imjacobclark