Joomla Portfolio Image Gallery?

[StiligeCecilie]

Anyone know of a good image gallery for Joomla that I can use?
I am setting up a web site for a guy, and he has ALOT of work.... So I need a gallery that I can use for uploading a great amount of images, suits Joomla 1.5.5 and can be used from the front end.

Can anyone help?

If you want to see the site it's
http://www.torerikledang.no
His site may take a little while to load, the hosting he chose sucks -.-. When I was half done with the site, they lost all items in the MySQL database, so I had to fix it. Wish he had changed his host... :P

I haven't designed anything, just fixed CSS and stuff. This guy is a great designer, and he has designed the banner and such on his own. He doesn't know any programming though, so that's why I set up a Joomla site for him.
I know it's really a simple site, but that's the way he wanted it, so :)

Please post links to galleries if you know of any?
Thanks!

[Toon]

JoomlaWorks | Extension Demos - Simple Image Gallery PRO v1.2 - Joomla! image galleries redefined!

[StiligeCecilie]

Originally Posted by Toon

JoomlaWorks | Extension Demos - Simple Image Gallery PRO v1.2 - Joomla! image galleries redefined!

"For performance issues, prefer not to use more than 20 - 30 images per content item, otherwise you're just overweighing your pages."

This might be a problem. I need a gallery where images can be uploaded from the front end. I want him to upload the images him self since he has so many of them. And no, he can't use a ftp program, and I won't let him.

[hfbadvertising]

Using wikki or letting a programmer customize a gallery for you so the end user can upload it. For the right programmer its all copy and paste these days.

[StiligeCecilie]

Originally Posted by hfbadvertising

Using wikki or letting a programmer customize a gallery for you so the end user can upload it. For the right programmer its all copy and paste these days.

My boyfriend is a programmer, but I don't see the point of making a gallery and working it into Joomla when I can download extensions for Joomla that is ready to innstall.

I have searched for a good gallery, but I am having problems finding one that fits my need. I don't want a fancy pantsy gallery, but a simple one that I can download A LOT of images up to via front-end and having a lightbox preview or something...

[bartoszdesign]

if you're looking for a ready-to-use and highly-customizable solution i can recommend gallery 2 and using a joomla-gallery2 bridge for implementation. it might be a bigger afford in the beginning to set everything up, but in the end it pays out. you can easily set a gallery-only account up for him and he will be able to upload all his work without any hazzle.

Gallery | Your photos on your website
Joomla! Extensions Directory - Gallery 2 Bridge

[vdowsett]

I'd be interested in hearing what solution you end up using! I'm working with a photographer who wants something similar.

[StiligeCecilie]

Originally Posted by vdowsett

I'd be interested in hearing what solution you end up using! I'm working with a photographer who wants something similar.

I used this
Coppermine Photo Gallery
With a bridge to Joomla
Joomla-Coppermine Bridge (Main Page)

:)

[vdowsett]

Thanks - I'll give it a go.

[bartoszdesign]

coppermine is great indeed, but does the joomla bridge fix the clean-url problem coppermine is still having? i have dismissed it in the past for that reason.