Gallery2 Search Engine Optimization

If you have Gallery2 web gallery and want that it will be searchable for different search engines like Google and Yahoo, there are many tips to optimize your web gallery.

I'll describe a few tips, for my opinion they are important and easy to implement.

• Activate URL Rewrite plugin - with this feature, for example, your web gallery URL will look like: ".../gallery/barcelona_trip" instead of ".../gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=42". This URL will be more understandable for search engines.


• Picture Caption - write meaningful title, summary, keywords and description for each picture, preferably not very common. For example, instead of writing "Croatia" you can write "Travel photography from Croatia" or "Plitvice National Park - Croatia".


• Use keywords in filenames - rename your origin picture file names to meaningful names, for example "comino_island_malta_blue_lagoon_02.jpg".


• 301 Redirect - the main file of Gallery2 is main.php that gets 302 redirect from index.php. 302 redirect is not so friendly for search engines; it is recommended to change it to 301 redirect:
1. Backup index.php, this file is located in the root folder of your web gallery.


2. Open index.php file and search for:
   
   $phpVm->header('Location: ' . $urlGenerator->makeUrl($path));
   
   Change this line with these two:
   
   $phpVm->header('Status: 301 Moved Permanently');
   $phpVm->header('Location: ' . $urlGenerator->makeUrl($path));

You will not see any difference in your web gallery, the only way to check this, is with Firebug plugin for Firefox or HTTPWatch program for Internet Explorer.

See Also:

• All tips and suggestions for Gallery2 SEO.


• View Gallery2 Demo.

Enjoy,
Alex Webs.

Web Statistics for Coppermine Gallery

You're probably interesting in detailed web statics of your Coppermine gallery, what is the most popular section of your gallery, where the main traffic comes from, what's the average time visit and much more.

You can accomplish this goal, by adding web statistic code to your gallery.

How can I add web statistic code to my Coppermine gallery ?

First, you must register an account in one of web analytics systems, for example Google Analytics.

Second, before you are going to change any file, be sure to backup it.

The last step is to insert tracking code at the end of template.html located at "GALLERY_ROOT_FOLDER\themes\THEME_NAME" before </body> tag.

If you are using more than one theme, repeat the last step on other themes folders.
You can get separate web statistics for each theme by adding different tracking code to each template.html.

See Also:
Learn how to Create a Web Gallery.
Introduction to Free Web Hosting.

Enjoy,
Alex Webs.

Web Statistics for Gallery2

After you created your gallery, you may be interested in web statistics for your gallery. You can add web statistics to your gallery in less than ten minutes.

First of all, you must register an account in one of web analytics systems, for example Google Analytics.
The second step is to copy the file /gallery2/themes/" your theme name "/templates/theme.tpl to the "local" folder and edit that file there. Gallery will look for that file in the "local" folder first and use it if it exists.
The last step is to insert tracking code at the end of theme.tpl file, before </body> tag. Save the file on the server and that's all.

* If you are using more than one theme, repeat these steps on other themes.

If you are looking for internal Gallery statistics, read Statistics Module for Gallery2.

Learn how to create a web gallery.

Share Photos with Picasa Web Albums

Picasa Web Albums is the fast and easy way to put your photos online so you can start sharing. Picasa Web Albums also lets you sort and share your photos into public and private albums.

Use it with the Picasa software to upload entire albums of high quality photos in a click of the software's "Web Album" button, or use your normal web browser to add pics. Each account gets 1GB of free storage - that's enough to post and share around 4,000 standard resolution photos.

The big advantage of Picasa Web Albums, there are no annoying ads to distract from your photos, and you don't have to know Web design to create an album.

View Picasa Web Albums Demo.

Sign in to Picasa Web Albums.
Download Picasa Software.

Enjoy.
Read more about photo sharing and gallery creation.

How to Change Gallery Logo

You can change gallery logo very easy.

Copy file .../gallery2/themes/" your theme name "/templates/theme.tpl to the "local" folder and edit that file there. Gallery will look for that file in the "local" folder first and use it if it exists.

I changed logo only in matrix theme.

From:
<div id="gsHeader">
<img src="{g->url href="images/galleryLogo_sm.gif"}" width="107" height="48" alt=""/>
</div>

To:
<div id="gsHeader" align="center">
<img src="{g->url href="images/MyWebsiteAdviser.gif"}" width="750" height="70" alt="www.MyWebsiteAdviser.com Logo"/>
</div>

You can also set a logo image as a link, for example:
<a href="http://www.MyWebsiteAdviser.com"><img src="{g->url href="images/MyWebsiteAdviser.gif"}" width="750" height="70" alt="www.MyWebsiteAdviser.com Logo"/></a>

See my example: Gallery Example.

Repeat on other themes you want to change logo.
And ... don't forget to upload your logo image to the "images" folder (located in root folder of Gallery).

Alex Webs,
Create Online Gallery.

JAlbum Free Hosting

As you know, JAlbum is all about publishing personalized photo albums.
Recently JAlbum created a new service - myjalbum.net hosting. That's a very simple way to get your albums online.

Steps to create photo albums online:

1. Sign up - Register an account at jalbum.net. (You don’t need to sign up if you already are registered in the JAlbum forum.)


2. Make album - Download the JAlbum software. Just drag and drop images and image folders onto JAlbum and press “Make album”.


3. Publish - Use your username and password to publish to: yourname.myjalbum.net

View JAlbum Free Hosting Example.

Let’s get your photo albums online!


Enjoy,
Create Online Photo Album

Yahoo! Photos is Closing

Yahoo! Photos is closing on September 20, 2007.

Until then, Yahoo! offers you the opportunity to move to another photo sharing service (Flickr, KODAK Gallery, Shutterfly, Snapfish, or Photobucket). Yahoo! makes the transfer real simple, and with a couple clicks Yahoo! automatically move your photos. You can also download your original-resolution photos back to your computer.

Please make your decision by Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. After that time, any photos remaining in Yahoo! Photos will be deleted.

Click here to make your decision.

Enjoy,
Create Online Web Gallery.

Web Statistics for JAlbum

I'll explain here how you can view web statistics for your JAlbum web album. My example is based on Google Analytics web service but you can use any other web statistics service as well.

1. After installing JAlbum on your computer, there are index.htt and slide.htt files. Usually, these files located in "C:\Program Files\JAlbum7.2\skins\" skin name " folder.


2. Edit these files with notepad or some other text editor. Insert Google Analytics tracking code immediately before the </body> tag. Save and close these files.
   


3. Open JAlbum software and make an album. Now all pages include Google Analytics tracking code.


4. The last step is to upload the web album to your website. You can upload it with free ftp program or publish it through JAlbum program.

Enjoy,
Create Photo Album

JAlbum Integrated with Wordpress

The Wordpress - JAlbum plugin allows to integrate JAlbum galleries directly into wordpress posts. Either, you can use the JAlbum theme as is, or you can pull the files directly into the WordPress theme you use, disregarding the theme of the generated JAlbum gallery.

You can integrate complete albums, partial albums or single images from any JAlbum on your server.

It is also possible to integrate complete JAlbums from different servers - though this will not give you the possibility of using the Wordpress theme (in which case the gallery files have to be placed on the same server).

Just download the plugin and unzip it into the wp-content/plugins folder. Setup is done through the Wordpress settings control panel, and the Wordpress editor toolbar is automatically expanded with the new JAlbum functionality.

Download JAlbum plugin for Wordpress.

Enjoy,
Create Photo Gallery

Gallery Permissions

Gallery supports multiple users. This allows administrators to give individual and separate users different permissions, based on the administrator's wishes.

Managing users in Gallery is extremely simple. Follow these steps:

1. Logon to your Gallery as an administrator. Go to "Site Admin" -> "Users" and create a new user.

2. Create an album for the user. Go to "Site Admin" -> "Back to Album" -> "Add Album".

3. Change the permission of album. Under each album you'll see combo box, choose "Edit Permissions". If you don't want that everyone will see this picures and sub albums, click on "Remove" next to "Everybody". At the bottom of the screen you'll see "New User Permission", type the user name and choose permission ("All access" - user can do all operations or "add sub-item" - user can upload pictures only). Click "Add Permission" at the end.

Watch all these steps in video:

Watch how to set up gallery permissions

Enjoy,
View Gallery example.
Create Web Album.

Create Photo Album in Three Easy Steps

How can I create a photo album on my website ?

We will explain how to create photo album on your own website. If you already have a website, skip to third section of this article.

• At the beginning you have to create a website. The first step in creating a website is registering a domain name. We recommend to register a domain name at www.GoDaddy.com.
  
• Next step is choosing hosting space for your website. The are a lot of hosting companies, we recommend to buy hosting from big and trusted companies like PowWeb.com or Hostgator.com.
  * If you purchase domain name and hosting in different companies, you will need to change domain name pointer to the hosting company. For example, if you purchase domain name from www.GoDaddy.com you will need to do steps described in this article.
  
• The last step is to download and install on your computer a photo album generator like JAlbum or ornj.net. Create photo album on separate folder following program instructions. Upload photo album folder to your website with ftp client.
  

See Also:

• Introduction to Domain Name Registration


• Introduction to Paid Web Hosting


• Create Photo Album on Your Website

For questions you can contact us: info@MyWebsiteAdviser.com or post your questions on www.MyWebsiteAdviser.com forum

Enjoy,
Alex Webs

How to Change Gallery Title?

You installed Menalto Gallery and want change Gallery title.

There are a few very simple steps how you can do it:

1. Login to your Gallery.


2. Go to "Edit Album" on the right, "General" tab, and change title, description etc.

View Gallery Example!

Read more photo album articles.

Create photo gallery on your website.

Enjoy,
Alex Webs

How To Create a Web Photo Gallery With ACDSee

Create web photo gallery with ACDSee in 10 minutes.

1. Install ACDSee on your computer. Verify that Album Generator plug-in is marked. (During the installation Yahoo! toolbar is installed by default. Choose "Please do not install Yahoo! toolbar" if you don't want it.)
   
2. Open ACDSee and select images.
   
3. Go to Create -> Create HTML Album. Read and follow the instructions.
   
4. Before you upload Output directory to your Web server, you can see album locally. Open index.htm file.

View ACDSee Web Photo Gallery Example

Learn more about photo album creation

SAVE 20% on ACDSee products with the coupon code cjacd20off


Enjoy,
Alex Webs

ACDSee - Image Viewer Software

ACDSee is a shareware image viewer software. Besides the usual thumbnail viewing of folders and file type conversion, key features of ACDSee include slideshow presentations, CD/DVD burning, HTML gallery creation and image folder syncing. It is also possible to do minor image manipulation like cropping, scaling and rotating.

Download ACDSee 9 Photo Manager today – Organize and enhance your photos. Share your world!

SAVE 20% on ACDSee products with the coupon code cjacd20off

Enjoy,
Alex Webs

Edit Pictures Online

Edit your photos online within your browser for free—no download and installation necessary.
You can edit an image by uploading image from your computer or by opening it from the web.

Visit picnik.com
Visit snipshot.com

Enjoy,
Alex Webs

Gallery install at GoDaddy.com

Gallery works fine on GoDaddy Linux hosting, even with economy plan.

The easy way to create Gallery on GoDaddy is to do it with GoDaddy Metropolis:
1. Login and open your hosting account.
2. Go to Hosting Metropolis.
3. Install Gallery (include all configurations).
4. After installation, login to Gallery. Go to Admin Options -> Modules. Install and activate ImageMagick. Path for ImageMagick is /usr/bin/ (version 5) or /usr/local/bin/ (version 6)

That's it. Works fine.
View Gallery example at GoDaddy

Enjoy,
Alex Webs

Create online photo album or add photo gallery to your website.

Simplified Photo Sharing

I've nice photo sharing website - DPHOTO.
There are no ads or spam.

See my example: http://mywebsiteadviser.dphoto.com

Enjoy,
Alex Webs

Photo Album & Photo Gallery Creation

Hi,

I am working on my website - http://www.mywebsiteadviser.com. In the first section of the menu I described how to create free photo album on the web or how to add photo gallery to your website. There is an example for each photo album.

Enjoy,
Alex Webs