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[nefar Friend nefarJoin date: December 2007Posts: 434Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 42 times in 1 posts]

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Anyone out there that uses community builder with a photo gallery that allows users to create/manage their own galleries? If so what are you using?

I’m thinking of putting together something along the lines of a family site for my mother so she can share her recipes, photos, and so forth with family and friends. I’ve been on the hunt for good components to accomplish this task.

[mihirc Friend mihircJoin date: December 2008Posts: 597Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 62 Thanked: 95 times in 39 posts]

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<em>@nefar 150990 wrote:</em><blockquote>Anyone out there that uses community builder with a photo gallery that allows users to create/manage their own galleries? If so what are you using?

I’m thinking of putting together something along the lines of a family site for my mother so she can share her recipes, photos, and so forth with family and friends. I’ve been on the hunt for good components to accomplish this task.</blockquote>
Hello,

I have been using JoomGallery for the same, but it is buggy. I mean its ok but there are things that are very basic but you cannot control them.
For example :
1. While uploading you can upload multiple images, but you only get 1 input field for the name 🙂
2. The navigation is really bad. Go to user control panel > go to categories > create new album. Then go to galleries, and then upload new images.

Other than these 2 basic, but most important things, the extension works fine. No problems at all.

You might also try Coppermine Gallery with the CB bridge built by Mehdi. I want to test it, but havnt found the time to do so.

Regards,
Mihir Chhatre

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[nefar Friend nefarJoin date: December 2007Posts: 434Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 42 times in 1 posts]

#322601

I almost went with joomsocial but ended up using CB + Joomgallery. Joomgallery does have a lot of functions but could use some tweaking. Nice full functional gallery for being free though.

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#322991

<em>@nefar 151599 wrote:</em><blockquote>I almost went with joomsocial but ended up using CB + Joomgallery. Joomgallery does have a lot of functions but could use some tweaking. Nice full functional gallery for being free though.</blockquote>
Hello,

That is a great combination. Though i would tell you be careful if you are building a community site, because ppl find it very difficult to upload photos from the frontend. You should probably right a small into on how to upload photographs.

Regards,
Mihir Chhatre.

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#335611

You can also use Nants CB gallery, though it requires legacy plugin to be enabled but It’s a great gallery for CB.

[bspencer90 Friend bspencer90Join date: March 2010Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 3]

#335626

I wanted to use Joomla Gallery too, thanks for the heads up. I will try and combine it with CB too.

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#336783

I run CB and Joomla but I did not allow the users too much control. Its the only site I use with this setup and was looking to keep it simple.

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