Wordpress Gallery Builder
 

Some of you might be interested in this wordpress plugin. This isn't my software and there's no referral links. I'm just really happy with it.

http://uusoftware.com/

It generates a picture gallery on your wordpress blog. You can either upload a set of pics, or it can rip the fullsize pics from a gallery. It then crops the thumbnails, adds alt tags and links each thumb to a full-size picture page.

Here's a sample of the plugin in action:

http://www.thegirlswelove.com

It's very easy to use. Once you get it setup, it takes just 2-3 minutes to make a post. And the script author is very helpful if you have any problems.

The plug-in isn't cheap (there's a free trial). And I hate paying for software. But it makes posting so easy. I've got it running on 3 blogs right now, and it only takes me a few minutes each day to update them. I think it was a good investment.

Anyways, just wanted to give a heads up.

Dude, that was a seriously nifty piece of software! I can see a new life for my half-dead splogs coming from this. Thanks for the link! |thumb

This plugin looks good :) When I have more time I`ll try it.

I'm playing around with this plugin right now and I'm actually pretty impressed (partly because I was able to install it without any problems and it works fine just out of the box).

Buncha, how are you able to put a banner smack in the middle of your thumbs? I tried

Lemmy,

I like this plugin too and it is very easy if you get the taste of it.

Here is a sample template, hope this helps,



I heard that a new version is on its way with thumb cropping and other features. |waves|

Thanks digifan, I'll try it out. |thumb

I've downgraded my enthusiasm to lukewarm. :(

Are you guys using the gallery grabber function? And if so are you using it successfully? I gotta say, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, and I'll be damned if I can figure out why.

I guess I'll shoot the author an e-mail and see what he says.

Hi Lemmy. Here's my template. It gives me 5 sets of 3 thumbs across (each 145px wide). Depending on the pics, I often tweak the Thumb height and the Big width.


I had a problem with the gallery grabber at first. But it was a problem with my host. Dreamhost runs some proprietary programs that aren't compatible with many scripts. I emailed the author, and he had it fixed in a few hours (I think he added CURL support).

But I personally don't like using the gallery grabber. Most FHG galleries use full size pictures that are a mix of wide and tall images. The thumbs look good on the FHG gallery, because they're hand cropped. This software autocrops thumbs. So you'll end up with thumbnails of a bellybutton or a knee.

My preferred method is to get a image set and choose the best 12-15 pics that will autocrop well. It only takes a minute to select the pics and upload them.

My preferred method is the same :) And I run a Pshop batch action first so the selected big pics are only 600 wide saving on BW and still looking good.

Thanks for that template example Buncha. I've been in touch with Paul and you're right, he is a helpful guy. Nothing wrong with the software, but I have a tendency to overcomplicate things. I'm getting the hang of it now.

Unlike you and digifan I'm gonna go for grabbing. I'm done with pretty and aim for fast & easy. :D

I may try it soon as well, I have to upgrade first. Good luck |waves|

Looks like the next update is coming soon. Just checked out the website and there's some new info and features listed. I requested a lot of these features a few weeks back (although I'm sure everyone requested them). Glad to see the author is listening to his customers.

It looks like there'll be a visual interface, manual cropping, using zip files, different banners for different galleries on the full size image viewer, customizable thumb/image names, and more.

This is really going to kick things up a notch.

http://uusoftware.com/

This is a great tool, i'm using it and loving it.....after the big update today it should be better then ever.

If you have a blog with galleries on it you should really think about using this peace of great software!

Thanks guys! Looks like people had found update info before I got a moment to post official info :) So here is the main event:

= UUGallery v2.0: Total rebuild =

We've been hard at work developing, upgrading, and testing a newer, more powerful version of UUGallery. We are now proud to announce the most feature-rich gallery generating script from UUSoftware yet, UUGallery Builder v2.0!

Give our FREE Trial A Try at http://www.uusoftware.com/

UUGallery has been rebuilt from the ground up with multiple new features added to make your gallery building experience it's absolute easiest to make your MORE $$$:

1. NEW - Visual Interface!
No more specifying parameters deep inside your templates. UUGallery features an appealing easy to use form to set these variables.
2. NEW - Manual Cropping
You asked for it, and you got it. Fully flexible visual cropping with resizable box allows you to crop any part of image easily in 1 click! No more funky looking auto-generated thumbs.
3. Different 5 gallery sources:
- a) Grab a gallery from FHG's and TGP's
- b) Grab a ZIP file from internet. Plugin unpacks it at the server and builds gallery for you. You can grab zip files from members areas if you want, it supports authorization.
- c) Fusker style: it grabs images such as somehost.com/photo[1-10].jpg
You don't have to specify a type of what you what to grab (FHG, ZIP file or Fusker style) as plugin automatically recognizes the format for you! Easier than ever!
- d) Upload gallery in a ZIP file though your browser.
- c) Build a gallery from a uploaded folder at your server
4. NEW - Customizable linker:
- a) Link thumbs to fullsized image viewer
- b) Link directly to full-size image
- c) Directly to sponsor's URL (send surfers directly to the join page!)
6. Now you can redirect a percentage of clicks to sponsor URL instead of clicking 'next' at big image in Full-Sized viewer to earn more $$$!
7. You can set different banners in Full-Sized image viewer (and ofcourse image viewer is fully customizable too).
8. Include/exclude images while doing manual cropping.
9. SEO customizable file names for thumbs and images.
10. SEO friendly URLS in FullSized viewer.
and much more! Check out the rest of our lengthy features list at our website.

http://www.uusoftware.com

You can watch our online video tutorial for more info: http://uusoftware.com/#tutorial
And don't forget to try our 5 days free trial at: http://uusoftware.com/getlicensetrial.php

Special offers:
1. First five customers will get a free license who set our 120x80banner at their five blogs at the footer.
2. Upgrades from the previous version just for $15.
3. Arylia clients who want to migrate will get 50% discount for the first license.

If you have comments or questions about this product, please just drop me a note to email or post here. I can add any features you want, just ask! Thanks!

Just wanted to post a follow-up. I've been using the latest version on a few blogs, and it's really amazing. The manual cropping and unique banners on the image viewer makes a huge difference.

If you haven't upgraded yet, do it now. It'll really improve your blog. This software has brought new life to some of my old blogs. It's probably one of the best investments I've made.