Create a Web-based Photo Gallery in a Jiffy with GMFoto

Productivity Sauce
Looking for a quick and easy way to set up a Web-based photo gallery? Consider GMFoto. This application lets you create a snazzy Web-based photo album literally in a matter of minutes.
Unlike many popular photo gallery applications, GMFoto doesn't use a database back-end, so it's dead-simple to install and configure. Grab the latest version of the application and unpack the downloaded archive into a directory (e.g., gmfoto). Now open the code/code.index.php file in a text editor and replace the loveunit_com string with the name of the resulting directory (in this case, it's gmfoto). Do the same in the index.php file in the user/00000 directory. The user/00000 directory also contains the settings.php file which you can use to tweak the gallery's settings. Here you can specify a gallery name and description, keywords, a Google Analytics account ID, a gallery skin, and thumbnail sizes.
Once GMFoto is configured, move the entire gmfoto directory into the document root of your server, and copy the folders containing photos to the user/00000 directory. Point your browser to http://yourserver/gmfoto/user/00000 and behold the gallery generated by GMFoto. Note that it may take a while for GMFoto to generate thumbnails for the photos, so you may have to wait a bit for the gallery to appear in the browser.
GMFoto supports multiple users (it comes with two default user directories: 00000 and 00001). If you want to add a new user, simply clone the entire 0000 or 0001 directory and edit the index.php file as described above.
GMFoto is not the most advanced photo gallery software out there, but if you need to turn your photo collection into a slick photo album with a minimum of effort, this application will do the trick just fine.
Comments
comments powered by DisqusSubscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters
Support Our Work
Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.

News
-
Akamai Will Host kernel.org
The organization dedicated to cloud-based solutions has agreed to host kernel.org to deliver long-term stability for the development team.
-
Linux Kernel 6.14 Released
The latest Linux kernel has arrived with extra Rust support and more.
-
EndeavorOS Mercury Neo Available
A new release from the EndeavorOS team ships with Plasma 6.3 and other goodies.
-
Fedora 42 Beta Has Arrived
The Fedora Project has announced the availability of the first beta release for version 42 of the open-source distribution.
-
Dash to Panel Maintainer Quits
Charles Gagnon has stepped away as maintainer of the popular Dash to Panel Gnome extension.
-
CIQ Releases Security-Hardened Version of Rocky Linux
If you're looking for an enterprise-grade Linux distribution that is hardened for business use, there's a new version of Rocky Linux that's sure to make you and your company happy.
-
Gnome’s Dash to Panel Extension Gets a Massive Update
If you're a fan of the Gnome Dash to Panel extension, you'll be thrilled to hear that a new version has been released with a dock mode.
-
Blender App Makes it to the Big Screen
The animated film "Flow" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 97th Academy Awards held on March 2, 2025 and Blender was a part of it.
-
Linux Mint Retools the Cinnamon App Launcher
The developers of Linux Mint are working on an improved Cinnamon App Launcher with a better, more accessible UI.
-
New Linux Tool for Security Issues
Seal Security is launching a new solution to automate fixing Linux vulnerabilities.
I followed the instructions...
Where exactly do the pictures need to be, and what else could be preventing it from working? Is there some log file I can check to see what is going on... Other than that I don't know what other information I can give you....
Dave
Re: Name??
Name??