Hi superhua, Here is a solution which uses CCK and Views.

Blessings!

-NP

NP,

I have used that technique. It works great. I have only done it in Drupal 5. Do you know if it works in Drupal 6?

Thanks!
Shrop

Hey Shrop,

Truthfully, It's been such a long time since I read through that tutorial, I don't recall the exact steps. I just created a D6 gallery and setup is quite straightforward.

• Create a content type which contains an Imagefield.
• Assign your display fields; I'm using a Lighbox sideshow, but an ImageCache preset would work just fine.
• Create a View which outputs your fields as a grid.

Let me know if anything is not clear.

Blessings!

-NP

Thanks much! I will give this a shot in a test site. I like your method a lot. Looks to be fairly clean and simple. It looks to be upgrade proof for the most part too. That is my biggest issue with galleries. I have built them using other methods and modules and then those modules aren't updated, causing my gallery of lots of images somewhat dead for upgrades.

Thanks again!
Shrop

I've created a simple photo gallery using CCK + Imagefield + Imagecache (for thumbnails and whatnot). There's also an ImageField Gallery module which ties it all together but I haven't used that module.

Check out the reviews at http://drupalmodules.com/search/node/gallery+type%...

Don't forget views is super awesome and lightbox (http://drupal.org/project/lightbox2) adds the sweetness.

NP, How do you accomplish putting multiple image galleries together? Is that taxonomy or an extra CCK field with an argument in your view?

When I implemented the gallery using cck, views, etc in Drupal 5, I used taxonomy for galleries. I try to use taxonomy whenever I need to categorize nodes. Drupal's taxonomy system is pretty awesome and there are so many modules including views that can directly manipulate taxonomy items. A good way to go.

Hey Josiah,

I'm taking the same approach that Google does with Gmail. Folders (or in this case, galleries) are thinking in terms of static design. I'm simply dropping everything in a single gallery, sorting the photos chronologically, and exposing tags (a required field) in a node cloud. There are times when galleries work really well but I'm trying to sell 2.0.

I am using your approach, (taxonomy and Views filter) to determine which nodes are promoted to the homepage. I have three terms, (Homepage: <Primary div>, Homepage: <Secondary div>, Not on homepage.) When creating the node, they are required to make a selection from a dropdown. This works great, is very intuitive, and provides greater control than the default publish to frontpage checkbox.

Blessings!

-NP

I know this is an old post, and I'm sorry for bumping it, but if anyone out there on the Internet is still looking...

I created a very simple "Easy Gallery" drupal 6 module designed specifically for non-technical clients to use (though seasoned drupalers might like it too because of its simplicity).

I originally wrote it for a client's site I was building; they needed to be able to create new galleries and upload images in a format similar to Flickr or Facebook. I knew CCK and Views were too much for them.

Anyway, it is hosted on my site:
http://www.richardpeacock.com/blog/2010/02/easy-ga...

Features automatic thumbnail creation, rearranging images with drag and drop, and just a clean, simple interface.

Thanks,
Richard