I don’t know if this is important for those who read my blog but I’m going to inform you anyway. After a bit of testing then a bunch of work, I’ve migrated our Photo Gallery software over to Coppermine Photo Blog software.
I had a couple of reasons for moving over to this software.
- It is capable of multiple types of media support. This means that we can put our photos up there like we have been but we can also put up video and audio. This just gives us greater possibilities going forward.
- It is simpler for uploading files. It reduces the number of steps that we had to go through or more specifically that Kathy had to remember or misremember.
- It also makes things like adding titles and comments to pictures much easier. You can actually do it as a batch process when you add a bunch of pictures which is more in line with how we add pictures.
- A long while ago I tried Coppermine but found it’s stability wanting. In my testing of this latest version it is very stable in every aspect and it’s very speedy especially with my new hosting service.
Overall there are a lot of good reasons and probably more why this software should work out well. I bet between Kathy and I that you will see some new pictures there soon.