| Do you want to have your own permanent online | | | | daily meal. Do not forget to Google their reviews on |
| photo gallery on your own .COM web domain? It is | | | | the Internet before you subscribe to host your photo |
| easier than you imagine. You can brag to friends and | | | | gallery. |
| family about having your own web photo gallery by | | | | Here are some of the best available open source |
| following this simple 3 step process as outlined in the | | | | gallery applications - |
| later section. | | | | * 4images Gallery – You can build your own photo |
| No matter if you are an expert web designer or you | | | | album on your domain using this powerful web-based |
| want to have a simple website for personal blogging, | | | | image gallery admin system. Benefits include comment |
| you may find it useful to have your own photo gallery | | | | system, user registration and management, password |
| on your own domain using your own hosting account. | | | | protected administration area with browser-based |
| You are probable aware of many benefits of having | | | | upload and HTML templates for page layout and |
| your own web image gallery. Instead of using the free | | | | design. |
| photo hosting services on Snapfish, Flickr | | | | * Gallery – This is the most widely used image |
| orPhotobucket which can delete your photos at their | | | | gallery script. This open source web based photo |
| own will, you can have a permanent online album. You | | | | album gives you an easy way to blend photo |
| also can have control over the administration of your | | | | management seamlessly into your own website |
| album and the look and feel of the gallery. | | | | whether you are running a medium to small personal |
| So the 3 step process to achieve the above is: | | | | website or a huge community site. |
| 1) Get a web host that has one of the photo galleries | | | | * Coppermine Image Gallery – Coppermine is a |
| included in their hosting plans | | | | versatile photo gallery script with MySQL database, |
| 2) Install the photo gallery application as detailed below, | | | | user management, private galleries, automatic thumbnail |
| using one click installer such as Fantastico or vDeck. | | | | creation, film strip, and a template system for |
| 3) Configure, customize and upload your photos | | | | customization. |
| Now you are ready to tell the world that you have a | | | | The last step requires you to customize and upload |
| gallery on the internet for them to view and comment. | | | | the photos. This can be the most rewarding process |
| Based on a web host reviews that has been done, the | | | | as you can decide on the look and feel and organize |
| best website hosts that allow free installation and | | | | the photos the way you have been imagining your |
| works best when using one of the above galleries are | | | | gallery. You are free to make it look the way you |
| Fatcow, InMotion Hosting and A2 Hosting. They all cost | | | | want it. It is yours and Flickr, Snapfish or Photobucket |
| under $10 per month - cheaper than the cost of your | | | | has nothing to say about it. Enjoy! |