Image Galleries

Image gallery software allows you to host a website were images are the main form of content. They come with built in functions for importing large quantities of images and cropping images into various sizes like thumbnails. They're highly customizable and expandable so your site can grow and build a community around specific types of images. And in some cases, you can actually integrate an image gallery into another content management system. For instance, Drupal (a sophisticated open source content management system) has a Gallery module where you can actually use Gallery within the Drupal framework.

There are two open source packages that Wallanet recommends for image galleries, Gallery 2 and Coppermine. Both packages are scaleable, customizable and offer skins and modules for expandability.

To learn more about Gallery 2 please visit their website: http://gallery.menalto.com/

To learn more about Coppermine please visit their website: http://coppermine-gallery.net/

Bottom Line:
Wallanet recommends Gallery 2. It offers the most functionality and has an active community offering support and add-on modules.

What else do you need to know before you start your very own online image gallery?
Both these solutions are turn-key and will get you a great fully functioning site without too much effort.