NAME

CGI::Application::PhotoGallery - module to provide a simple photo gallery.

SYNOPSIS

        use CGI::Application::PhotoGallery;
        
        my $webapp = CGI::Application::PhotoGallery->new(
                PARAMS => {
                        photos_dir  => '/path/to/photos',
                        script_name => $0
                }
        );
        
        $webapp->run();

DESCRIPTION

CGI::Application::PhotoGallery is a CGI::Application module allowing people to create their own simple photo gallery. There is no need to generate your own thumbnails since they are created on the fly (using either the GD or Image::Magick modules).

To use this module you need to create an instance script. It should look like:

        #!/usr/bin/perl
        
        use CGI::Application::PhotoGallery;
        
        my $webapp = CGI::Application::PhotoGallery->new(
                PARAMS => {
                        photos_dir  => '/path/to/photos',
                        script_name => $0
                }
        );
        
        $webapp->run();

You'll need to replace the "/path/to/photos" with the real path to your photos (see the photos_dir options below). There is no need to change the "script_name" parameter.

Put this somewhere where CGIs can run and name it something like index.cgi.

This gets you the default behavior and look. To get something more to your specifications you can use the options described below.

OPTIONS

CGI::Application modules accept options using the PARAMS arguement to new(). To give options for this module you change the new() call in the instance script shown above:

        my $webapp = CGI::Application::PhotoGallery->new(
                PARAMS => {
                        photos_dir  => '/path/to/photos',
                        script_name => $0,
                        title       => 'My Photos'
                }
        );

The title option tells PhotoGallery to use 'My Photos' as the title rather than the default value. See below for more information about title and other options.

photos_dir (required)

This parameter is used to specify where all of your photos are located. PhotoGallery needs to know this so i can display all of your photos.

NB: Your photos_dir needs to have directories inside of it for images to show up! For example:

        / (root)
        |
        +--- path
             |
             +--- to
                  |
                  +--- photos
                       |
                       +---- Summer Trip
                       |     |
                       |     +--- pic01.jpg
                       |
                       +---- Xmas 04
                             |
                             +--- pic01.jpg

By pointing photos_dir to /path/to/photos, you will get 2 sections of photos: Summer Trip and Xmas 04, each with one photo. The output will look something like this:

        +-------------------------------+
        |          Summer Trip          |
        +-------+-------+-------+-------+
        |       |       |       |       |
        | pic01 |       |       |       |
        |       |       |       |       |
        +-------+-------+-------+-------+
        
        +-------------------------------+
        |             Xmas 04           |
        +-------+-------+-------+-------+
        |       |       |       |       |
        | pic01 |       |       |       |
        |       |       |       |       |
        +-------+-------+-------+-------+

script_name (required)

This parameter should stay as $0. It is needed because PhotoGallery links to itself and needs to know the name of the instance script.

title

By default every page will start with the title "My Photo Gallery". You can specify your own using the title parameter.

thumb_size

By default PhotoGallery displays thumbnail images that are 100 x 100 on the index page. You can change this by specifying either 's' (50 x 50), 'm' (100 x 100) or 'l' (150 x 150) for this option.

thumbs_per_row

The default number of thumbnails per row on the index page is 4. You can change it by specifying your own value in the instance script.

graphics_lib

You can specifify which graphics library you wish to use to size your thumbnails. Included in this package are Magick (Image::Magick) and the default: GD. You can also create your own if you wish.

extensions

Should you wish, you can also specify the allowable extensions. The defaults are: png, gif, jpg and jpeg.

index_template

This application uses HTML::Template to generate its HTML pages. If you would like to customize the HTML you can copy the default form template and edit it to suite your needs. The default form template is called 'photos_index.tmpl' and you can get it from the distribution or from wherever this module ended up in your @INC. Pass in the path to your custom template as the value of this parameter.

See HTML::Template for more information about the template syntax.

single_template

The default template for an individual photo is called 'photos_single.tmpl' and you can get it from the distribution or from wherever this module ended up in your @INC. Pass in the path to your custom template as the value of this parameter.

See HTML::Template for more information about the template syntax.

METHODS

setup( )

This method sets the default options and makes sure all required parameteres are set.

gallery_index( )

Reads in the contents of your photos_dir and generates an index of images.

thumbnail( )

Generates a thumbnail for the requested image using the selected graphics library.

show_image( )

Sends the contents of the image to the browser.

single_index( )

Fills and sends the template for viewing an individual image.

SEE ALSO

• CGI::Application

• HTML::Template

• CGI::Application::MailPage

AUTHOR

• Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2005 by Brian Cassidy

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

cpanm CGI::Application::PhotoGallery

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install CGI::Application::PhotoGallery