Currently I use Gallery, though it could use an update in version, but I’m looking at moving to Picasa or Flickr to host images.\u00a0 Though I currently don’t have a lot of images, that may change in the future.\u00a0 I do need to know how easy it is to upload images, how many you can batch upload at a time (Gallery version I have limits to like 10 images at a time or something, it’s been a while), and how much storage space each one allows.\u00a0 Gallery is limited to what my webhost allows while the others may have significantly larger amounts of space.<\/p>\n
From initial glances, it looks like Flickr has far better support for things like WordPress integration.\u00a0 Picasa, I’ve heard, is an overall better experience though.\u00a0 So I’ll have to check into all of them and we’ll see.\u00a0 My image gallery may see some hiccups though (hopefully not since I don’t have any of those images backed up anymore) while I fiddle with the upgrade.<\/p>\n
If anyone has any insight on the various photo hosting solutions let me know.\u00a0 Thanks!<\/p>\n
Flickr Page<\/a> | Picasa Album<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE <\/strong><\/p>\n Here’s what I found out so far.<\/p>\n Flickr allows 100MB of storage with an option of purchasing a premium account for more space.\u00a0 It seems to indicate 100MB per month so I dunno if it’s increased each month.\u00a0 I’ll find out next month.\u00a0 Flickr’s uploading utility is quite nice for batch uploads as well as new album creation.\u00a0 Overall the experience is nice but very basic and straightforward.\u00a0 I didn’t find any of the nice plugins for WordPress yet much to other user’s claims.<\/p>\n Picasa: This is a combination solution for on and offline photo management.\u00a0 The software you get from Google is really sophisticated and offers by far a greater set of tools to tweak your images.\u00a0 Crop, straighten, redeye reduction, auto contrast\/color, effects such as sepia and glow are all included.\u00a0 You get 1GB of storage online which seems like it’s more than enough for me.\u00a0 It generates albums based on the folder structure you’ve created then you can push images up to the web for online viewing.<\/p>\n Gallery 2 moves from flat file management to a database management and restricts me to the size of the database (which I only have one covering both WordPress and phpbb now) I use.\u00a0 Gallery 1 limits me to the size of webspace storage I have using a flat file management system. I won’t be making the upgrade to Gallery 2 since looking at Flickr\/Picasa I can have potentially vastly larger storage space.<\/p>\n