Templated HTML galleries based on in-photo metadata
Project description
Photoweb creates HTML galleries based on in-photo metadata, from flexible templates. What’s different about it?
It’s easy to add new photos; just drop them in the folder and re-run
You don’t have to track metadata; it comes from the photos themselves, using standard embedded metadata
It’s easy to modify the templates to make your photos look great.
See <http://www.mnot.net/photo/> for an example.
Installing Photoweb
Photoweb needs:
Python 2.6 or greater; see <http://python.org/>
The PIL and pystache libraries.
It’s easiest with PIP:
$ pip install photoweb
Using Photoweb
To generate the HTML for a gallery, call photoweb from the command line:
$ photoweb .
You can generate multiple galleries at once:
$ photoweb beach hawaii snow
When you first generate a gallery, you can specify the page title and description, which will be used in the template:
$ photoweb -p “At the Beach” -d “We went to the beach for a weekend. Fun!” .
The page metadata will be saved in a file (md.json) for use next time you run photoweb.
Creating and Using Templates
By default, the default template will be used (from ~/.photoweb/tpl/default; if it isn’t there, it’ll be automagically created). You can edit this, or create new templates, using them with the -t option:
$ photoweb -t “my template” .
Templates are directories with the following files in them:
md.json - a configuration file
gallery.html - the overview page
detail.html - a single photo page
Take a look at the default template to get an idea of how to create your own.
License
Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Mark Nottingham
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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