using Gallery2 to store images from trip.. and show to friends.. NO deletion?

NothingRandom

Joined: 2006-07-25
Posts: 5
Posted: Tue, 2006-07-25 05:53

I have a fresh G2 install. I have 5,000 MB of shared webhosting space. Instead of buying half a dozen memory cards I plan to offload my photos to the webhost via FTP upload, applet upload, or remote upload. Will my ORIGINAL images be ALWAYS availble on the server? (to download via FTP) I want to be able to share pictures with friends and family but my primary concern is that G2 NOT EVER delete the images automatically as part of thumbnailing or gallery creation.

Thanks for your kind feedback.

Gallery version = 2.1 core 1.1.0
PHP version = 4.3.11 cgi-fcgi
Webserver = Apache
Database = mysqlt 4.0.27-max-log, lock.system=flock
Toolkits = ArchiveUpload, Exif, Getid3, Thumbnail, Gd, ImageMagick
Acceleration = full/900, none
Operating system = Linux 2.4.21-27.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 21:59:02 EST 2004 i686
Default theme = matrix
Locale = en_US
Browser = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060617 Firefox/1.5.0.4

ImageMagick 6.2.7
Supported MIME Types

The ImageMagick module can support files with the following MIME types:

image/gif
image/jpeg
image/pjpeg
image/png
image/svg+xml
image/bmp
application/photoshop
image/x-photo-cd
image/jpeg-cmyk
 
valiant

Joined: 2003-01-04
Posts: 32509
Posted: Tue, 2006-07-25 22:12

Yes.

G2 puts the original files you upload to g2data/albums/ .. and never changes them.
If you add watermarks for instance, G2 will create a copy of your original and add the watermark there.

But relying on your webhost as the one and only storage for your valuable images is a bad idea. Webhosts don't guarantee you anything.
 
NothingRandom

Joined: 2006-07-25
Posts: 5
Posted: Tue, 2006-07-25 23:54

thank you for your reply! :D The country I'm visiting doesn't have a kinkos on every corner, and the family with whom I'm staying doesn't have a CD/DVD burner. And I cannot afford a dozen memory cards. I can however afford GoDaddy hosting -- though their "support" staff are anything but flexible. If it were 'free' webhosting I'd be tempted to agree with you.