SIMGallery is the only (yes, ONLY) Joomla gallery system that was developed specifically with communities in mind, and is integrated seamlessly with Community Builder or JomSocial.
Tired of all the galleries extensions out there that provide tons of features that 90% of users don't need? Looking for a component that allows your users to upload and share their own photos, but every "solution" you found requires hacking, modifying, or compromises certain functionality? I know I am, which was why I created SIMGallery.
If you have a community site and looking for a way to allow your users to manage their photos and albums, SIMGallery is not only your best choice, it is your only choice! SIMGallery looks and works EXACTLY like Facebook's photos, with even more features!
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- Joomla 1.5 native, integrates with CB or JomSocial
- Users can:
- Create/Delete/Edit albums
- Upload multiple photos at a time (JPG, PNG, GIF)
- Edit/Delete multiple photos at a time
- Browse through an album without having to refresh the page
- When browsing, copy the URL in the address bar, then pasting it on another window, will load up the correct photo (try it!)
- Re-organize their albums by cool drag and drop feature
- Specify a photo to be the album cover
- Comment photos and albums
- Rate photos
- Rotate photos with cool effect (try it!)
- Set a photo as display picture (avatar) via AJAX (try it!)
- Download photos
- Flag photos as inappropriate
- Tag people in photos
- Grab others' photos and place in their albums
- Complete permissions system (Everyone, Friends of Friends, Only Friends, Only Owner)
- Control who can view their albums, and who is allowed to comment, rate, download and tag their photos!
- Complete notification system
- Control what notification emails they wish to receive!
- Publish new albums only after they have commented and tagged the photos to their content
- Share album with friends (PM and email) and Post album to profile (activity stream)!
- Search photos and albums!
- Manage multiple profile pictures with Advanced Profile Picture Management!
- Crop photos before setting as profile picture!
- Take photo via webcam and upload directly as profile picture!!!
- Additional controls for avatars (mouseover) displayed on user profile pages!
- Manage comments and tags that are awaiting approval with a very cool and visually pleasing interface!
- etc, etc, etc!
- Admin can:
- Set number of albums per user
- Set number of photos per album
- Display watermarkspo
- Allow/Disallow comments/public comments
- Allow/Disallow ratings/public ratings
- Allow/Disallow downloads/public downloads
- Set to display username, name or firstname
- Control which permission is user configurable
- Control which notification is user configurable
- Set a default permission level
- Easily configure thumbnail dimensions everywhere, including modules and CB plugin
- Security images (captcha) for all or public users
- Delete users' photos
- Set whether to auto remove a photo after a certain number of flags
- Receive emails notifying of a photo being flagged
- Reward points using Alpha User Points (full integration, plugins provided)
- etc, etc, etc!
- Latest Albums feature that shows the latest albums in the component.
- Includes 3 modules:
- SIMGallery (mod_simgallery.zip) allows you to:
- Display latest albums, random albums, latest photos, or random photos
- Set number of albums/photos to display
- Control width of thumbnail
- Enable/Disable image cropping (to become a square)
- Enable/Disable tooltips
- SIMGallery Ranking (mod_simgallery_ranking.zip) allows you to:
- Display photos based on number of ratings, sum of ratings, ratings (sum divide by number), number of comments, number of hits/views
- Order by descending (to show the best) or ascending (to show the worst)
- You can choose to select photos from specific time frames: current week starting from Sunday, current week starting from Monday, past 7 days, current month, past 30 days, all time (no time limit), or custom number of days (you can enter your own time frame)
- Perfect for holding photo contests and competitions
- Set number of photos to display
- Control width of thumbnail
- Enable/Disable image cropping
- Enable/Disable tooltips
- SIMGallery Requests (mod_simgallery_requests.zip) will:
- Display comments awaiting approval
- Display tags awaiting approval
- Display link to the Requests page
- Allow users to ignore all requests with one click (just like Facebook!)
- Create multiple modules displaying variations of different albums/photos type by simply copying them in Joomla
- Includes CB and JomSocial plugins that:
- Admins can configure plugin to display latest albums, random albums, latest photos, or random photos of users.
- Number of albums/photos can be configured.
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Many of the details are difficult to describe. Potential customers are encouraged to try the live demo (requires registration) before purchase. You can also check out a more detailed description for new features here!
All Tagging, Grabbing and Advanced Profile Picture management functionalities require the SIMGallery Pro add-on. SIMGallery Pro is an add-on! Which means it requires the standard SIMGallery package to be purchased and installed first!
System Requirements
- Joomla 1.5 (native only)
- Community Builder 1.2 and above
- JSON (comes with PHP 5.2.0)
- SIMGallery requires cURL and Ioncube. Although every professional grade webhost supports them, please consult your host first if you're unsure.
- (SIMGallery Pro requires SIMGallery to be purchased and installed first)
Browser Compatibility
SIMGallery has been tested to work with the following browsers:
- Firefox 2 / 3
- Internet Explorer 7 / 8
- Chrome
- Opera
- Safari
Language and Styling
SIMGallery utilizes a language file for ease of customization, and every single displayed text can be modified through this language file. The language file can be located in the directory components/com_simgallery/language.
Every HTML element used by the software has its own CSS class for easy styling. The CSS file is in components/com_simgallery/css.
Licensing
Unlike other products available here, SIMGallery is available with a per domain/per site license, and may not be used on multiple domains.
Pricing
Pricing Information can be found here.
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A lot of effort has been put in to keep the code simple and straightforward, making it extremely easy to understand. You can integrate with your own software with little effort.
All software are fully integrated with either Community Builder or JomSocial - perfect for any community websites.