Life and all that

I’ve spent a lot of time today and yesterday playing around with web software, notably Wordpress (which has got so much nicer to install and use since the last time I was poking it) and today Gallery3. I’ve had a gallery online for quite a long time – it  sits alongside a blog I try to write when I upload anything interesting. Since I’ve been moving hosting it gave me an excuse to have a rethink about how I’ve got it all set up.

Step one was moving to Gallery3, it’s still in beta but at the final stage of beta testing so I decided I’d make the leap. The install process is a lot smoother than previous versions, inspired I’d guess by Wordpress. All in all it quite simple, and I found that the directory structure Gallery2 had used meant it’s been very simple to import all of my old albums. the only issue I’m noticing so far is a lack of decent themes, and some issues with the javascript configuration menus. Some of that could be the browser I’m using (Google Chrome) however. I’m using the ‘darkness‘ theme, and it’s not bad, in fact if the menu issues are Gallery rather than the theme I’d say it’s pretty damn fine, but I think once I’ve finished adding my content I’ll be making some manual tweaks to the CSS.

Other than some teething trouble it’s been a fairly pain free process, which is very different from my previous memories of getting Gallery to work. Seems like a well written, and timely update.