Photofield Part 1: Origins: Gallery Begins: The Beginning

https://lnar.dev/blog/photofield-origins/

Hi! I've posted on photofield here before - my self-hosted photo gallery software. There's been a bunch of changes since last time that you can check out in the CHANGELOG, but this is my first attempt to write about why I made it and how it's different! Any feedback is welcome!

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polluteyourjorts@lemmy.one · 4 pts · 1y

This is awesome, thanks for the good read. I'm looking forward to see where this goes from here.

Shimitar@feddit.it · 2 pts · 1y (5 replies)

I tried photofield and I loved it. What was missing for me was folder view! If it will be ever added, I will switch immediately.

mlunar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Thanks! Do you mean explorer-like folder browsing?

Shimitar@feddit.it · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

All my photos are sorted into albums, i always browse them by album.

Don't care for "explorer like" but I need to see them as the albums they are part of, like all together in the same view, and be able to select which album/albums I want to look at

mlunar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Hmm, I'm not sure I understand exactly. By default it uses each subfolder as an album / collection that you can pick on the home page. You can also configure custom collections/albums consisting of arbitrary directories. You could also configure e.g. an "all" collection with all the photos combined by listing the root directory(s). Is that what you meant?

Shimitar@feddit.it · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yes, maybe I need to recheck... Maybe now will work as I intended...

mlunar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Let me know if you encounter any issues! ☺️