Piwigo (formerly PhpWebGállery ) is a free content management system (CMS) designed to create a photo gallery site. The system has wide functionality, and thanks to freely distributed extensions it is easily customizable for specific tasks. It is written in PHP , and uses MySQL as a database . Unlike other analogues [1] (for example, Flickr or Picasa ), it is open source and distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL . Currently, the project is actively supported by the community of users and developers.
| Piwigo | |
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| Type of | CMS |
| Author | Pierrek Le Gaulle |
| Developer | Piwigo development team |
| Written on | PHP , JavaScript |
| Interface | web interface |
| Interface languages | 52 languages [~ 1] |
| First edition | 2002 |
| Hardware platform | cross-platform software |
| Latest version | 2.8.6 (January 27, 2017) |
| condition | relevant |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Site | piwigo.org |
Content
Features
- Water marks
- When you upload a photo, the system can automatically put a watermark on it in order to protect the photo from unwanted copying;
- Work with metadata
- Using EXIF / IPTC metadata when filling out photo properties, such as the title, keywords and the date it was created;
- Work with video files
- Thanks to freely distributed extensions Piwigo can also be used to work with video files;
- Availability of web API
- Actions are taken from other applications, such as broadcasting thumbnails from the Piwigo gallery to a block on Wordpress (for example, using the PiwigoPress plugin).
Deployment
A number of companies provide hosting services for Piwigo, in particular Piwigo.com offers users an easy way to create without having to install software on their own web server .
History
The first versions of the engine in 2001 for personal use were developed by the French programmer Pierreque Le Gaulle. Inspired by the open phpBB web forum installed on his university’s website, he chose the GPL to distribute his system and began to build a community around his project. In the spring of 2002, the first version of the system called PhpWebGallery was released.
In 2002, the system became multilingual. For team development , a bug tracker was installed in 2004 . PhpWebGallery was renamed Piwigo on February 15, 2009 . As of 2013, there are 10 people in the Piwigo development team, and another 100 are translators. The project website is available in 12 languages.
Notes
- ↑ Powers, Shawn Build Your Own Flickr with Piwigo . Linux Journal (August 12, 2012). Date of treatment November 23, 2013.
Comments
- ↑ localization in Russian is present