TinyWebGallery

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TinyWebGallery
Developer(s) Michael Dempfle
Stable release 2.4.6 (May 23, 2018;12 months ago (2018-05-23)) [±]
Written in PHP/XML
Operating system Cross Platform
Available in31 languages
Type web application
License modified GPL
Website www.tinywebgallery.com

The TinyWebGallery (TWG) is a photo album / gallery released under a modified open-source license GPL. It is a server based gallery script for images that uses Ajax, PHP, XML and the graphic library Gdlib / ImageMagick.

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History

TinyWebGallery is written by Michael Dempfle and was first released on 24 February 2005. It is based on a small image script that was developed from Rainer Hungershausen and Mogh. In April 2006 the project moved to the current domain and was listed as 3rd most popular php script on hotscripts.com this time.

Currently the project is developed by Michael Dempfle and supported by ~40 translators and an active community.

The TinyWebGallery has also released a standalone version of Flash Uploader on 15 August 2006 as 'TWG Flash Uploader'. This uploader is also available as Joomla component since 1 August 2007 for Joomla 1.0.x till 3.2.x.

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The latest version:

TFU is now integrated in the TinyWebGallery itself starting from 1.8.6 and later.

The latest current release version is 2.4.6 (May 23, 2018;12 months ago (2018-05-23)) [±] .

Overview

The user interface offers different Ajax and Html modes and can be customized by skins or an integrated color manager. The image gallery can be configured by an administration area and it is possible to customize each individual album by text files. Files can be uploaded with the integrated freeware TWG Flash Uploader.

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TinyWebGallery includes the follow features

License

The license is a modified GPL. Two paragraphs are added to manage the copyright notice:

TWG may be used and modified free of charge for personal and commercial use as long as the copyright notice at the bottom of the gallery stays intact. If you want to remove the copyright notice you can get a license at the web site http://www.tinywebgallery.com

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