I have spent some time this evening demo'ing the Ajax Photo Gallery.
Let me start by saying positives--
- Installs flawlessly (besides the version incompatibility I noted in another thread)
- Looks nice from an administrator side.
- Works fast and nicely from front-end side.
The Joomla! community is in need of a reliable supported photograph gallery in my mind. This ALMOST has what a site like mine needs. HOWEVER, the inability to make basic descriptions and titles for photograph galleries and photographs is significant for me. I need to be able to say something like: "On November 11, the annual office party was held" as opposed to a folder name.
In most galleries, this is handled in a database that corresponds to the folder structure. I know this system is fast because it doesn't use a database.
Anyway, I don't know if this product will ever expand, but please consider this a hearty vote "Yes" for such a feature. I would pay much more for something that could replace the broken Zoom Media Gallery (
www.zoomfactory.org) I have to use, now.
Thanks for your responses today, and for any thoughts you might have on this issue (Emir and anybody!)