Private Gallery Site

[schajx]

I have been searching far and wide for either a template or on-line package I can purchase that will give me the following functionality for a photographers webiste(preferably in flash):

1. Should be able to create private galleries for my users so when they login they only see their gallery.
2. Watermarking
3. shopping cart
4. Administration so I can create user accounts, user galleries and pricing.

All the templates and packages(other then hosted services that cost around 300 yearly) only allow creating public galleries with no user admin to create private galleries.

Any suggestions?

[farcaster]

I'm not sure that you will find an off the shelf package to do what you want.

Take a look at smugmug (http://www.smugmug.com) - they have tier pricing, and the pro package will do everything you need. The cost for that is $150 per year. You may be able to find a promo code to significantly reduce the first year's cost. They have a 14-day free trial.

DISCLAIMER
This is not a blatant endorsement for them, however I have used the service for two years now.

[JND]

Coppermine Photo Gallery (http://coppermine-gallery.net/demo/cpg14x/docs/index.htm) in conjunction with Stramm's Mod Pack (https://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=89658&filename=cpg1.4.24_modpack_stramm_1_bridge.zip) offers all requested features, save a flash atmpsphere.

About to be released (currently in Alpha-phase testing) is CPG 1.5.x which will include most (if not all) of the above "add-on hacks" as part of the core out-of-the-box package.

Take a look at the features and decide if it's something you can work with.

[jbladeus]

Try the open-source Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com/), which comes with many modules and themes which should staisfy nearly everybody's needs.

[JND]

Actually, Coppermine is open source (http://sourceforge.net/projects/coppermine/) as well.

Have you used both? Do you prefer Gallery over CPG?

[Justin]

I will suggest you get a developer to code a custom script for you. That would be cheaper.

[Justin]

I just remembered PHPLD Photo
http://www.phpldphoto.com/
It has watermarking functionality, shopping cart, create users and set pricing. This possesses all you need and more. The name of the script owner is David Duval. I know him and have bought a script from him before, but not the gallery script

Pricing for phpLD Photo
$25 PER album script installed if you will be including a link back to this site in the footer of your gallery.
$75 PER album script installed if you will not be linking back.

[joylee]

I am looking for a model that can give me good functionality for a photographers webiste