By mjetpax on

I am considering the creation of an image hosting site, like flickr and others, using drupal. I am having some difficulty finding the right thread to follow in order to get started. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. Perhaps there have been similar projects or a module (other than image and imagecache) that would help in this respect?

Thanks.

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roopletheme commented

Angie Byron did what was at the time a great write up titled How to build Flickr in Drupal for the lullabot site. But the article was written in 2006, and there have since been numerous developments that would warrant a different solution today. Still a great read, and her notes on views, tagging, theming, etc. are still quite relevent.

There's a chapter in Using Drupal describing how to build an image gallery using a contemporary set of modules... not Flickr, by any means, but a great starting point. You'll find similar (though usually not as well written) articles all over the web about building image galleries using CCK, Views, ImageField, and Imagecache... google it.

I rarely use the image module, but I can't imagine doing serious image handling in Drupal without using imagecache and the image api modules. Not sure why you've specifically called out imagecache for exclusion, but I would suggest you revisit that aspect of your plan.

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mjetpax commented

Thanks Roopletheme!

I wasn't particularly calling out any modules. Imagecache is awesome. I've just been around the horn with the module a few times and was simply looking for fresh information on the subject of image management in relation to role based accounts. Fearful that the majority of responses would center around the image and imagecache modules, I was attempted to discourage such posts by revealing my knowledge of them. But you are correct, there is little doubt I will need to use them in my project on some level or another.

The article you mentioned looks like a great piece of thread for me to pick up and pull on, whilst on my image management sweater unraveling adventure.

Thanks again.

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ClemensM commented

I'm planing to develope a social image hosting page, as well. So I just wanted to ask, if there are any news about that topic? mjetpax, how's your project going? do you have any hints or site references??
Greetings, Clemens