Comments on: Gallery vs Pixaria

By: Ross Allchorn

Ross Allchorn — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:59:24 +0000

Great to hear. I have been out of this for a while, but great to hear that Jamie is still going strong. I did suspect at the time that it was a system destined to be great if he persevered. If I have the need again, I’ll certainly look into it.

By: dozza

dozza — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:17:20 +0000

I’ve used Gallery 2 and Pixaria. I prefer Pixaria personally, especially as the support system works and you don’t have to hang around on forums waiting for an answer if you are a developer. Pixaria is now on v3.3 and there is an additional product in the camp – Asset Deck – which is a full on Digital Asset Management platform that will handle office docs, Creative suite files, and previews pdf and eps vector files (Needs Ghostscript & ImageMagick). Jamie hasn’t sat on his arse.

By: Ross Allchorn

Ross Allchorn — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:25:43 +0000

Thanks… it looks good. For those that want to check it out, see http://ktools.net/photostore/index.php

By: Jamie Thomas

Jamie Thomas — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:09:29 +0000

Don’t forget about a script called Photostore made by Ktools, I found it a lot easier to use than Pixaria and my customer (wedding clients) absolutely love it. Sold a lot of prints using that system online than I ever did with paper based order forms in the mail.

By: Ross Allchorn

Ross Allchorn — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:54:12 +0000

Thanks… I may do so in the future. At the moment, I’m taking a sabbatical from commercial photography and am concentrating on other things, but will need to research software when I make my return or a client requires something that suits these wares.

By: CT Wedding Photographers

CT Wedding Photographers — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:05:52 +0000

Great article. I have been struggling with this decision and your article certainly helps. One thing I can say though, Jamie has been very responsive to my questions and feedback. If the software doesn’t have what you need, it will. He really takes a lot of pride in it.
The big thing for me as a protographer is reporting features and admin stuff. Pixaria has the ability to run a sales report, user reports, etc. I don’t believe Gallery has that feature. And as you mention, Pixaria is a more direct approach, without the need for plugins, etc.
It would be great if you could re-evaluate both programs for us now since it’s been over 2 years since you wrote the original article. Thanks for taking the time to post!

By: Almark

Almark — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:04:15 +0000

Thank you, this has helped me make up my mind. BTW Pixaria also offer a free install for eejets like me who can use Dreamweaver but know nothing of php.

By: storm

storm — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:40:47 +0000

Thanks for this article. I bought Pixaria and aren’t too bad with CSS/HTML, but am having trouble trying to figure out how to customise the look/layout. If you have any pointers
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By: Chris Ridley

Chris Ridley — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:18:45 +0000

Great article – has made my choice that much easier. Thanks again, Chris.
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By: Ross Allchorn

Ross Allchorn — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:22:00 +0000

Hi Alan, as far as I know, both support EXIF and IPTC quite effectively. I’m sure they both offer this info in their documentation.