Flickr As Portfolio CMS
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- helloperson
After working on several portfolio sites for photographers I was getting sick of developing one-off content management systems for each client. I just finished a proof-of-concept for using Flickr RSS Feeds instead and figured I would share....check it:
- Nairn0
How odd - I was just on your Flickr page last night.
How are you finding the speed though? My principle beef with Flickr is it can be intolerably slow.
Good show though!
- helloperson0
... that is odd!
Speed doesn't seem too bad at all. The API can be pretty terrible (in terms of speed), but the RSS feeds work pretty well. I have a couple of statements throughout the code to deal with browser rendering issues that can come with parsing large amounts of XML.
Either way, most good CMS systems generate either XML or require some form of DB... so, dealing with parsing/connection latency kinda comes with the territory.
- welded0
I've been going the same direction with Gallery2.
http://gallery.menalto.com/I'm not done yet, but I have a single script which pulls the relevant data out of it's database and builds an XML document.
- helloperson0
Neat! The Gallery2 application looks much more complex than Flickr, but it does give you the piece-of-mind of having a local installation...
I'm a Java/CF geek, but DB to XML shouldn't be too difficult in PHP. The application I built for Flickr only took about 4 hours from soup to nuts.
- welded0
I'm a mediocre coder, so everything takes me way longer than 4 hours, but ya, the Gallery2 thing has been relatively easy for me. I'm sure a more experienced PHP coder could hammer something out in a short time as well.
Gallery2 has a plugin architecture, so maybe if I get my head wrapped around it, I could even make a plugin.
- helloperson0
Sorry, I didn't mean to offend.
That is a pretty neat architecture. My motivation behind the Flickr application was to avoid use of Yahoo's API, which can be slow, and just stick to simple syndication and formatting of the RSS data. That is really what saved me all of the hours.
:-)
- toybreaker0
Nice work - we used PictoBrowser to manage galleries of thousands of images (the folks who came up with that app ought to be sainted) - it saved our rear ends in a short amount of time for a massive exhibition.
- Meeklo0
looks amazing!
may I use it?
- Meeklo0
this one uses flickr also
http://www.shikakufx.com/accent/…
- helloperson0
Toybreaker - Nice to hear from a fellow Detroiter / Cranny... That show looked great!
Meeklo - Of course!
- Meeklo0
ok, with a bit of time, I may actually use it for my portfolio, if I do I will send a link your way.
The one I was testing has more functions but it looks a bit dated, I can tell you have a good sense of design, looks very clean. great job.
thanks for sharing!
- jfletcher0
I love using Flickr for your portfolio and the site/feed is nice.
I may steal this idea :)
- horton0
somewhat related.. ywft blogged this handy little PS plug last week:
- helloperson0
jfletcher - The more the merrier.
horton - That is a great example of where the API comes in handy.
- sherman0
any more news on this?