On 17/04/2023 12:09, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2023-04-17 11:58, gumb wrote:
Not been following this thread closely enough to know if I'm on quite the same page, but in order to create a saved selection of photos, can you not create a new folder containing symlinks to those photos? I just tested an easy method by dragging some pictures in Dolphin to another directory, dropping and selecting 'Link here'. Back in Digikam, go to that new folder, refresh if necessary, the photos show up whether they are the originals or shortcuts.
Possibly.
But then digiKam scans those folders everytime it runs, plus the normal collection folder. Possibly (I do not know) it detects the duplicates and does something about that.
With another software a duplicate photo is a problem, because there is a database of all photos, identified by file name. I haven't tested if it is a problem with digiKam.
Can't imagine Digikam would be that dumb. Most digital cameras produce files with standard naming schemes. With the number of photos I get sent to me called 'image0.jpg' or 'img1234.jpg', if Digikam muddled those all up that would be unmanageable. And if in doubt, you could run a simple rename on all the files in the shortcut directory.
No, the feature to use for this would be the saved list of photos to feed the "create html gallery" tool.
I noticed another tool named "create jAlbum gallery". I have no idea what is that. Probably this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAlbum
jAlbum
<snip> Sounds great. Might have to look into it myself if I ever find the time to sort out 1000 other things first. I'd like to put some of my photos online painlessly but retain control over the copyrights and different users' access.