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fotoDen - a static photo gallery generator

fotoDen is a static photography gallery generator. That means that the structure of the generated gallery is completely static (files saved on disk) rather than dynamically generated when requested. This allows for:

• Hosting flexibility
• Less CPU load
• Easy backups

amongst other features. fotoDen allows you to manage your photography gallery with ease, simplifying the creation of nested folders and albums, as well as allowing you to update what is inside of your galleries/folders through either the command line, or editing what is essentially a text file.

This does, however, come with downsides:

• All photo sizes are saved on disk if using all of fotoDen's settings, rather than be dynamically generated during the request, potentially resulting in massive storage usage if handled incorrectly
  • This can be mitigated by instead having a server handle the resizing of images requested by fotoDen - however, this also defeats the purpose of having a statically structured photography gallery. This is entirely up to you, as a host, however.
• If improperly manged, albums and folders can become a maze of nested links, resulting in viewers getting lost
• Updating websites created with fotoDen can result in massive updates, rather than just simple changes - especially if the look/feel of the website is changed

Note

fotoDen is meant for use with photography galleries - if you're looking for a more general solution to creating a static website for yourself, why not try Hugo?