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SIMGallery
Visited
10823
Version
3.2
Compatibility
- JomSocial 2.2
- JomSocial 2.4
- JomSocial 2.6
License
GPL(Commercial)
Modify core files
No
SIMGallery is the true community-driven gallery for Joomla. Integrated seamlessly with JomSocial, SIMGallery allows your users to create and manage their own albums and photos. It is important to note here that in terms of user process and interaction, SIMGallery mirrors the photo/album feature of Facebook exactly (including all the cool AJAX goodness)! Browsing photos is as easy as simply clicking on the current photo itself (and yes there're also the previous and next links), without the need to refresh the page at all.
Users can leave comments (albums and photos), rate photos, flag photos as inappropriate (it will even auto remove a photo after flagged a certain number of times!), set a particular photo as their profile picture, and download photos. The SIMGallery Pro add-on (sold separately) adds the photo tagging, photo grabbing, and advanced profile pics management features. Your users can add tags on photos just like on Facebook, or grab photos for themselves just like on Friendster! What's more, all these are done via AJAX, with no need to refresh the page at all! The advanced profile pics goes even further: users can manage multiple profile pics and even take a photo straight from their webcam!
Another really cool and powerful functionality of SIMGallery is the Permissions feature. It allows the admin and/or user total control over who should be allowed to do what. There are 4 different types of permissions:
1. Everyone (everyone is allowed to perform the task)
2. Friends of Friends (only friends and friends of friends are allowed to perform the task)
3. Only Friends (only first degree friends can perform the task)
4. Only Me (only the photo's owner can perform the task)
Tasks include:
1. Album access (the ability to access and view a particular album and its photos. This is set on an album-by-album basis)
2. Commenting (to leave comments on photos)
3. Downloads (to download photos)
4. Tagging (to leave tags on photos)
5. Grabbing (to grab another user's photo and place it in their own album)
Take for example photo downloads. The admin can set a default permission (eg Only Friends), and choose whether to allow users to set their own permissions. If the user is not allowed to set his own permission for downloads, then only his direct friends are allowed to download his photo.
When a user is found to be disallowed to perform a certain task on another user's photos, a message will be displayed, usually in the form of a cool alert box. This does not apply to the Commenting and Tagging tasks. If a user is found to not have permissions to leave a comment or tag a particular photo, they can still do so, but the comment or tag will require approval by the photo's owner before they are published.
One other important part of SIMGallery is its notifications system. The admin can choose to send notifications (via email) when a cer
Users can leave comments (albums and photos), rate photos, flag photos as inappropriate (it will even auto remove a photo after flagged a certain number of times!), set a particular photo as their profile picture, and download photos. The SIMGallery Pro add-on (sold separately) adds the photo tagging, photo grabbing, and advanced profile pics management features. Your users can add tags on photos just like on Facebook, or grab photos for themselves just like on Friendster! What's more, all these are done via AJAX, with no need to refresh the page at all! The advanced profile pics goes even further: users can manage multiple profile pics and even take a photo straight from their webcam!
Another really cool and powerful functionality of SIMGallery is the Permissions feature. It allows the admin and/or user total control over who should be allowed to do what. There are 4 different types of permissions:
1. Everyone (everyone is allowed to perform the task)
2. Friends of Friends (only friends and friends of friends are allowed to perform the task)
3. Only Friends (only first degree friends can perform the task)
4. Only Me (only the photo's owner can perform the task)
Tasks include:
1. Album access (the ability to access and view a particular album and its photos. This is set on an album-by-album basis)
2. Commenting (to leave comments on photos)
3. Downloads (to download photos)
4. Tagging (to leave tags on photos)
5. Grabbing (to grab another user's photo and place it in their own album)
Take for example photo downloads. The admin can set a default permission (eg Only Friends), and choose whether to allow users to set their own permissions. If the user is not allowed to set his own permission for downloads, then only his direct friends are allowed to download his photo.
When a user is found to be disallowed to perform a certain task on another user's photos, a message will be displayed, usually in the form of a cool alert box. This does not apply to the Commenting and Tagging tasks. If a user is found to not have permissions to leave a comment or tag a particular photo, they can still do so, but the comment or tag will require approval by the photo's owner before they are published.
One other important part of SIMGallery is its notifications system. The admin can choose to send notifications (via email) when a cer
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SIMGallery is one of those extensions that, upon using, simply "WOW"s you. It is so packed with features that it's really difficult to review it properly!
There are many things I just LOVE about the component. From the tagging feature (that is wayyyy better than JomSocial's) to the VERY intuitive photo browsing. My users are REALLY impressed with the profile picture management, especially the part where you can simply use your webcam to take a photo and upload it immediately. Allowing users to upload multiple profile pictures to choose from, and the ability to select any photo to become their profile photo is also very useful. In fact, they even thought that I somehow got the script from Facebook! (SIMGallery *really* works exactly like Facebook)
When I first got the component, I had some troubles with javascript conflicts (I'm a web newbie!) but Mike was really responsive and the support was just fantastic!
I really recommend everyone to take a look at the demo on his site, and be prepared to be amazed. Can't wait for the next version and see what new goodies there will be!
There are many things I just LOVE about the component. From the tagging feature (that is wayyyy better than JomSocial's) to the VERY intuitive photo browsing. My users are REALLY impressed with the profile picture management, especially the part where you can simply use your webcam to take a photo and upload it immediately. Allowing users to upload multiple profile pictures to choose from, and the ability to select any photo to become their profile photo is also very useful. In fact, they even thought that I somehow got the script from Facebook! (SIMGallery *really* works exactly like Facebook)
When I first got the component, I had some troubles with javascript conflicts (I'm a web newbie!) but Mike was really responsive and the support was just fantastic!
I really recommend everyone to take a look at the demo on his site, and be prepared to be amazed. Can't wait for the next version and see what new goodies there will be!
