[lug] Distributing photos on-line (for free, but not public)

[Davide Del Vento]

Vince,
if you want to stay with Google, I believe PicasaWeb is better than
Docs and Blogger for the purpose. It has all what you require, but
only the following weak point:

- you can provide a "strong" authentication, but this requires google
account for each and every viewer (and somebody might not want to have
a google account)
- or, you can provide a "weak" authentication, in which no account is
required from the viewer, but anybody knowing the URL can see it (so
it's kinda open, although not indexed in Google Search itself, and
uses robots.txt trying to not be indexed by other search engines -
however it can easily spread to "public" if the URL is posted, say, in
a forum)

If this is not a problem for you (as well as Google "learning and
knowing" more and more about you and those people), I think PicasaWeb
is a great solution. Otherwise, I would recommend hosting it on a
wordpress blog, with the gallery and openID (so no new accounts
required for the viewer) plugins.

HTH,
Davide

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:06, Jeffrey S. Haemer
<jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Vince,
> I think both Blogger and a Google Docs Presentation could give you what you
> need.  Wouldn't do the Snapfish thing, though.
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Vince Dean <vincedean at frii.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for a way to share pictures online for a
>> non-profit cause.
>>
>> For many years, I have been the semi-official graduation
>> photographer for the Florence Crittenton School in Denver,
>> a school for pregnant and parenting teens.  In the past I
>> made paper prints, at my own expense, and had the school
>> distribute them to the graduates who are not always easy
>> to find after graduation.
>>
>> I would like to find an on-line solution to supplement or
>> replace the paper prints.  The requirements include:
>>
>>   Limiting access to the graduates and friends, either by
>>   giving them a passcode or allowing them to request admission
>>   to a moderated group.
>>
>>   Ability to for users to download images or purchase
>>   prints, without adding on any payment for me.
>>
>>   Not setting up a site where members can share their
>>   own content.
>>
>> Flickr groups come close, but it seems that the group members
>> would also have the ability to add their own content, and I
>> don't really want to be responsible for a site where a bunch
>> of teens can contribute un-moderated content.
>>
>> I do like the fact that Flickr allows you to order prints through
>> Snapfish, so they can be delivered directly to a local
>> Walgreens for pickup.
>>
>> Yes -- this is not Linux-related, but it is a pressing need
>> for a worthy cause.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vince
>>
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