What to use for an album?

[froggie]

I'm considering changing modes for my web photos...debating whether to go with an online mode such as Flickr, Photobucket, or Picasa, or use a PHP scheme, and was curious what everyone had to say about the various modes out there.

Things I'm looking for:

- searchable tags
- easy database management
- capacity for thousands of photos

I'd prefer not to spend money if I don't have to, but I'm not averse to paying a nominal one-time charge if it nets me what I'm looking for.

Full disclosure:  I have *ZERO* PHP experience, so if I go the PHP route I'd like something that's intuitive and/or easy to use.

Thoughts?

[ctsignguy]

I have a Photobucket ...my account is free (so far) and i have many photos (almost 700) spread out over six different albums..and i can add more..and have used less than 10% of my allowance

i can title, caption pictures, write a short description...and each piccy has copyable links for emails, Facebook, webpages, etc...

Take a look at mine and see if this is what you might like

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/

[Ian]

Photobucket is good, but I think it has a slow upload, so I use Picasa. You can hold up to one or two thousand pics, then you have to pay $5 yearly for an upgrade, which isn't bad.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Photobucket also has strict bandwidth limits unless you pay for their "pro" package.

Flickr is a bit easier to organize than Photobucket (and you probably don't have to worry about your photos being stolen as much, but the risk is still there), and you get unlimited storage space. You can also add individual albums to "collections" (albums of albums). Images can be tagged for searching, and you can write fairly lengthy descriptions. but the yearly fee is higher.

Picasa is similar to Photobucket but without the ads, is pretty easy to organize, and you get 1GB of storage space for free. Additional space costs more, but it's actually not bad ($5 yearly ups your space to 20GB). It's a good option and I use it when I don't want to deluge Flickr with hundreds of road trip photos. It's not quite as easy to share photos from Picasa as it is from Flickr and Photobucket, though.

[Dougtone]

I'm considering changing modes for my web photos...debating whether to go with an online mode such as Flickr, Photobucket, or Picasa, or use a PHP scheme, and was curious what everyone had to say about the various modes out there.

Things I'm looking for:

- searchable tags
- easy database management
- capacity for thousands of photos

I'd prefer not to spend money if I don't have to, but I'm not averse to paying a nominal one-time charge if it nets me what I'm looking for.

Full disclosure:  I have *ZERO* PHP experience, so if I go the PHP route I'd like something that's intuitive and/or easy to use.

Thoughts?

As you're probably aware, I am a big fan of Flickr.  A free account allows for you to post up to 200 photos at a time, but a pro account gives you unlimited photos and access at about $25 a year.  Since I have many, many photos, Flickr allows me to organize the photos neatly, and is a great time saver.

[rawmustard]

As you're probably aware, I am a big fan of Flickr.  A free account allows for you to post up to 200 photos at a time, but a pro account gives you unlimited photos and access at about $25 a year.  Since I have many, many photos, Flickr allows me to organize the photos neatly, and is a great time saver.

It's actually an upload cap of 100 MB per month for the free version. The photostream is limited to the most recent 200 (anything prior still kept in case a user later upgrades to a Pro account), and you can only have three sets and no collections. Free is good if you're only planning to post photos once in a blue moon, but if you want to host large batches of photos, a free account simply will not do.