sigal - yet another simple static gallery generator
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sigal is yet another python script to build a static gallery of images:
* process directories recursively,
* resize images and create thumbnails,
* generate html pages using jinja2 templates and with relative links for a portable output.
Dependencies
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- Python Imaging Library (PIL)
- Jinja2
- pyexiv2 (optionnal, used to copy exif metadatas)
Usage
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$ sigal [-h] [--version] [-c COPYRIGHT] [-f] input_dir output_dir
### required arguments
input_dir input directory
output_dir output directory
### optional arguments
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-c COPYRIGHT, --copyright COPYRIGHT
copyright message added to the images
-f, --force force the reprocessing of existing images and
thumbnails
Settings
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Options can be set globally in `~/.config/sigal/sigal.conf` and in the source
directory `input_dir/sigal.conf`.
* theme:
theme = default
* size of resized image:
img_size = 640x480
* prefix for thumbnails name:
thumb_prefix = TN-
* thumbnail size and directory:
thumb_size = 150x112
thumb_dir = thumbnail
* keep big image:
big_img = 1
bigimg_dir = original
* generate squared thumbnails:
square_thumb = 1
* jpeg quality:
jpg_quality = 90
* keep exif metadatas in output image:
exif = 1
* add a copyright text on the image:
copyright = the copyright msg
Album information
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Information on an album can be given in a file named `album_description` (else
the directory's name is used) :
album_name = "An example gallery"
album_description = "And a cool description."
album_representative = "test1.jpg"
Credits
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sigal use or is inspired from some code from other projects:
* galleria: http://galleria.aino.se/
* WordPress Photography Theme: http://thethemefoundry.com/photography/
* lazygal: http://sousmonlit.dyndns.org/~niol/playa/oss/projects/lazygal/